Web 2.0 Tools for Collaborative Library Communication

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• Web 2.0 Tools for Collaborative Library
  Communication
• Presented for SCRLC by

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Goals for Today

• What is Web 2.0?
• What are some Web 2.0 technologies/tools?
• Begin using themtoday!
• Find out whats out thereon and by youand add
  to it!

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Web 2.0 Defined

• A second generation of services available on
  the World Wide Web that let people collaborate,
  and share information online. In contrast to the
  first generation, Web 2.0 gives users an
  experience closer to desktop applications than
  the traditional static Web pages. (emphasis
  mine)
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

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Web 2.0 in Brief and Benefits

• Personalized content
• Portable
• Many-to-many and/or few-to-few communication
• Conversation/Community
• Participatory, not passive
• Networking opportunities galore

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1.0 vs. 2.0

• Read-only web vs. read/write web
• Yahoo mail vs. Gmail
• E-mail vs. IM
• Newsletters vs. blogs
• Static vs. dynamic
• Isolated vs. interactive

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The 2.0 Difference for Libraries

• Social, social, social
• Info sharing
• Opportunity!
• Branding/getting your name out there
• Community building
• Truly user-centered libraries create superpatrons

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A Handful of Web 2.0 Technologies to Explore

• Blogs/RSS Blogger, Bloglines, Tumblr,
  MovableType, WordPress, MySpace, etc.
• Wikis PBwiki, Wikispaces, MediaWiki, Jotspot,
  etc.
• Social bookmarking/sharing Flickr, del.icio.us,
  etc.
• Social networking/personal info search sites
  Zabasearch, LinkedIn, etc.

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Web 2.0 Is Here

• Use Web 2.0 resources to connect, share, trade,
  collaborate, and stay up-to-date
• Watch this short video!

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RSS

• RSS stands for
• Rich Site Summary, or
• RDF Site Summary, or
• Really Simple Syndication.

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RSS Defined

• RSS files (which are also called RSS feeds or
  channels) simply contain a list of items.
  Usually, each item contains a title, summary, and
  a link to a URL (e.g. a web page).
• --Fagan Finder All About RSS
• http//www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml

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Using RSS Feeds

• End-user, via a feed reader
• Provider of RSS feeds, your teams blog

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Does My Favorite Site Have RSS Feeds?

• Yes, if you see any of the following
• Syndicate this site!

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Why Use RSS?

• Info access wave of the right now!
• One-stop shopping for information people need
  want, the way they want
• Simplicity

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RSS In Short

• All of the information,
• none of the formatting.

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RSS In Short

• RSS feeds
• Theyre the glue that holds Web 2.0 together
  Peter Bromberg

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Reading RSS Feeds

• Aggregators
• www.bloglines.com (we will look at this today)
• http//google.com/reader
• http//newsgator.com
• http//blogbridge.com
• http//blogspace.com/rss/readers

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Free Tools Technologies Why Use Them?

• Easy blogs/pseudo-blogs for really quick sharing
• Simple start Wikis for fast interactive
  communication (in print and real-time voice)
• No hassle Social Bookmarking/Sharing sites for
  pictures, real-time collaboration, file-sharing,
  and communication

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Blogs

• Frequently updated
• Entries in reverse chronological order
• Entries are usually brief, chock full of links
  commentary

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Blogs

• Individual blog entries are saved w/ unique URL,
  and can be categorized and searched
• Entries are archived automatically
• Blogs can have one or more contributors

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Why Use Blogs?

• Librarys web presence warm, human voice
• Easy-to-update
• Start a conversation with your patrons
• go on, give em a stake!

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Blogs vs. Listservs

• Excerpted from the SJRLC Blog
• The blog will be more informal than the
  listserv, which is not to say it will be
  unprofessional. The listserv is business wear,
  the blog is casual Fridays.
• -- http//tinyurl.com/s5783

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Lots of Choices Blog Software

• Bloglines bloglines.com
• Drupal drupal.org/
• Blogger blogger.com/
• WordPress wordpress.com/
• MySpace myspace.com/
• Tumblr tumblr.com/

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The State of Technorati

• http//www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000492.html

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Wikis

• A type of website that allows anyone visiting
  the site to add, to remove, or otherwise to edit
  all content, very quickly and easily, sometimes
  without the need for registration. This ease of
  interaction and operation makes a wiki an
  effective tool for collaborative writing.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

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Wiki Examples

• Wikipedia
• Library Success A Best Practices Wiki
• ALA Emerging Leaders
• Education Zoomerone

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More Wiki Examples

• SJCPL Subject Guides
• Camden County Library Intranet
• Princeton Public Library TTT
• NJLA Blog Planning Wiki
• BizWiki
• LISWiki
• Library Instruction Wiki

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Camden County Library Intranet
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Build Your Own Wiki!

• PBwiki www.pbwiki.com
• Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com
• MediaWiki www.mediawiki.org
• Jotspot www.jot.com

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Social Bookmarking

• These tools "allow users to tag Web sites and
  links and to share their finds with other
  communities of users.
• Laura Gordon-Murnane in Searcher,
• June 2006 pp. 26-38

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Start Collecting and/or Sharing!

• Flickr www.flickr.com
• del.icio.us http//del.icio.us
• Filamentality www.filamentality.com
• Social Networking Sites and Personal Information
  Search Engines www.filamentality.com (search
  for Lackie)

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Other Ways to Collect, Share, and Communicate in
Real Time with Others

• Ta-da Lists tadalist.com
• Google Docs Spreadsheets AND Gtalk
• LibraryThing librarything.com (sharing books)
• SlideShare slideshare.net (for sharing PPTs)
• Senduit senduit.com (for sharing files)

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Questions? And who wants a copy of the
PowerPoint using Senduit.com, right now!?
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Final Tips and Hints for Keeping Up-to-date on
Other Tools and Technologies

• Time Magazines 50 Coolest Websites 2006
• http//www.time.com/time/2006/50coolest/
• SEOmozs Web 2.0 Awards 2007
• http//www.seomoz.org/web2.0/
• OEDb Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines 2007
• http//oedb.org/library/features/top-25-web20-sear
  ch-engines

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PowerPoint Presentation Slides
http//leto.rider.edu/rlackie/web2/web2introSCRL
C8-2007.ppt
THE END
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