Web 2.0/Library 2.0

Web/Library 2.0 Cheerleaders, Critics, and Practical Applications Ramirose Attebury April 18, 2008

What is Web 2.0?

Tim O’Reilly’s Definition

“ Web 2.0 is all the Web sites out there that get their value from the actions of users.”

Characteristics

The Web as a Platform

Democratic

Interactive

Folksonomy

Service vs. Products

2.0 Timeline

Term coined in 2004 by Tim O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty of O’Reilly Media

Classmates.com 1995

SixDegrees.com 1997

RSS Feeds 1997

LiveJournal 1999

Friendster 2002

MySpace 2003

2.0 Timeline

Flickr 2004

Facebook at Harvard 2004

Facebook at high schools 2005

YouTube 2005

Ning 2005

Facebook for everyone 2006

Facebook add-on applications 2007

What is Library 2.0? “ Library 2.0 simply means making your library’s space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative, and driven by community needs. Examples of where to start include blogs, gaming nights for teens, and collaborative photo sites. The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and need in their daily lives…to make the library a destination and not an afterthought.” Sarah Houghton, LibrarianInBlack Blogger

Cheerleaders

Critics

Accuracy

Wikiality

Critics

Q20. If you could contact a librarian via Facebook or MySpace for help with your research, would you? If not, why? Free-text responses were coded into the following categories and break down as follows: Main Library Gateway • Library Web Survey • Fall 2007 • Formal Report University of Michigan | MLibrary | libwebservices@umich.edu | Jan 2008

Practical Applications Focus on building relationships, not on technology itself. Know your users. Keep your mission statement in mind. Differentiate between 2.0 stuff that users need and stuff they don’t. Advertise/Train!

Practical Applications Blogging/RSS Feeds: What’s New at Your Library Case Western Reserve University Library Tacoma Public Library Video: For children who miss storytime or to listen to while reading a book Wikis: For staff communication, readers advisory, or subject guides Ohio University’s Biz Wiki RSS Aggregators: Keeping up with all this stuff Google Reader Social Networking Sites: Collaborating with others Muse

What Others Are Doing Twitter – Cleveland Public Library Flickr – The Library of Congress Google Docs – Myself YouTube – Hawaii Pacific University Podcasting – University of Tennessee, Chatanooga

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