Web 2.0 It's Okay to Play! Dave Pattern, Library Systems Manager University of Huddersfield [email_address]

Workshop menu Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 Blogs RSS feeds Tagging, folksonomies and mashups LibraryThing and Flickr Wikis Social networking Facebook and ning.com Social bookmarking

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Blogs

RSS feeds

Tagging, folksonomies and mashups

LibraryThing and Flickr

Wikis

Social networking

Facebook and ning.com

Social bookmarking

Question time! Do you regularly use a mobile phone? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/362924278/

Do you regularly use a mobile phone?

Question time! do U snd txt msgz? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

do U snd txt msgz?

Question time! Do have broadband internet access at home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksonlee/6222523/

Do have broadband internet access at home?

Question time! Do you have wireless internet access at home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/113353477/

Do you have wireless internet access at home?

Question time! Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for more than an hour each evening? http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardholden/340601444/

Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for more than an hour each evening?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardholden/340601444/

Question time! Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for 2 or 3 hours an evening? http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronjacobs/64368770/

Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for 2 or 3 hours an evening?

Question time! Do have your own weblog / blog? http:// www.blogger.com

Do have your own weblog / blog?

Question time! Do you regularly read other peoples weblogs and/or contribute to other weblogs? http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001325.html

Do you regularly read other peoples weblogs and/or contribute to other weblogs?

Question time! Do you use Wikipedia? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

Do you use Wikipedia?

Question time! Have you ever edited a page on Wikipedia? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

Have you ever edited a page on Wikipedia?

Question time! Do you regularly use instant messaging or online chat? e.g. AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, gTalk, Jabber, ICQ, Meebo, etc http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch/en-GB/

Do you regularly use instant messaging or online chat?

e.g. AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, gTalk, Jabber, ICQ, Meebo, etc

Question time! Do you use VOIP? e.g. Skype http://www.skype.com

Do you use VOIP?

e.g. Skype

Question time! Do you have a games console at home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstar/336785888/

Do you have a games console at home?

Question time! Do you play games online and/or visit virtual worlds e.g. World of Warcraft, Second Life, etc? http://www.flickr.com/photos/christajoy42/354580876/

Do you play games online and/or visit virtual worlds

e.g. World of Warcraft, Second Life, etc?

Question time! Do you have your own MP3 player? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nez/268673268/

Do you have your own MP3 player?

Web 1.0

Web 1.0 Slow access speeds (e.g. dial-up modem) Limited availability Static web pages Little interactivity Mostly text …lots and lots of text …on a grey background! Web sites that would only work with one type of web browser The “Read Only Web”

Slow access speeds (e.g. dial-up modem)

Limited availability

Static web pages

Little interactivity

Mostly text …lots and lots of text …on a grey background!

Web sites that would only work with one type of web browser

The “Read Only Web”

Web 2.0 Fast access speeds (e.g. broadband) Wide availability (e.g. wireless) Dynamic web pages High interactivity Lots of multimedia Web sites that work on many devices (e.g. PCs, mobile phones, etc) The “Read/Write Web”

Fast access speeds (e.g. broadband)

Wide availability (e.g. wireless)

Dynamic web pages

High interactivity

Lots of multimedia

Web sites that work on many devices (e.g. PCs, mobile phones, etc)

The “Read/Write Web”

Some Web 2.0 concepts Applications delivered via a web browser Exploiting and (sometimes freely) sharing data User participation, empowerment, and collaboration Social networking Communities of interest Tagging and folksonomies Mashups and other unintended uses

Applications delivered via a web browser

Exploiting and (sometimes freely) sharing data

User participation, empowerment, and collaboration

Social networking

Communities of interest

Tagging and folksonomies

Mashups and other unintended uses

Two Point “Oh” Evolutionary rather than revolutionary

Evolutionary rather than revolutionary

Two Point “Ho-ho-ho”

Some facts and figures nearly 1 billion images on Flickr 200+ million MySpace accounts 163+ million edits on Wikipedia 70+ million weblogs tracked by Technorati 34+ million Facebook accounts 16+ million books on LibraryThing 5+ million editors on Wikipedia 2 million Wikipedia articles

nearly 1 billion images on Flickr

200+ million MySpace accounts

163+ million edits on Wikipedia

70+ million weblogs tracked by Technorati

34+ million Facebook accounts

16+ million books on LibraryThing

5+ million editors on Wikipedia

2 million Wikipedia articles

The “Network Effect”

The “Network Effect”

So, who’s doing all this stuff?

