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Mashups, Remixing Information & Making Data
Browseable
Karen HuffmanLibraries & Information Services
National Geographic Society
Computers in LibrariesApril 16, 2007
Presentation
Available for download:
URL: www.ngslis.org/cil/Username: librariesPassword: cil2007
Agenda
• Who we are?
• Why Web 2.0/Web 3.0 matters?
• Practical applications
• What’s next
• Lessons learned
• Appendix
National Geographic Libraries“Navigate Knowledge”
Why does Web 2.0/3.0 matter?
• Next generation (evolutionary)
• Envision new, dynamic ways to deliver content
• It’s where our users are
• “Our desktops” are moving to the Web
• Enables new opportunities for collaboration
• “Adapt, adopt, innovate or die!”
What Do You See?
Practical Applications
RSS and Podcasting
• Brainstormed ideas
• Upgraded Libraries Web hoster
• Experimented with emerging technologies
Podcasting Content
• Bi-Monthly: Listen Up!− Intelligence reports, −NG in the News−EarthCurrent
• Monthly: −History Moment−Executive Briefing
• Quarterly: −Trends Analysis Report
Impact: The Domino Effect…
• Re-purposing National Geographic assets
• Executive management retreat
• CFO 2.0
Impact: NG.com & iTunes
Wikis: Defining Spaces
• Calendars
• Dictionaries and encyclopedias
• Directories
• Manuals, tutorials, and best practices
• Newsletters
• Project planning and status reports
• Reference material/FAQs
• Research and expertise database
• Resumes
• Special interest groups
• Team and division sites
• White-boarding/prototyping ideas
LIS Wiki: NG Lingo
LIS Wiki: Records Classification
LIS Wiki: Project Planning
LIS Wiki: Mind Mapping
Gen Yers: White-board New Site
New Intranet Team Site
Kids 2.0 Wiki
Cross-Team Wiki + Mashups
Impact: 8,000+ Research Grants
Women Explorers Wiki (WE)
Women Explorers Wiki
NG Channel International (NGCI)
Where are we headed next…
Lessons Learned
• Ensure you have the “right people” on the bus
• MUST work in the “white spaces” to affect change
• Collaboration is key
• Understand your organization’s culture
• Prototype ideas but keep it simple, personal
• Communicate: Share results/impact
• Shift gears if strategy does not match needs
Appendix
Enterprise Solutions
• Corporate Intranet (NG Insider) − IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management
• Electronic Document Management (eDocs)−DominoDoc
• Omniture (Web metrics)
Web 2.0 Applications/Tools
• Blogs−WordPress.org
• Digital Maps−Google Maps API (external use only)−KML/GeoRSS
• Mind mapping−FreeMind.SourceForge.net−Gliffy.com
−MindJet.com MindManager
RSS
• Bloglines.com
• Feed2JS.org
• FeedDigest.com
• FeedForAll.com
• MagPieRSS.SourceForge.net
• NewsGator.com “On-Demand”
Podcasts• Microphones
−High end: Shure 58−Remote Recording: HHB’s DRM85 “The FlashMic” − “Mike,” a portable digital audio deck: Marantz (Model
PMD671)
• Software−Apple’s GarageBand apple.com/itunes−Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net −Castblaster castblaster.com−ePodcast industrialaudiosoftware.com−Propaganda makepropaganda.com
• RSS/XML Generator−FeedForAll feedforall.com
Wiki Tools
• Application: MediaWiki−Registration required for contribution−Allow uploads of multiple file format
• Extensions (or add-ons)−Access control – Input form−Calendar – RSS feeds
• Customization−Omniture for Web metrics
• Web hoster: LunarPages−< $100/year