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Presented by:
Nicole C. Engard
http://flickr.com/photos/thevoyagers/398768220/
Practically Web 2.0
Practical Demonstrations of Social Software Technology

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History of the Web
 Berners-Lee envisioned a read/write web
 We weren’t ready in the 1990’s for such a
big step
 We started with a read-only web
– a place where everyone could
read whatever they wanted, but
only a select few (programmers)
could write web pages.
 This was Web 1.0.

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Enter Web 2.0
 Theterm quot;Web 2.0quot; began with a
conference brainstorming session between
O'Reilly and MediaLive International in
2004
 Alsoreferred to as the “Participatory Web”
or the “Read/Write Web”
 Fulfills Berners-Lee’s original vision for the
WWW

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What is Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 is People
 Web1.0 was Commerce
Web 2.0 is People
- Ross Mayfield
 Theintroduction of tools like blogs, wikis,
tags, widgets and RSS have made it so that
anyone can write to the web

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Web 2.0 Titles

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Web 2.0 is Personalization
 Niche
markets and The Long Tail by Chris
Anderson
 Web 2.0 is about letting WWW users
personalize their experience
 Personalized Homepages
 My Yahoo!, iGoogle, My MSN, Netvibes and
Pageflakes

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Harnessing Collective Intelligence
 The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
 “Two heads are better than one.”
 Allowingthe public to edit/contribute to
your content will lead to more valuable
content
 Wikis, Tagging, Hyperlinking and Reviews
 Giving everyone a voice
 Blogging

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Web 2.0 & Libraries
Web 2.0
changes the
balance of
power in our
libraries
Scale Uploaded on February 1, 2007 by blmurch
Slide by: Kathryn Greenhill

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Why We’re Here
 We’re here to learn how to use Web 2.0 to
our advantage instead of letting it throw us
off balance.

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Intro
to
Web
2.0
Tools
Web 2.0 Logos Uploaded to Flickr on April 3, 2006 by jonas_therkildsen

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So Many Tools
 RSS Feeds  Professional Networks
 Tagging  Social Networking
 Blogging  Personal Libraries
 Wikis  Instant Messaging
 Widgets  Photo Sharing
 Bookmarks  Self Publishing

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RSS Feeds
 Short for “Real Simple Syndication”
 Originally
used to syndicate content from
another web site on your own
 Now most commonly used to deliver web
related updates
 Makes it easy to keep up with content from
news sites, blogs, wikis, and other web sites
without visiting them every day

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Reading RSS Feeds
 To
read RSS Feeds you need an RSS
Aggregator
 RSSAggregators are like inboxes for your
RSS Feeds
 Withonly one RSS Aggregator you can read
new content from hundreds of web sites

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RSS Aggregators
 Come in online and desktop varieties
 Online readers allow you to access your
subscriptions from any computer
 Desktop readers are only accessible from your
computer
 Aggregator Options
 Bloglines/Bloglines Beta
 Google Reader
 NewsGator Suite

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Tagging/Folksonomies
 Tagging or Folksonomies are uncontrolled
subject terms assigned by the average
person
 By ‘tagging’ articles, pages, blog
posts, etc., the lay person can easily
organize data in terms they
understand

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Blogs & Blogging
 A
blog is a web site maintained by one or more
author who write on a regular basis
 Blogs can allow for comments from readers
 Blogs deliver content via RSS
 Blogs
started as personal journals, but can now
be found in all different flavors

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Blogging Tools
 Many free and  Startwith a freely
affordable tools to hosted blog package
choose from to learn the ropes
 Weblog
Matrix:  Popular Tools:
weblogmatrix.org  WordPress.com
 Demoblog software:  WordPress.org
opensourcecms.com  Blogger.com
 TypePad.com

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Use a Blog For…
 Delivering library news
 Providing commentary
 Book clubs
 Sharing new resources
 KEEP IN MIND: Blogs are for communication!

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Finding Blogs
 Technorati – Blog Search Engine
 Zuula – Meta Blog Search Engine
 LibWorm – Library Blog Search Engine
 LisZen – Library Blog Search Engine
 LISWiki – Listing of Library Blogs
 ASK YOUR FRIENDS!!

