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Overview: Introductions Brief intro to Web 2.0 Blogging: Brief overview of what we are doing and blog/social networking choices Fun stuff: flickr (image hosting) del.icio.us (bookmarking + tagging) YouTube (video hosting) Widgets (snapshots, meebo, twitter, etc.) RSS feeds (technorati, pageflakes, etc.) +Mashups Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

So, how can libraries tap into this? A little more about Web 2.0: Web 2.0 technologies provide an easy way to store, describe, share, discover, organize and create information in a way that makes sense to user Web 2.0 is collaborative ·Web 2.0 technologies provide an ease of use (little or no coding experience needed) Web 2.0 facilitate discovery (e.g., the ability to share, recommend, or discover resources from other users) Power to the people! Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

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Blogging: One of the easiest way to tap into Web 2.0 technologies is through the use of blogging. We have been blogging since January We use Wordpress (open source software) hosted on the libraries server Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

·A little about Wordpress Wordpress Advantages/Disadvantages Customizing Wordpress MU How it differs from regular Wordpress Advantages/Disadvantages What if you can’t host a blog? Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Blogging: Free choices hosted elsewhere: Blogger Wordpress.com TypePad Why would you want to blog? Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Blogging Reasons to Blog/social network: PR/Marketing Subscription via RSS feeds; also ability to embed content into other websites (pageflakes etc.) Ease of updating website Instant updating/editing Provide a more informal “face” to the library Push out content to users, i.e. be in their space Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Blogging: Guidelines & writing style sheets Finding contributors To comment or not to comment High ranking pages in Google Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

The Fun Stuff Image hosting (free) - Flickr Free and easy to use Paid accounts have more privileges, but free accounts can get the job done Uses for blogging and websites Flickr toys (slideshows, etc.) Networking Creative commons/licensing Find graphics and images for use Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

flickr Libraries/librarians doing neat things with flickr LibraryMan (Michael Porter) Dewey Graduate Library - University at Albany NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Image hosting - Flickr Fun stuff to do in your blog or website with flickr Slideshows Flickr badges Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Social bookmarking – del.icio.us Free and easy to use Uses for you or your library Centralized storage of resources/links lists in del.icio.us Easy to update – no coding necessary Bookmarks travel with you – never lose them! Resource sharing and Discovery (recommend links, find popular links by tag, etc.) Private or shared Pathfinders/guides for individual classes Bibliographies Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Social bookmarking – del.icio.us Uses for websites and blogging Del.icio.us toys (links list, tag clouds, etc.) Networking Resource sharing and discovery Easy maintenance of links lists Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Social bookmarking - del.icio.us Nashville Public Library – TeenWeb College of New Jersey – Italian Studies Pathfinder UGA Libraries Cataloging Resources Weird & Wacky Web Watching

Video hosting (free) – YouTube Free and easy to use; accepts most formats; no need to convert! Videocasting Provides easy way to get videos on the web Embed into blog posts Is now owned by Google Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Uses Embed videos in blogs, presentations, websites, etc Storage space (no need to store large size videos on server) Networking Resource sharing and Discovery Videocasting Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog Video hosting – YouTube

Day in the life of the Library - St. Joseph County Public Library v=vrtYdFV_Eak v=vrtYdFV_Eak Installing a new OS on library computers v=nWIrxuF5NSo v=nWIrxuF5NSo Why do NJ patrons love their libraries? v=ZeQI25n8qPQ v=ZeQI25n8qPQ Guide to the library – from Williams College v=i-t0LHnw-fc v=i-t0LHnw-fc Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog Video hosting – YouTube

Wonderful world of widgets What is a widget? Widgets are just little tools which are generally easy to install in a user interface. Widgets can be embedded in blogs and websites (snapshots, flickr toys, etc.), downloaded for use on the desktop or on a mobile device. Blogger and wordpress are both utilizing widgets more. Pageflakes, a free web based service, uses widgets to put the page together. Pageflakes widgets include RSS feeds, flickr, and even static webpages. Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Wonderful world of widgets Widgets make it easy to embed third party content (flickr, YouTube, etc.) or even code into websites with little or no coding experience. Widgetbox is an excellent resource! Widgets are frequently drop n drag or copy and paste. Examples of widgets to embed in websites: flickr slideshows, YouTube movies, snapshots, links lists, etc. Pageflakes and netvibes are two widget based services Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Meebo provides a single interface to AIM, Yahoo, MSN Chat Meebo widgets are embeddable > Meebo in actionMeebo in action Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Snapshots provide a popup preview of links.

A little about RSS feeds What are RSS feeds? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication RSS provides an easy way for users to find and subscribe to information. Makes content portable to other web pages. Feedburner Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

A little about Mashups What is a Mashup? In web terms, a mashup takes content or data from different sources or services to create a new thing An example of a mashup is Flickr Maps which uses both images from Flickr and Google Maps Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog

Lip-smacking Good: Resources Web 2.0 Minipresentation: Web 2.0 movie: This presentation: Slideshare Del.icio.us Handouts at googledocs Contact: Amy, Robin,

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