web 2.0 tools & applications in libraries
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As presented at Computers in Libraries 2012TRANSCRIPT
Web 2.0 Tools & Applications in
LibrariesNicole C. Engard @nengardVice President of Education, ByWater SolutionsAuthor: The Accidental Systems Librarian 2d
Outline
● Live demos/hands on with four Web 2.0 tools:
○ Delicious○ Flickr○ Wordpress○ Zotero
Deliciouswww.delicious.com
● Online bookmarking○ Save all of your bookmarks in the cloud○ Access them from any computer○ Tag them for easy searching and recovery○ Create stacks (like folders) to organize them
● Link Sharing○ Find your friends and create a network○ Save links publicly and share them○ RSS feeds for your links
Bookmarking● Sign up for free
● Add a bookmarklet or plugin to your browser○ Find a page you like and bookmark it
● Import your local bookmarks or bookmarks from another service
Navigating
● Click on tags to see all links
● Search for tags, keywords & people
● Browse stacks
Learn more
● Social Bookmarking & Del.icio.us: A Personal and Professional Productivity Tool○ http://slidesha.re/delciouslib
● Delicious Help○ http://delicious.com/help
Flickr
www.flickr.com
● Photo sharing○ upload and share photos
● Photo cataloging○ add location metadata○ add tags○ add people
● Camera Finder○ built from metadata on images
Pro Accounts are $24.95/yr
● Unlimited photo uploads (20MB per photo)
● Unlimited video uploads (90 seconds max, 500MB per video)
● The ability to show HD Video● Unlimited storage & bandwidth● Archiving of high-res original
images● The ability to replace a photo● Post any of your photos or
videos in up to 60 group pools● Ad-free browsing and sharing● View count and referrer
statistics
PricingFree account
● 300 MB monthly photo upload limit (15MB per photo)
● 2 video uploads each month (90 seconds max, 150MB per video)
● Photostream views limited to the 200 most recent images
● Post any of your photos in up to 10 group pools
● Only smaller (resized) images accessible (though the originals are saved in case you upgrade later)
Signing Up
● Sign up with your account from:○ Facebook○ Google○ Yahoo!
● Or create a Yahoo! account
Navigating● On the homepage you see options for:
○ Your Photostream■ Your recent photos
○ Recent Photos■ Photos from/of your friends
○ Your Groups■ Photos added to your groups
○ Explore■ Random interesting photos
● Search box in the top right
Uploading Images
Images can be uploaded with various tools:
● Flickr website (link on right of home)● Flickr Uploadr (download to desktop)
○ flickr.com/tools/uploadr/ ● Upload via email
○ flickr.com/account/uploadbyemail● MobileApps
Librarian Groups● 365 Days Library Project
○ flickr.com/groups/365libs/
● Libraries & Librarians○ flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians/
● ReadPosters○ flickr.com/groups/readposters/
● Search for more:○ flickr.com/search/groups/
Ordering Prints
You can order prints through Flickr partners:
● Snapfish (www.snapfish.com)○ Can be done through Flickr itself
● QOOP(www.qoop.com/direct_upload/directUpload.php)
Learn more
● Flickr for Libraries:○ www.slideshare.net/nengard/flickr-
for-libaries
● Flickr FAQ: ○ flickr.com/help/faq/
● Flickr Forums: ○ flickr.com/help/forum/
Wordpress
● Open Source Content Management System○ wordpress.org
● Freely hosted blog/website○ wordpress.com
● Not strictly Web 2.0 but provides many Web 2.0 tools for your website
Why Wordpress?● No programming knowledge
necessary ● Easy to navigate● Built in search engine● Thousands of plugins/extensions ● Thousands of pre-made themes● Tons of online documentation & help ● Lots of Web 2.0 integration!
Wordpress as a CMS
● It’s for more than just blogging ● Allows for multiple users/
permissions● No need for system admin -
anyone can upgrade/edit files● Easy, Easy, Easy!
Wordpress for Libraries
● WP4Lib (Community for Libraries using Wordpress)○ http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com
● Wordpress in Libraries○ http://www.wpinlibraries.org
Wordpress Presentations
People to follow on SlideShare:
● Stephanie Leary www.slideshare.net/stephanieleary
● Syed Balkhi www.slideshare.net/wpbeginner
● Andrea Rennick www.slideshare.net/AndreaRennick
Wordpress Books● Leary, Stephanie. Beginning WordPress 3. 1st ed.
Apress, 2010.● Jones, Kyle, and Polly-Alida Farrington. Using
WordPress as a library content management system. Vol. 47. Library Technology Reports 3. Chicago IL: ALA TechSource, 2011.
● Hedengren,Thord Daniel. Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog. Wiley, 2010.
● Tomasi, Chuck, and Kreg Steppe. Sams Teach Yourself WordPress 3 in 10 Minutes. 1st ed. Sams, 2010.
● Beck, Jessica Neuman, and Matt Beck. 2009.WordPress:Visual QuickStart Guide. [S.l.]: Peachpit Press.
Zoterowww.zotero.org
● Collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources
● Open Source online bibliography tool● Firefox plugin and Standalone edition● Share resources publicly or keep them
private● Join and create groups for sharing
Signing Up● Sign up for free
● Install the plugin or application
● Find resources and save them!
● Attach PDFs for storage (more storage costs $$)
Groups● Web 2.0 in Education: zotero.
org/groups/web_2.0_in_education/items ● Adventures in Library Instruction: zotero.
org/groups/adventures_in_library_instruction/items
● Free/Libre and Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography: zotero.org/groups/freelibre_and_open_source_software_and_libraries_bibliography/items
Learn More● Puckett, Jason. Zotero�: a Guide for
Librarians, Researchers, and Educators. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011.
● Puckett, Jason. “Zotero Research Guide.” Library Research Guides at Georgia State University, n.d. http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero.
Policies
Social Media Policies● Many libraries want to write up policies once
they start using these tools - check out these links for more info:
○ www.web2learning.net/archives/1250○ www.web2learning.net/archives/2967 ○ www.schoollibraryjournal.
com/article/CA6699104.html
● Policy Generator: socialmedia.policytool.net
Thank You!Slides:
web2learning.net > Publications &
Presentations
Nicole C. Engard @[email protected]