This document provides information about various Web 2.0 tools and how they can be used in libraries. It begins with defining Web 2.0 and listing some common Web 2.0 tools. Each tool is then described in more detail with examples of how it can be used by libraries. The document concludes with resources for staying up to date with new Web 2.0 tools.

1. CHERYL ANN PELTIER-DAVIS
Archives and Digital Librarian
NSU Archives
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
E-mail:peltierd@nova.edu
Twitter:@cdtrini
Blog: caribbean-connector.blogspot.com

2. Goals for Today
Defining Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Tools- Benefits
Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 - Making the Connection
Exploring Web 2.0 Tools
Resources For Keeping Up with Web 2.0 Tools
Wrap Up & Questions

4. • Web 2.0 , a phrase associated with the
O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in
2004, refers to a perceived second-
generation of Web-based services such as
- social networking sites, wikis,
communication tools, and folksonomies
(collaborative tagging) - that emphasize
online collaboration and sharing among
users.
» Source: Wikipedia http://wikipedia.org/

5. Web 2.0 Tools - Emphasis on convenience,
Examples personalization, collaboration
sharing
• Blogs • User added ratings,
• Wikis reviews, summaries
• RSS (Really Simple • Podcasts, vodcasts
Syndication) feeds • Community photo sharing
• Folksonomies • Community book services
(tagging) (publishing)
• Social bookmarking • Streaming audio and
• Social networking video
• Instant messaging

6. Shared pictures
Shared videos
Shared news/podcasts
Shared knowledge
Shared bookmarks
Shared projects
Shared ‘you’
Shared library
Shared virtual life

7. What library experts are saying about Web 2.0
Web 1.0 - place
to go & get … Interactive
Web 2.0 - place two-way web
Introduction of to be & do
the read/write
web
Built on
principle of
Everyday folks breaking down
with Internet the barriers
access can librarians placed
create and edit on services
stuff
SirsiDynix Institute http://www.sirsidynix.com/community/sirsidynix-institute/overview

8. Do you recognize and use
any of these Web 2.0
Tools?

9. Web 2.0 & Library 2.0- Making the Connection
• Library 2.0 : a library
modeled on Web 2.0
technologies, emphasis
placed on user-centered
change and participation in
the creation of content and
community based services.
• Library 2.0: harness the
skills of users in the design
and implementation of
innovative library services
by encouraging feedback
and participation.

10. Web 2.0 Tools - Benefits
 Perform specific tasks without downloading
software.
 Delivery of highly customized, value-added
services to tech-savvy clients.
 Instant implementation and democratization of
the web.
 Portable, Personalized content, Easy to share.
 Participatory, not passive, engages community.
 Usually works on multiple systems platforms.
 Available anywhere, anytime.
 Allows users to add tags = increases
searchability.
 Promotes collaboration, conversation with
other professionals/community/family/friends
 Survival in a competitive landscape …think
Google!
 Usually FREE! No Costs involved!

11. Web 2.0 Tools - Disadvantages
– MUST be evaluated
before implemented
– Accuracy of information
(Wikipedia)
– Privacy issues
(Facebook)
– Stability of current
iteration/version

12. Academic Earth
www.academicearth.org
• What is Academic Earth? Example:
• Video courses and lectures
– a centralized educational repository offering free harvested from Ivy League
access to video courses and academic lectures universities MIT, Stanford, Berkeley,
from leading colleges and universities Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, NYU,
Princeton, UCLA and Yale.
• How Can I Use Academic Earth in My http://www.academicearth.org/universit
Library/Workplace? ies/
Reference and Research Assistance:
– Save undergraduate and postgraduate students • Guest lectures from luminaries such
as Google co-founder Larry Page,
the time and effort it takes to scour the internet Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
for answers to assignments by guiding them to http://academicearth.org/lectures/searc
this resource. h/zuckerberg/
– Faculty and other educators can also be guided to http://academicearth.org/speakers/larry
the resource to study the teaching methods of -page-1
other instructors.
– For lifelong learners, there is the opportunity for
personal enrichment and access to a world-
class education.

13. Animoto
http://animoto.com
• What is Animoto? Example:
- Animoto produces videos using Penn State University Libraries
images, video clips and music that Getting Connected to the PSU
users select during different stages of Libraries video (34 seconds)
the creative process http://animoto.com/play/hSMnP
bTg5nyHqxq2kk6Ccg
• How Can I Use Animoto in My
Library/Workplace?
- Library Branding: Make a
professional free 30-second video that
showcases library collections and
services.
- Outreach Services : Collaborate with
a teacher or lecturer at your
institution and apply for a free
Animoto all-access pass for educators
www.animoto.com/education to
produce full length videos for
instructional courses.

