Social Networking, the Web & Us

Jill Hurst-WahlHurst Associates, Ltd.

May 4, 2006

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The dominant interface of the future is the screen.

– Kevin Roberts

Worldwide CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi

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The cornerstone for this millennium is the end of time and space.

– Avram Miller

CEO, The Avram Miller Co.

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When news happens, it’s common for the first photographs not be sent via news wires, but posted to a Flickr site.

– Newsweek, Apr. 3, 2006

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What are SNTs?

• Using tech/Internet for social ends • Benefits:

– Non-threatening interaction– Collaboration– Knowledge sharing– Relationship mgmt. (social capital) – The rise of the personal voice– Transparency

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SNT Tools

• IM• Blogs – business & personal • Wikis (e.g.., CIL2006)• “Networking” web sites (e.g.,

Ryze)• Sites for sharing content

– Flickr, YouTube• Folksonomies

– Del.icio.us, Technorati

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• We can– …tell our stories & connect with

our friends– …coordinate our efforts with IM

& text messaging, then document them in blogs, etc.

– …create our own signposts

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The Result

• Global• Personal• Anonymous• Transparent• Time independent• Ever-changing modes• Group KM

The unofficial wikiThe official web site

The official blog The army of other bloggers

The pics in FlickrTechnorati tags

Informed, enthused participants

A Live Event

Legitimacy Trust

Information Literacy

Accuracy

Interacting w/library

Class Assignment

Internet research

•Search engines

•Wikis

•Blogs

Fee-bases services

Communicating w/teachers

Communicating w/peers

Elimination of time & space

Information verification

Information literacy

Living Online

Too much information

Stalkers

Criminal investigations

News media

A new community

Help & support

Global-base of contacts

Public vs. private info

Safety TrustGuardians

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The Future

• Handheld, multi-functioning devices will further blur time and space

• Library 2.0– more interactive, collaborative,

and driven by community needs• We will judge ourselves based on

how we navigate our networks

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Jill Hurst-Wahlhurst@HurstAssociates.com

AIM: jillNYSwww.HurstAssociates.com

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