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Web 2.0 for librariesWeb 2.0 for libraries
WikisWikis, , BlogsBlogs, , RSS RSS Photo sharingPhoto sharing, , PodcastsPodcasts, ,
Tagging, Tagging, Social bookmarkingSocial bookmarking Video sharing Video sharing virtual worldsvirtual worlds
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What is Web 2.0?What is Web 2.0?
The Social webSocial networkingSocial softwareShared resourcesUser communitiesFrom desktop to web-based toolsPersonalised spaceA natural progression of the web?Applications for library?
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Easy to use…Easy to use…
Easy to upload content
Easy to create (no HTML knowledge)
Easy to share
Easy to find – it finds you (RSS)
Easy metadata (tagging)
Easy to communicate
….easy!... for your learners at least!
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You might know…You might know…
Wikipedia
Blogger
Google Reader
Flickr
iTunes
Librarything
De.licio.us
YouTube
Teachertube
Second Life
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WikisWikis
A website allowing
• Collaboration
• Editing
• Sharing
• Planning
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WikipediaWikipedia
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Wikipedia vs Britannica Wikipedia vs Britannica
• Typifies old vs new
• Rapid updates vs scheduled editions
• Many to many vs One to many
• Currency vs authority?
• Popular vs academic?
Room for both sources, apply info skills – Evaluate, question, compare
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Information Science WikiInformation Science Wiki
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Book reviews wikiBook reviews wiki
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BlogsBlogs
• Easy web-site creation – no HTML needed
• Online journal
• Reflective comments
• Reader comments
• Closed or open to all
• Individual, organisational or themed?
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Information services blogInformation services blog
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Information literacy blogInformation literacy blog
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RSSRSS
• Really simple syndication
• View new content from favourite websites
• Share new content from your website
• One click to headlines from all sites
• The info comes to you – via a reader
• Automatically updated
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Photo sharingPhoto sharing
• Flickr, Photobucket, Yotophoto, Picassa
• Create, upload, share• Epitomises social web• Flickr as image engine
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PhotosharingPhotosharing
• Web-based• User comments• Visual blog• Uses include
– Library newbuild project– Display– Exhibition– Library tour– Subject collections
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Build up your online albumBuild up your online album
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Organising - TaggingOrganising - Tagging
• Common to all applications
• Allows for searching
• A basic metadata - folksonomy
• A basic repository of info / images etc
• Has limitations– Sometimes only single words– Inconsistencies, lacking standards
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PodcastingPodcasting
• Audio file + RSS = Podcast
• Video file + RSS + Vodcast
• Upload to iTunes
• Use for– library tours– Study Skills / Revision notes– Presentations– Self-paced
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Social bookmarkingSocial bookmarking
• Bring favourites list to the web
• Arrange by topic
• Share with users
• Easy reference and retrieval
• Embed into subject pages on VLE or blog
• Remember the tagging!
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RSC SE’s bookmarksRSC SE’s bookmarks
rscselinksRegularly Updated,Curriculum topics50+ SubscribersRSS feedFortnightly Email to 300+
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Video SharingVideo Sharing
• YouTube, Teachertube• Host video clips online • Reduce the strain on
college network• Create, upload, share
– Library inductions– Presentations– Tutorials– Lectures– Students’ work (eportfolio?)
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Social networks – more Social networks – more than my spacethan my space• The quest for the perfect e-Portfolio?
• Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Ning
• Social networks tick many of the boxes
• Wraps up– Blogs– Portfolio work– Wikis for collaboration– Communication – with peers & tutors
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It’s a Ning thingIt’s a Ning thing
• To contextualise the social web• To wrap up the various tools• To appreciate the environment students
communicate through• Please take a look at social networking• Here’s one I prepared earlier• http://library20.ning.com/group/rscselibrary• (Free Membership required – see you there
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Virtual worldsVirtual worlds
• Second Life• Multiplayer online ‘game’• Potential for
– Reference services– Information skills– Networking– Student enrichment
• Established library presence– See infoisland.org
• Teachers using Moodle & SL– See Sloodle.com
• Library of Congress
• A Dalek in a library?!
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DrawbacksDrawbacks
• College firewalls• Bandwidth issues for streaming media• PC specifications• Duty of care for young learners• More educational focus• Culture change• Social network fatigue?• Time!
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But…But…
• Can share information very easily• Engages with library users• Attract stay away students• Forward looking• Can reinvigorate existing services
• Its fun• Forget the terminology – look at developing your
services making use of appropriate tools• Oh, and watch out for Web 3.0!
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Socially speakingSocially speaking
• Look out for the RSC South East on your web travels in
• If you like what you find, share it. Better still try your own