14. Audacity
www.audacity.sourceforge.net/
• What is Audacity? • Example:
- a free, open source software • Interactive Media Center
for recording and editing (University Libraries,
sounds. University at Albany, SUNY),
use Audacity to support the
• How Can I Use Audacity in My creation of multimedia
Library/Workplace? projects and the digital design
of presentations, publications
– record and play sounds and websites.
– import and export • http://library.albany.edu/imc/
multiple file formats (WAV,
AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, MP3)
– edit sounds
– mix tracks together
– apply special effects to
recordings

15. Aviary
http://www.aviary.com/
• What is Aviary? • Example:
- a suite of creative design and • The Google Apps marketplace
editing tools www.google.com/enterprise/market
place/home provides a detailed
summary of the usefulness of this
• How Can I Use Aviary in My
tool.
Library/Workplace?
– create, retouch and share
images
– design logos, business cards
and letterheads
– develop multimedia
presentations and projects
– record podcasts

16. CuePrompter.com
www.cueprompter.com
• What is CuePrompter.com? • Example:
- a free online • Using CuePrompter.com does not
teleprompter/autocue service. require technical skills. Copy and
paste your prepared text in the form
on the homepage, add some
• How Can I Use customization (screen size, font size,
CuePrompter.com in My speed), click ‘Start Prompter’, and
Library/Workplace? the computer screen is transformed
- Conference presentations immediately into a giant
- Workshops and in-house teleprompter.
training sessions
- Library instruction classes
- Recording podcasts and
vodcasts (prepared scripts)
Note: Text limited to 2,000
characters

17. Delicious
www.delicious.com
• What is Delicious? • Example:
- a free social bookmarking PennTags is an example of an
tool useful for storing and innovative social bookmarking
tagging your bookmarks tool developed by librarians at
online and sharing these with the University of Pennsylvania
friends and colleagues. for locating, organizing, and
sharing online resources
http://tags.library.upenn.edu/
• How Can I Use Delicious in
My Library/Workplace?
- Delicious as a social
bookmarking tool is very
useful for libraries as it
facilitates the discovery,
saving, storing and sharing of
web resources of interest to
the library community.

18. Doodle
http://doodle.com/
• What is Doodle? • Example:
- an online scheduling tool The basic Doodle version is free and
does not require registration
• http://doodle.com/polls/wizard.html
• How Can I Use Doodle in My
Library/Workplace?
- Schedule work related events
such as meetings, vendor
visits, and conference calls.
- Schedule family related
group events such as a family
reunions, movie nights, and
vacations.
- Added flexibility of syncing
Doodle with other personal
calendars maintained in
Google or Microsoft Outlook.

19. Facebook
www.facebook.com
• What is Facebook? • Examples:
-A leading social networking site with Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern
over 800 million active subscribers. University, Florida USA
Can be utilized by libraries, www.facebook.com/AlvinShermanLibrary 816
likes!
individuals, businesses, non-profits,
social groups etc. The Houston Public Library, Texas USA
www.facebook.com/houstonlibrary 2,685 likes!
• How Can I Use Facebook in My
Library/Workplace?
Manchester Library and Information Service, UK
– Create a FB group or page, invite http://www.facebook.com/manchesterlibraries
community to ‘like page’; create 2,436 likes!
connections, engage in conversations
– Provide updates on location & National Library of Scotland
opening www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-United-
hours/programs/projects/collections/ Kingdom/National-Library-of-
Scotland/14754995380 2,775 likes!
new services/exhibits
– Link to online catalog, share videos,
photos & web applications (CiteMe
WorldCat.org)

20. Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
• What is Flickr? • Examples:
• The Smithsonian
- Online photo management and www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian
sharing application to store, sort, • The New York Public Library
search and share photos and videos www.flickr.com/photos/nypl
• The U.S. National Archives,
www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalar
• How Can I Use Flickr in My chives
Library/Workplace? • The Library of Congress
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_c
- Promote photographic collections ongress
Libraries have opened their archives on • Explore Flickr’s The Commons
www.flickr.com/commons to view
Flickr to increase access to and innovative and pioneering ways
publicize photographic collections, and other libraries are using Flickr
applications.
also to provide an avenue for the
general public to contribute
information and knowledge they have
about the collections.

