… and How Can it Help Court Librarians? Presented by: Nicole C. Engard http://flickr.com/photos/thevoyagers/398768220/ What is Web 2.0 … and How Can it Help Court Librarians?

History of the Web Berners-Lee envisioned a read/write web We weren’t ready in the 1990’s for such a big step We started with a read-only web – a place where everyone could read whatever they wanted, but only a select few (programmers) could write web pages. This was Web 1.0.

Enter Web 2.0 The term "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International in 2004 Also referred to as the “Participatory Web” or the “Read/Write Web” Fulfills Berners-Lee’s original vision for the WWW

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is People Web 1.0 was Commerce Web 2.0 is People - Ross Mayfield The introduction of tools like blogs, wikis, tags, widgets and RSS have made it so that anyone can write to the web

Web 2.0 is Personalization Niche markets and The Long Tail by Chris Anderson Web 2.0 is about letting WWW users personalize their experience Personalized Homepages My Yahoo!, iGoogle, My MSN, Netvibes and Pageflakes

Harnessing Collective Intelligence The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki “Two heads are better than one.” Allowing everyone to edit/contribute to your content will lead to more valuable content Wikis Giving everyone a voice Blogging

Web 2.0 changes the balance of power in our libraries Web 2.0 & Libraries Web 2.0 changes the balance of power in our libraries Scale Uploaded on February 1, 2007 by blmurch Slide by: Kathryn Greenhill

Why We’re Here We’re here to learn how to use Web 2.0 to our advantage instead of letting it throw us off balance.

Intro to Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0 Logos Uploaded to Flickr on April 3, 2006 by jonas_therkildsen

So Many Tools RSS Feeds Blogging Wikis Bookmarks Online Office Tools Instant Messaging Professional Networks

RSS Feeds Short for “Real Simple Syndication” Originally used to syndicate content from another web site on your own Now most commonly used to deliver web related updates Makes it easy to keep up with content from news sites, blogs, wikis, and other web sites without visiting them every day

Reading RSS Feeds To read RSS Feeds you need an RSS Aggregator RSS Aggregators are like inboxes for your RSS Feeds With only one RSS Aggregator you can read new content from hundreds of web sites There are also tools to receive RSS feeds via email

RSS Aggregators Come in online and desktop varieties Online readers allow you to access your subscriptions from any computer Desktop readers are only accessible from your computer Aggregator Options Bloglines/Bloglines Beta Google Reader NewsGator Suite

Blogs & Blogging A blog is a web site maintained by one or more author who write on a regular basis Blogs can allow for comments from readers Blogs deliver content via RSS Blogs started as personal journals, but can now be found in all different flavors

Blogging Tools Many free and affordable tools to choose from Start with a freely hosted blog package to learn the ropes Popular Tools: Weblog Matrix: weblogmatrix.org WordPress.com WordPress.org Demo blog software: opensourcecms.com Blogger.com TypePad.com

Use a Blog For… Delivering library news Providing commentary Project communication Sharing new resources KEEP IN MIND: Blogs are for communication!

Blogs for internal communication Web-based & full-text searchable Archived & backed up Visible to all staff – no one is left out Fewer emails in our inboxes Conversational (email-like) format Date and time stamps Ability to link to relevant pages & comments

Typical Project Procedure Set up a meeting with everyone involved Start a list of tasks on your calendar Create a document assigning specific people to tasks Share the document via email with committee members

Communication During a Project As the project progressed we each needed to communicate with each other – so we’d send emails CCing the people we thought needed to be included.

Communication During a Project

Communication During a Project

Communication During a Project

Communication During a Project

Communication During a Project And now, everyone knows little bits and pieces and no one knows everything.

Finding Blogs LibWorm – Library Blog Search Engine LisZen – Library Blog Search Engine Law Library Blogs – Listing of Law Library Blogs LISWiki – Listing of Library Blogs Technorati – Blog Search Engine Zuula – Meta Blog Search Engine ASK YOUR FRIENDS!!

Wikis Wiki is the Hawaiian word for “quick” A Wiki is a web site that is editable by a group of people Updates to Wiki pages can be subscribed to via RSS Wikis keep a revision history

Wiki Tools Start with a freely hosted wiki package to learn the ropes Many free and affordable tools to choose from Wiki Options pbWiki Wiki Matrix: www.wikimatrix.org WetPaint Wikispaces Demo wiki software: opensourcecms.com MediaWiki PhpWiki Twiki

Use a Wiki For… Policies and Procedures Documentation Meeting Minutes/Notes Conference Planning KEEP IN MIND: Wikis are for collaboration!

Wikis for storing documentation Web-based & full-text searchable Archived & backed up Visible to all staff – no one is left out History of edits with date and time stamps Ability to link to relevant pages & comments Sound familiar?

Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking tools allow you to share your bookmarks with friends online Stores your bookmarks online so that they’re accessible from any computer Provides RSS feeds to subscribe to updates A way to share your links with researchers and fellow librarians

Social Bookmarking Tools del.icio.us – Share your bookmarks online Digg – Rate bookmarks StumbleUpon – Find new pages CiteULike – Share your academic papers Reddit – Rate bookmarks

Online Office Tools Office suites online offer assistance for the virtual office Share documents over the Internet Collaborate across geographic boundaries Examples Zoho Google Docs

Professional Networking Professional Networking sites allow you to keep all of your contacts in one place and keep up with them Professional Networking sites focus on careers and professional contacts Keep your resume up to date with recommendations Example LinkedIn

Instant Messaging Chat with your friends, colleagues and patrons as if they were on the phone Allows for quick message sending online Sign up for usernames from AIM, Yahoo! and Gtalk Use chat aggregators to use all logins at once Meebo – online chat interface Trillian – Windows desktop chat client for AIM & Yahoo! Pidgin/Adium – desktop chat client for Windows/Mac

Web 2.0 in Your Library Using Web 2.0 in your library means: Letting go of a certain amount of control Trusting your colleagues to be professional Create a culture of sharing and communication Taking time to learn new things Taking time to teach new things

Take Time to Play There is nothing to fear! Take 15 minutes each day to learn something new You can always delete what you don’t like Work in groups, make it fun See Learning 2.0

Learn More Commoncraft – Video Explanations in Plain English Library Success Wiki What I Learned Today… Library 2.0 Reading List Intranet 2.0 Learn More Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software Part 1 & Part 2

My 2.0: Flickr Facebook del.icio.us Blogroll LinkedIn LibraryThing SlideShare Yelp YouTube DVDSpot Thank You Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime nengard@gmail.com http://web2learning.net