Web Trends and Developments Presentation & workshop at Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services Olso, January 15th 2007 & NTNU Library (UBiT) Trondheim, January 17th & 18th 2007 Guus van den Brekel Coördinator Electronic Services, Central Medical Library University Medical Center Groningen Website: www.rug.nl/umcg/bibliotheek Blog: Digicmb.blogspot.com

Speed Tour Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 Blogs RSS Trends for 2007?

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Blogs

RSS

Trends for 2007?

Web 2.0 Wikipedia: a perceived or proposed second generation of Internet -based services —such as social networking sites , wikis , communication tools, and folksonomies —that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.

Wikipedia: a perceived or proposed second generation of Internet -based services —such as social networking sites , wikis , communication tools, and folksonomies —that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.

I am SHARING and USING the following information, instead of making this up on my own, because it has been presented very well , by another colleague, who has put it on the Web. But I had to choose from SO many …..

I am SHARING and USING the following information, instead of making this up on my own, because it has been presented very well , by another colleague, who has put it on the Web.

But I had to choose from SO many …..

Why should we care? • Online competition to libraries • Alternative method of marketing • Alternative method of communication • Alternative publishing practices • User awareness • Efficiency • “ Buzz” word right now • Users are unaware or are creating alternatives to library resources Source: Exploring Libraries (...and our Users) in the Web 2.0 Realm / Brian C. Gray. NORASIST Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

• Online competition to libraries

• Alternative method of marketing

• Alternative method of communication

• Alternative publishing practices

• User awareness

• Efficiency

• “ Buzz” word right now

• Users are unaware or are creating alternatives to library resources

Web 2.0 Concepts – Collaboration – Sharing – Ownership – Creation – Web-based rather than software based – Data/information – Social – Connections/relationships – Trust

– Collaboration

– Sharing

– Ownership

– Creation

– Web-based rather than software based

– Data/information

– Social

– Connections/relationships

– Trust

Web 2.0 Concepts – Enrichment – Personal data – Participation – Decentralized – User “tagged” or defined – Experience – Services – Remixable – Behavior

– Enrichment

– Personal data

– Participation

– Decentralized

– User “tagged” or defined

– Experience

– Services

– Remixable

– Behavior

Library 2.0 • Coined by Michael Casey on his blog LibraryCrunch • Some library contributors: – Stephen Abram – John Blyberg – Michael E. Casey – Jenny Levine – Paul Miller – Michael Stephens

• Coined by Michael Casey on his blog LibraryCrunch

• Some library contributors:

– Stephen Abram

– John Blyberg

– Michael E. Casey

– Jenny Levine

– Paul Miller

– Michael Stephens

Library 2.0 Concepts • Delivery • Constant and purposeful change • Adaptation • User designed • User created • Participation • User feedback • 2-way information • Reaching new users

• Delivery

• Constant and purposeful change

• Adaptation

• User designed

• User created

• Participation

• User feedback

• 2-way information

• Reaching new users

And I share his warnings and thoughts also! • What do users want? • Investment in technology and/or time • What do users expect? • What are users doing on their own? • How can users contribute?

• What do users want?

• Investment in technology and/or time

• What do users expect?

• What are users doing on their own?

• How can users contribute?

Blogs & RSS info is taken from: Engage Your Users with Blogs and RSS: Create Community, Take Your Content to Them Jenny Levine The Shifted Librarian American Library Association. [email_address] http://www.ticer.nl/06carte/program/3.htm

Engage Your Users with Blogs and RSS: Create Community, Take Your Content to Them Jenny Levine The Shifted Librarian American Library Association. [email_address] http://www.ticer.nl/06carte/program/3.htm

A “blog” (or “weblog”) is a web site that: is organized chronologically by date (newest entries are usually at the top); self-archives by date (done by software); is updated somewhat regularly with relatively short entries; includes links, more links, and still more links; uses a unique URL (called a “permalink”) for each individual post; filters the information universe for you (voice); provide an “RSS feed” that “syndicates” the content and lets you read posts in a separate reader called an “aggregator” (I come to you!)

is organized chronologically by date (newest entries are usually at the top);

self-archives by date (done by software);

is updated somewhat regularly with relatively short entries;

includes links, more links, and still more links;

uses a unique URL (called a “permalink”) for each individual post;

filters the information universe for you (voice);

provide an “RSS feed” that “syndicates” the content and lets you read posts in a separate reader called an “aggregator” (I come to you!)