21. Google Docs
https://docs.google.com/#home
• What is Google Docs? • Example:
– A web-based application which Google created a webpage to
can be used to create illustrate real life examples of how
documents, spreadsheets, Google Docs users (teachers,
drawings, flowcharts, forms business, individuals and non-
and presentations. profits) have found success using the
Online users can work application
individually or collaboratively. www.google.com/google-d-
s/tour5.html#
• How Can I Use Google Docs in My
Library/Workplace?
- a free online alternative to
Microsoft Office proprietary
suite of applications: MS
Word, MS Excel and MS
PowerPoint.

22. Google Reader
www.google.com/reader
• What is Google Reader? • Example:
– a free web-based aggregator service University of Texas Libraries offers
that tracks and collects the classes on how to use Google
syndicated RSS (Really Simple Reader to assist patrons to stay
Syndication) feeds from websites & current with their favorite blogs
blogs and posts these feeds on a and other news sources on the
personalized webpage. web.
www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instr
• How Can I Use Google Reader in my uction
Library/Workplace?
Current Awareness Service
– Stay up to date in your field of
interest as Google Reader constantly
checks your favorite websites, news
services and blogs for new content.
– Share newsworthy items with your
friends and colleagues.

23. LibraryThing
www.librarything.com
• What is LibraryThing? • Example:
• Consider purchasing the LibraryThing
- a social cataloging web application for for Libraries (LTFL) software to
creating, storing and sharing personal integrate LibraryThing social data into
library catalogs online. your catalog.
• LTFL will enhance your OPAC with
• How Can I Use LibraryThing in My new content and functionalities such
Library/Workplace? as tag-based browsing,
viewable/clickable tag clouds, book
-Use a LibraryThing widget recommendations, ratings, reviews
www.librarything.com/widget to display and access to a virtual bookshelf.
new books or featured books on your
library's website or personal blog. • List of libraries which have
implemented LTFL service:
-Register to become a member of the www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php
LibraryThing Early Reviewers program /LTFL:Libraries_using_LibraryThing_for
www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Earl _Libraries
y_Reviewers and review advance copies of
new titles. As a bonus reviewers receive a
free copy of the book reviewed.

24. Library 2.0
www.library20.com
• What is Library 2.0 • Example:
• Powered by Ning (www.ning.com)
– a social network for librarians and this network is currently
other information professionals maintained by Steve Hargadon.
conceptualized on the topic of • The network is moderated and all
Library 2.0. members must be approved.
• Join the Library 2.0 network
www.library20.com by signing up
• How Can I Use Library 2.0 In My from the homepage.
Library/Workplace?
Professional Social Network
For information professionals who
maintain an interest in the topics Web
2.0 and Library 2.0 this is a great
network to join and get updates on
new concepts, innovative services,
new publications and training
opportunities.

25. Linkedin
www.linkedin.com
• What is Linkedin? • Example:
– Linkedin is a professional network connecting over LinkedIn members have posted
120 million professionals in over 200 countries success stories about their
experiences on the network
• How Can I Use Linkedin in My Library/Workplace? http://press.linkedin.com/success-
Professional networking stories
- Control your professional identity online by posting
information on current employment, educational
background, recommendations, publications and
research interest.
- Online access to a virtual meeting place to meet
potential clients, vendors, and subject experts.
- Facilitate collaboration on projects (data gathering,
sharing files and solving problems) with colleagues.
- Discover network connections that can help you in your
career path.
- For administrators there is the potential for posting job
listings to find the best talent for their organization.

26. Lulu
www.lulu.com
• What is Lulu? • Example:
– an online self-publishing service • Libraries at the Rochester
Institute of Technology
(Rochester, NY) encourage
• How Can I Use Lulu in My users to self-publish their
Library/Workplace? works and promote these
Online Publishing Service works within the Lulu
Lulu provides 1.1 million registered creators community through the
Openbook@RIT project
with the tools to format their digital content (Search Openbook@RIT on
(choice of book covers, binding, size, print the Lulu website).
quality), publish, promote and sell their • http://tinyurl.com/3orqt8a
intellectual end products books - print and
ebooks- videos, CDs, DVDs - to an online
global marketplace.

