Web20 for libraries -2007

What’s New in Tech and Web 2.0

Chris Peters

Information Technology Specialist

Library Development

Washington State Library

My Email: cpeters@secstate.wa.gov

Presentation: http://tinyurl.com/26dlf8

Goals and Objectives

• Trends and Catchphrases

• We’ll discuss a few Web 2.0 tools

• What are the best examples of Library 2.0 tools and websites?

Participation and Collaboration

Customize and Personalize

Plugins and Extensions

• Almost all software can be “extended” with software plugins

• Each plugin adds new features and functionality

Web As Platform

Technology Convergence

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Integration

Go Where Your Patrons Are

Next Generation Networks

(NGN)

Where Is the Software?

• Fully web-based

• Renting Your Web Space

• Locally hosted

What are the Most Popular Web 2.0 Tools?

• Blogs

• Wikis

• RSS

• Social Bookmarks

• Social Networking sites

Blogs

Sign Up for an Account

• http://www.blogger.com

• http://www.vox.com

• http://www.tumblr.com

• http://www.wordpress.com

• http://www.typepad.com

Blogs take the complexity out of creating content for the web

Most blogs have a comments area to facilitate feedback and

conversation

Blogs are organized in reverse chronological order

Blog entries are usually short, chatty and informal

A Wiki is a website that

facilitates collaboration by

allowing multiple users

to edit content.

Who’s the real author of a Wiki article?

Who maintains order on a

wiki?

Wikis don’t prevent mistakes –but mistakes are easy to correct

Wikis keep track of changes so that it’s easy to backtrack

Old Way: You Go Find the News

RSS: The News Comes to

You

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) brings news and updates to one place

Sign Up for An Account First

• http://www.bloglines.com

• http://reader.google.com

• http://feedlounge.com

• http://www.rojo.com

On Your Favorite Websites, Look for the Orange RSS button

Click on the Subscribe Link

Click Subscribe again to Confirm

Bookmarks are a great idea…

…When You Only Have a Few Books

Social Bookmarking is an easy way to save and share websites

Sign Up for An Account First

• http://del.icio.us

• http://www.furl.net

• http://ma.gnolia.com

To get the most out of bookmarking, install the browser plugins

Social bookmarks also allow you to see what other people are linking to

Social Networking Sites

Other Web 2.0 Tools

• Instant Messaging• Podcasting• Photo sharing• Video sharing• Personalized homepages such as MyYahoo• Personalized search• Online Office apps• And 1,000 other websites

Library 2.0

Catalog 2.0 lets users contribute reviews, ratings and keywords

Catalog 2.0 provides a lot of searching and browsing options

Catalog 2.0 provides RSS feeds

News, Marketing and Outreach

Community Information

Local History

Subject Guides

Book Reviews and Reader’s Advisory

Professional Development

Facebook and MySpace

What Else?

• Virtual reference

• Checking out nontraditional items such as ipods and e-books.

• Posting clips of library events on YouTube

• Posting library photos on Flickr

• Online storytime

• Ad infinitum

Learn More: Websites

• http://www.webopedia.com: short definitions

• http://en.wikipedia.org: long definitions

• http://del.icio.us: see what everyone else is looking at

• http://www.libsuccess.org

• http://www.sociallibraries.com/course

Learn More: Books

• The Long Tail

• Everything Bad is Good for You

• Rule the Web

• Convergence Culture

Contact Info

• My Email: cpeters@secstate.wa.gov

• Presentation: http://tinyurl.com/26dlf8