The document discusses the rise of social software and Web 2.0 technologies and how libraries are utilizing these tools. It provides examples of libraries using blogs, RSS feeds, Flickr, podcasting, YouTube videos, and early social networks like Twitter and Meebo to engage with users and share information. The document serves as an introduction to these emerging technologies and how libraries are embracing them.

1. The World of Social Software David Free Georgia Perimeter College May 17, 2007

2. Time cover

3. “ Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.” - Tim O’Reilly Source: radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/ web_20_compact_definition.html

4. “ Web 2.0 is made up of ordinary people: hobbyists, diarists, armchair pundits, people adding their voice to the Web’s great evolving conversation for the sheer love of it.” - Steven Johnson Source:www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570717,00.html

5. “ Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.” - Michael Wesch Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University The Machine Is Us/ing Us youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

6. Allows people to communicate, collaborate and build community online. Can be syndicated, shared, reused, or remixed. Lets people learn easily from and capitalize on the behavior and knowledge of others. Social Software… Source: Farkas, Meredith G. Social Software in Libraries . Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2007.

7. Blogs & RSS

8. A Blog Is… “ a website where entries are made and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries.” Source: Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblog)

9. North Metro Tech North Metro Tech View For The Library - northmetrotechlibraryatacworth.blogspot.com

10. George Mason George Mason University Law Library Circulation Blog - gmulawcirc.blogspot.com

11. Circ And Serve Circ And Serve - circandserve.wordpress.com

12. RSS Is… “ a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts.” Source: Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format))

13. “ There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don't. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don't know where to start.” RSS In Plain English blip.tv/file/205570

14. NPR Feeds NPR Program Feeds – www.npr.org/rss

15. Bloglines Bloglines – www.bloglines.com

16. EBSCO RSS Feeds EBSCO RSS Feeds – www.galileo.usg.edu

18. FLickr Libraries and Librarians Flickr Libraries and Librarians Group – www.flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians

19. GSU Transformation Georgia State University Library Transformation – www.library.gsu.edu/transformation

20. Flickr As Training Tool Flickr As A Training Tool (Wake Forest) – www.sociallibraries.com/course/week4

21. Podcasting

22. “ a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player.” - New Oxford American Dictionary A Podcast Is…

23. 59% “in” 79% “in” VS Student Monitor Marketing Survey -www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13192380/

24. Georgia Perimeter College GPC Decatur Campus Library – www.gpc.edu/~declib/podcasts.htm

25. Ohio University Ohio University Alden Library Audio Tour- www.library.ohiou.edu/podcasts/?page_id=14

26. WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute Library Audio To Go -www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts

27. Cal State Fullerton Library Guide For Nursing (California State University, Fullerton) - faculty.fullerton.edu/rclemens/Nursing.htm

29. “ More and more libraries are posting videos on YouTube, which is a wonderful thing.” - Sarah Houghton-Jan Source: librarianinblack.typepad.com/ librarianinblack/2006/08/youtube_and_lib.html

30. L-Team The L-Team (Williams College Library) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCUtpbUWgk

31. Information and Circ Information And Circulation (Cal State Long Beach) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8Qpa8z5Lg

32. ENGnetBASE ENGnetBASE (Georgia Tech Library) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojgWLi50To

33. Two More For Fun…

34. Twitter Twitter – twitter.com

35. Pandora Pandora – www.pandora.com

36. Pandora savenetradio.org

37. Try Me, I’m New!

38. Meebo Rooms Meebo Rooms – www.meebo.com

39. See also…www.davidleeking.com Have A Plan!

40. Questions? Comments? davidfree.pbwiki.com/gugm2007 davidsrandomstuff.blogspot.com [email_address] AIM: dwfree1967

41. Related GUGM Talks “ What's Social About Bookmarking?” - Kate Stirk, North Metro Technical College “ The Wikipedia Effect: Examining the Impact of User-Edited Resources on Librarianship” - Ian Thomas, University of Georgia “ Talk Amongst Yourselves: Using Wikis to Foster Interlibrary Loan Communications” - Sarah Steiner, Georgia State University