The Age of the Human Filter

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The Age of the Human Filter

• New Website TechnologiesAndrea MercadoNAHSL
  2006, Hartford, CT

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Social, Audio-Visual, Interactive

• Web sites are about offering connectivity
• Less about building, more about enhancing
• Caveat application with purpose is key, so
  have a plan

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Hot Options for Going Web 2.0

• Web 2.0 Human filtering
• Tagging (folksonomy)
• Syndication (RSS, Push Technology)
• Social bookmarking
• Social networking
• Blogs, more pointedly, blog software as content
  management systems (CMSs)
• Podcasting, vidcasting, screencasting
• Wikis
• Social bookmarking

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Blogs are Still In

• Easier than XHTML/CSS for the non-techie
• External blogs a viable option
• Blogger - http//www.blogger.com
• Blog software as CMS
• WordPress - http//www.wordpress.com
• Plugins extend social networking and more
• Software install requires coordination with IT

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Blog as CMS WordPress
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Sharing the Visuals

• YouTube - http//www.YouTube.com video hosting
  (FREE)
• Flickr - http//www.flickr.com image hosting
  (basic account free robust, paid options)
• Both offer
• Storage
• Syndication and web page embedding
• Social qualities bookmark, favorites, sharing,
  blogging, grouping, playlists, comments, tagging,
  video responses, ratings
• Not much coordination with IT required

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Sharing Video YouTubehttp//www.youtube.com/watc
h?vOhircPB0NYg
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The Art of the Cast

• casting syndicated content using RSS
• Feed generator to create
• Blogger FeedBurner - http//www.feedburner.com
• WordPress podPress plugin - http//www.podpress.or
  g
• Attaches link for file download
• Outside hosting/application services available
• Aggregator to catch
• Bloglines - http//www.bloglines.com PC play
• iTunes - http//www.itunes.com iPod
• Juice - http//juicereceiver.sourceforge.net
  non-iPod
• Excellent for conference, classroom,
  illustrative, educational audio and video content

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Wikis Collaborative Content

• Can be private or public
• Information power to the (or, specifically, your)
  people
• Encyclopedic knowledge, collaborative
  documentation creation and management
• Various user access levels available
• IT involvement varies

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Starting a Wiki

• MediaWiki - http//www.mediawiki.org wiki
  software (used by Wikipedia) installed on server,
  IT coordination a must
• Externally hosted options
• Wikispaces - http//www.wikispaces.com
• PBWiki - http//www.pbwiki.com
• Free and pay account options
• Easy set up

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Flu Wiki (www.fluwikie.com)
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Human Search Engineering

• Emailing links is so passé
• Easily sharable, tagable, searchable
• Many free services to choose from
• Mainly a feature in blog software, but can be
  applied to static pages
• Social Bookmark Link Creator http//www.ifeedreade
  rs.com/social-creator/
• IT involvement varies

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Social Bookmarking Major Players

• del.ici.oushttp//del.icio.us
• digghttp//www.digg.com
• blinklisthttp//www.blinklist.com
• LookSmarts Furlhttp//www.furl.net

• Reddithttp//www.reddit.com
• Yahoo! My Webhttp//myweb.yahoo.com
• simpyhttp//www.simpy.com

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Reading Further Resources

• The Terrible Twos Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and
  More by Greg R. Notesshttp//www.infotoday.com/o
  nline/may06/OnTheNet.shtml
• Web 2.0 and Libraries Best Practices for Social
  Software by Michael Stephenshttp//tinyurl.com/m
  anhb
• Making Sense of Social Software in the
  Libraryhttp//www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayConte
  nt?id11519
• SirsiDynix Institute Web Seminar Archive
  Podcasting, wikis, and so much morehttp//www.sir
  sidynixinstitute.com/archive.php
• Show and Tell The Easy Way - An Introduction to
  Screencasting Free Webinar 11/8/2006http//www.s
  irsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid71

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Contact Information

• Andrea Mercado
• Reference Techie Librarian
• Reading Public Library
• Reading, MA
• 781-944-0840
• mercado_at_noblenet.org
• See also
• http//www.LibraryTechtonics.info
• http//www.PLABlog.org