27. Meebo Me
http://www.meebo.com/meebome/
• What is Meebo Me? • Example:
- an instant messaging service • A list of libraries using
Meebo Me for embedded
• How Can I Use Meebo Me in My chat on webpages, blogs and
Library/Workplace? online catalogs can be found
- Use Meebo Me to put an open chat window at the Library Success Wiki
widget on your library webpage or blog to http://tinyurl.com/3tlww9n
facilitate instant messaging.
- The Meebo Me chat widget will also reflect
your current status, allowing visitors to view
whether you are available or offline
www.meebome.com/index.html

28. PBworks
www.pbworks.com
• What is PBworks? • Examples
- PBworks, formerly PBwiki, is a free a hosted • Innovative uses for libraries
workspace service for creating collaborative wikis. are outlined on the PBworks
website
How Can I Use PBworks in My Library/Workplace? http://pbworks.com/librarians
- Publicize library services: publish information about
new acquisitions, library hours, new policies and
• The Baltimore County Public
special events.
Schools used PBworks as a
-Use PBworks to collaboratively create procedures learning resource to host a
and policy manuals. series of tutorials for the
-Use Pbworks to publish online reference desk Learning 23 Things program
schedules, agendas, meeting notes, and timelines for www.bcps23things.pbworks.com
projects.
- Create a collaborative wiki to record technical
problems and solutions for ILS hardware and
software, online catalogs, databases, and patron
computers.

29. Prezi
http://prezi.com/
• What is Prezi? • Examples:
• Teen Summer Reading
- Prezi is a cloud-based http://prezi.com/1fydxnfu_sjh/expres
presentation software , rapidly s-yourself-your-library/
gaining ground as a viable
alternative to Microsoft • Library Mind Map
http://prezi.com/bgajnp76x-
PowerPoint 17/turitea-library-mind-map/
• How Can I Use Prezi in My • Promoting New Library Catalog
http://prezi.com/viu2n24_s--h/new-
Library/Workplace? library-catalogue-students/
- In addition to its obvious use in
conferences and workshop • Library Orientation for students
http://prezi.com/zq8a619lniwb/welco
presentations, Prezi provides me-to-the-library/
support as a creativity tool for
collaborative group work, project
planning and brainstorming sessions.

30. Remember the Milk
www.rememberthemilk.com
• What is Remember the Milk (RTM)? Example:
- a free service for web-based task One RTM user blogs on how the
and time management. service can be used to manage
business, personal and lifestyle
• How Can I Use Remember the Milk in tasks:
My Library/Workplace? - managing blogs
Use this electronic planner to: - project management
- create and manage tasks on the web - creating grocery lists
-send reminders via SMS, email or - managing online coupons
instant messages - setting up reminders to pay bills
- share or publish lists with contact www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/0
groups 1/30/remember-the-milk
- obtain support for iCalendar (a
standard for calendar data exchange
across applications and OS platforms).

31. Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/
• What is Project Gutenberg? Example:
- host to over 33,000 ebooks freely
The Library of Congress is
accessible to the public on the
project website currently promoting Project
Gutenberg by including it as a
resource in its E-Resources
• How Can I Use Project Gutenberg in
online catalog
My Library/Workplace?
http://eresources.loc.gov/
- supplement your library’s e-book
collections
- volunteer to be a proof reader for
the project www.pgdp.net/c
- volunteer to read and record
chapters of books
www.librivox.org/volunteer-for-
librivox

32. Second Life
http://secondlife.com/
• What is Second Life?
• Example:
- a 3-D virtual world which requires download of a
free client program (the Viewer) to enable users to • Librarians who are bored with
interact with each other through their avatars their first life, can easily register,
(digital representation of a person). download the Second Life Viewer
and start exploring Second Life.
• How Can I Use Second Life in My
Library/Workplace?
Promote Virtual Services • There are over 200 groups
Libraries are using Second Life as the new location http://secondlife.com/community/
for a branch or virtual satellite library where which congregate over library
Second Life residents are able to: related topics: Digital Libraries,
• access library databases, online catalogs, digital Public libraries in Second Life,
archives, and online art exhibits.
Librarians of Second Life, Second
• obtain live reference assistance at an avatar
manned reference desk. Life Library 2.0, Florida Librarians
• traverse unknown territory during in-world tours of Second Life and Second Life
offered to places of interest in Second Life. Medical Library 2.0.
• attend classes on library instruction, tutorials and
specialized workshops, conferences & book
discussions.
• network with colleagues.

33. Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/
• What is Slideshare?
• Example:
- Use Slideshare to host and share • Enter the term “Web 2.0
presentations with others. Users can upload tools” in the search box on
and share publicly PowerPoint presentations, Slideshare homepage
Word, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF and Apple iWork www.slideshare.net/ to
documents. search for PowerPoint
presentations on this topic.
• How Can I Use Slideshare in My Library/Work
place?
- Researching a topic for a conference, or
workshop presentation.
-Embedding slideshows on blogs or websites.
- Creating slidecasts by synching audio to slides.
- Marketing library programs using SlideShare
Events or joining SlideShare Groups to connect
with members who share similar interests.

34. Skype
www.skype.com
• What is Skype? • Example:
- Skype is a software application which when - Skype a Librarian
downloaded to a computer, allows users to The Ohio University Libraries
make free video and voice calls, with other implemented the Skype a Librarian service
Skype users. Calls to traditional landline where patrons can ask a question via
telephones and mobile phones can be made Skype by telephone or video calls and
using a paid subscription service. instant messaging
www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/skype.html
• How Can I Use Skype in My Library/Work
place?
- Skype users can download the free
business version of Skype
www.skype.com/intl/en-
us/business/download to facilitate free
Skype-to-Skype voice and video business
calls to clients anywhere in the world.
Features of this service include free
instant messaging and free file sharing.

35. SurveyMonkey
www.surveymonkey.com/
• What is SurveyMonkey?
- a free web-based tool for creating online • Examples:
surveys. View sample surveys
(customer satisfaction
• How Can I Use SurveyMonkey in My surveys, education
Library/Workplace? surveys, event surveys,
• Marketing Research performance reviews)on
Register for a free basic account and access the company's website:
online tools for: http://www.surveymonk
- Conducting course evaluations, quizzes and ey.com/mp/use-cases
tests online
- Gathering patrons feedback on new
collections and services, programs & events
-Measuring customer satisfaction with
current services
- Conducting employee performance reviews
- Measuring employee satisfaction
- Measuring brand perception

36. VuFind
http://vufind.org/
• What is VuFind? • Examples:
- an open source search and discovery A VuFind installations wiki page
portal developed for libraries to www.vufind.org/wiki/installation_
provide integrated access to all library status lists libraries and allied
resources institutions using this free
resource.
• How Can I Use VuFind in My
Library/Workplace?
– Download and install the latest
version of VuFind
www.vufind.org/downloads.php
and enable library patrons to
search and browse through all of
the library’s resources (books,
journals, audiovisual materials, e-
resources, digital resources) using
a single interface.

37. Twitter
http://twitter.com/
• What is Twitter? • Examples:
- No. 1 social networking and – Alvin Sherman Library, Nova
microblogging service that allows Southeastern University
users to create, send and read www.twitter.com/alvinshermanlib
messages or posts known as tweets posts tweets to promote new
in 140 characters or less. library materials, current events,
training opportunities, systems
alerts, changes in policy, book
• How Can I Use Twitter in My sales, library statistics, and URL
Library/Workplace? links for evaluating new resources.
– Current awareness service to keep
clients informed about upcoming – The Nebraska Library Commission
events, services offered. use Twitter to promote its virtual
– Attending conference virtually e.g. reference service. All incoming
#LIB2011 reference questions submitted
– Promoting virtual reference service through their Ask a Librarian
service
– Networking with other non-profit www.twitter.com/NLC_Reference
organizations and communities are posted directly on Twitter.

38. Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• What is Wikipedia?
– popular collaborative reference • Examples:
encyclopedia with 91,000 active • Library of Congress
contributors working on more than 17 www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of
million articles (over 3.5 million in English) _Congress
in more than 270 languages
• University at Buffalo Libraries
• How Can I Use Wikipedia in My www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University
Library/Workplace? _at_Buffalo_Libraries
• Reference and Research Service
Notwithstanding its critics, Wikipedia is often
cited as one example of a Web 2.0 tool which • University of Florida Digital Collections
along with others like YouTube and Facebook www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University
has been successfully implemented and steadily _of_Florida_Digital_Collections
gained acceptance across a diverse group of
community users. • University of Washington Libraries
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University
• For some, this resource has become one of the _of_Washington_Libraries
top reference resources for searching for
information on a particular topic, and it is often
one of the first references in a search results list
in a Google or Yahoo! search.

