Libraries And Social Software

Libraries and social software: an overview Dr Jane Secker Centre for Learning Technology London School of Economics and Political Science Web 2.0 and Information Literacy: 12 th June 2008 Yorkshire Universities Information Skills Group

Outline of talk
Based on findings from the LASSIE project
What is web 2.0?
What is Library 2.0?
A snapshot of library activity related to web 2.0 technologies including:
RSS technologies
Blogs
Social networking
Social bookmarking
Some issues to consider for today….

LASSIE
Libraries and social software in education
Nine month project funded by University of London’s Centre for Distance Education
Several project partners
Literature review to provide a snapshot of activity
Five case studies to explore different technologies
Lassie filming on location in Florida. Photo courtesy State Archive of Florida

What is web 1.0?
Web 1.0 - the user as a consumer
Web editors created content
Limited interactivity
Communication via e-mail
Dial-up connections
Software on PC

What is Web 2.0
Using web as a platform for
Communication
Interactivity
Sharing
Storing information
User generated content- blogs, wikis, social networks
Always connected

Some features of web 2.0
Services rather than software
Hosted remotely / not locally
Social interaction
Inclusion of ‘user generated content’
Tagging
Re-usable data
Syndication / feed enabled
Easy to use….

What is Library 2.0? From Michael Habib’s Flickr site (Licensed under Creative Commons): http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=222296001&size=o

How are librarians responding?
With enthusiasm and experimentation!
Lots of examples of practical applications
UK still someway behind the US
Staff development an issue
Some librarians have seen it as a threat, bandwagon, something to be ignored
JISC currently exploring this area with the TILE project

RSS / news feeds
Phil Bradley argues RSS underlies web 2.0
A new way of reading the web
Content brought to you via a reader or aggregator
Great for keeping up to date
Content can be re-used elsewhere
The BBC have an excellent overview of what RSS is and how it works

LSE’s training portal

RSS from a blog RSS from a database

Web 2.0 library catalogues
Features include:
User reviews and ratings
Tagging of items
Using loan data to make recommendations
RSS capability for example to generate new book lists
All linked to overall trend to make library catalogues meet user’s expectations (largely based their use of Amazon)

Hennepin County Library

Libraries and blogging
Libraries and librarians are starting to embrace blogging
Increasingly blogs used for Library news – can target specific audiences
LASSIE blog invaluable for reflection, comments, news
Requires a more informal written approach?

Madison-Jefferson County Public library blog

Worcester: ILS Matters

Libraries and social bookmarking
Sites like del.icious allow users to share / access their bookmarks
Excellent for resource sharing
Several libraries have developed their own social bookmarking tools
Several libraries using del.icio.us to maintain lists of internet resources
Flexible, portable, customisable

Stanford University

Libraries and social networking
OCLC report suggested libraries didn’t have a role to play in social networking
Despite this relatively high usage of sites such as Facebook by librarians
Groups used for professional networking
Pages can be created by organisations
Many library related applications in Facebook
The jury is still out!

Library pages in Facebook

Questions and issues for today
Can we ignore web 2.0 technologies and survive?
How do we cope with the staff development challenges?
Which tools do you think you might use?
What does web 2.0 offer information literacy?

Jane Secker [email_address] Further reading Godwin, P and Parker, J. (2008) Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0. Facet Publishing. LASSIE blog: http:// elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/socialsoftware /

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