University of Illinois Survey (2006) “College Students' Internet Uses” 1,300 respondents 91% get information for school work online 83% access the Internet several times a day 78% use Facebook and 51% use MySpace 38% use Wikipedia 33% create content for blogs / web journals 1.7% don’t know what a search engine is 0.2% don’t know what instant messaging is http://results.webuse.org/uic06/

“College Students' Internet Uses”

1,300 respondents

91% get information for school work online

83% access the Internet several times a day

78% use Facebook and 51% use MySpace

38% use Wikipedia

33% create content for blogs / web journals

1.7% don’t know what a search engine is

0.2% don’t know what instant messaging is

US Internet User Demographics Survey of 2,373 US adults (Dec 2006) 70% of adults use the internet 83% of 18-29 year olds 82% of 30-40 year olds 70% of 50-64 year olds 33% of 65+ year olds http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/User_Demo_1.11.07.htm

Survey of 2,373 US adults (Dec 2006)

70% of adults use the internet

83% of 18-29 year olds

82% of 30-40 year olds

70% of 50-64 year olds

33% of 65+ year olds

Library 2.0 “...a loosely defined model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. This includes online services such as the use of OPAC systems and an increased flow of information from the user back to the library.” Wikipedia article for “ Library 2.0 ”

“...a loosely defined model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. This includes online services such as the use of OPAC systems and an increased flow of information from the user back to the library.”

Wikipedia article for “ Library 2.0 ”

Library 2.0 Use of “2.0” technologies (blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, etc) Actively involve users in service developments User centric developments & initiatives Delivering services directly to users Libraries without walls (“ The Third Place ”) The “Read/Write Library”

Use of “2.0” technologies (blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, etc)

Actively involve users in service developments

User centric developments & initiatives

Delivering services directly to users

Libraries without walls (“ The Third Place ”)

The “Read/Write Library”

Library 2.0 Challenges us to: be more flexible embrace change be more willing to take risks give library staff the opportunity to play and experiment go to where our users are, rather than force them to come to us give our users opportunities to contribute

Challenges us to:

be more flexible

embrace change

be more willing to take risks

give library staff the opportunity to play and experiment

go to where our users are, rather than force them to come to us

give our users opportunities to contribute

Blogs and blogging A blog (a portmanteau of “web log”) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Wikipedia

A blog (a portmanteau of “web log”) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Wikipedia

Blogs types and libraries Institution blogs usually formal usually publicity and news Personal blogs (librarians & library staff) around 25% blog anonymously online diary community and topical discussion advocacy personal development

Institution blogs

usually formal

usually publicity and news

Personal blogs (librarians & library staff)

around 25% blog anonymously

online diary

community and topical discussion

advocacy

personal development

Library blogs University of Glamorgan, LRC Blog New York Institute of Technology Library Blog Ann Arbor District Library Ohio University Libraries News Cambridge Libraries Blog (Canada) Thomas Ford Memorial Library Delany Library News University of Worcester ILS Matters

University of Glamorgan, LRC Blog

New York Institute of Technology Library Blog

Ann Arbor District Library

Ohio University Libraries News

Cambridge Libraries Blog (Canada)

Thomas Ford Memorial Library

Delany Library News

University of Worcester ILS Matters

Internal library blogs BarnardRefDesk Bibliographic Services, McMaster University Libraries Grapevine, University of Huddersfield

BarnardRefDesk

Bibliographic Services, McMaster University Libraries

Grapevine, University of Huddersfield

Library staff blogs Moira Bent, Moira's Info Lit Blog David Bigwood , Catalogablog Tom Roper's Weblog Metalibrarian David Lee King Annoyed Librarian Peter Godwin Jane Secker Pete Smith, Library Too

Moira Bent, Moira's Info Lit Blog

David Bigwood , Catalogablog

Tom Roper's Weblog

Metalibrarian

David Lee King

Annoyed Librarian

Peter Godwin

Jane Secker

Pete Smith, Library Too

Blogs

Starting your own blog Who is your target audience? Do you want to host it yourself or use an externally hosted option? how approachable is your IT Dept? Will it be formal or informal? Comment moderation?

Who is your target audience?

Do you want to host it yourself or use an externally hosted option?

how approachable is your IT Dept?

Will it be formal or informal?

Comment moderation?

Doing it yourself You’ll need your own web server typically running MySQL and PHP More control over “look & feel” Popular blog software (Open Source) WordPress Textpattern Drupal Popular blog software (Commercial) Movable Type

You’ll need your own web server

typically running MySQL and PHP

More control over “look & feel”

Popular blog software (Open Source)

WordPress

Textpattern

Drupal

Popular blog software (Commercial)

Movable Type

Externally hosted options Usually free, although there might be adverts Less control over “look & feel” WordPress LiveJournal MySpace TypePad Blogger

Usually free, although there might be adverts

Less control over “look & feel”

WordPress

LiveJournal

MySpace

TypePad

Blogger

Finding blogs Look at the blogrolls on your fave blogs General blog search engines… Technorati Google Blog Search … or just Library blogs… LibWorm LISZEN HotStuff (Huddersfield)

Look at the blogrolls on your fave blogs

General blog search engines…

Technorati

Google Blog Search

… or just Library blogs…

LibWorm

LISZEN

HotStuff (Huddersfield)

Micro-blogging Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) and publish them … These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web. Wikipedia

Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) and publish them … These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web.

