Web 2.0 for

communicationMurad Eldarov

1.Email

2.Social media

3.Instant messaging

4.Text messaging

5.Blog prompts

6.Video hosting and sharing

EmailEmail has been around longer than

the Internet—early inceptions date

to the late 1960s using mainframe

computers. Now, almost everyone

has at least one email address.

With more than 1.5 billion email

users sending 183 million email

messages a day, it would seem

email has a secure role in online

communication and collaboration,

in spite of many new tools.

Everyone needs to understand and

use email. If you don’t already,

consider offering, classes on email

for your patrons using these free

email services:

•Gmail

•Yahoo! Mail

•Hotmail

Social media

Facebook – Quickly becoming the

number one social media website in

America, Facebook allows you to

connect to family, friends, and

colleagues. If you’re interested in

creating your own Facebook Fan

Page for your organization click here.

Twitter – Can you communicate

messages in 140 characters or

less? Millions of Twitter users can and

do every single day throughout the

world. Twitter allows individuals to

easily communicate and share ideas

with anyone who chooses to join their

network.

Instant messaging

Google Talk

Yahoo! Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

Are popular

instant messaging

services.

Text messaging

Short Message Service

(SMS), commonly called text

messaging, lets users send

short messages of up to 160

characters via cell phone or

other communication device.

There is a basic cost

involved depending on your

provider for those who send

and receive text

messages. With 500 billion

text messages being sent

per year, it seems that text

messaging is permeating our

culture. Are you part of the

revolution?

Blog prompts Communicate your thoughts on these

tools in this communication tool--your

blog!

Describe how your library uses email.

Has it improved productivity?

Share your thoughts on online reference

using some of the other Web 2.0

communication tools.

Are you an active user of text

messaging, IM, or other communication

tools?

Which OPAL or MINITEX Web conference

(Webinar) did you attend? How was it?

What do you think o this communication

tool?

Video hosting and sharing

YouTube.com – It’s Google’s and it’s the

most popular place to find video online.

Now allows for multiple file format

uploads (HD, SD, 720p, 1080, etc). Is

probably the best place to park your

videos and then embed them back into

your website or share them via social

media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Vimeo.com – Allows for HD video

content downloading. Might be useful

for “pool” footage or releasing your own

video to the media so they can use it in

the highest resolution (similar to

handing them a videotape).