web 2.0
tools for
virtual
libraries
designed by Buffy Hamilton
professional wiki:
http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com
presentation resources:

web 2.0 tools for virtual libraries
social media as
friendfeed slideshare
authoritative
information

lifestreaming with friendfeed

pool together your library 2.0 information
streams with friendfeed

what is friendfeed?
• a free service that allows you to create a
customized feed of your social media streams
• suggestions for libraries: your library blog,
library Twitter account, Google Reader shared
items, SlideShare account, delicious bookmarks,
RSS feed for your Google Library account, library
Flickr account, LibraryThing account
• real time updates for your social media
accounts

ways to subscribe to a friendfeed stream
• create your own personal
friendfeed account and
subscribe to friendfeed
accounts (libraries and
fellow educators) as part of
your personal learning
network
• subscribe to a friendfeed
stream via RSS
• view a friendfreed stream
via facebook

embed a friendfeed widget: in your wiki

embed a friendfeed widget: in netvibes and your
library’s google profile

embed a friendfeed widget: in your blog and
libguides or web page

aasl standards supported
by friendfeed
• 2.1.2 Organize knowledge so that it is useful.
• 3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a
social and intellectual network of learners.
• 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to
organize and display knowledge and understanding
in ways that others can view, use, and assess.
• 4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to
gather and share information.

slideshare

slideshare: what you can do
• Embed slideshows into your own blog or
website.
• Share slideshows publicly or privately.
There are several ways to share
privately.
• Synch audio to your slides.
• Add YouTube videos to a slideshow
presentation. from http://www.slideshare.net/about

slideshare: what you can do
• Market your own event on
Slideshare.
• Join groups to connect with
SlideShare.
• Users do not need PowerPoint or
Word to view the slideshow.
from http://www.slideshare.net/about

aasl standards supported
by slideshare
• 2.1.2 Organize knowledge so that it is useful.
• 3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members
of a social and intellectual network of
learners.
• 3.1.4 Use technology and other information
tools to organize and display knowledge and
understanding in ways that others can view,
use, and assess.

social media in research
pathfinders

social media in research
pathfinders
• While we often think of ways to use social
media to create virtual libraries, we need to
consider how to integrate different social
media as authoritative information sources
into our research pathfinders.
• As we forge this brave new world of social
scholarship, students and teachers will look to
us for guidance in selecting and evaluating
social media as valid sources of information.

podcasts

podcasts
• Rick Stevens’ Audio France podcasts for a
research pathfinder on places to see in Paris.
• Nature Podcasts: a treasure trove for all things science
• Science Friday, NPR: they also offer a Twitter account and
Facebook page; a Second Life presence is also available.
• Scientific American offers podcasts on a wide range of topics
related to psychology and the sciences. I have used these in
Pageflakes pathfinders!
• PBS and American Experience offer podcasts on a diverse
range of topics including history, biography, and literature; I
have used podcasts on the Berlin Airflift and the Space Race
with U.S. History classes.

podcasts
• Podcasts from CNN
• NPR offers a variety of podcasts; this podcast
on
issues female veterans face upon their return hom
was a valuable resource for students
researching veterans’ issues.
• Podcasts from CNN and iTunes U were also
utilized in our study of veterans’ issues.
• Podcasts from the U.S. Government

blogs
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/kunel/167783571/sizes/l/

twitter
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fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/361615571

youtube/video

google maps/mashups
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fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/361615571

aasl standards supported
by social media in research pathfinders
• 1.1.5 Evaluate information found in selected sources on
the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for
needs, importance, and social and cultural context.
• 1.1.7 Make sense of information gathered from diverse
sources by identifying misconceptions, main and
supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of
view or bias.
• 1.2.4 Maintain a critical stance by questioning the
validity and accuracy of all information.
• 4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to
gather and share information.

resources
http://web20meetsstandards.wikispaces.com/VirtualLibraries
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/integrating-soc