Web 2.0 at Huddersfield

Dave Pattern

Library Systems Manager

University of Huddersfield, UK

d.c.pattern@hud.ac.uk

www.daveyp.com

Preamble

• These slides are available at…– http://slideshare.net/daveyp

• Please remix and reuse these slides!– creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

• Have you remembered to switch your phone on?– please feel free take photos, record audio, live blog,

tweet (@daveyp, #ili2009), etc

University of Huddersfield Library

• Medium sized UK University– 20,000 students and 2,000 staff– Library holds over 240,000 titles

• Started embracing “2.0” in early 2006

blogs

Grapevine 2.0intranet staff blog

Electronic Resources Blognews, trails, current problems, etc

Electronic Resources Blogcontent feeds other systems

wikis

Electronic Resources Wiki

Electronic Resources Wikiresource documentation

Front Line Services Wikibetter than a folder of scribbled notes!

library catalogue

Suggestions based on circ data“people who borrowed this…”

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average number of clicks per month on “people who borrowed this” suggestions

Feature usage“people who borrowed this…”

Getting personal!suggestions for what to borrow next

Building better new book listscourse specific RSS feeds

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number of unique titles (bib#) borrowed per calendar year (2009 figure is predicted)

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The impact on borrowingrange of stock borrowed per year

borrowing suggestions added to catalogue at start of 2006

average number of books borrowed per active borrower per calendar year (2009 predicted)

The impact on borrowingaverage number of books borrowed

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Catalogue keyword searcheskeyword cloud eye candy…

Catalogue keyword searchesguided searches

Open Data

• http://library.hud.ac.uk/usagedata/– prompted by the JISC Tile Project– aggregated usage data for 2 million circulation

transactions, covering around 80,000 book titles– recommendation data for over 37,000 titles– simple XML format– Open Data Commons / CC0 licence

Library usage data release“if you love something, set it free…”

Library usage data release“if you love something, set it free…”

Learning 2.0

Learning 2.0Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

25 Things @ Huddersfieldfirst run in 2008

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• Staff are encouraged to play & experiment– it’s better to ask forgiveness than seek permission! ;-)

• Serendipity is changing borrowing habits

• Release your data – let other people come up with the bright ideas!

• Embrace the “perpetual beta”!

Summaryat Huddersfield…