A brief on Library 2.0

1. Anwarul Islam. PhD
anwarpulak@gmail.com

2. Library 2.0
Definitions
Library 2.0 = Web 2.0 tools + Library services
Library 2.0 describes a subset of library services
designed to meet user needs caused by the
direct and peripheral effects of Web 2.0
services …. (Habib, 2006: p.24).

3. Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web
applications that facilitate participatory
information sharing, interoperability, user-
centered design, and collaboration on the
World Wide Web. (Web 2.0 –Wikipedia, 2011)
Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking
sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted
services, web applications, mashups and
folksonomies.

4. Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0

5. Web 2.0 vs Library 2.0
Web 2.0 Library 2.0
Tim O’Reilly librarycrunch.com
web as platform user participation
read/write user-centred services
perpetual beta radical trust

6. Library 1.0 vs Library 2.0
Library 1.0 Library 2.0
Closed stacks Open Stacks
Collection Development Library Suggestion box
Preorganized ILS User tagging
Walk-in services Globally available services
“Read-only” catalog OPAC
Print newsletter mailed out Team-built blog
Easy=dumb users Easy=smart systems
Limited service options Broad range of options
Information as commodity Information as conversation
Monolithic applications Flexible, adaptive module
Mission focus in output Mission focus in outcome
ILS is core operation User services are core

7. Library (the taxonomy)
• Traditional
• Hybrid
On • Digital/Virtual
collections • Poly-media
• Public
• Academic
On • Special
service • National

8. Kindle
(an e-reader)
Developer Amazon.com
The fourth generation
Kindle, Kindle Touch and Manufacturer Foxconn
Kindle Touch 3G can display Product family Kindle
Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF,
unprotected MOBI, and PRC Type E-book reader
files natively. HTML, DOC,
Release date November 19, 2007
DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and
BMP are usable through Introductory price $399
conversion.
Operating system Linux 2.6.26
A third generation Kindle (now known as
"Kindle Keyboard") in graphite color

9. RSS
• RSS = Really Simple Syndication is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated
works—such as entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.
• RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text,
plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.
• Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically.
• They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate
feeds from many sites into one place.
• RSS feeds can be read using software called an “RSS reader”, "feed reader", or “aggregator”, which can
be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.
• The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking a feed icon in a
web browser that initiates the subscription process.
• The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that
it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.
• RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead
subscribe to websites such that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes
available.

10. RSS History & Variants
The RSS formats were preceded by several attempts at web syndication that did
not achieve widespread popularity. The basic idea of restructuring
information about websites goes back to as early as 1995, when Ramanathan
V. Guha and other in Apple Computer’s Advanced Technology Group
developed the Meta Content Framework.
There are several different versions of RSS-
– RSS 0.90
– RSS 0.91
– RSS 0.92
– RSS 1.0
– RSS 1.1
– RSS2.01

11. What are the benefits to having an RSS feed?
RSS is beneficial to both publishers and website visitors. To keep things simple I have
listed just a few of the benefits for both publishers and website visitors.
RSS benefits for publishers:
1. Reaching new audiences through syndication
2. Improved search engine optimization
3. Easier and less expensive vehicle for communication than email.
4. Additional way to communicate with customers or potential customers.
RSS benefits for website visitors:
1. Website visitors do not have to release personal information in order to
subscribe to an RSS feed.
2. 100% opt-in, users control the content they wish to receive.
3. Faster method for scanning content (saves time)

12. How 2 subscribe RSS
Find the RSS icon or button and subscribe.
• Websites and blogs that have feeds want you to subscribe. They
provide buttons like those seen below.
The process is:
• Right click on the RSS icon or button.
• Select Copy Link Location to copy the URL of the feed.
• Go to your RSS Feed Reader.
• Paste the URL into your Feed reader.

13. RSS symbols
http://rss-tutorial.com/rss-how-to-subscribe-to-feeds.htm

14. RSS for Libraries
• http://www.loc.gov/rss/
• http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/feeds/
• http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/dlrss
• http://library.mcmaster.ca/php/blog.php?display=full
&id=94
• www.library.auckland.ac.nz/rss/

15. Free e-books
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
www.ebookee.org

16. File format of e-book
Format File name extension Format File name Extension
ArchosReader .aeh eReader .pdb
DiVu .djvu Plain Text .txt
EPUB (IDPF) .epub Plucker .pdb
FictionBook .fb2 Portable Document Format .pdf
HTML .html PostScript .ps
Kindle .azw Repligo .rgo
Microsoft Reader .lit TealDoc .pdb
Mobipocket .prc, .mobi Tome Raider .tr2, .tr3
MultiMediaEBook .exe

