Library 2.0

Kim.Holmberg@abo.fiInformation studies | Åbo Akademi University

”Web 1.0”

• Static web pages

• Content published by the webmaster

• No user participation

• Not often updated

• Own servers and applications

Web 1.0 – ”Read-Only Web”

”On the Internet…”

Web 2.0

Web 1.0

• Dynamic web pages

• Opens content to be used and reused

• Active user-participation

• (Usually) Frequently updated

• Outsourced services

”Architecture of participation”

Web 2.0 – ”Read/Write Web”

Dogbook

Library 2.0

Maybe after all…

• Library 2.0 is the natural evolution of library services to a level where the library user is in control of how and when she gets access to the services she needs and wants.

Thomas Brevik

http://lib1point5.wordpress.com/

Library 2.0 - Definitions

• The principles of Library 2.0 seek to put users in touch with information and entertainment wherever they may be, breaking down the barriers of space, time and outdated policy. It is a user-centered paradigm focusing on knowledge, experience, collaboration, the creation of new content and encouraging the heart.

Michael Stephens

http://www.tametheweb.com/

• It is a philosophy of rapid change, flexible organizational structures, new Web 2.0 tools and user participation that will put the library in a much stronger position, ready to efficiently and effectively meet the needs of a larger user population.

Michael Casey

http://www.librarycrunch.com/

• Library 2.0 =

(books 'n stuff + people + radical trust)

x participation

Darlene Fichter

http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2006/04/web-2.html

Communication

Communities

Collaboration

Outsourced tools

Library 2.0

Blogging

• Harris County Public Library, eBranch blog - http://www.hcpl.net/ebranch/news/archives/2007_11.html

• Eduskunnan kirjasto - http://parlamenttikirjasto.blogspot.com/

• AADL, Director’s blog - http://www.aadl.org/taxonomy/term/86

Really Simple Syndication

• Google Reader - http://www.google.com/reader/

• Stockholms stadsbibliotek - http://www.biblioteket.se/default.asp?id=3059

• Seattle Public Library - http://catalog.spl.org/lists/popular-teen-fiction/

Wikis

http://www.wikipedia.org

• Case Western Reserve university - http://wiki.case.edu/Main_Page

• St. Joseph County Public Library – http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page

• Ohio University Library Biz Wiki - http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page

Communities

http://www.facebook.com

• NING - http://library20.ning.com/

• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/

- Libraries (search applications, groups, events, …)

• Second Life - http://infoisland.org/

• WebJunction - http://www.webjunction.org/

Instant Messaging

http://www.meebo.com

• IM a librarian - http://www.oberlin.edu/library/reference/im.html

• UNLV libraries - http://www.library.unlv.edu/ask/chat.html

Tagging

http://del.icio.us

• Lamson Library - http://www.plymouth.edu/library/index.php?s=harry+potter

• Queens Library - http://aqua.queenslibrary.org/?q=harry%20potter

• Del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us/kholmber/library2.0

Photosharing

http://www.flickr.com

• UBC Library Graphics - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubclibrary/

• Suomen Kirjastot - http://www.flickr.com/groups/382591@N22/

• Library Interiors - http://www.flickr.com/groups/library_interiors/pool/

• Photobucket – Kirjasto - http://photobucket.com/images/kirjasto/

Podcasting

• MIT IS&T - http://web.mit.edu/ist/podcasts/

• Kanakee Public Library - http://www.kankakee.lib.il.us/Podcasts.html

• Podcasthakemisto - http://www.podcasthakemisto.net/

Videosharing

http://www.youtube.com

• MIT course materials - http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/av/

• MIT video index - http://mitworld.mit.edu/video_index.php

• YouTube, Kirjasto - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kirjasto

MMORPG / MUVE

http://www.secondlife.com

• Second Life, InfoIsland - http://www.infoisland.org/

• Second Life, health InfoIsland - http://infoisland.org/health_info/

• Institutions and organizations in SL - http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL

Mashups

http://www.earthalbum.com

• WikipediaVision- http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/

• Visual Search Lab - http://labs.ideeinc.com/visual/#random=971197;

• Google maps mashups - http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

Personal Libraries

• LibraryThing - http://www.librarything.com/

• Lulu - http://www.lulu.com/

• Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org/index.php

• Shelfari - http://www.shelfari.com/

Tools

• Google Docs - http://docs.google.com/?tab=wo• Cafepress - http://www.cafepress.com/• Flock browser - http://www.flock.com/• Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/• Stixy - http://www.stixy.com/• Technorati - http://technorati.com/• Zoho - http://www.zoho.com/• Blogger – http://www.blogger.com• Picnik - http://www.picnik.com/

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Communicate with clients, staff and media

Plan affordable marketing strategies

Increase efficiency and improve project management

Outsource IT-services

Prepare for the future

Possibilities

Web 3D?

Web 2.0

Web 1.0

“80% of active Internet users will have a ‘Second Life’ in the

virtual world by 2011.”— Gartner Research

www.secondlife.com

• First opened in June 2003

• ~15000 cpu’s (~1000km2)

• ~1.5 M. logged in / 60 days

• ~30 000 logged in at any time of the day• 54% European (~2000 Finns)

• Average age 35

• 41% women

• ~1 M. US$ spent / 24 h

Second Life in numbers

Avatars

:-) :-( :-P

LOL , ROFL, LMAO

:-) vs.

