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Web …Library 2.0• Web 2.0 + Library = Library 2.0• “It’s all about technology”• Implementing Web 2.0 ideas within

library services delivered via the WWW – e.g.:• Library web pages• Library OPAC

• Creating services that evolve to meet the changing needs of the users

• Moving towards the “read-write library”

Weblogs

• University of Worcester ILS Blog• Peter Scott's Library Blog• Angela Newton (Leeds)• Electronic Information for London NHS• Gateshead Central Library • RCM Midwifery Information• University of Saskatchewan Library• University of Calgary Library

Web Services

• “Web services allow software and services from different companies and locations to be combined easily to provide an integrated service.”

• OCLC xISBN Project• Huddersfield – REST Interface to HIP• “Mashup” – a combination of 2 or more

web services (e.g. xISBN + Amazon Covers)

Instant Messaging

• A virtual reference desk on the cheap• Use Open Source software that

supports AOL, Yahoo, MSN, iChat, etc

• see Library Success web site

Library 2.0 – OPAC• Ann Arbor District Library

• Weblog portal, RSS feeds, catalog(ue) cards• North Carolina State University

• Faceted/pivot browsing• Casey Bisson’s Weblog OPAC

• Comments, tags, RSS feeds, etc• Huddersfield

• RSS feeds, tags, RSS/email alerts, suggestions, Greasemonkey scripts, etc

Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy

Taxonomy:• Created by experts• Controlled vocabulary• Precise• Exclusive• Structured hierarchy• High cost• Yahoo

Folksonomy:• Created by end users• Open vocabulary• Vague • Inclusive• Tag clouds• Low cost• Google

Ajax

• “Asynchronous JavaScript And XML is a Web development technique for creating interactive web applications.”

• webcat.hud.ac.uk:4128/modperl/ajax.pl

Library 2.0• “Library 2.0 is not about technology.”

(Michael Stephens, Tame the Web)

• “If a miracle occurred one night and all of the problems with your library were gone (or we miraculously reached library 2.0 overnight), how would you know that a miracle had occurred? What would be different? What would the library be like?”

(Meredith Farkas, Information Wants To Be Free)

“Library 2.0 is not…

Huddersfield Developments

• RSS Library Account Feeds • “People who borrowed this…” • Renewals via Email• Keyword Search Alerts • “Serendipity” Suggestions • A9.com OpenSearch • REST Interface to HIP • Firefox Web Browser

( = Library 2-ish)

RSS Library Account Feeds (1/2)

RSS Library Account Feeds (2/2)

“People who borrowed this…”

Renewals via Email

Keyword Search Alerts

“Serendipity” Suggestions (1/2)

“Serendipity” Suggestions (2/2)

A9.com OpenSearch (1/2)

A9.com OpenSearch (2/2)

REST* Interface to HIP (1/3)

* Representational State Transfer

REST Interface to HIP (2/3)

REST Interface to HIP (3/3)

Firefox Web Browser