everything is 2.0: now what?

Chad Mairn, M.L.I.S.St. Petersburg College e-mail: [email protected]

office: (727) 341.7181 [email protected]

VIP Library Workshop Friday, May 9, 2008EpiCenter, St. Petersburg College

Why 2.0?

• Out of the dozens of free tools available on the web which ones do I choose?

• Which tools will reach the most people with the least amount of effort?

A Google search for the phrases

• “web 2.0” will retrieve over 68,100,000 results.• “library 2.0” will retrieve 546,000 results.• “music 2.0” will retrieve 270,000 results.• “health 2.0” will retrieve 177,000 results.• “education 2.0” will retrieve 68,100 results.• “everything 2.0” will retrieve 27,100 results.

Tagging Exercise

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/stillframe/803215734/in/set-72157600824703758/

How did you tag the image?

Tags from Flickr ...

• iphone • joshua blankenship • apple iphone • caller image • trapped in a phone for eternity • i ownz u • iTrapped

Some “real-life” examples

LibX Library Toolbar

Libraries are using widgets, gadgets, small applications and other thingamajigs to help enhance

library services.

Check out:FacebookAppsForLibraries

To create your own, try:

http://widgets.yahoo.com/tools/http://www.google.com/ig/gmchoices

http://developer.apple.com/macosx/dashboard.html http://del.icio.us/VIP2008_everythingis2

Libraries are using mobile technologies

Source: Diana Sachs-Silveira, Virtual Reference Manager (Tampa Bay Library Consortium)

Source: Adam Davis, Delray Beach Public Library

Clearwater Central Catholic High School Blog: http://libccc.blogspot.com/

Source: Karen Johnson and Cyndi Kibby, Clearwater Central Catholic

Other Libraries are …

•Using wikis for material exchange, idea exchanges, planning and more.

•tagging virtual reference collections: del.icio.us

•Gaming Tournaments.•Podcasting/vodcasting events

Source: Diana Sachs-Silveira, Virtual Reference Manager (Tampa Bay Library Consortium)

Jazz in the Stacks …

A look to the future that’s already here!

• Social networking is becoming more specialized• Cloud computing (Microsoft’s Live Mesh, Amazon’s EC2

service)• Mashups (Yahoo! Pipes, Microsoft Popfly)• 1-800-GOOG-411 and other speech technology• Semantic Web (Web 3.0?)• OpenSource Content Management Systems (Joomla,

Drupal etc.)• Microtrends: study the smaller trends because they usually

drive the big changes. (see Mark Penn)• Is singularity near? – machine intelligence becomes

“smarter” than human intelligence

So, now what?• Web 2.0 principles can help libraries collaborate with our users and

our colleagues in new and innovative ways; however, we need to remain focused on our users – not the technology.

• Trust our users to add value to our stuff. We aren’t the information gatekeepers anymore (Think mediator, interpreter, tour guide)

• Ask users not only if they like the tool, but also how it can be improved to better serve them.

• Most of our users are having wonderful experiences online (Netflix, Amazon, Flickr, iTunes etc.) and they expect these same experiences in the library.

• So, let’s keep doing what we do best, which is sharing, and don’t be afraid to try something new because it is better to fail at times than to never succeed.

• Most importantly, have fun!!!!!

URLs to Remember

The presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chadm

airn

Link references are available at: http://del.icio.us/VIP2008_everythingis2

Chad Mairn, M.L.I.S.St. Petersburg College e-mail: [email protected]

office: (727) 341.7181 [email protected]

VIP Library Workshop Friday, May 9, 2008EpiCenter, St. Petersburg College

everything is 2.0: now what?

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