The document discusses Web 2.0 concepts and their implications for libraries, including the transition to more interactive and user-driven services known as Library 2.0. It emphasizes the use of blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, and social networking to engage users and improve library services. Additionally, it provides statistics about internet usage and trends among different demographics, highlighting the growing importance of user participation in modern library practices.

1. Web 2.0 It's Okay to Play! Dave Pattern, Library Systems Manager University of Huddersfield [email_address]

2. Workshop menu Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 Blogs RSS feeds Tagging, folksonomies and mashups LibraryThing and Flickr Wikis Social networking Facebook and ning.com Social bookmarking

4. Question time! Do you regularly use a mobile phone? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/362924278/

5. Question time! do U snd txt msgz? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

6. Question time! Do have broadband internet access at home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksonlee/6222523/

7. Question time! Do you have wireless internet access at home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/113353477/

8. Question time! Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for more than an hour each evening? http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardholden/340601444/

9. Question time! Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for 2 or 3 hours an evening? http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronjacobs/64368770/

10. Question time! Do have your own weblog / blog? http:// www.blogger.com

11. Question time! Do you regularly read other peoples weblogs and/or contribute to other weblogs? http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001325.html

12. Question time! Do you use Wikipedia? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

13. Question time! Have you ever edited a page on Wikipedia? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamills/231072148/

14. Question time! Do you regularly use instant messaging or online chat? e.g. AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, gTalk, Jabber, ICQ, Meebo, etc http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch/en-GB/

15. Question time! Do you use VOIP? e.g. Skype http://www.skype.com

16. Question time! Do you have a games console at home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstar/336785888/

17. Question time! Do you play games online and/or visit virtual worlds e.g. World of Warcraft, Second Life, etc? http://www.flickr.com/photos/christajoy42/354580876/

18. Question time! Do you have your own MP3 player? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nez/268673268/

20. Web 1.0

21. Web 1.0 Slow access speeds (e.g. dial-up modem) Limited availability Static web pages Little interactivity Mostly text …lots and lots of text …on a grey background! Web sites that would only work with one type of web browser The “Read Only Web”

22. Web 2.0 Fast access speeds (e.g. broadband) Wide availability (e.g. wireless) Dynamic web pages High interactivity Lots of multimedia Web sites that work on many devices (e.g. PCs, mobile phones, etc) The “Read/Write Web”

24. Some Web 2.0 concepts Applications delivered via a web browser Exploiting and (sometimes freely) sharing data User participation, empowerment, and collaboration Social networking Communities of interest Tagging and folksonomies Mashups and other unintended uses

25. Two Point “Oh” Evolutionary rather than revolutionary

26. Two Point “Ho-ho-ho”

27. Some facts and figures nearly 1 billion images on Flickr 200+ million MySpace accounts 163+ million edits on Wikipedia 70+ million weblogs tracked by Technorati 34+ million Facebook accounts 16+ million books on LibraryThing 5+ million editors on Wikipedia 2 million Wikipedia articles

28. The “Network Effect”

29. The “Network Effect”

30. So, who’s doing all this stuff?

31. University of Illinois Survey (2006) “College Students' Internet Uses” 1,300 respondents 91% get information for school work online 83% access the Internet several times a day 78% use Facebook and 51% use MySpace 38% use Wikipedia 33% create content for blogs / web journals 1.7% don’t know what a search engine is 0.2% don’t know what instant messaging is http://results.webuse.org/uic06/

32. US Internet User Demographics Survey of 2,373 US adults (Dec 2006) 70% of adults use the internet 83% of 18-29 year olds 82% of 30-40 year olds 70% of 50-64 year olds 33% of 65+ year olds http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/User_Demo_1.11.07.htm

34. Library 2.0 “...a loosely defined model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. This includes online services such as the use of OPAC systems and an increased flow of information from the user back to the library.” Wikipedia article for “ Library 2.0 ”

35. Library 2.0 Use of “2.0” technologies (blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, etc) Actively involve users in service developments User centric developments & initiatives Delivering services directly to users Libraries without walls (“ The Third Place ”) The “Read/Write Library”

36. Library 2.0 Challenges us to: be more flexible embrace change be more willing to take risks give library staff the opportunity to play and experiment go to where our users are, rather than force them to come to us give our users opportunities to contribute