39. WolfRam|Alpha
www.wolframalpha.com
• Examples
• What is Wolfram|Alpha?
- a computational knowledge engine.
• How Can I Use Wolfram|Alpha in My
Library/Workplace?
Reference and Research Tool
- When a search query is plugged into
the search box on the main page,
WolfRam|Alpha will compute answers to
questions that have factual responses or
involves mathematical calculations or
formula.
- For example, What is the capital of
Turkey? How many protons are in a
hydrogen atom? What is the average
rainfall in Vancouver? What is $450 +
10%? What is H2SO4?

40. Wordle
www.wordle.net
• What is Wordle? • Examples
– Wordle is a word cloud - View examples of word clouds
generator. Users have the option in the Wordle public gallery
of pasting text into an editing http://www.wordle.net/gallery
window and immediately
generating a word cloud.
• How Can I Use Wordle in My
Library/Workplace?
Library Marketing and Promotion
- Create Wordles as cover art for
book covers.
- Add word cloud art to t-shirts, Wordle of this slide
posters, business cards and
brochures to promote programming
and services in the library.
- Spruce up the library’s blog or
homepage with a Wordle generated
for electronic and other resources in
the library’s collections.

41. WordPress.com
www.wordpress.com
• What is WordPress.com? • Examples:
- a free open source blog • Erving Public Library,
hosting service. Massachusetts
www.ervingpubliclibrary.wordpress
- How Can I Use WordPress.com .com
in My Library/Workplace?
Create blogs to: • Sullivan Library, Dominican College,
- engage in conversations with New York Veritas Blog
your community www.sullivanlibrary.wordpress.com
- initiate internal dialog by
encouraging contributions from • Barrier Reef TAFE Library Learning
library staff Centres, Queensland Australia
- promote new collections and www.britlibraries.wordpress.com
innovative services.
• The University of Manchester, John
Rylands University Library
www.jrulenginfo.wordpress.com

42. YouTube
www.youtube.com
• What is YouTube? • Examples
Popular video hosting and sharing • Library of Congress YouTube Channel,
service that allows users to create, showcasing timeless treasures and
upload, share and view videos contemporary presentations
www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCon
online. This repository of user- gress
generated content includes movie • A promotional video (36 seconds)
clips, TV clips, music videos and Adventures of Super Librarian
original videos. recorded by the Mccracken County
Public Library
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu-
• How Can I Use YouTube in My TijjVs_g).
Library/Workplace? • Students and faculty at the University
Marketing/Branding/Promoting of Washington's Information School,
Services promotes use of online catalog and
With more than 2 billion views per databases by doing a parody of Lady
day, libraries are guaranteed a Gaga’s song Poker Face (4 minutes, 23
seconds)
global audience viewing videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_uzUh1
posted on YouTube. VT98

43. Zotero
www.zotero.org
• What is Zotero? • Example:
- a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to • The Copac library catalog
help you collect, manage, and cite your www.copac.ac.uk which gives free
research sources . access to the merged online catalogs
of many major university, specialist,
• How Can I Use Zotero in My and national libraries in the UK and
Library/Workplace? Ireland, (including the British Library),
have been remodeled to work
- Use Zotero’s customizable My Library seamlessly with Zotero. Users have
feature to create subject guides, reading the option of exporting bibliographic
lists, web resources lists and Readers’ citations to titles searched in the
Advisory Guides. OPAC to Endnote or Zotero citation
- Search by ISBN, Digital Object identifier managers.
(DOI) or PubMed ID to find and bookmark
resources aligned with subject areas and
research interests of patrons and
supportive of the curricula.
- Automatically generate and insert
citations and bibliographies for essays,
term papers and journal articles. Zotero
uses Citation Style Language (CSL) to
properly format citations and supports all
major citation styles.

44. Resources for Keeping Up-to-date with Web 2.0 Tools
• General Resources:
– Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies www.c4lpt.co.uk
– Learning 2.0 program http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com
– Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
– Library Technology Guides - www.librarytechnology.org
– Lifehacker – www.lifehacker.com
– Mashable – www.mashable.com
– The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - www.pewinternet.org/
– ReadWriteWeb - www.readwriteweb.com
– SirsiDynix Institute - www.sirsidynix.com/community/sirsidynix-institute/overview
– Tech Soup for Libraries - www.techsoupforlibraries.org
– Techcrunch- www.techcrunch.com
• Blogs
– ALA TechSource blog – www.alatechsource.org/blog
– Librarian in Black – www.librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack
– Stephen’s Lighthouse – www.stephenslighthouse.com

45. Thank You!
Shameless Plug…
• http://cybrariansweb.com/
• Questions not covered email me at:
peltierd@nova.edu