Libraries on the Web (2.0) “Play is the beginning of knowledge” Dave Pattern, Library Systems Manager University of Huddersfield [email_address] http://slideshare.net/daveyp

Contents Question time! Web 2.0 Web 2.0 examples – Facebook and Flickr Library 2.0 Experiences at Huddersfield More examples! Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Question time!

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 examples – Facebook and Flickr

Library 2.0

Experiences at Huddersfield

More examples!

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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

Do you have your own MP3 player?

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 regularly use Wikipedia? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

Do you regularly 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 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?

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 Web 2.0 examples… Flickr Facebook

Flickr

Flickr

Flickr

Flickr – image pools

Flickr - tags

Flickr - tags

Flickr - geotagging

Flickr – mashups Flickr Services API Moo cards Flickr toys Retrievr Colr Pickr

Flickr Services API

Moo cards

Flickr toys

Retrievr

Colr Pickr

Facebook

Facebook – friends

Facebook – groups

Facebook – groups

Facebook – groups

Some “2.0” facts and figures nearly 1 billion images on Flickr 200 million MySpace accounts 175 million edits on Wikipedia 70 million weblogs tracked by Technorati 42 million Facebook accounts 16 million books on LibraryThing 5.7 million editors on Wikipedia 2 million Wikipedia articles

nearly 1 billion images on Flickr

200 million MySpace accounts

175 million edits on Wikipedia

70 million weblogs tracked by Technorati

42 million Facebook accounts

16 million books on LibraryThing

5.7 million editors on Wikipedia

2 million Wikipedia articles

Social networking “Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft has discussed taking a 5% stake in Facebook for between $300m-$500m (£150m-£250m). The deal would value Facebook at up to $10bn (£5bn).” The Guardian: Facebook powers past MySpace (Sep 2007)

“Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft has discussed taking a 5% stake in Facebook for between $300m-$500m (£150m-£250m). The deal would value Facebook at up to $10bn (£5bn).”

Social networking “ Keele University has ordered its students to watch their mouths on Facebook, and asked them not to express dissatisfaction with the institution… The administration was provoked by a Facebook group called "James Knowles is a Tw*t". Professor James Knowles is an English literature academic at the Staffordshire university.” The Register (May 2007)

“ Keele University has ordered its students to watch their mouths on Facebook, and asked them not to express dissatisfaction with the institution… The administration was provoked by a Facebook group called "James Knowles is a Tw*t". Professor James Knowles is an English literature academic at the Staffordshire university.”

Social networking “ Students at Oxford University are being warned that university authorities are using the Facebook website to gain evidence about unruly post-exam pranks. The student union has urged students to tighten their security settings on the social networking website, to stop dons viewing their details.” BBC: Unruly students' Facebook search (July 2007)

“ Students at Oxford University are being warned that university authorities are using the Facebook website to gain evidence about unruly post-exam pranks. The student union has urged students to tighten their security settings on the social networking website, to stop dons viewing their details.”

Social networking “ A university student has been telling how a social networking website was used to set up a group which aimed to target him with bullying and hate. Graham … who also works as a library assistant at the University of Kent, said the Facebook group had existed for weeks before he knew of it.” BBC: 'Fat library man' bullied online (Jul 2007)

“ A university student has been telling how a social networking website was used to set up a group which aimed to target him with bullying and hate. Graham … who also works as a library assistant at the University of Kent, said the Facebook group had existed for weeks before he knew of it.”

The “Network Effect”

The “Network Effect”

So, who’s doing all this stuff?

Teens online (UK) “ New research released today by MTV and Microsoft reveals that young people in the UK spend 34 hours online each week, almost the equivalent of an average working week, with eight in ten 16-24 year olds (80%) logging on to the internet daily and claiming that they can’t live without their computer.” PublicTechnology.net article (Aug 2007)

“ New research released today by MTV and Microsoft reveals that young people in the UK spend 34 hours online each week, almost the equivalent of an average working week, with eight in ten 16-24 year olds (80%) logging on to the internet daily and claiming that they can’t live without their computer.”

Teens and technology (UK) daily mobile phone use is up 58% on 2002 more than 75% of 11 year olds have their own TV, games console and mobile phone 15% of 13-15 year olds and 7% of 10 year olds have their own webcam BBC: Britain enjoying 'digital boom' (Aug 2007)

daily mobile phone use is up 58% on 2002

more than 75% of 11 year olds have their own TV, games console and mobile phone

15% of 13-15 year olds and 7% of 10 year olds have their own webcam

Social networking (UK) “More than 90%* of UK teenagers have used a social networking website and more than half use them because their friends do.” (*93%) The Guardian: Most teens are MySpacers (May 2007)

“More than 90%* of UK teenagers have used a social networking website and more than half use them because their friends do.”