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Wikis
 Wiki is the Hawaiian word for “quick”
 A Wiki
is a web site that is editable by a
group of people
 Updatesto Wiki pages
can be subscribed to
via RSS
 Wikiskeep a revision
history

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Wiki Tools
 Manyfree and  WikiOptions
affordable tools to  pbWiki
choose from  WetPaint
 Wiki
Matrix:  Wikispaces
www.wikimatrix.org  MediaWiki
 PhpWiki
 Demo
wiki software:
opensourcecms.com  Twiki
 Start
with a freely hosted
wiki package to learn
the ropes

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Use a Wiki For…
 Policies and Procedures
 Documentation
 Meeting Minutes/Notes
 Conference Planning
 KEEP IN MIND: Wikis are for collaboration!

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Widgets
 Widgets are small applications you can
insert into your website, wiki or blog
 Example widgets:
 Grazr– Add an RSS Feed Reader to your site
 Google Calendar – Add your schedule to your
site
 AddThis – Widget to let visitors share your site
 Widgetbox – Find widgets for your site

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Social Bookmarking
 Social
Bookmarking tools allow you to share
your bookmarks with friends online
 Storesyour bookmarks online so that
they’re accessible from any computer
 Allows for tagging of links
 Provides RSS feeds to subscribe to updates

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Social Bookmarking Tools
 del.icio.us – Share your bookmarks online
 Digg – Rate bookmarks
 StumbleUpon – Find new pages
 CiteULike – Share your academic papers
 Reddit – Rate bookmarks

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Professional & Social Networking
 Professionaland Social Networking sites allow you
to keep all of your contacts in one place and keep
up with them
 Professional
Networking sites focus more on
careers and professional contacts
 LinkedIn
 Social
Networking sites focus on keeping up with
friends and family
 Facebook
 MySpace

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Personal Libraries
 Creates a space for anyone to catalog their collections
 Books
 LibraryThing
 Movies
 DVDSpot
 Movie Collector Plus
 Music
 Discogs
Project 365 #70 Uploaded to Flickr on March 11, 2008 by vanessagx

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Instant Messaging
 Chat
with your friends, colleagues and patrons as if
they were on the phone
 Allows for quick message sending online
 Sign up for usernames from AIM, Yahoo! and Gtalk
 Use chat aggregators to use all logins at once
 Meebo – online chat interface
 Trillian – Windows desktop chat client for AIM & Yahoo!
 Pidgin/Adium – desktop chat client for Windows & Mac

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Photo Sharing
 Thesetools allow you to share your photos online
with friends and family
 You
can also remix your pictures into products like
prints, calendars, business cards, etc.
 Tools
 Flickr
 Picasa
 Photobucket
 Zooomr

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Self Publishing
 SelfPublishing allows authors to reach the long
tale using Web 2.0
 The Long Tail is all about niche markets
 Web 2.0 is all about services
 Self
Publishing tools allow anyone to publish
professional looking books and sell them online
 Tools:
 Lulu
 Blurb
 TasteBook

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“We want to do new things
with information”
2.0 Patrons Want: Uploaded to Flickr on September 12, 2007 by libraryman

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Web 2.0 in Your Library
 Using Web 2.0 in your library means:
 Letting go of a certain amount of control
 Working with patrons (not just for them)
 Taking time to learn new things
 Taking time to teach new things
 Putting a human face on the library

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Take Time to Play
 There is nothing to fear!
 Take
15 minutes each day to learn
something new
 You can always delete what you don’t like
 Work in groups, make it fun
 See Learning 2.0

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Learn More
 Commoncraft – Video Explanations in Plain English
 Library Success Wiki
 What I Learned Today…
 Library 2.0 Reading List
 Web2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social
Software Part 1 & Part 2

36. + My 2.0:
 Flickr
 Facebook
 del.icio.us
Thank  Blogroll
 LinkedIn
 LibraryThing
You  SlideShare
 Yelp
 YouTube
 DVDSpot
Nicole C. Engard
Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
nengard@gmail.com
http://web2learning.net