1. Using Web 2.0 resources in your library Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com

2. What is Web 2.0? Let’s just not go there shall we? Definitions are less important than what you can do with it Oh, if you really insist…

3. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes. –Wikipedia entryWikipedia entry

4. Web 1.0 was computer based Web 2.0 uses the web as a platform

5. Web 1.0 relied on installed software Web 2.0 uses the browser

6. Web 1.0 was solitaryWeb 2.0 encourages sharing

7. Web 1.0 was individuals working alone Web 2.0 is community, sharing wisdom

8. Web 1.0 was data in one place Web 2.0 is the portability of data

9. Web 1.0 was about consuming (data) Web 2.0 is about creating data –Weblogs –Photograph sharing –Wikis –Collaborative resources –Social networking –Bookmarking

10. Web 1.0 was home pages Web 2.0 is weblogs

11. Web 1.0 was tracking information down Web 2.0 is having information come to you

12. Web 1.0 was badging your content Web 2.0 is getting the answer out there quickly

13. Web 1.0 was slow transfer rates Web 2.0 is about broadband

14. Web 1.0 was hardware $s Web 2.0 is broadband $s

15. Web 1.0 was getting it perfect Web 2.0 is doing it and moving on

16. Web 1.0 was stationary Web 2.0 is mobile

17. Web 1.0 was about limitations Web 2.0 is about a state of mind

18. Yes… but? “It’s vacuous marketing hype” “Web 2.0 is totally silly” “Meaningless” “is made entirely of pretentious self serving morons.” “a lot of thin but very hot air blown at you by those who are convinced that having nothing to say is by no means a good reason to shut up.”

19. So… Is it a question of degrees of difference?

20. Or… A difference of kind? (Is it or isn’t it a fad?)

22. OK… so how can I use it? Weblogs –Create a library weblog –Additional or new library resources –Introduce members of staff –Use it as a repository of data and information by using categories and tags –Don’t regard a weblog as a diary – it’s an important website in its own right…

24. Weblogs continued… Use the weblog RSS feed on the site home page as a news feed Encourage people to add the feed to their start page or RSS reader Create a different weblog for a different subject area – invite other authors Use it in a different way, on a different page

27. News reports from the BBC

28. So what exactly is RSS again? Really Simple Search Rich Site Summary ‘Read some stories’ Newsfeeds It’s a common way of transferring data from one resource to another one

29. The version a human being sees:

30. The RSS version: Phil Bradley's weblog http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/ Internet searching, web design, search engine developments and anything that will interest librarians! en-GB 2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00 Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult' http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/egypt_blogger_j.html Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to... Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to the BBC story. Current Affairs philipbradley 2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00 Google charges for web programs http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/google_charges_.html Google charges for web programs. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a... Google charges for web programs. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a premium version of their email, calendar, word processing and messaging package. It'll cost £27 or 40€ or $50 which includes more storage, phone help and 99.9% uptime (which is actually downtime of about 9 hours per year if you don't want to work it out yourself) and it'll be advertisement free. Google is of course saying that it's not an attack on Microsoft. Google specific philipbradley

31. Each RSS resource has its own URL and other applications can point to that URL, gather the data and display it in a different format.

32. RSS and search

33. So, what else can I do with RSS? Add to content to webpageswebpages

34. Add content to a news aggregatornews aggregator

35. Add content to a start pagestart page

36. Keep current with comments and updatescomments and updates

37. In conclusion therefore… RSS brings data to you, and allows you to send it out to other places.

38. Using news aggregators Such as Bloglines or the Google Reader Keep up to date Up to the minute Create your own searches Use these to create your own news feeds Combine these and publish them for users

40. Podcasts Provide access to audio content Guides/tours around a library

42. Podcasts 2 Content that can’t easily be made available in other formats Content that is accessible on the move Not time or place dependent.

