Government Documents 2.0Web 2.0 Initiatives for Depository Library Websites
Rebecca Blakeley, MLIS
Web 2.0 = It’s all about YOU
We are in Web 3.0 Beta Mode
What is Government 2.0?
Access
Transparency
Accountability
Participatory
Democracy
It’s not utopia yet…problems with:Digital Authentication and archiving
Digital Divide
Examples of Government 2.0
DIPNOTE: U.S. Dept of State blog
Govt. agencies using Twitter
GovGab: GSA’s U.S. Govt. Blog
What is Gov Docs 2.0?
Using social technologies to expand depository library services.
Social Bookmarking
RSS
Another way to bring “documents to the people”!
social software wikis
IMblogs
social networkingphoto sharing
Gov Doc Group on Library 2.0 Ning Network
http://www.ning.com
Gov Doc 2.0 @ the McNeeseFederal Depository Library
Social bookmarking (website tags)
Blog/RSS
Gov Guides Wiki
And more!
McNeese Gov Doc Dept Homepagehttp://library.mcneese.edu/depts/docs/index.htm
Gov Docs on the Bayou Bloghttp://msugovdocs.blogspot.com/
Google Books
McNeese’s Virtual Gov Doc Library
Focus on local Louisiana docs
Antique, historical, rare docs
RSS Feed and Subject Tags
Google Custom Search Engines
• Tailored search using Google's technology • Restricts search results based on websites or web domains
you specify• Assures quality in websites searched
– Ex. only peer-reviewed or .gov• Narrows search to a subset of the Internet that you choose.
– Ex. field specific
Custom Search Engines in Action
McNeese Depository’s CSEs
OpenCongress and Govtrack
http://www.opencongress.org
http://www.govtrack.us
Perfect examples of Web 2.0 technology furthering transparency in government!
Fun With Flickr & YouTube
Let’s Cook With Gov Docs…
How the heck do you find time for this?
• Remember this mantra: – Just try it! Make some time.
• Keep it simple & easy: – 15-30 minutes a day (careful…it’s
easy to spend hours on these fun tools!)
– Try one new tool a day for a week and then pick the ones you enjoy working with the most and/or you think your patrons will use.
Helpful Guides
Why should I make time for all this?
• To get our knowledge, helpfulness, and information expertise out there where the users are.
• Get people to think of us as the “go to” resource for their government info needs.
• Make us findable in an online environment• Expanding the core mission of depository
libraries: providing access and serving our users.
And now…your moment of zen
This is more than play and more than about what we can do. It’s also about what we should do…
~Woody Evans, “Embryonic Web 3.0” article in Jan. 2008 issue of Searcher magazine
For more info…
My Blog and Wiki:http://msugovdocs.blogspot.comhttp://msugovdocsdept.pbwiki.com
Contact [email protected]
