Technology Extravaganza: New Web Sites and Applications that Show Promise for the Library World Laura Kaspari Hohmann Information Resource Officer US Embassy Warsaw

What is Web 2.0? Second-generation of web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users Emphasis is on participation, publication, socialization, sharing, and the web as platform Users are much more involved in the web

Second-generation of web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users

Emphasis is on participation, publication, socialization, sharing, and the web as platform

Users are much more involved in the web

Web 2.0 technologies Blogs Bookmarking &Tagging Collaboration & Productivity RSS Wikis SMS/Instant Messaging (IM) Social Networking Sites Photo Sharing Audio & Video Gaming/Virtual Reality

Blogs

Bookmarking &Tagging

Collaboration & Productivity

RSS

Wikis

SMS/Instant Messaging (IM)

Social Networking Sites

Photo Sharing

Audio & Video

Gaming/Virtual Reality

Blogs User-generated websites that are frequently updated Can be personal or informational Contain journal style entries that appear in reverse chronological order Readers can leave comments

User-generated websites that are frequently updated

Can be personal or informational

Contain journal style entries that appear in reverse chronological order

Readers can leave comments

Bookmarking & Tagging http:// del.icio.us / http://citeulike.org/

http:// del.icio.us /

http://citeulike.org/

Collaboration & Productivity Tools Google Docs & Spreadsheets http:// docs.google.com / http://zoho.com/

Google Docs & Spreadsheets http:// docs.google.com /

http://zoho.com/

RSS RSS – Real Simple Syndication XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites and blogs and to keep up without having to go to each of the sites and check to see if there’s new content. RSS is used for text, audio, and video files.

RSS – Real Simple Syndication

XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites and blogs and to keep up without having to go to each of the sites and check to see if there’s new content.

RSS is used for text, audio, and video files.

RSS in Action RSS is easier to understand if you use it. To get started, you’ll need an RSS Reader / Aggregator Google Reader http://reader.google.com/ RSS Speed http://www.rssspeed.pl/ My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com/ NewsGator http://www.newsgator.com/ FeedReader http:// feedreader.com /

RSS is easier to understand if you use it.

To get started, you’ll need an RSS Reader / Aggregator

Google Reader http://reader.google.com/

RSS Speed http://www.rssspeed.pl/

My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com/

NewsGator http://www.newsgator.com/

FeedReader http:// feedreader.com /

Wikis http://wikipedia.org http://www.libsuccess.org/

http://wikipedia.org

http://www.libsuccess.org/

SMS/Instant Messaging Yahoo Messenger http://messenger.yahoo.com/ AOL Instant Messenger http://www.aim.com/ MSN Messenger http://get.live.com/messenger/overview Meebo http://www.meebo.com/ Twitter http:// twitter.com /

Yahoo Messenger http://messenger.yahoo.com/

AOL Instant Messenger http://www.aim.com/

MSN Messenger http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

Meebo http://www.meebo.com/

Twitter http:// twitter.com /

Social Networking Sites MySpace http://myspace.com Facebook http://facebook.com Grono http://grono.net

MySpace http://myspace.com

Facebook http://facebook.com

Grono http://grono.net

MySpace Library Shot

MySpace Library Shot

Library Specific Web 2.0 Tools LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/ Library Elf http:// www.libraryelf.com /

LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/

Library Elf http:// www.libraryelf.com /

Photosharing Flickr http://flickr.com

Flickr http://flickr.com

Audio & Video Sharing Sites Odeo http://odeo.com Blinkx http://blinkx.com YouTube http://youtube.com Streemo http://streemo.pl/Portal/Default.aspx

Odeo http://odeo.com

Blinkx http://blinkx.com

YouTube http://youtube.com

Streemo http://streemo.pl/Portal/Default.aspx

Gaming & Virtual Reality Dance Dance Revolution Second Life http://secondlife.com (See an introductory video about Second Life at: http://sl.nmc.org/2006/06/12/seriously-engaging-movie/ )

Dance Dance Revolution

Second Life http://secondlife.com (See an introductory video about Second Life at: http://sl.nmc.org/2006/06/12/seriously-engaging-movie/ )

Dance Dance Revolution

From Web 2.0 to Library 2.0 How can your library use these tools?

How can your library use these tools?

Questions? This presentation is available online at: Thank you! [email_address]

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