“ Space Up”Your Library The Social Net Works …! Guus van den Brekel, Central Medical Library, UMCG at EAHIL2008 Helsinki, 23rd - 28th of June 2008

“ SPICE up your life!” S etting P opulation I ntervention C omparison E valuation Evidence-Based Librarianship : Answering relevant and important questions in Librarianship . Andrew Booth, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare Information, ScHARR

“ Towards a new information SPACE” innovations and renovations Theme EAHIL 2008 Helsinki

“ Into The User Environment” Part 2

What happened in between….? Visibility : Into the Workflow of User Many Library Toolbars & Browser stuff FAQs: Can I add my own stuff? ( personalization ) I want to have it in my own space Growing use of WEB 2.0 within Library community, but even more by our users

Visibility : Into the Workflow of User

Many Library Toolbars & Browser stuff

FAQs:

Can I add my own stuff? ( personalization )

I want to have it in my own space

Growing use of WEB 2.0 within Library community, but even more by our users

Trends Even more web-based Mobile internet Web 3D Ongoing possibilities in personalization, but also Further Growth & Evolving of (Social) Networks

Even more web-based

Mobile internet

Web 3D

Ongoing possibilities in personalization, but also

Further Growth & Evolving of (Social) Networks

What is a Social Network? “ A social network service uses software to build online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.” ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, June 17 th 2008)

“ A social network service uses software to build online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.” ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, June 17 th 2008)

What is it about? It’s All About: Wanting to connect Seeing what others are doing Networking & Communication

It’s All About:

Wanting to connect

Seeing what others are doing

Networking & Communication

Special Networks for Doctors Clinicians Researchers Nurses Students (Medical) Librarians

Doctors

Clinicians

Researchers

Nurses

Students

(Medical) Librarians

Ozmosis: http://www.ozmosis.com

Sermo: http://www.sermo.com

SocialMD: http://www.socialmd.com

ANA NursingWorld: http://www.nursingworld.org

NurseLinkUP: http://nurselinkup.com

TiroMED: http://www.tiromed.com

DoctorsHangout: http://doctorshangout.ning.com/

Student Dentist: http://studentdentist.ning.com/

Assessment for Health Sciences Libraries: http://libassess.ning.com/

Library 2.0: Medical and Health Science Libraries: http://library20.ning.com/group/medicalandhealthsciencelibraries

Reasons NOT to ignore Social Networks Efficiency possibilities Build professional communities Clinical Research Management Build learning communities Build sharing communities Build community support through outreach Online Social Networks in Healthcare & Libraries PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, pfa@umich.edu

Efficiency possibilities

Build professional communities

Clinical

Research

Management

Build learning communities

Build sharing communities

Build community support through outreach

More Reasons NOT to ignore Social Networks Connection, communication, collaboration, consultation Discuss & share information (articles, photos, videos, cases, data, methodologies) Emerging trends, topics, medications, treatments, insights in your field Global, international connections & opportunities Online Social Networks in Healthcare & Libraries PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, pfa@umich.edu

Connection, communication, collaboration, consultation

Discuss & share information (articles, photos, videos, cases, data, methodologies)

Emerging trends, topics, medications, treatments, insights in your field

Global, international connections & opportunities

Bringing the Tools to The Content & to The User

From Toolbar To Searchbox Simple html Searchbox: flexible, tailor-made But how about maintenance and control?

Simple html Searchbox: flexible, tailor-made

From SearchBox To “ Universal” Widgets A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML -based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation . Or: gadget, badge, module, capsule, snippet, mini and flake.

A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML -based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation .

Or: gadget, badge, module, capsule, snippet, mini and flake.

