Web 2.0 presentation focused on showing YA librarians what kids are already doing, and provides ideas for librarians to connect and start conversations with their younger patrons by using emerging technology tools and services.

1. Go Go Gadget!?!:
Technology, Trends, and
Children’s Services
David Lee King
Digital Branch & Services Manager
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
www.davidleeking.com

2. What is Web 2.0?

10. What is Web 2.0?

11. From Wikipedia: “a … second-
generation of Internet-based services
— such as social networking sites,
wikis, communication tools, and
folksonomies — that let people
collaborate and share information
online in ways previously unavailable.”

12. communication, conversation, participation...
Community

13. Web 2.0
Church 2.0 Music 2.0
Law 2.0 Advertising 2.0
Business 2.0
Library 2.0

14. Tagging
RSS Readers Commenting
RSS
Glue of Web 2.0
User-
Generated Friending
Content Mashups
Web as Platform

15. 1. RSS
• Does 2 things:
• subscribe to other websites that
have RSS feeds (aka syndication)
• create content in one place, but display
it in another place
• any content - text, photos, audio, video

20. 2. RSS Feed Readers

21. 3. Tagging, or
Folksonomies
• Categorizing the web
• Choose personal keywords
• Browseable and searchable
• web 2.0 uses tagging

24. 4. Leaving Comments
• Most web 2.0 sites allow commenting
• establishes a sense of community
• creates two-way communication

27. conversation

28. 5. User-Supplied Content
• web 2.0 doesn’t exist without user generated
content
• most web 2.0 sites feature “my stuff”
• text
• photos
• videos

30. 6. Web as Platform
• web-based software
• a platform that allows people to interact
• email is a good example

35. 7. Mashups
• From Wikipedia: “A mashup is a website or
web application that seamlessly combines
content from more than one source
into an integrated experience.”
• Usually via an API, RSS feed, or JavaScript

39. 8. Friending
• Buddies, friends, contacts,
followers
• Linking to friends or contacts
• sharing content
• trusted buddy list

43. now, let’s jump right in
• blogs
• social networking sites
• bookmark managers
• wikis
• instant messaging
• podcasting and videocasting

44. blogs

50. what can you
do with blogs?

51. Social Networking Sites

61. What can you do with
Social Networking Sites?

62. Bookmark Managers
• AKA Social Bookmarking
• IE favorites is tied to a single PC
• Bookmark managers do the same thing…
• … but are accessible via the web!
• how it works
• add a bookmark, add tags, description, clipping
• Others can add comments, ratings
• Others can subscribe via RSS
• searchable

67. What can you do with
Bookmark Managers?
• Access your own bookmarks anywhere
• Find an expert and subscribe
• Search
• Share!
• actual links
• expertise

68. Wiki
• What’s a Wiki?
• A website that allows anyone to add and
edit content
• Great for collaborative authoring
• Tracks changes so you can revert back to
older page if needed
• Searchable
• Comments can be allowed

74. What can you do
with a Wiki?

75. Instant Messaging
• AKA IM
• Pretty easy – you type, hit enter, they type, hit
enter, etc.
• Chat history is tracked
• Real time communication
• PCs, cell phones, PDAs all have IM

76. IM Clients
• Individual clients:
• AOL AIM
• MSN Messenger
• Yahoo! Messenger
• IRC, ICQ, Jabber, GTalk, GroupWise Messenger,
etc.
• Multi-Client services:
• Trillian, Gaim, Meebo

83. What can you do with IM?

84. Podcasting & Videocasting

95. what can you do
with podcasting and video?

96. Why? digital space
conversation
community
participation
info literacy customer-centered

97. Thank you!
davidleeking.com