17. Library 2.0 concept model

18. Elements of Library 2.0
• It is user-centered-Users participate in the creation of the content and
services they view within the library's web-presence, OPAC, etc. The
consumption and creation of content is dynamic, and thus the roles of
librarian and user are not always clear.
• It provides a multi-media experience-Both the collections and services of
Library 2.0 contain video and audio components. While this is not often
cited as a function of Library 2.0, it is here suggested that it should be.
• It is socially rich-The library's web-presence includes users' presences.
There are both synchronous (e.g. IM) and asynchronous (e.g. wikis) ways
for users to communicate with one another and with librarians.
• It is communally innovative-This is perhaps the single most important
aspect of Library 2.0. It rests on the foundation of libraries as a
community service, but understands that as communities change,
libraries must not only change with them, they must allow users to
change the library. It seeks to continually change its services, to find new
ways to allow communities, not just individuals to seek, find, and utilize
information.

19. Ward Cunningham
Wiki
A wiki is a website which allows its users to add,
modify, or delete its content via a web
browser using a simplified markup language
or a rich-text editor. Wikis are powered
by wiki software. Most are created
collaboratively.

20. Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, collaboratively edited and multilingual Internet
encyclopedia supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
•22 million articles (over 3.9 million in English alone) have been written collaboratively
by volunteers around the world.
•It has about 100,000 regularly active contributors.
•As of June 2012, there are editions of Wikipedia in 285 languages.
• 365 million readers worldwide.
Wikipedia was launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Sanger
coined the name Wikipedia, which is a portmanteau of wiki (a type of collaborative
website, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning "quick") and encyclopedia.

21. Wikis
• Bangla Wikipedia
http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
• Bangla Wiki Books
http://bn.wikisource.org
• LIS Wiki
http://liswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

22. Ask a librarian

23. IR Open Source Software
Dspace
A software platform developed and used at MIT that enables institutions to capture and describe digital works
using a submission workflow module. The system enables these works to be archived and distributed over the
web through a search and retrieval system.
Fedora
A software platform that provides a robust foundation for an array of innovative solutions including open-access
publishing, scholarly communication, e-science, digital libraries, archives, education, and more. Using a standards-
based, service-oriented architecture, the Fedora platform provides an extensible framework of service
components to support features such as OAI-PMH, search engine integration, fine-grained access control, content
versioning and integrity checking, dynamic views of digital objects and formal semantic relationships among them.
GNU EPrints Archive Software
A software platform developed at the University of Southampton which creates online archives that can be "full-
text" searched with enhanced searching for names and dates.
IR+
IR+ is an institutional repository software project. It is a fully featured digital repository management solution that
is easy for users to understand and manage. Its goals are to meet the needs of any organization that needs to
author, publish and preserve digital information.
OCLC Research Software
A list of open source software developed by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) to build a repository and
harvest data according to OAI-PMH standards.

24. Open Source LMS

25. KOHA (OPAC)
http://koha-community.org/demo/

26. KOHA (Staff Interface)

27. MARC Record

28. MARC 21

29. SMS for Reference Services
• Google SMS
• Altarama's Reference by SMS
• AIM Hack: Your users can:
– Send a message to 246246 (AIMAIM)
– Enter the text "send [library's AIM address] [question]" (without quotations or brackets)
• For example:
• send anytownlibrarychat what are yr hours?
– From that point on, send and receive messages as you normally would. (Your patron doesn't need to use the account prefix, etc.
for each message during the session)
– Standard messaging rates will apply
• Text a Librarian, Powered by Mosio - Text Message (SMS) Reference Services. Accessible on over 260 million US
mobile phones using a mobile, cell phone carrier approved technologies. Used by single branch libraries or multi-
library cooperatives.
• LibraryH3lp Twilio SMS Gateway - Patrons text a phone number, not a short code/keyword combination. US phone
numbers only; international texts can be received and sent. Text messages can be flexibly routed and transferred
among librarians.
• LibraryH3lp Android SMS Gateway - Library provides the Google Android phone and creates a gateway using
LibraryH3lp. Patrons text a phone number, not a short code/keyword combination. Text messages can be flexibly
routed and transferred among librarians.
• LibraryH3lp Google Voice Gateway - Library obtains a Google Voice account and phone number. Patrons text a
phone number, not a short code/keyword combination. Librarian respond via IM as with other LibraryH3lp
questions.
• Upside Wireless is an SMS gateway company used by UCLA Libraries
• Twilio Provides US phone numbers and APIs for developers to use in creating their own applications. Libraries with
programming resources available could roll their own SMS service.

30. Mobile Enhanced Library services
http://www.slideshare.net/tsierra/opportuniti
es-for-mobile-enhanced-library-services-and- http://m.lib.ncsu.edu/
collections

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