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Web 2.0 for librariesWeb 2.0 for libraries

WikisWikis, , BlogsBlogs, , RSS RSS Photo sharingPhoto sharing, , PodcastsPodcasts, ,

Tagging, Tagging, Social bookmarkingSocial bookmarking Video sharing Video sharing virtual worldsvirtual worlds

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What is Web 2.0?What is Web 2.0?

The Social webSocial networkingSocial softwareShared resourcesUser communitiesFrom desktop to web-based toolsPersonalised spaceA natural progression of the web?Applications for library?

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Easy to use…Easy to use…

Easy to upload content

Easy to create (no HTML knowledge)

Easy to share

Easy to find – it finds you (RSS)

Easy metadata (tagging)

Easy to communicate

….easy!... for your learners at least!

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You might know…You might know…

Wikipedia

Blogger

Google Reader

Flickr

iTunes

Librarything

De.licio.us

YouTube

Teachertube

Second Life

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WikisWikis

A website allowing

• Collaboration

• Editing

• Sharing

• Planning

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WikipediaWikipedia

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Wikipedia vs Britannica Wikipedia vs Britannica

• Typifies old vs new

• Rapid updates vs scheduled editions

• Many to many vs One to many

• Currency vs authority?

• Popular vs academic?

Room for both sources, apply info skills – Evaluate, question, compare

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Information Science WikiInformation Science Wiki

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Book reviews wikiBook reviews wiki

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BlogsBlogs

• Easy web-site creation – no HTML needed

• Online journal

• Reflective comments

• Reader comments

• Closed or open to all

• Individual, organisational or themed?

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Information services blogInformation services blog

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Information literacy blogInformation literacy blog

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RSSRSS

• Really simple syndication

• View new content from favourite websites

• Share new content from your website

• One click to headlines from all sites

• The info comes to you – via a reader

• Automatically updated

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Photo sharingPhoto sharing

• Flickr, Photobucket, Yotophoto, Picassa

• Create, upload, share• Epitomises social web• Flickr as image engine

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PhotosharingPhotosharing

• Web-based• User comments• Visual blog• Uses include

– Library newbuild project– Display– Exhibition– Library tour– Subject collections

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Build up your online albumBuild up your online album

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Organising - TaggingOrganising - Tagging

• Common to all applications

• Allows for searching

• A basic metadata - folksonomy

• A basic repository of info / images etc

• Has limitations– Sometimes only single words– Inconsistencies, lacking standards

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PodcastingPodcasting

• Audio file + RSS = Podcast

• Video file + RSS + Vodcast

• Upload to iTunes

• Use for– library tours– Study Skills / Revision notes– Presentations– Self-paced

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Social bookmarkingSocial bookmarking

• Bring favourites list to the web

• Arrange by topic

• Share with users

• Easy reference and retrieval

• Embed into subject pages on VLE or blog

• Remember the tagging!

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RSC SE’s bookmarksRSC SE’s bookmarks

rscselinksRegularly Updated,Curriculum topics50+ SubscribersRSS feedFortnightly Email to 300+

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Video SharingVideo Sharing

• YouTube, Teachertube• Host video clips online • Reduce the strain on

college network• Create, upload, share

– Library inductions– Presentations– Tutorials– Lectures– Students’ work (eportfolio?)

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Social networks – more Social networks – more than my spacethan my space• The quest for the perfect e-Portfolio?

• Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Ning

• Social networks tick many of the boxes

• Wraps up– Blogs– Portfolio work– Wikis for collaboration– Communication – with peers & tutors

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It’s a Ning thingIt’s a Ning thing

• To contextualise the social web• To wrap up the various tools• To appreciate the environment students

communicate through• Please take a look at social networking• Here’s one I prepared earlier• http://library20.ning.com/group/rscselibrary• (Free Membership required – see you there

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Virtual worldsVirtual worlds

• Second Life• Multiplayer online ‘game’• Potential for

– Reference services– Information skills– Networking– Student enrichment

• Established library presence– See infoisland.org

• Teachers using Moodle & SL– See Sloodle.com

• Library of Congress

• A Dalek in a library?!

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DrawbacksDrawbacks

• College firewalls• Bandwidth issues for streaming media• PC specifications• Duty of care for young learners• More educational focus• Culture change• Social network fatigue?• Time!

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But…But…

• Can share information very easily• Engages with library users• Attract stay away students• Forward looking• Can reinvigorate existing services

• Its fun• Forget the terminology – look at developing your

services making use of appropriate tools• Oh, and watch out for Web 3.0!

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Socially speakingSocially speaking

• Look out for the RSC South East on your web travels in

• If you like what you find, share it. Better still try your own