1. Enhancing Your Library Webpage Using Web 2.0 and the new web

2. Agenda Web 2.0 Terms Defined ATRT Website Scorecard Web 2.0 Tools to Help You with Your Website Libraries using Web 2.0 – Examples Plinkit Small Group Activity

3. Introduction Interim Executive Director, North Texas Regional Library System. Married, Father of two. Dealing with websites since 1995

4. Web 2.0 Definition The phrase Web 2.0 was coined by O'Reilly Media to refer to a supposed second generation of Internet- based services that let people collaborate and share information online in a new way—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. O'Reilly Media, in collaboration with MediaLive International, used the phrase as a title for a series of conferences and since then it has become a popular, if ill-defined and often criticized, buzzword amongst the technical and marketing communities. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)

5. API Definition Abbreviation of Application Program Interface, a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer puts the blocks together. Most operating environments, such as MS-Windows, provide an API so that programmers can write applications consistent with the operating environment.... (www.kulnisandco.com/terms.htm)

6. Mashup Definition a website or Web 2.0 application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service…mashups are revolutionizing web development by allowing anyone to combine existing data from sources like Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Strikeiron, Windows Live and Yahoo! in innovative ways. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29)

7. Some Assembly Required… Utilizing Web 2.0 tool APIs require the following: A seasoned web programmer (in most cases) Staff time to manage the Mashups No Content Restrictions from powers that be Desire to improve your web user’s experience

8. ATRT Website Scorecard Developed by TLA’s Automation and Technology Round Table Can be used by libraries to gauge their websites quickly Gives them a roadmap on how to make their websites better. The website scorecard is not a substitute for a good web usability study.

9. All Things Web 2.0

10. programmableweb

11. Google Gadgets

12. Clickcaster

13. jamendo

14. meebo

15. CollectiveX

16. Yelp

17. LibraryThing

18. Flickr

19. Blogger

20. WorldCat

21. Yahoo Answers

22. Blipstar

23. Engaged Patrons

24. Delicious

25. Diigo

26. tezaa

27. Nuvvo

28. Thinkfree

29. Bunchball

30. FeedDigest

31. Box.net

32. Conduit

33. NewsCloud

34. cPath

35. Cdyne

36. Dapper

37. Data on Call

38. Eventful

39. YouTube

40. Indeed

41. ZoomCloud

42. Blufr

43. Mojeek

44. PBWiki

45. Shenandoah Public Library

46. Ann Arbor District Library

47. Hennepin County Public Library

48. St. Joseph County Public Library

49. Kansas City Public Library

50. Newberg Public Library

51. Plinkit Content Management System offered by TSLAC No cost to Texas Libraries

52. Small Group Activity Let’s talk about enhancing your web presence Q&A

53. Contact Information Adam Wright North Texas Regional Library System 817-377-4440 awright@ntrls.org