(*93%)

Social networking (UK) “…one-third of teenagers have at least four social networking profiles on sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo.” The Guardian: Most teens are MySpacers (May 2007)

“…one-third of teenagers have at least four social networking profiles on sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo.”

University of Huddersfield Most accessed external web sites from on-campus: Google MySpace Facebook BBC Yahoo (June 2007)

Most accessed external web sites from on-campus:

Google

MySpace

Facebook

BBC

Yahoo

US online demographics Pew Report: Generations Online (Oct 2007)

“ Saga launches social website for over-50s”

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.”

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

Librarian 2.0?

Librarian 2.0!

Experiences at Huddersfield …playing with the OPAC

Experiences at Huddersfield definitely not “OPAC 2.0” enhancements to the existing OPAC user suggestions from surveys “ 2.0” inspired features borrowing good ideas from other web sites new features launched with no/low publicity “ perpetual beta” required staff buy-in and a willingness to experiment and take risks

definitely not “OPAC 2.0”

enhancements to the existing OPAC

user suggestions from surveys

“ 2.0” inspired features

borrowing good ideas from other web sites

new features launched with no/low publicity

“ perpetual beta”

required staff buy-in and a willingness to experiment and take risks

Borrowing suggestions we had details of over 2,000,000 CKOs spanning 10 years stored in the library management system and gathering virtual dust Web 2.0 – “ Data is the Next Intel Inside 1 ” historic circulation data can be mined 2 to uncover the hidden trends and links between potentially disparate library items

we had details of over 2,000,000 CKOs spanning 10 years stored in the library management system and gathering virtual dust

Web 2.0 – “ Data is the Next Intel Inside 1 ”

historic circulation data can be mined 2 to uncover the hidden trends and links between potentially disparate library items

Borrowing suggestions

Borrowing suggestions

Ratings and comments

Other editions uses FRBR-y web services provided by OCLC and LibraryThing to locate other editions and related works within local holdings OCLC’s xISBN 1 LibraryThing’s thingISBN 2

uses FRBR-y web services provided by OCLC and LibraryThing to locate other editions and related works within local holdings

OCLC’s xISBN 1

LibraryThing’s thingISBN 2

Other editions

Email alerts

RSS feeds

“If you build it, will they come?”

Playing and experimenting

Searching for books by colour

Search visualisations

Checked out item visualisations

…more examples! (n.b. some are more “2.0” than others)

La Crosse Public Library, Wisconsin

Westmont Public Library, Illinois

Westmont Public Library, Illinois

Westmont Public Library, Illinois

Stevens County Rural Library, Washington

Stevens County Rural Library, Washington

Flickr – 365 Library Days Project

Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Illinois

Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Illinois

“ I’ve gotta say folks, video games in libraries is absolutely what it is cracked up to be. The fact that it is an excellent way to meet the cultural needs of our young patrons was demonstrated to me over and over by the number of people that came and their enthusiasm.” Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Illinois Aaron Schmidt, walking paper

“ I’ve gotta say folks, video games in libraries is absolutely what it is cracked up to be. The fact that it is an excellent way to meet the cultural needs of our young patrons was demonstrated to me over and over by the number of people that came and their enthusiasm.”

Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Illinois

Dance your fines away… “Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a teen librarian who keeps Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) set up all the time so she can invoke it as need be. For example, if a teen has overdue books, she will dance-off against the person, and if the teen wins, the librarian will waive the fines.” The Shifted Librarian: Gaming for Fines (Jan 2007)

“Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a teen librarian who keeps Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) set up all the time so she can invoke it as need be. For example, if a teen has overdue books, she will dance-off against the person, and if the teen wins, the librarian will waive the fines.”

Gwinnett County Public Library Rock the Shelves 2005 www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/sets/632151/

Rock the Shelves 2005

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/sets/632151/

Hennepin County Library

Hennepin County Library

Ann Arbor District Library

Ann Arbor District Library

Ann Arbor District Library

Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Public Library

Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Public Library

Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Public Library

Hartlepool Borough Council Libraries

Cheshire Public Library, Connecticut

Glasgow University Library

University of Huddersfield, UK

McCracken County Public Library, Kentucky

St. Joseph County Public Library, Indiana

Libraries in Second Life

109 slides?!? That’s more than enough! I hope you’ve seen at least one thing in this presentation that you’d like to explore further “Play is the beginning of knowledge” George A. Dorsey, anthropologist “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw, author/playwright

That’s more than enough!

I hope you’ve seen at least one thing in this presentation that you’d like to explore further

“Play is the beginning of knowledge”

George A. Dorsey, anthropologist

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

George Bernard Shaw, author/playwright

Thank you! http://slideshare.net/daveyp