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How To Keep Up Without Having To Stay Up” Web 2.0 For The Solo Librarian
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“ “ How to keep up without How to keep up without having to stay up” Web having to stay up” Web 2.0 for the Solo 2.0 for the Solo Librarian Librarian James Mullan – Information Officer CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
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Presentation to the BIALL Solos Group on the 12th of May 2009
Transcript of How To Keep Up Without Having To Stay Up” Web 2.0 For The Solo Librarian
““How to keep up without having to How to keep up without having to stay up” Web 2.0 for the Solo stay up” Web 2.0 for the Solo LibrarianLibrarian
James Mullan – Information Officer
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
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The challenges for Solo LibrariansThe challenges for Solo Librarians
Time Budget (Resources) Professional Isolation Cover Learning to juggle!
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The advantagesThe advantages
Independence/Autonomy Flexible Schedule Variety Wide Knowledge No staff (potentially)
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What is Web 2.0?What is Web 2.0?
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Solitary Encourages sharing
Relied on installed software
Is Web-based
Was about individuals Is about communities
Was about consuming Is about creating
Homepages Weblogs
Finding information Information coming to you
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What are the key concepts for Librarians?What are the key concepts for Librarians?
Web 2.0 is…
– Collaborative– Focused on content– Web-based– Social– Decentralised– Re-mixable
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What that really means!What that really means!
The Web 2.0 tools Law Librarians are using are Social and…
Provide systems for the sharing of information and services among individuals and groups…
…perfect for Solo librarians?
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Some of the tools available…Some of the tools available…
Twitter (Microblogging) RSS/Blogs
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TwitterTwitter
A Microblogging tool Made famous by celebrity users
– Stephen Fry– Jonathan Ross– Barack Obama– James Mullan
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Several ways to use Twitter
– Searching for information– Information Updating– Following trends– Asking questions– Social Networking
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Tweetbeep and Twilert will email you when Tweets match your search terms
Hashtags are used to identify and find content
– #Mumbai– #Bushfires– #UKSnow– #CreditCrunch
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More Twitter tools!More Twitter tools!
TweetDeck Twhirl Twellow TweetStats Twist Twitterverse Twitterholic
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS)Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
A means by which to “syndicate” content available on the Web
Your “radar”
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The benefits of using RSSThe benefits of using RSS
No need to visit websites Summaries Reduction in emails Many media types included Information becomes discreet Easy to share
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How you could use RSS?How you could use RSS?
To monitor Legal and Librarianship Blogs
To monitor news stories and company information
To monitor new legal content:– Legislation– Case Law– Journal Articles– Know How
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What you’ll need!What you’ll need!
An RSS FeedReader or Newsreader
– Bloglines– Google Reader– FeedDemon– Newsgator
An RSS Feed!
– Navigate to any website and look for the RSS icon
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Blogs du Jour!Blogs du Jour!
Some of the Blogs I follow:
– Binary Law– Enquiring Minds Want to Know– Information Overlord– House of Butter– Jennie Law– The BIALL Blog
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The obstacles…The obstacles…
Your IT Department
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Web 2.0 for the wary…Web 2.0 for the wary…
…what you need to think about
– Time– Cost– Exposure– Information Overload– The 4P’s
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Can I ignore Web 2.0?Can I ignore Web 2.0?
No
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Questions/ThoughtsQuestions/Thoughts
http://www.therunninglibrarian.co.uk
http://www.biall.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/jimmy1712