Wikipedia

Micro-blogging Twitter: Casa Grande Library Nebraska Library Commission, reference questions University of Illinois, UGL alerts “ A Guide to Twitter in Libraries ” “ Twitter Explained for Librarians, or 10 ways to use Twitter ”

Twitter:

Casa Grande Library

Nebraska Library Commission, reference questions

University of Illinois, UGL alerts

“ A Guide to Twitter in Libraries ”

“ Twitter Explained for Librarians, or 10 ways to use Twitter ”

RSS feeds

RSS feeds RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts … RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favourite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually. Wikipedia

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts … RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favourite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.

Wikipedia

RSS feeds Keep up with what’s new! RSS feeds are designed to be read by a computer rather than by a human e.g. RSS aggregator software Many websites can also display RSS feeds Bloglines iGoogle and Google Reader MyYahoo

Keep up with what’s new!

RSS feeds are designed to be read by a computer rather than by a human

e.g. RSS aggregator software

Many websites can also display RSS feeds

Bloglines

iGoogle and Google Reader

MyYahoo

Some general RSS feeds BBC News Met Office BBC Weather Centre Radio 4, Today National Library for Health Highways Agency 10 Downing Street UK National Newspaper RSS Feeds

BBC News

Met Office

BBC Weather Centre

Radio 4, Today

National Library for Health

Highways Agency

10 Downing Street

UK National Newspaper RSS Feeds

Library RSS feeds The Bookseller “ EBSCO Finally Gets RSS Right ” New acquisitions… College of New Jersey University of Kent St. John's College

The Bookseller

“ EBSCO Finally Gets RSS Right ”

New acquisitions…

College of New Jersey

University of Kent

St. John's College

Tagging and folksonomies A tag is a (relevant) keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (e.g. a picture, article, or video clip), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification of information Wikipedia

A tag is a (relevant) keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (e.g. a picture, article, or video clip), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification of information

Wikipedia

Tagging and folksonomies A folksonomy is the practice and method of collaborative categorization using freely-chosen keywords called tags … A combination of the words “folk” (or “folks”) and “taxonomy”. Wikipedia

A folksonomy is the practice and method of collaborative categorization using freely-chosen keywords called tags … A combination of the words “folk” (or “folks”) and “taxonomy”.

Wikipedia

Tagging in practise Flickr photograph sharing website mashups… flickrvision , retrievr , Colr Pickr , Flickr Suduko LibraryThing personal book collections LibraryThing for Libraries – e.g. Danbury Library Randolph County

Flickr

photograph sharing website

mashups…

flickrvision , retrievr , Colr Pickr , Flickr Suduko

LibraryThing

personal book collections

LibraryThing for Libraries – e.g.

Danbury Library

Randolph County

Web services and mashups FRBR services: OCLC xISBN LibraryThing thingISBN Amazon Amazon Web Services (reviews, covers, etc) Example mashups: Harry Potter (xISBN + Amazon) amaztype (Amazon) dartmaps (Google Maps)

FRBR services:

OCLC xISBN

LibraryThing thingISBN

Amazon

Amazon Web Services (reviews, covers, etc)

Example mashups:

Harry Potter (xISBN + Amazon)

amaztype (Amazon)

dartmaps (Google Maps)

Wikis A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it ... A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing and searching information. Wikipedia

A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it ... A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing and searching information.

Wikipedia

Library wikis University of Connecticut Libraries' Staff Stevens County Rural Library District Huddersfield, Electronic Resources Huddersfield, Info Desk University of South Carolina Aiken Library Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

University of Connecticut Libraries' Staff

Stevens County Rural Library District

Huddersfield, Electronic Resources

Huddersfield, Info Desk

University of South Carolina Aiken Library

Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

Setting up a wiki Hosting it yourself MediaWiki (PHP + MySQL) TWiki (Perl) PmWiki (PHP)

Hosting it yourself

MediaWiki (PHP + MySQL)

TWiki (Perl)

PmWiki (PHP)

Setting up a wiki Externally hosted usually with adverts pbwiki Wikispaces Even more options at… WikiMatrix

Externally hosted

usually with adverts

pbwiki

Wikispaces

Even more options at…

WikiMatrix

Social networking Communities of common interest hobbies, work, organisations, music, etc Users… create profiles add friends join groups discover new “stuff”

Communities of common interest

hobbies, work, organisations, music, etc

Users…

create profiles

add friends

join groups

discover new “stuff”

Social networking Facebook library20.ning.com MySpace

Facebook

library20.ning.com

MySpace

Social bookmarking Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks. Other users with similar interests can view the links by topic, category, tags, or even randomly. Wikipedia

Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks. Other users with similar interests can view the links by topic, category, tags, or even randomly.

Wikipedia

Social bookmarking del.icio.us Connotea

del.icio.us

Connotea

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