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What’s New in Tech and Web 2.0
Chris Peters
Information Technology Specialist
Library Development
Washington State Library
My Email: [email protected]
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