NLM SEARCH WIDGET BLOG WEBSITE iGoogle Netvibes MyYahoo FACEBOOK MySpace Opera Windows Live Apple Dashboard Vista INTRANET http ://eco.netvibes.com/widgets/229971/nlm-search-solutions

Some stats PubMed 1482 MedlinePlus 961 MedWorm 815 DermAtlas 500 KMLE Medical Dictionary 593 ToXSeek 590 HazMap 402 Consumer Health and Patient Education 473 Mesh Search Swedish-English 522 UpToDate 110 NLM ALL Search 174 NLM Gateway 22 (New) Search ALL EAHIL Websites 20 (new) SEE ALL MY Netvibes WIDGETS: http://eco.netvibes.com/users/9148

Creating widgets Eco.netvibes.com Widgetbox.com OpenSocial

Eco.netvibes.com

Widgetbox.com

OpenSocial

From Widgets To Social Networks …. anywhere Social Networks Websites, intranet,blogs Personal start pages embed and install options

Social Networks

Websites, intranet,blogs

Personal start pages

embed and install options

From Widgets to Personal Start Page Tools Netvibes, iGoogle or Pageflakes or… Our Choice: Netvibes www.netvibes.com

Netvibes, iGoogle or Pageflakes or…

Our Choice: Netvibes www.netvibes.com

From Personal Start Page to Published “Universe” Online Published Selection: “Universe” “ Toolbox Take-Away & Tailor-made” Sharing, collaboration, cooperation, education & training www.netvibes.com/cmb www.netvibes.com/digicmb www.netvibes.com/ruglibraries www.netvibes.com/educmb

Online Published Selection: “Universe”

“ Toolbox Take-Away & Tailor-made”

Sharing, collaboration, cooperation, education & training

www.netvibes.com/cmb

www.netvibes.com/digicmb

www.netvibes.com/ruglibraries

www.netvibes.com/educmb

WWW.NETVIBES.COM/EAHIL2008

PennTags & PennPortal http://tags.library.upenn.edu/ http:// www.library.upenn.edu/

http://tags.library.upenn.edu/

http:// www.library.upenn.edu/

“ The Web is Ours” User chooses and creates It’s no threat, but an additional thing, supplementary If the user can do it himself, the library should have done it before, for him Play a role –as Library/Librarians in innovation in education, research, projects, collaboration…

User chooses and creates

It’s no threat, but an additional thing, supplementary

If the user can do it himself, the library should have done it before, for him

Play a role –as Library/Librarians in innovation in education, research, projects, collaboration…

Our Focus as Medical Library Improve & Extend Tailor-made Services (including personal start pages) Quick Search & Take-Away (with Widgets & Universes) Alerts & RSS Outreach (Get out of the Library) Instruction & Education : Screencasts Adjust Courses including “Web-Literacy”

Improve & Extend Tailor-made Services (including personal start pages)

Quick Search & Take-Away (with Widgets & Universes)

Alerts & RSS

Outreach (Get out of the Library)

Instruction & Education : Screencasts

Adjust Courses including “Web-Literacy”

Further Reading Bookmarks: http ://del.icio.us/digicmb/socialnetworking Book: Social Software in Libraries / Meredith Farkas Slideshare: Online Social Networks in Healthcare & Libraries / PF Anderson WhitePaper: Social Networking, the "Third Place," and the Evolution of Communication Book: Linked - How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life Report: Social Networking : A quantitative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use. OfCom, April 2008. The pdf and the story BBC News . Report: Sharing , Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World [ OCLC - Membership reports] Blog: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services: DIGICMB: http://www.netvibes.com/digicmb

Bookmarks: http ://del.icio.us/digicmb/socialnetworking

Book: Social Software in Libraries / Meredith Farkas

Slideshare: Online Social Networks in Healthcare & Libraries / PF Anderson

WhitePaper: Social Networking, the "Third Place," and the Evolution of Communication

Book: Linked - How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

Report: Social Networking : A quantitative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use. OfCom, April 2008. The pdf and the story BBC News .

Report: Sharing , Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World [ OCLC - Membership reports]

Blog: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services:

DIGICMB: http://www.netvibes.com/digicmb

“ To boldly go where your users have gone before”