Web 2.0 in Action experiences from the University of Huddersfield Dave Pattern Library Systems Manager University of Huddersfield blog: daveyp.com/blog

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Table of Contents Web 2.0 Web 2.0 at Huddersfield Measuring the Impact of the Library Exploiting Usage Data

I’m not a librarian…

…and I’m not a cataloguer…

…I’m a shambrarian!

Any Questions …?

Question time! Do you regularly use a mobile phone or mobile device?

Question time! do U snd txt msgz?

Question time! Do you have your own MP3/multimedia player?

Question time! Do have broadband internet access at home?

Question time! Do you have wireless internet access at home?

Question time! Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for more than an hour each evening?

Question time! Do you regularly use your home PC or laptop for 2 or 3 hours an evening?

Question time! Do have your own weblog / blog?

Question time! Do you regularly read other peoples weblogs and/or contribute to other weblogs?

Question time! Do you regularly use Wikipedia?

Question time! Have you ever edited a page on Wikipedia?

Question time! Do you use micro blogging tools, e.g. Twitter?

Question time! Do you have a games console at home?

Question time! Do you play games online and/or visit virtual worlds? –e.g. World of Warcraft, Second Life, etc? /

Web 2.0

Web 1.0

Web 2.0

Web Libraries = ???

Ann Arbor District Library Michigan

Ann Arbor District Library John Blyberg

Ann Arbor District Library Director’s Blog

Ann Arbor District Library OPAC

Ann Arbor District Library Virtual Catalogue Cards(!)

University of Huddersfield Web 2.0(05)

Web 2.0 Presentation to Staff early

University of Huddersfield hacking the OPAC

Spell Checker and Popular Searches combination of Aspell & search logs

Borrowing Suggestions based on historical circulation data

Personalised Suggestions based on user’s recent borrowing

Course Level New Book List Feeds analysis of course loans & Dewey

Keyword Search Cloud most popular recent keywords

Guided Keyword Searches based on search logs

Journal Level Recommendations based on link resolver logs

Borrowing Statistics based on circulation data

Library Blogs

Still on the Drawing Board…

Keyword Click Stream Data

“I borrowed an orange book 3 years ago… can you tell me what it was?”

Colour Indexed Book Covers

Cover Search

Measuring the Impact

Trends in Student Borrowing unique titles circ’ing per academic year

Trends in Student Borrowing # of items borrowed per academic year

Non & Low Usage Project

Library usage and final grades 2007/8 & 2008/9 students

Grades and Library Usage BSc Physiotherapy

“Raw! Data! Now!”

Usage Data Release December 2008

“So, why release data?” “The coolest thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else.” Rufus Pollack (Open Knowledge Foundation, 2007)

“So, why release data?” “Absolutely, couldn’t agree more. The point is not so much whether this statement might be true or not, so much as what it does to your thinking and planning if you decide to take it as an article of faith.” Paul Walk (UKOLN, 2007)

Sharing Data BA Multimedia Design

JISC MOSAIC Project

University of Minnesota Affinity Strings

flickr.com/photos/gumption/ / Seattle Public Library “Making Visible the Invisible”

flickr.com/photos/gumption/ / Seattle Public Library “Making Visible the Invisible”

flickr.com/photos/ews/ / Seattle Public Library “Making Visible the Invisible”

Ex Libris bx Recommender Service

Harvard Law Library LibraryCloud Project

JISC Library Impact Data Project February to July 2011 Twitter hashtags: #jiscad #lidp

LemonTree Project libraries + gamification

…have I run out of time yet? Thank you for listening Any questions?