Web 2.0 It’s All about Social Networking Eileen O’Shea Infopeople September 2007

Web 2.0 Is Us

Seriously.

Generally refers to web-based tools that enhance “social networking” - people connecting with other people Blogs, wikis, photo sharing, video sharing, bookmark sharing, you name it sharing What Is Web 2.0?

A few authors, many commenters CMS authoring Movable Type Blogger Free or low-cost to create Blogs

Tame the Web - Michael Stephens Librarian.net - Jessamyn West The Shifted Librarian - Jenny Levine Some Librarian Blogs

Chabot College Library (CA) Pasadena City College (CA) Rio Hondo College (CA) Highline Community College Library (WA) Some Library Blogs

Multiple authors Simple editing, CMS-based MediaWiki, PBWiki Classic example: wikipedia.org Wikis

Infopeople Wikis LibrarySuccess: A Best Practices Wiki ALA Wikis Internet Librarian Wiki Library-related Wikis

Photo Sharing Many services: Flickr, Shutterfly, Picasa (Google) Tag your photos Find people with common interests, find similar photos Link your photos to your blog or your wiki

Video Sharing Digital cameras have made video easy It’s not about high quality Tagging videos It’s all about social networking Several services: YouTube, Google Videos, StumbleVideo

Social Bookmarking Browser bookmarks are SO yesterday Share them with the world, and tag them! Services: del.icio.us - digg - cluztr - StumbeUpon -

Okay, great. But how do I keep track of all of this stuff? RSS! In Plain English…

RSS “Really Simple Syndication” What’s syndication? It’s the ability to subscribe to a site’s content Think of a newspaper comic strip like Dilbert, syndicated to hundreds of newspapers

News Aggregators Aggregators take the “feed” from a blog and let you see new content Aggregators can be stand-alone apps OR Aggregators can be web-based

Stand-alone Aggregators Net NewsWire, Sharp Reader Nifty integration with your computer’s browser and can display pics and let you listen to podcasts, etc. Read content offline Problem: you have to have your computer with you to read your feeds!

Web-based Aggregators Read your feeds anywhere! All you need is a web browser & an Internet connection Bloglines, Google Reader, Newsgator Problem: you have to be online to read your feeds

Podcasts Taking it to the next step, podcasts are audio blogs MP3 format Can be played on your computer OR an MP3 player Non-proprietary format so are easily portable

Library Podcasts Infopeople podcasts Sunnyvale Public Library podcasts Arizona State University Library podcasts

How to Create a Podcast Roll your own: A recorder A microphone A blog or other service to syndicate your podcasts Services like Hipcast or Gabcast Phone in your podcast Often time limits Quality generally lower

Vodcasts Like podcasts but with video Generally short - under 10 minutes (YouTube limits videos to 10 minutes) Format is often Flash (all content on YouTube is converted to Flash)

Vodcast Share Sites YouTube Google Video StumbleVideo All accept wmv, mov, mpg, or avi formats for uploading

How to Create a Vodcast Digital cameras are by far the easiest way to go! Length is only limited by the size of the storage card Format is usually AVI or MOV, both formats acceptable to YouTube Of course, digital video cameras are great, too!

Library Thing Build your own library! Self-catalog and/or create your own tags! Now for libraries: Example: Build your own widgets for LibraryThing:

Web 2.0 & Online Learning Old way: LMS Blackboard, WebCT, etc. Password-protected restricted content New ways Edu-blogging Podcasts Media sharing Then integrate it! Angel & Second Life

Web Apps Old way: Office New way: Google Docs & Spreadsheets Word processor, spreadsheet Compatible with Word Collaborate with others Free!

Mashups Take a couple of tools, put them together and make a new tool! Google My Maps iLife Link your iTunes library contents to the world and see who else likes what you like! Zillow - Google Maps + market values of homes

Web 2.0 & Instant Messaging AIM is sooo Web 1.0, right? Twitter Keeping everybody up-to-date on what you’re doing, one boring detail at a time ;-) Meebo IM anybody on any chat service wherever you are Put a widget on your website!

Communities Library2.0 Ning MySpace Facebook

Next Generation Communities Remember Dungeons & Dragons? Remember the Sims? Take it one step further: Second Life!

What Is Second life? “ Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 5,855,848 people from around the globe.”

No, but really, what IS Second life? The average age of users is 32, and the median age of users is 36 There are $5 million USD in virtual transactions per month conducted between users 25,000 users log in daily Anshe Chung, Second Life's most notable land baron, makes $175k per year flipping virtual real estate. --March 2006 Google Talk

Hi! I’m Eileen Gapchenko

Why It Won’t Take Over the Internet Tomorrow System requirements: Internet Connection: Cable or DSL Computer Processor: 1.6GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon or better Computer Memory: 512MB or better Video/Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce FX 5600, GeForce 6600, or better OR ATI Radeon 9600, X600, or better Pretty stiff!

Libraries in Second Life Second Life Library secondlife://info island/97/255/33 San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science Consumer Health Library ary,%20Info%20Island%20II%20/227/202/23/

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