enhancing your library webpage using web 2.0 and the new web
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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
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