43. Start Pages Pageflakes Netvibes Collate data into one place Not machine dependent Good for: –Links –Email –Search engines –RSS feeds –Weather –Etc…

44. Start Pages

45. Using start pages Individually As a group –Share tabbed pages –Alternative to email contact –To Do lists –Note pads –Always immediately available

47. Bookmarking Limited to a specific machine Not informative Difficult to find what you want Inflexible Cannot easily share bookmarks

49. What are the alternatives? Del.icio.us Diigo Raw Sugar …Raw Sugar

50. You can: Share your bookmarks –Between computers –Between colleagues –Between users Create bookmark sets –To supplement projects –To assist users Annotate (or tag) bookmarks

51. Great for searching! http://del.icio.us/tag/ http://del.icio.us/tag/<search_term

52. Get an RSS feed automatically http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/[insert your tag here]

53. Search builders Create your own search engines Limit to trusted sites As small as you want, as large as you need Use the given URL or Cut and paste onto your own site Use them and then throw them

54. That would be: Rollyo Google Custom Search Builder Eurekster swicki Yahoo Search builder

55. And… Topicle Quintura

56. Collaborate on knowledge Provide content onto a webpage Items, notes, articles Links to news or blogs Search functions Video options Let others collaborate

57. Creating communities Zimbio Flickr Grou.ps Plum Squidoo Pageflakes Facebook

59. Flickr

60. Squidoo

61. Facebook

62. Wikis

63. LIS wiki Library success wiki Wikipedia Peanut butter wiki

64. Instant messaging “Email is for old people” Talk instantly back and forth Share files (or not!) Share webcam discussions Group chat IM from webpages Create chatrooms

65. Instant Messenger Services

66. Using… Plugoo Gabbly Chat Meebo rooms

67. Collaborate On documents – Google docsGoogle docs On spreadsheets - NumSumNumSum With calendars - PlanzoPlanzo With training - JybeJybe With projects – MyWebDesktopMyWebDesktop With To Do lists – TaDaListTaDaList With webpages – ConversateConversate

68. Combine everything! With RSS and other Web 2.0 resources anything can work with anything else Content can be changed and manipulated into different formats that you control Users can get involved Geography doesn’t matter Speed is easy It’s not technical!

69. So why not… Create search engines for subject groups Get users involved with a Zimbio group on an aspect of ? Create a Squidoo lens for a subject? Start a library weblog? Create a flickr group

70. Or… A podcast or a radio station, both involving music students A Pageflakes page that you can share with colleagues Create del.icio.us or FURL accounts and share them Start a wiki for all the librarians in the area

71. Or even Use instant messaging to provide information in a different way Create a book reading club using LibraryThing, Amazon and a weblog Have a library tour on YouTube

72. Or even Create trading cards from Flickr photographs Create fun/interesting new posters Set up a Facebook, Bebo, MySpace account for the library Share presentations with Slideshare.net

73. BUT…

74. Expect… “It can’t be done” “We don’t have the resources” “Bandwidth problems” “Security issues” “Write a proposal” “Not your job” “Not enough time”

75. AND…

76. Ignore it! Because Web 2 is changing: The way we use the web The way we use information The way we find information The way we do our jobs The way we interact with people The way that we look at everything

77. FOREVER

78. Final thoughts: “Librarians must be like Krishna! And descend into the world to combat ignorance!” S.R. Ranganathan “The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.” Melvil Dewey

79. Want more?

80. Acknowledgements Slide 5 http://www.nasa.govhttp://www.nasa.gov Slide 7 http://www.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.bbc.co.uk Slide 9 http://thederringdos.com/http://thederringdos.com/ Slide 9 http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/spiders-web.jpghttp://www.problogger.net/wp-content/spiders-web.jpg Slide 10 http://www.vorkt.com/http://www.vorkt.com/ Slide 10 http://www.nps.gov/http://www.nps.gov/ Slide 11 http://www.tailoredtime.com/http://www.tailoredtime.com/ Slide 11 http://www.letsgomobile.org/http://www.letsgomobile.org/ Slide 13 http://www.ctp.co.uk/http://www.ctp.co.uk/ Slide 13 http://www.hereticpress.com/http://www.hereticpress.com/ Slide 14 http://www.stdmfg.com/http://www.stdmfg.com/ Slide 14 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/http://ecx.images-amazon.com/ Slide 15 http://www.stainedglassoriginals.comhttp://www.stainedglassoriginals.com Slide 15 http://img.thesun.co.uk/http://img.thesun.co.uk/

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