Web 2.0 In a Nutshell A Librarian

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Web 2.0 In a NutshellA Librarians Guide to the
World of Web 2.0

• VASLA Fall Meeting Presentation Sept. 28, 2007

Brought to you by Jill Stover and Susan Teague
Rector. Please contact us with questions!
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Program

• Introduction
• Web 2.0 Why
• All Bout Blogging
• The Fuss Over RSS
• QA / Break
• RSS Aggregators
• Wacky World of Wikis
• Networking Goes Online
• Show Tell Our Favorites
• Discussion / QA

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Web 2.0 is about harnessing the Internet as a
platform, using network effects to make your
application get better the more people use
it. Tim OReilly quoted in ABC an Introduction
to Web 2.0
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Themes

• Consuming Remixing of Data
• Software that gets better the more you use it
• Architecture of Participation
• Rich User Experiences

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Changes in Consumer Behavior
It's the conversation economy, stupid. One of
the engines that is driving "2.0" growth is the
fact that communities are forming around popular
social platforms such as YouTube, Facebook,
Flickr, Ning, Twitterthe list goes on and on.
These platforms facilitate conversation.
Conversation leads to relationships and
relationships lead to affinity. -David Armano
By David Armano, author of the blog LogicEmotion
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Getting in on the Act
Read more from the BBC
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Trends to Know

• Curated Consumption
• Customer-Made
• Generation C
• InfoLust
• Status Skills

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Whats Different?

• Web 1.0
• Your personal homepage with a pasted copy of your
  resume
• A library subject guide with hard-coded links
• Britannica Online

• Web 2.0
• Your LinkedIn profile
• A library subject guide created in a blog and
  updates provided via RSS
• Wikipedia

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Big Opportunities in Blogging
Added Value
Personality (?)
Connections!
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Blogging Beyond the Basics

• Widgets NY Times Some Bling for Your Blog
• Widgetbox
• Example Forbes.com
• Blogs in action
• GM Blogs
• Fastlane
• Starbucks Gossip Blog
• Western Springs History
• Clipboard Cabell Library

• Want more blogs?
• Blogging Libraries Wiki
• Technorati
• Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki

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RSS An Intro to Possibilities
More Info RSS Aggregators
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Take a Break!
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The Fuss Over RSS
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Spread the Word

• Tell the world what your library is up to
• Provide patrons with fresh content
• Easily disseminate information within an
  organization
• Real World Examples
• Subject-based RSS feeds
• Predefined searches for users
• Rotating content
• Committee Meetings Minutes

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Anatomy of RSS
Metadata
Syndicated Content
http//blog.vcu.edu/bookremarks/
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Getting Started

• Generating Feeds
• Generated automatically through blog software
• Use the RSS library in scripting languages

• Including Feeds
• Parse using a programming language like PHP or
  Javascript
• Use code generator tools like SpringWidgets

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Wacky World of Wikis

• A wiki allows a group of people to
  collaboratively develop a Web site with no
  knowledge of HTML or other markup languages.
  Anyone can add to or edit pages in a wiki -- it
  is completely egalitarian. Anyone can create new
  wiki pages simply by creating a new link with the
  name of the page. Pages are connected not
  hierarchically, but by hyperlinks between pages.
• Source http//www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title
  What_is_a_Wiki

The official 2,000,000th article on the English
Wikipedia was created on September 9,
2007 http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikipediaSize_
of_Wikipedia
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Why Wiki?

• Why?
• Collaboration on Projects
• Document Management
• Saves Time with Emails
• Decentralized workflow
• Automatic Version Control

• Why Not?
• If you expect user feedback/options
• Spam/Vandalism
• Decentralized workflow

Sharing
Collaboration
Knowledge Management
Source http//www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title
What_is_a_Wiki
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Wikis In Use

• Intranets
• Univ. of Minn. Intranet
• Content Management Systems
• Ohio U. Biz Wiki
• Online Encyclopedias Dictionaries
• Cornell Law
• Scientific Sharing
• OpenWetWare

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Lets Wiki!

• More Information About Wikis
• Choosing a Wiki
• Wiki Tools
• Example Products
• MediaWiki
• PmWiki
• TWiki

http//pbwiki.com/
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Facebook? For Me?
More on Social Networking from Information Week
The Word on the Street from Google Blog Search
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Social Networking Gets Down to Business

• LinkedIn Professional Networking
• Contacts
• Recommendations
• Jobs
• Socializing
• LinkedIn Answers

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QA / Discussion

• What are you doing in your library with any of
  the tools weve discussed?
• If you aren't using Web 2.0 tools, which
  technologies do you plan to start using and why?

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Follow-up

• Make comments or post content to the VA SLA Web
  2.0 Wiki!
• Let us hear from you!