Everything is 2.0: Now What?

Slide 1: Chad Mairn, M.L.I.S. St. Petersburg College VIP Library Workshop  e-mail: mairn.chad@spcollege.edu Friday, May 9, 2008 office: (727) 341.7181 EpiCenter, St. Petersburg College chadmairn@gmail.com

Slide 2: Why 2.0? • Out of the dozens of free tools available on the web which ones do I choose? • Which tools will reach the most people with the least amount of effort?

Slide 3: A Google search for the phrases • “web 2.0” will retrieve over 68,100,000 results. • “library 2.0” will retrieve 546,000 results. • “music 2.0” will retrieve 270,000 results. • “health 2.0” will retrieve 177,000 results. • “education 2.0” will retrieve 68,100 results. • “everything 2.0” will retrieve 27,100 results.

Slide 4: Tagging Exercise Source: http://flickr.com/photos/stillframe/803215734/in/set-72157600824703758/

Slide 5: How did you tag the image?

Slide 6: Tags from Flickr ... • iphone • joshua blankenship • apple iphone • caller image • trapped in a phone for eternity • i ownz u • iTrapped

Slide 7: Some “real-life” examples

Slide 9: LibX Library Toolbar

Slide 22: Libraries are using widgets, gadgets, small applications and other thingamajigs to help enhance library services. Check out: FacebookAppsForLibraries To create your own, try: http://widgets.yahoo.com/tools/ http://www.google.com/ig/gmchoices http://developer.apple.com/macosx/dashboard.html http://del.icio.us/VIP2008_everythingis2

Slide 23: Libraries are using mobile technologies Source: Diana Sachs-Silveira, Virtual Reference Manager (Tampa Bay Library Consortium)

Slide 24: Source: Adam Davis, Delray Beach Public Library

Slide 31: Clearwater Central Catholic High School Blog: http://libccc.blogspot.com/ Source: Karen Johnson and Cyndi Kibby, Clearwater Central Catholic

Slide 33: Other Libraries are … • Using wikis for material exchange, idea exchanges, planning and more. • tagging virtual reference collections: del.icio.us • Gaming Tournaments. • Podcasting/vodcasting events Source: Diana Sachs-Silveira, Virtual Reference Manager (Tampa Bay Library Consortium)

Slide 34: Jazz in the Stacks …

Slide 35: A look to the future that’s already here! • Social networking is becoming more specialized • Cloud computing (Microsoft’s Live Mesh, Amazon’s EC2 service) • Mashups (Yahoo! Pipes, Microsoft Popfly) • 1-800-GOOG-411 and other speech technology • Semantic Web (Web 3.0?) • OpenSource Content Management Systems (Joomla, Drupal etc.) • Microtrends: study the smaller trends because they usually drive the big changes. (see Mark Penn) • Is singularity near? – machine intelligence becomes “smarter” than human intelligence

Slide 36: So, now what? • Web 2.0 principles can help libraries collaborate with our users and our colleagues in new and innovative ways; however, we need to remain focused on our users – not the technology. • Trust our users to add value to our stuff. We aren’t the information gatekeepers anymore (Think mediator, interpreter, tour guide) • Ask users not only if they like the tool, but also how it can be improved to better serve them. • Most of our users are having wonderful experiences online (Netflix, Amazon, Flickr, iTunes etc.) and they expect these same experiences in the library. • So, let’s keep doing what we do best, which is sharing, and don’t be afraid to try something new because it is better to fail at times than to never succeed. • Most importantly, have fun!!!!!

Slide 37: URLs to Remember The presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn Link references are available at: http://del.icio.us/VIP2008_everythingis2

Slide 38: Chad Mairn, M.L.I.S. St. Petersburg College VIP Library Workshop  e-mail: mairn.chad@spcollege.edu Friday, May 9, 2008 office: (727) 341.7181 EpiCenter, St. Petersburg College chadmairn@gmail.com

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