5 Easy Steps to Blogging 1. Open a web browser 2. Log in to your blogging software 3. Go to “new/create entry” 4. Type text in a box 5. Click submit button THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

1. Open a web browser

2. Log in to your blogging software

3. Go to “new/create entry”

4. Type text in a box

5. Click submit button

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

Blog Software http://www.blogger.com/ http://www.movabletype.org/ http://wordpress.org/ http://drupal.org/ … .

http://www.blogger.com/

http://www.movabletype.org/

http://wordpress.org/

http://drupal.org/

… .

What Blogs Do for You Blogs help “tell your story” to your audience What’s new Staff communication & knowledge Information literacy Repackaging information you’re already disseminating Community “ Voice” – humanizes your institution

Blogs help “tell your story” to your audience

What’s new

Staff communication & knowledge

Information literacy

Repackaging information you’re already disseminating

Community

“ Voice” – humanizes your institution

Blogs to manage internal knowledge K-logs – knowledge sharing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs/ Project management Collective backup brain

K-logs – knowledge sharing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs/

Project management

Collective backup brain

Libraries and Blogging: The Next Level (1) UThink: University of Minnesota Libraries http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ Western Springs History – http://westernspringshistory.org/ WPopac – http ://www.plymouth.edu/library/opac/ http://wpopac.blogs.plymouth.edu/

UThink: University of Minnesota Libraries http://blog.lib.umn.edu/

Western Springs History – http://westernspringshistory.org/

WPopac – http ://www.plymouth.edu/library/opac/ http://wpopac.blogs.plymouth.edu/

Libraries and Blogging: The Next Level (2) Libraries are hosting/controlling blog & wiki software within organizations Offer it to staff and students fro free

Libraries are hosting/controlling blog & wiki software within organizations

Offer it to staff and students fro free

Advantages of Blogging Distributes the workload Don’t need to know HTML or an editing program Can update your site from anywhere Lets you concentrate on content, not the process Makes your site more dynamic (how much of your site changes? 10%?) Helps you stay current

Distributes the workload

Don’t need to know HTML or an editing program

Can update your site from anywhere

Lets you concentrate on content, not the process

Makes your site more dynamic (how much of your site changes? 10%?)

Helps you stay current

Disadvantages of Blogging Distributes the workload, but that means more people have to commit to adding content Don’t need to know HTML or an editing program, but there is a slight learning curve Can update your site from anywhere as long as you have a web browser and internet access Lets you concentrate on content, not the process, but you need to have content Makes your site more dynamic, but only if you keep updating it Danger of information overload

Distributes the workload, but that means more people have to commit to adding content

Don’t need to know HTML or an editing program, but there is a slight learning curve

Can update your site from anywhere as long as you have a web browser and internet access

Lets you concentrate on content, not the process, but you need to have content

Makes your site more dynamic, but only if you keep updating it

Danger of information overload

Further Resources: Blogging Blog Software Breakdown --http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library’s Services --http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov03/fichter.shtml Overview of the Weblog Tools Market – http://tinyurl.com/67bpn Weblogs: Do They Belong in Libraries? --http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/area-dna-155ue40/public-libraries/ Time to Check: Are You Using the Right Blogging Tool? --http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050714gardner/ Blogs for Libraries --http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=767 Dr. L. Anne Clyde’s Internet Courses: Weblogs --http://www.hi.is/~anne/weblogs.html Blog Glossary – http://www.samizdata.net/blog/glossary.html BlogBib -- http://blog-bib.blogspot.com/

Blog Software Breakdown --http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm

Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library’s Services --http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov03/fichter.shtml

Overview of the Weblog Tools Market – http://tinyurl.com/67bpn

Weblogs: Do They Belong in Libraries? --http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/area-dna-155ue40/public-libraries/

Time to Check: Are You Using the Right Blogging Tool? --http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050714gardner/

Blogs for Libraries --http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=767

Dr. L. Anne Clyde’s Internet Courses: Weblogs --http://www.hi.is/~anne/weblogs.html

Blog Glossary – http://www.samizdata.net/blog/glossary.html

BlogBib -- http://blog-bib.blogspot.com/

RSS is : really hard to describe a form of XML stands for : Rich Site Summary RDF Site Summary Really Simple Syndication is best understood when you actually use it!

really hard to describe

a form of XML

stands for :

Rich Site Summary

RDF Site Summary

Really Simple Syndication

is best understood when you actually use it!

Some facts RSS is really for machines to read, not humans. It’s an XML schema The RSS file updates itself automatically. Atom = syndication (http://www.atomenabled.org/) You can tell there is an RSS “feed” if you see: “ Syndicate this site”

RSS is really for machines to read, not humans.

