Beyond blogs and wikis: more web 2.0 tools for libraries

Beyond blogs and wikis:more Web 2.0 tools

for Libraries

Michelle McLeanInformation Librarian

Web 2.0

“Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web technology and web design, a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social- networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies, which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing among users.” Wikipedia

"Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform." Tim O'Reilly 2004

Web 2.0

By vanzhou2006 from Flickr

Web 2.0 you may know

Wikipedia

Face Book & My Space

Blogs

YouTube

Web 2.0 you may not know

Mashups

RSS

Tagging

Widgets

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/

Podcasting

AudioScreen, videoFreePublicBlog basedeg. Audacity, GarageBand, iTunes

Podcasting

UsesVisiting speakersTrainingConferencesHow toWhat's newLibrary toursExhibitionsOral historyPromotion

Image sharing

Online photosPublicCreate sets/collectionsTaggingLinking

Image sharing

Egs: Flickr, PicasaUses:

BuildingsEventsVisitsPromotionsNew itemsLibrary tour

Link or embed Creative Commons License photo credit: Brisbane Blog Is Against Censorship

Online Video

• Video sharing• Free• Embed/Link• Egs. YouTube, • Blip.TV

Online Video

UsesTrainingPromotionLibrary toursTutorialsLecturesScreencastsPresentations

RSS

Backbone of Web 2.0Delivered contenteg. RSS, Atom, FeedsFeed Readereg. Bloglines, Google Reader

RSS

UsesBlogsWikisNews Most Web 2.0Internal into websiteExternal into websiteCreate your own

Tagging

Folksonomies vs TaxonomiesUser generatedAcross Web 2.0 toolsExtra access pointSearchable

Social Bookmarking

Bookmarks onlineShared/searchableeg. del.icio.usUses:

Staff resourceWebsiteSubject specificLibrary Thing for

Libraries

Instant Messaging (IM)

Online chategs. MSN Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, Meebo, TwitterHelp at point of needMeebo WidgetInformation service

Mashups

Combine data from multiple sources Tools eg. Yahoo PipesGoogle Mapseg. Locations, ratings

Widgets

Website/blogPluginAdded functionalityFreeeg. time, news, weather, polls, summaries, feeds

Shared Documents

Online file accessMultiple document typesCollaborationWYSIWYGeg. Google Docs, Zoho

Mobile Internet

Massive growthTailored servicesAccessibilityFast rate of changeLibrary services

http://www.letsgomobile.org/images/news/vodafone/mobile_internet.jpg

Why should libraries use these tools?

• Free• Easy to use• Collaboration• Meet users where they are at• Offer service more effectively• Offer more services• Be leaders

What happens if we don't

• Get left behind• Lose our relevance• Lose users

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/

Concerns

• Impact on services • Stability• Privacy• Time to create• Network security • Resources required• Staffing• Relevance to our users

http://datasystemsworldwide.blogspot.com/2007/10/web-20-security-threats.html

Remember: Web 2.0 is about

CollaborationCommunication

ie. Its about the USER

Michelle McLeanCasey-Cardinia Library

Corporationmichelle.mclean@cclc.vic.gov.a

uconnectinglibrarian.com