Why Web 2.0 : Challenges and Opportunities for the Legal Sector

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    1. Why Web 2.0? Challenges and opportunities for the legal sector CLIG Seminar – 13 th March 2008 James Mullan – Information Officer CMS Cameron McKenna
      • What is Web 2.0?
      • A look at some Web 2.0 tools (Opportunities)
      • Challenges for you
      • Challenges for the Legal Sector
    2. What is Web 2.0?
      • A perceived second generation of web-based communities…such as social networking sites, wikis and blogs…which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration and sharing (of content) between users.
      • Wikipedia entry “Web 2.0”
    3. Web 2.0 applications are usually…
      • Collaborative
        • Users can “contribute” content in a non-passive way
      • Interactive
        • Users can view each others content and talk to other users about their content
    4. Web 2.0 Technologies
      • Blogs
      • RSS
      • Wikis
      • Social Software
        • Social Networking
        • Social Bookmarking
      • Widgets
      • Mashups & Startpages
    5. Blogs and Blogging
      • A Weblog or Blog is a frequently updated Website
      • Dated entries are arranged in reverse chronological order
      • Blogs are easy to create and update
      • Blogging software is free
    6. Law Librarians & Blogging
      • Blogs can be used for a variety of reasons including;
        • To promote Library Services
        • As internal communication tools
        • To avoid Information Overload
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    10. The future of Blogging?
      • New ways of Blogging have started appearing;
      • “Microblogging” (Twitter)
      • Collaborative Blogging
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    13. RSS
      • RS what?
        • Really Simple Syndication
        • Rich Site Summaries
        • Read Some Stories
      • RSS Feeds are simple XML documents which need to be read in an “RSS Reader”
    14. RSS
      • RSS Feeds enable you to;
      • Deliver web content from multiple sites to a single web application
      • Subscribe only to content you want to see
      • Avoid visiting multiple sites
      • Easily see which sites have been updated
    15. Law Librarians & RSS
      • RSS isn’t just for Blogs though:
        • Journals
        • Government Websites
        • Law Firms
        • News Sources
        • Online Databases
    16. What does it really mean?
      • It’s now much easier for Information Professionals to;
        • Stay on top of what is being published on the Web
        • Make the content available to other users
        • Use RSS as part of a current awareness service
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    22. Wikis
      • A Wiki is an application or a piece of software that allows users to create edit and link “web” pages
      • Increasingly Wikis are being used within law firms to:
        • Encourage Knowledge sharing/collaboration
        • Replace or enhance Intranets
    23. Why are Wikis so wikied?
      • Wikis have been successfully used by Law Firms because:
        • Their focus is on content not authoring tools
        • You don’t need to have any experience to start using a Wiki
    24. Law Librarians & Wikis
      • There is huge potential for Law Librarians to use Wikis in the following areas:
        • System Documentation (LMS)
        • Subject Guides
        • FAQ’s
        • Best Practice Guides
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    28. When using Wikis
      • There needs to be a reason for the Wiki
      • More than one person should be using it as a communication/collaboration tool
      • You must avoid the “empty Wiki” syndrome at all costs
    29. Social Networking
      • A social networking site allows user to form connections with other people
      • Users post information about themselves which is then available for other people to search
      • Popular Social Networks include;
        • Facebook
        • MySpace
        • LinkedIn
    30. Law Librarians & Social Networking
      • Law Librarians can use Social Networks to:
        • Promote useful websites and legal resources
        • Demonstrate their organisations and their own expertise and interests
        • Connect with users in “their spaces”
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    33. How to start using Social Networks
      • Join a network
      • Create a profile
      • Decide how much or how little information you want to display
      • Find potential connections
      • Invite them to be your friend (connect)
      • Start building on these connections
    34. Social Bookmarking
      • Why use Social Bookmaking?
      • Social Bookmarking tools let you and anyone you want to access your saved sites.
      • You can discover sites being used by other people without having to visit the site yourself
      • The sites can be easily organised using categories (tags)
    35. Social Bookmarking
      • One of the most popular sites is del.icio.us
      • Other sites include;
        • Digg
        • Furl
        • StumbleUpon
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    40. Widgets (Gadgets)
      • Widgets are “mini” desktop applications that deliver content from the web.
      • Widgets are usually;
        • Embedded within blogs
        • Social networking pages or websites
      • Their application could go beyond this though
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    44. Widgets
      • There is some potential for using Widgets in Law Firms to display content available on the Web.
      • Widgets could also be used to display content from other systems on Portals or Intranets
      • Lots of Libraries are using Widgets to display content from their Library Catalogue
    45. Mashups and Start pages
      • A “mashup” is a Web application that uses content from more than one source to create a new service
      • Usually RSS feeds/content
      • Yahoo Pipes/RSS Mixer
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    49. Start Pages
      • Start Pages are user created “sites” which contain many different elements
      • The sites are usually divided into tabs which contain “elements”
        • RSS Feeds
        • Calendars
        • Notes
        • Bookmarks
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    54. Challenges for you
      • Keeping up with the pace of change!
      • Deciding what to start using first
      • Having “rights” to use the technology
      • Knowing what the best sites to use are
      • Convincing your organisation that you should be using Web 2.0
      • Identifying the skills and knowledge that you need
    55. Challenges for you
      • Avoiding Information Overload…again
      • Web 2.0 is increasing being described as a “disruptive” technology
        • RSS
        • Reading blog posts
      • Applications are available that can now filter the information you receive;
        • Feed Rinse
        • Yahoo Pipes
    56. Challenges for you
      • Ethical
        • Social Networking sites and Virtual Worlds
      • Legal
        • Your anonymity
        • Defamation
        • Downloading of documents/images
    57. Challenges for the Legal Sector
      • Associating your organisation with a product
        • Allen & Overy and Facebook
      • Encouraging collaboration
        • Not renowned for collaboration
        • Existing systems don’t encourage
        • What role should Law Librarians play?
    58. Challenges for the Legal Sector
      • If your organisation does want to do “Web 2.0” then you need to think about;
        • Your priority application areas
        • Whether you are replacing or an improving an existing service
        • What the benefits are going to be
    59. Challenges for the Legal Sector
      • What about MOSS?
      • Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server or Sharepoint
      • Likely to be implemented by a number of firms in 2008
        • Blogs
        • RSS Feeds
        • Wikis
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    62. Conclusion
      • Web 2.0 provides Information Professionals with new methods by which to disseminate and create information and can provide real benefit to users, however;
      • A Web 2.0 application cant be applied to every situation
      • Don’t do Web 2.0 just because it’s “cool”
      • The take-up of Web 2.0 is growing but many applications are still blocked
      • Questions

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