1. Agenda Item 3.5 ETDE Web 2.0 Activities Debbie Cutler 12th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee INIS

2. 12th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee 12th INIS/ETDE JTC, 21-22 October 2009, Vienna, Austria Strategic Direction  Leverage emerging web technologies to move ETDE and ETDEWEB into a two-way interaction with energy RTD communities, facilitating worldwide networking among scientists and engineers”  21 st TWG meeting topic; ideas shared

3. INIS 12th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee 12th INIS/ETDE JTC, 21-22 October 2009, Vienna, Austria Ideas  Forum or wiki for internal communications  Discussion comments allowed on database records  Use a tool to get feedback from users on ways ETDEWEB could be of greater benefit  Ability for users to suggest/upload new documents for inclusion in the database  Ways to suggest related/other information that might be of interest

4. INIS 12th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee 12th INIS/ETDE JTC, 21-22 October 2009, Vienna, Austria Ideas (Cont.)  RSS feeds  Tagging added by users for record indexing  ETDEWEB widget added to main site and ability to add it to iGoogle, etc.  Encourage references to ETDE and ETDEWEB by members in social networking environments

5. INIS 12th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee 12th INIS/ETDE JTC, 21-22 October 2009, Vienna, Austria Next steps for ETDE (based on September ExCo discussions)  ETDE to focus on activities that draw in additional usage; broader coverage makes social networking a little more difficult to form communities  ETDEWEB widget implemented; will change its ‘look’ and location on ETDE page – wider, and at top of page  No full system developed for record input, but simple method for users to contact input centers with suggested database additions to be evaluated  Discussion items on records, ‘Hot docs’, and upgraded news items not supported at this time  Members were encouraged to promote ETDE/ETDEWEB on Facebook, etc.; add links and/or the search widget; referring sites important

6. INIS 12th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee 12th INIS/ETDE JTC, 21-22 October 2009, Vienna, Austria Discussion  Feedback on ideas  Sharing of successful applications in member countries  Other ideas ETDE and/or INIS should consider to better engage/build user communities?