Web 2.0 meets Research 2.0 Jason A. Clark Head of Digital Access and Web Services Montana State University Libraries

A Look Ahead… A quick discussion of Web2.0 and its possible applications to library research An introduction to the content delivery elements of RSS, ATOM, and XML An assessment of what we have learned through an applied assignment

A quick discussion of Web2.0 and its possible applications to library research

An introduction to the content delivery elements of RSS, ATOM, and XML

An assessment of what we have learned through an applied assignment

A Story… "But media is actually a triathlon, it's three different events. People like to consume, but they also like to produce, and they like to SHARE ." Clay Shirky at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008 Watch the video: http://blip.tv/file/855937/ Read the transcript: http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html

A Picture…

Web 2.0 - What is it? Does it exist? What does it look like? A shift in the medium... http://montana.craigslist.org/ to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bozeman-MT/Montana-State-University-Libraries/20683532480

Does it exist?

What does it look like?

A shift in the medium...

http://montana.craigslist.org/

to

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bozeman-MT/Montana-State-University-Libraries/20683532480

Web 2.0 - Defined? Not a single technology - series of characteristics User Participation - Social Web Embedded, "point of need" services Open, standardized data allowing for sharing

Not a single technology - series of characteristics

User Participation - Social Web

Embedded, "point of need" services

Open, standardized data allowing for sharing

Source: AJ Cann, My Personal Learning Environment (PLE) http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/ple/ple5.html

Background Thoughts RSS, ATOM, and XML - structured data formats that carry information and can be reused in many differnet web settings Feed standards = standard way to share, read, and aggregate data Using Web 2.0 technology to get library materials into the research workflow

RSS, ATOM, and XML - structured data formats that carry information and can be reused in many differnet web settings

Feed standards = standard way to share, read, and aggregate data

Using Web 2.0 technology to get library materials into the research workflow

Content Delivery with XML Potential of RSS and Atom More than text - actual delivery of files Word docs, .pdfs, sound files, media files... Building of Widgets and Gadgets

Potential of RSS and Atom

More than text - actual delivery of files

Word docs, .pdfs, sound files, media files...

Building of Widgets and Gadgets

Research 2.0 - Applications Tagwatching - Delicious.com http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/tag/body+piercing?count=15 http://delicious.com/tag/body+piercing Keyword monitoring - Worldcat.com http://spirs.lib.montana.edu/worldcat/ http://www.worldcat.org/ Update monitoring - Wikipedia.com http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=metadata&action=history&feed=rss Research Tools - Widgets and Gadgets http://www.lib.montana.edu/tools/ "Beta" - MSU Library Labs http://www.lib.montana.edu/beta/

Tagwatching - Delicious.com

http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/tag/body+piercing?count=15

http://delicious.com/tag/body+piercing

Keyword monitoring - Worldcat.com

http://spirs.lib.montana.edu/worldcat/

http://www.worldcat.org/

Update monitoring - Wikipedia.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=metadata&action=history&feed=rss

Research Tools - Widgets and Gadgets

http://www.lib.montana.edu/tools/

"Beta" - MSU Library Labs

http://www.lib.montana.edu/beta/

Class Exercise Set up Google Reader account at reader.google.com Using examples from preceding slide: Set up alerts by subscribing to the feeds for Delicious tags, Worldcat keywords, and Wikipedia updates Add a widget to your browser Add the MSU search gadget to your iGoogle page

Set up Google Reader account at reader.google.com

Using examples from preceding slide:

Set up alerts by subscribing to the feeds for Delicious tags, Worldcat keywords, and Wikipedia updates

Add a widget to your browser

Add the MSU search gadget to your iGoogle page

Questions?

Getting Started - Feeds RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/ Desktop Software for creating feeds ExtraLabs Feed Editor - http://www.extralabs.net/feed-editor.htm FeedForAll - http://www.feedforall.com/ Tools for displaying feeds Feed2JS - http://feed2js.org/ FeedDigest - http://www.feeddigest.com/

RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/

Desktop Software for creating feeds

ExtraLabs Feed Editor - http://www.extralabs.net/feed-editor.htm

FeedForAll - http://www.feedforall.com/

Tools for displaying feeds

Feed2JS - http://feed2js.org/

FeedDigest - http://www.feeddigest.com/

Contact Information Jason A. Clark Montana State University Libraries Head of Digital Access and Web Services [email_address] www.jasonclark.info 406-994-6801

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