37. Blogs and blogging A blog (a portmanteau of “web log”) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Wikipedia

38. Blogs types and libraries Institution blogs usually formal usually publicity and news Personal blogs (librarians & library staff) around 25% blog anonymously online diary community and topical discussion advocacy personal development

39. Library blogs University of Glamorgan, LRC Blog New York Institute of Technology Library Blog Ann Arbor District Library Ohio University Libraries News Cambridge Libraries Blog (Canada) Thomas Ford Memorial Library Delany Library News University of Worcester ILS Matters

40. Internal library blogs BarnardRefDesk Bibliographic Services, McMaster University Libraries Grapevine, University of Huddersfield

45. Library staff blogs Moira Bent, Moira's Info Lit Blog David Bigwood , Catalogablog Tom Roper's Weblog Metalibrarian David Lee King Annoyed Librarian Peter Godwin Jane Secker Pete Smith, Library Too

46. Blogs

49. Starting your own blog Who is your target audience? Do you want to host it yourself or use an externally hosted option? how approachable is your IT Dept? Will it be formal or informal? Comment moderation?

50. Doing it yourself You’ll need your own web server typically running MySQL and PHP More control over “look & feel” Popular blog software (Open Source) WordPress Textpattern Drupal Popular blog software (Commercial) Movable Type

51. Externally hosted options Usually free, although there might be adverts Less control over “look & feel” WordPress LiveJournal MySpace TypePad Blogger

52. Finding blogs Look at the blogrolls on your fave blogs General blog search engines… Technorati Google Blog Search … or just Library blogs… LibWorm LISZEN HotStuff (Huddersfield)

53. Micro-blogging Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) and publish them … These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web. Wikipedia

54. Micro-blogging Twitter: Casa Grande Library Nebraska Library Commission, reference questions University of Illinois, UGL alerts “ A Guide to Twitter in Libraries ” “ Twitter Explained for Librarians, or 10 ways to use Twitter ”

55. RSS feeds

56. RSS feeds RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts … RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favourite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually. Wikipedia

57. RSS feeds Keep up with what’s new! RSS feeds are designed to be read by a computer rather than by a human e.g. RSS aggregator software Many websites can also display RSS feeds Bloglines iGoogle and Google Reader MyYahoo

58. Some general RSS feeds BBC News Met Office BBC Weather Centre Radio 4, Today National Library for Health Highways Agency 10 Downing Street UK National Newspaper RSS Feeds

59. Library RSS feeds The Bookseller “ EBSCO Finally Gets RSS Right ” New acquisitions… College of New Jersey University of Kent St. John's College

60. Tagging and folksonomies A tag is a (relevant) keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (e.g. a picture, article, or video clip), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification of information Wikipedia

61. Tagging and folksonomies A folksonomy is the practice and method of collaborative categorization using freely-chosen keywords called tags … A combination of the words “folk” (or “folks”) and “taxonomy”. Wikipedia

62. Tagging in practise Flickr photograph sharing website mashups… flickrvision , retrievr , Colr Pickr , Flickr Suduko LibraryThing personal book collections LibraryThing for Libraries – e.g. Danbury Library Randolph County

63. Web services and mashups FRBR services: OCLC xISBN LibraryThing thingISBN Amazon Amazon Web Services (reviews, covers, etc) Example mashups: Harry Potter (xISBN + Amazon) amaztype (Amazon) dartmaps (Google Maps)

64. Wikis A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it ... A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing and searching information. Wikipedia

65. Library wikis University of Connecticut Libraries' Staff Stevens County Rural Library District Huddersfield, Electronic Resources Huddersfield, Info Desk University of South Carolina Aiken Library Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

66. Setting up a wiki Hosting it yourself MediaWiki (PHP + MySQL) TWiki (Perl) PmWiki (PHP)

67. Setting up a wiki Externally hosted usually with adverts pbwiki Wikispaces Even more options at… WikiMatrix

68. Social networking Communities of common interest hobbies, work, organisations, music, etc Users… create profiles add friends join groups discover new “stuff”

69. Social networking Facebook library20.ning.com MySpace

70. Social bookmarking Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks. Other users with similar interests can view the links by topic, category, tags, or even randomly. Wikipedia

71. Social bookmarking del.icio.us Connotea

72. Thank you! Any questions?