The document discusses implementing various Web 2.0 tools like blogs, RSS feeds, podcasting, instant messaging, and wikis in health library outreach and practice. It provides examples of how the UBC Physio Outreach librarian uses these tools to serve over 1,700 physiotherapists in British Columbia, including maintaining an info blog, creating podcasts of workshops and presentations, and setting up a wiki for sharing health information among librarians. The goals are to engage users and provide diverse information through pushed content and interactive platforms.

1. Implementing Web 2.0 tools into health library practice and outreach Social software in UBC Physio Outreach By Eugene Barsky, Simon Neame, and Rebecca B. Tunnacliffe Presented at the CHLA Conference on May 31, 2007 [email_address] http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/physio/

2. Goals of this session Introduce social software to health librarians Provide personal experiences Engage Canadian health librarians in dialogue and debate on utilizing social software in daily practice

3. Physio outreach project – whom do we serve? We serve 1,700 practicing physiotherapists in BC The challenge is to serve diverse information needs of practicing health professionals: clinical and research

4. Social tools to be covered… Blogs RSS feeds Podcasting / Audiocasting Instant messaging Wikis ** For more social software in health libraries, see Guistini & Barsky CE class on social software (2007) >> http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca

5. What is blog? A frequent, chronological, and personalized publication of web content Pros of blogs: No need to know html coding No need to find server space Usually free Allow interactivity and sharing

6. How we use a blog? UBC Physio Info-blog is the central communication tool for the physio outreach librarian ( http:// weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/physio / ): Workshops Audiocasts Tutorials New services and tools, etc.

7. What is RSS? Pushed vs. pulled content from blogs and websites Instead of you going to check for new info – the info comes to you

8. How we use RSS feeds? Physio Blog RSS feed Mix RSS from medical databases (PubMed and CINAHL) - http://www.feeddigest.com/ RSS feed mixing for Health & Science info (CBC, BBC, NYT, IHT)

9. How we use RSS feeds? Feed to JavaScript - http://feed2js.org/

10. What is podcasting? Audio files, thrown on RSS feed Download themselves to the subscribers’ machines Average size of recording into mp3 is 1MB for one minute Because of the file sizes (50-60MB), we also use audiocasting – no automatic downloads Don’t need iPod

11. How we use podcasting? Record local rehabilitation sciences workshops and seminars [ http:// weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/physio/podcasts /] Support UBC Physio School systematic reviews course by recording students’ presentations Store and preserve the content on UBC institutional repository [ https:// dspace.library.ubc.ca ] We use Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ – free open source software (can run from USB memory)

12. How we use podcasting?

13. What is Instant Messaging (IM)? A system which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network Very popular with NextGens

14. How we use IM: An IM gadget (MeeboMe) is installed on the blog Personalization with a photo Found to be pretty popular Messages are private

15. What is wiki? An online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org Medicine - http://davidrothman.net/list-of-medical-wikis/ (by David Rothman)

16. How we use wiki? Create and share new health information for health librarians - UBC HealthLib-Wiki - http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca

17. Questions? ** photo credit - nikalway

18. Contact info Eugene Barsky, MLIS Physiotherapy Outreach Librarian Irving K. Barber Learning Centre University of British Columbia Phone: (604) 827-4088 Fax: (604) 822-9122 Email: [email_address] MSN/Meebo: [email_address] Blog: http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/physio/ Web: http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/