There's a lot of buzz around Web 2.0 and the online services that have been labeled as such. What are Flickr, del.icio.us, and RSS, and what can they do for your library? Is your library missing the boat or avoiding the hype? Get the low-down on these and other aspects of Web 2.0 in terms that don't require a techie translator.

1. Web 2.0: An overview for the layperson Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS Library Services Manager Ohio Public Library Information Network [email_address] Blogs @: Library Geek Woes ( www.librarygeekwoes.com ) What Does This Mean to Me, Laura? ( www.oplin.org/meanlaura )

4. What was Web 1.0?

5. Shifting from one to many

6. Identifying Web 2.0 in the wild

7. #1: Harnessing collective intelligence

8. The web is like a brain.

10. You work for Amazon.com.

11. Taxonomy is meaningless here.

12. Advertising…not.

13. Open source goes mainstream.

15. #2: Data is the next “Intel Inside.”

16. What if you don’t own the data?

20. #4: Web sites or… something else?

22. An overview of some web services

23. RSS

24. Who’s using RSS? (August 2005 data) 16% 22% 43% 34% 46% Non-RSS users 25% 27% 53% 36% 54% Unaware RSS Users 17% 25% 46% 48% 78% Aware RSS Users 18-34 Year Olds $100K College Grad + Online Before ‘94 Male Web User

25. RSS=loyalty?

26. Any disadvantages?

27. Cataloging by & for the masses

28. Tag clouds

31. Tour time!