1. Web 2.0 at Huddersfield Dave Pattern Library Systems Manager University of Huddersfield, UK d.c.pattern@hud.ac.uk www.daveyp.com

2. Preamble More information about this presentation… –daveyp.com/ili2009/ 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

3. 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

4. blogs

5. Grapevine 2.0 intranet staff blog

6. Electronic Resources Blog news, trails, current problems, etc

7. Electronic Resources Blog content feeds other systems

8. wikis

9. Electronic Resources Wiki

10. Electronic Resources Wiki resource documentation

11. Front Line Services Wiki better than a folder of scribbled notes!

12. library catalogue

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

14. Borrowing profile average loans per month average number of book loans per month

15. average number of clicks per month on “people who borrowed this” suggestions Feature usage “people who borrowed this…”

16. Getting personal! suggestions for what to borrow next

17. Building better new book lists course specific RSS feeds

18. number of unique titles (bib#) borrowed per calendar year (2009 figure is predicted) ? The impact on borrowing range of stock borrowed per year borrowing suggestions added to catalogue at start of 2006

19. average number of books borrowed per active borrower per calendar year (2009 predicted) The impact on borrowing average number of books borrowed

20. Catalogue keyword searches keyword cloud eye candy…

21. Catalogue keyword searches guided searches

22. Open Data

23. 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…”

27. Learning 2.0

28. Learning 2.0 Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

29. 25 Things @ Huddersfield first run in 2008

30. QR codes

32. QR Codes library catalogue

33. QR Codes guides, handouts, etc

34. QR Codes journals

35. QR Codes resource info

36. QR Codes viral marketing?

37. 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”! Summary at Huddersfield…