enhancing your library webpage using web 2.0 and the new web

Enhancing Your Library Webpage Using Web 2.0 and the new web

Agenda

• Web 2.0 Terms Defined• ATRT Website Scorecard• Web 2.0 Tools to Help You with Your

Website• Libraries using Web 2.0 – Examples• Plinkit• Small Group Activity

Introduction

• Interim Executive Director, North Texas Regional Library System.

• Married, Father of two.• Dealing with websites since 1995

Web 2.0 Definition

The phrase Web 2.0 was coined by O'Reilly Media to refer to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services that let people collaborate and share information online in a new way—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. O'Reilly Media, in collaboration with MediaLive International, used the phrase as a title for a series of conferences and since then it has become a popular, if ill-defined and often criticized, buzzword amongst the technical and marketing communities. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)

API Definition

Abbreviation of Application Program Interface, a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer puts the blocks together. Most operating environments, such as MS-Windows, provide an API so that programmers can write applications consistent with the operating environment. ... (www.kulnisandco.com/terms.htm)

Mashup Definition

a website or Web 2.0 application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service…mashups are revolutionizing web development by allowing anyone to combine existing data from sources like Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Strikeiron, Windows Live and Yahoo! in innovative ways. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29)

Some Assembly Required…

• Utilizing Web 2.0 tool APIs require the following:• A seasoned web programmer (in most

cases)• Staff time to manage the Mashups• No Content Restrictions from powers that

be• Desire to improve your web user’s

experience

ATRT Website Scorecard

• Developed by TLA’s Automation and Technology Round Table

• Can be used by libraries to gauge their websites quickly

• Gives them a roadmap on how to make their websites better.

• The website scorecard is not a substitute for a good web usability study.

All Things Web 2.0

programmableweb

Google Gadgets

Clickcaster

jamendo

meebo

CollectiveX

Yelp

LibraryThing

Flickr

Blogger

WorldCat

Yahoo Answers

Blipstar

Engaged Patrons

Delicious

Diigo

tezaa

Nuvvo

Thinkfree

Bunchball

FeedDigest

Box.net

Conduit

NewsCloud

cPath

Cdyne

Dapper

Data on Call

Eventful

YouTube

Indeed

ZoomCloud

Blufr

Mojeek

PBWiki

Shenandoah Public Library

Ann Arbor District Library

Hennepin County Public Library

St. Joseph County Public Library

Kansas City Public Library

Newberg Public Library

Plinkit

• Content Management System offered by TSLAC

• No cost to Texas Libraries

Small Group Activity

• Let’s talk about enhancing your web presence

• Q&A

Contact Information

Adam WrightNorth Texas Regional Library System817-377-4440awright@ntrls.org