Spaces based on reality

Spaces based on reality

Spaces based on reality

Spaces based on fantasy

Spaces based on fantasy

Spaces based on fantasy

”Mixed reality”

”Mixed reality”

”Mixed reality”

Building 3D objects

Using scripts to give them ”life”

Immaterial rights

Companies already in Second Life

Aachen, RWTH University, GermanyWISE: Research platform WISe EnvironmentsAarhus Business College: Aarhus, Denmark

Åbo Akademi University, Turku, FinlandAnglia Ruskin University at Cambridge and Chelmsford, UKArcada University of Applied Sciences: Helsingfors, FinlandThe Art Institute of California-San Diego San Diego, CAThe Art Institute of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PAAudiocourses Music Production School: London, United KingdomAustralian Film TV and Radio School: Sydney, AustraliaBall State University: Muncie, INThe Bay School of San Francisco: San Francisco, CABeach College: Santa Barbara, CABentley College - Department of Natural and Applied Sciences: Waltham, MA Boise State University, Dept. of EdTech Supporting EDTECH Island in SLBournemouth University, The School of Health & Social Care (HSC): Bournemouth, United Kingdom Bowling Green State UniversityBradley University, Peoria, IL-- Multimedia Program via NMC and Library on Info Island Bromley College of Further and Higher Education: Greater London, United Kingdom Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IABuffalo State College Buffalo, NYCalifornia State University - Pomona: Pomona, CACentral Piedmont Community College - Futures Institute: Charlotte, North CarolinaChapman University: Orange, CAClemson University: Clemson, South CarolinaCochise CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences atMontclair State University: Montclair, NJCollege of Internet Distance Education of Assumption UniversityBangkok, ThailandColumbia College Chicago: Chicago, ILColumbia University: New York, NYDerby University: Derbyshire, England, UK. Devry University: Oakbrook, ILDuke University: Durham, NCDrexel University: Philadelphia, PAEast Tennessee State University: Johnson City, TN

Edinburgh University: Edinburgh, Scotland, UKEmpire State College, SUNY: Many locations across NY state and beyond.ENST Bretagne : Telecom Bretagne FranceFontys University of Applied Sciences: NetherlandsFullerton College: Fullerton, CAGerald D. Hines College of Architecture University of Houston: Houston, TXGlendale Community College Glendale AZGraz, Austria, Technical University, Institut für WohnbauGreat Northern Way Campus - Centre for Digital Media Vancouver, BC, Canada

Harvard University: Cambridge, Mass.Heinrich-Heine-Universität: Düsseldorf, GermanyHelicon Opleidingen "Netherlands, land based studies at 11 colleges"Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Hotel & Tourism Management Huddersfield University, West Yorkshire, UKIdaho State University: Pocatello, Idaho.Illinois State University: Normal, ILIndiana University: Bloomington, INIowa State University: Ames, IAIthaca College - Roy H. Park School of CommunicationJohnson & Wales University: Providence, RI & 5 Western StatesKalamazoo Valley Community College: Kalamazoo, MILancaster University: Lancaster, UKLawrence University: Appleton, WI Lazarski School of Commerce and Law. Warsaw, PolandLeeds College of Art and Design: West Yorkshire, United KingdomLeeds Metropolitan University: West Yorkshire, United KingdomLehigh Carbon Community College: Schnecksville, PALoyalist College: Belleville, ON, Canada

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MAMayville State University: Mayville, NDMinneapolis College of Art and Design: Minneapolis, MNMinnesota State Colleges and Universities:Northern Illinois University DeKalb, ILOhio UniversityUniversity of Derby: Derbyshire, England, UK.University of Plymouth: Devon, UKUniversity of Portsmouth: Portsmouth, UK Rheinische Fachhochschule KölnUniversity of Applied Sience CologneUniversidad Iberoamericana, Mexico Cit

Schools, universities and libraries already in Second Life

http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-post.html

TEACHING

Distance education, lectures

Group assignments

Dramatization and visualization

Conferences and workshops

Your WorldYour Imagination

SOME RESULTS

Kim Holmberg and Isto HuvilaInformation studies | Åbo Akademi University

• Data collection in spring 2007• Respondents

– Open University at Åbo Akademi University, Information Studies

– N=30, 28 women, 2 en– 50% born before1967

(1952-1984)– Most were ”average users” of computers – Everyone had quite a lot of experience in

online learning

Student questionnaire

• Moving EASY

• Navigating EASY

• Talking VERY EASY

• Asking EASY

Easy or Difficult?

• A bit more difficult

• A lot more fun

• Not as good form of education

• Easier to participate in discussions

• Barrier to ask was lower

Learning...... compared to classroom teaching

• No more difficult or easy

• A lot more fun

• As a form of education, better

Learning... ... compared to ”online learning environments”

• Compared to classroom teaching– Improves interaction: no– Presence of the others: divided answers

• Compared to online teaching– Improves interaction: yes– Presence of the others: a lot better

Interaction

Lower barrier to participate in Second Life

• Fun

• Produced results

• The feeling of belonging to the team was strong

• ”The group produced more together than the participants would have done alone”

Groupwork

”fun”

”boring”

efficient unefficient

WHY SECOND LIFE?

• Appealing to today’s students

• Immersive

• Promotes creativity

• Social aspect

• Building communities / Networking

• New tools

• A view of the future

• SL is fun

That’s why Second Life

Kim Holmberg Information Studies | Åbo Akademi University

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