Beyond blogs and wikis: more Web 2.0 tools for Libraries Michelle McLean Information Librarian

Michelle McLean

Information Librarian

Web 2.0 “ Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web technology and web design, a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social- networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies, which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing among users.” Wikipedia "Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform." Tim O'Reilly 2004

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Web 2.0 you may know Wikipedia Face Book & My Space Blogs YouTube

Wikipedia

Face Book & My Space

Blogs

YouTube

Web 2.0 you may not know Mashups RSS Tagging Widgets http://jkontherun.blogs.com/

Mashups

RSS

Tagging

Widgets

Podcasting Audio Screen, video Free Public Blog based eg. Audacity, GarageBand, iTunes

Audio

Screen, video

Free

Public

Blog based

eg. Audacity, GarageBand, iTunes

Podcasting Uses Visiting speakers Training Conferences How to What's new Library tours Exhibitions Oral history Promotion

Uses

Visiting speakers

Training

Conferences

How to

What's new

Library tours

Exhibitions

Oral history

Promotion

Image sharing Online photos Public Create sets/collections Tagging Linking

Online photos

Public

Create sets/collections

Tagging

Linking

Image sharing Egs: Flickr, Picasa Uses: Buildings Events Visits Promotions New items Library tour Link or embed Creative Commons License photo credit: Brisbane Blog Is Against Censorship

Egs: Flickr, Picasa

Uses:

Buildings

Events

Visits

Promotions

New items

Library tour

Link or embed

Online Video Video sharing Free Embed/Link Egs. YouTube, Blip.TV

Video sharing

Free

Embed/Link

Egs. YouTube,

Blip.TV

Online Video Uses Training Promotion Library tours Tutorials Lectures Screencasts Presentations

Uses

Training

Promotion

Library tours

Tutorials

Lectures

Screencasts

Presentations

RSS Backbone of Web 2.0 Delivered content eg. RSS, Atom, Feeds Feed Reader eg. Bloglines, Google Reader

Backbone of Web 2.0

Delivered content

eg. RSS, Atom, Feeds

Feed Reader

eg. Bloglines, Google Reader

RSS Uses Blogs Wikis News Most Web 2.0 Internal into website External into website Create your own

Uses

Blogs

Wikis

News

Most Web 2.0

Internal into website

External into website

Create your own

Tagging Folksonomies vs Taxonomies User generated Across Web 2.0 tools Extra access point Searchable

Folksonomies vs Taxonomies

User generated

Across Web 2.0 tools

Extra access point

Searchable

Social Bookmarking Bookmarks online Shared/searchable eg. del.icio.us Uses: Staff resource Website Subject specific Library Thing for Libraries

Bookmarks online

Shared/searchable

eg. del.icio.us

Uses:

Staff resource

Website

Subject specific

Library Thing for

Libraries

Instant Messaging (IM)‏ Online chat egs. MSN Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, Meebo, Twitter Help at point of need Meebo Widget Information service

Online chat

egs. MSN Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, Meebo, Twitter

Help at point of need

Meebo Widget

Information service

Mashups Combine data from multiple sources Tools eg. Yahoo Pipes Google Maps eg. Locations, ratings

Combine data from multiple sources

Tools eg. Yahoo Pipes

Google Maps

eg. Locations, ratings

Widgets Website/blog Plugin Added functionality Free eg. time, news, weather, polls, summaries, feeds

Website/blog

Plugin

Added functionality

Free

eg. time, news, weather, polls, summaries, feeds

Shared Documents Online file access Multiple document types Collaboration WYSIWYG eg. Google Docs, Zoho

Online file access

Multiple document types

Collaboration

WYSIWYG

eg. Google Docs, Zoho

Mobile Internet Massive growth Tailored services Accessibility Fast rate of change Library services http://www.letsgomobile.org/images/news/vodafone/mobile_internet.jpg

Massive growth

Tailored services

Accessibility

Fast rate of change

Library services

Why should libraries use these tools? Free Easy to use Collaboration Meet users where they are at Offer service more effectively Offer more services Be leaders

Free

Easy to use

Collaboration

Meet users where they are at

Offer service more effectively

Offer more services

Be leaders

What happens if we don't Get left behind Lose our relevance Lose users http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/

Get left behind

Lose our relevance

Lose users

Concerns Impact on services Stability Privacy Time to create Network security Resources required Staffing Relevance to our users http://datasystemsworldwide.blogspot.com/2007/10/web-20-security-threats.html

Impact on services

Stability

Privacy

Time to create

Network security

Resources required

Staffing

Relevance to our users

Remember: Web 2.0 is about Collaboration Communication ie. Its about the USER

Collaboration

Communication

ie. Its about the

USER

Michelle McLean Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation [email_address] connectinglibrarian.com

Michelle McLean

Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation

[email_address]

connectinglibrarian.com