It’s an XML schema

The RSS file updates itself automatically.

Atom = syndication (http://www.atomenabled.org/)

You can tell there is an RSS “feed” if you see:

“ Syndicate this site”

You need an aggregator Desktop or web-based http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html

Desktop or web-based

http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html

My favourites Bloglines Netvibes

Bloglines

Netvibes

Advantages of RSS Did I mention fewer clicks make you more efficient? Works well for reading frequently OR infrequently updated sites No spam (yet) Starting to see ads, mostly text-based, but not as bad as the web Started with tech pubs (InfoWorld, PC World, Engadget), now expanding but incentive for moderation No pop-up ads, no full-screen ads Don’t go blind trying to read blue text on a pink background

Did I mention fewer clicks make you more efficient?

Works well for reading frequently OR infrequently updated sites

No spam (yet)

Starting to see ads, mostly text-based, but not as bad as the web

Started with tech pubs (InfoWorld, PC World, Engadget), now expanding but incentive for moderation

No pop-up ads, no full-screen ads

Don’t go blind trying to read blue text on a pink background

Disadvantages of RSS Some feeds only provide headlines or an excerpt Not everything is RSS-ified yet Your subscription list can keep growing and growing and growing (Jenny=250, wavesmash=1847) Few customization options (this is changing) Little filtering by keyword (this is changing) Difficult to synchronize aggregator between multiple computers (future is web-based) Learning curve (XM-RS-what?)

Some feeds only provide headlines or an excerpt

Not everything is RSS-ified yet

Your subscription list can keep growing and growing and growing (Jenny=250, wavesmash=1847)

Few customization options (this is changing)

Little filtering by keyword (this is changing)

Difficult to synchronize aggregator between multiple computers (future is web-based)

Learning curve (XM-RS-what?)

Ways to find feeds Syndic8 – http://www.syndic8.com/ NewsIsFree – http://www.newsisfree.com/ BlogStreet – http://www.blogstreet.com/ 2RSS.com – http://www.2rss.com/ RSS Explorer (Windows IE only) -- http://rssexplorer.planet-hood.com/ SciencePort -- http://scienceport.org/ Technorati – http://www.technorati.com/ Feedster – http://www.feedster.com/ PubSub – http://www.pubsub.com/ ………

Syndic8 – http://www.syndic8.com/

NewsIsFree – http://www.newsisfree.com/

BlogStreet – http://www.blogstreet.com/

2RSS.com – http://www.2rss.com/

RSS Explorer (Windows IE only) --

http://rssexplorer.planet-hood.com/

SciencePort -- http://scienceport.org/

Technorati – http://www.technorati.com/

Feedster – http://www.feedster.com/

PubSub – http://www.pubsub.com/

………

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http://www.libworm.com/

RSS Structured data, microformats Widgets & Gadgets, extensions, add-on's and plugins Web Office Google v Microsoft Zoho, Zimbra,Thinkfree Browser-based applications Web Trends 2007 (1)

RSS

Structured data, microformats

Widgets & Gadgets, extensions, add-on's and plugins

Web Office Google v Microsoft Zoho, Zimbra,Thinkfree

Browser-based applications

Web Trends 2007 (2) Search 2.0 Vertical Search Engines Google health Google Code Windows Live SearchMash.com (by Google again)

Search 2.0

Vertical Search Engines Google health Google Code Windows Live

SearchMash.com (by Google again)

Top Ten Technologies for Libraries to embrase RSS Weblogs Wiki's IM : Instant Messaging Podcasting OpenSource Software SMS Text Messaging Social Software User-created content Mashing-up services

RSS

Weblogs

Wiki's

IM : Instant Messaging

Podcasting

OpenSource Software

SMS Text Messaging

Social Software

User-created content

Mashing-up services

My Tool Box Blogger Delicious Technorati CiteSeer CiteUlike Digg Flickr, YouTube FreeMind FF, GreaseMonkey SlideShare.com Google Gmail, Chat Conduit Snippy Snap Desktop Toolbar Yahoo Widgets Windows Live Netvibes Bloglines

Blogger

Delicious

Technorati

CiteSeer

CiteUlike

Digg

Flickr,

YouTube

FreeMind

FF, GreaseMonkey

SlideShare.com

Google Gmail, Chat

Conduit

Snippy

Snap Desktop Toolbar

Yahoo Widgets

Windows Live

Netvibes

Bloglines