Using Social Software in Health Libraries

“ Using social software in health libraries” A continuing education (CE) course for the 2007 CHLA/ABSC Conference Ottawa, Ontario, May 28 th , 2007, University of Ottawa, Morriset Library Dean Giustini & Eugene Barsky University of British Columbia (UBC) Library

Introductions
Instructors
Logistics
Schedule 1:30-5:00pm
Pre-workshop e-mail – feedback?
You’ll need to open two browsers:
http:// hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca /
Go mid-page, under ‘ New content ’
Click on ‘ Using social software in health libraries’ link
http:// bloglines.com
Handouts
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software

Objectives
Introduce social software to health librarians
Provide our personal opinions & perspectives
Learn some basic tips & tricks
Engage health librarians in dialogue and debate
Assess Web 2.0’s future impact on health libraries.

Using social software
Definition( s):
“ social-software refers to web-based software tools that support or foster group interaction”
Tools
Blogs, wikis, podcasts, video, RSS feeds
Interactive, open, easy to use, remixable
Impact in medicine, socialization
Web 2.0 creates conversations
Conversation, ‘on the wards’, rounds
Knowledge begins with conversations*
Kenneth Megill. Thinking for a living: the Coming Age of Knowledge Work . 2004

Blogs – part I
What is a web-log, or blog?
Definition, benefits, weaknesses
Why use them?
Communication, discourse, debate, outreach
Platforms
Free & fee-based; e.g. Movable Type, WordPress, Blogger, etc.
Bloggers in health and medicine
Our experience as bloggers & who we read
Use wiki (or search tools) to find other blogs
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software Blogger.com

Time : twelve (12) minutes
Search for your favourite medical blog
Or, find one on the wiki: http://tinyurl.com/3ext68
Is blog’s purpose stated? Is blog current?
Is blogger engaging? Dull? Describe its tone
Other observations e.g. writing style, humour
Share your favourite blog with class
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software technorati.com blogsearch.google.com Blogging – ‘hands-on’

RSS feeds – part II
What is RSS?
Possible applications for current awareness, filtering tool
RSS readers
Tools we use, i.e. Bloglines.com, iGoogle
Databases with RSS:
PubMed; Google; EBSCO databases; no OVID yet
Medical RSS feeds
Go to wiki page on RSS
Find or browse RSS feeds (search)
i.e. MedWorm, LibWorm, Ask.com

RSS practice – ’hands on’
Time : ten (10) minutes
Sign onto your RSS reader account:
i.e. Bloglines, Google Reader or i Google?
Subscribe to CBC health’s RSS feed http:// www.cbc.ca/rss /
Add any second RSS feed to your reader
Questions ? Break
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software bloglines.com iGoogle.com

Wikis – part III
What are wikis?
Collaborative authoring at a website anyone can edit
Content management systems
Free vs fee-based
Web & server based
encyclopedia, manuals, subject guides
Social, open, participatory model like Wikipedia
Physician-moderated – e.g AskDrWiki, Ganfyd
Expert models e.g. Citizendium
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software mediawiki.com

Wikis – ‘hands on’
Work in pairs
See the wiki we’ve assigned to you
Open or expert-moderated?
Is there an RSS feed? a blog?
Other observations?
Benefits of wikis
Problems with wikis
Experience with UBC Health library wiki
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software ‘ Get a note from your doctor’ ganfyd.org

Social search
Personalize, customize
search selected websites only
Applications of customized search:
subject guides, specific user populations, etc.
Rollyo & Google Co-op e.g. Health
MLA librarians are tagging for Google health
Examples of social search
Physiotherapy search
Medical blog search
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software chacha.com google.com/coop

Podcasting is a blend of iPod & broadcasting
Distinguishing feature is portability & RSS feed
Audio/video – vodcasting
Are we moving into a post-textual Web?
Most audiovidual content is grey literature
CHLA/ABSC Factsheet on Podcasting
Top podcasting programs in medicine
MEDLINE indexing
Bibliography
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software sciencemag.org/multimedia Podcasting – part IV

Medical podcasts
Find on iTunes
Listen
Add
Vodcasts
Find
Listen/ watch
Add
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software http://www.nejm.org/video Podcasting demo

Other social software tools
Social tagging, folksonomic tagging, memes
Tools to track, label and share digital artifacts
del.icio.us , Furl, Flickr, etc
Tagging in science: Connotea, CiteULike
Advantages and disadvantages
Social networking sites
MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Sermo
Virtual reality
Second Life - HealthInfoIsland
Barsky/Giustini – 2007 CHLA/ABSC Social software sermo.com Secondlife.com

The future use of social software
Break into small groups
Brainstorm for 10-12 minutes
What social software tools can you implement?
Which tools are most useful for health librarians?
Marketing
Instruction, information sources
Report back to class
Dean and Eugene’s predictions
Wrap-up

Contact:
Dean Giustini
[email_address]
Eugene Barsky [email_address]

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