Increasing the Value of Our History with the Web

Slide 1: Increasing the Value of Our History with the Web Brian C. Gray Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian Society of Ohio Archivists Spring Program, Plenary, May 8, 2008

Slide 2: Today & the Future • Why, how, when, etc. • Potential challenges • Learning web 2.0 • Examples & best practices Squash the fear and jumpstart new environments, processes, & methods

Slide 3: It is not too late • Do not panic, web 2.0 implementations are still fairly new, you are not the last • Library job ads: – NextGen Librarian – Librarian 2.0 – Need for various web 2.0 skills – “Gamey” librarian • Library school classes & workshops

Slide 4: It Can Be Simple • Not every tool and technique works for every need and/or user • I do not have time… • I do not have money… • The old way works… • Try to leave with one potential new tool or idea for personal or professional usage

Slide 5: Methods of the Past • In-person • Events • Phone • Promotional Signage • Microfilm • Email • Static Internet (web 1.0)

Slide 6: Technology & Generational Changes • Blogs • Wikis • Video • Podcasts • Photosharing • Tagging, social bookmarking • RSS • 3-D web (Second Life)

Slide 7: Why Web 2.0? Key concepts or focus points: • Collaboration & sharing • Participant’s ownership in activities • Creation & creativity • Web-based rather than software based • Data/information • Social • Connections/relationships • Trust (2-way)

Slide 8: Web 2.0 Concepts • Enrichment • Can be personalized • Participation • Decentralized • User “tagged” or defined • Experiences • Remixable • Behavior rather than the actual tools • Beyond static web pages

Slide 9: The Long Tail • No longer just focusing on the majority of users or the primary “hits” • Web 2.0 allows exposure of information, data, images, etc. to the “niche” users

Slide 10: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html#mememap

Slide 11: Where do I start? • Look at the examples that exist • Many of these tools are simple and require minimal web skills • Read and learn from the experts • Hands-on, get dirty, and play

Slide 12: Learning 2.0 http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/ • Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County • Helene Blowers

Slide 13: Learning 2.0 • 23 Things over couple of months • Incentives for staff • Creative Commons License • Self-paced or guided • Exploration of web 2.0 basics • The model for bringing everything under one umbrella

Slide 14: Learning 2.0 • Blogging • Photos • RSS • Tagging • Wikis • Online applications • Podcasts • Many other tools

Slide 17: http://technorati.com/weblog/2007/04/328.html

Slide 19: Spam Blogs (Splogs) • Technorati has been tracking between 3,000 - 7,000 new splogs created each day • Significant spike in splog creation during early December, when 11,000 splogs created each day http://technorati.com/weblog/2007/04/328.html

Slide 24: Do you recognize RSS?

Slide 25: RSS • RSS drives the data transfer in many web 2.0 tools • Efficient way to share news and data, plus support research • User initiated subscriptions to a “web address containing data”

Slide 26: KSL RSS Feeds

Slide 28: PBwiki

Slide 31: Visual • Screencasts • Movies • Flash

Slide 38: Podcasts

Slide 44: Second Life

Slide 45: SL Conferences

Slide 46: Cleveland Public Library

Slide 50: Renaissance Island

Slide 51: Vincent Van Gogh

Slide 52: SL Libraries

Slide 53: Brian C. Gray Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library bcg8@case.edu or (216) 368-8685 http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/ http://www.squidoo.com/library2point0/ http://www.slideshare.net/bcg8

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