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Title: Web 2.0: A HandsOn Introduction for Library Staff


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Web 2.0 A Hands-On Introductionfor Library
Staff
  • Instructor
  • Michele Mizejewski
  • Electronic Services Librarian
  • Redwood City Library
  • mmizejewski_at_redwoodcity.org
  • An Infopeople Workshop

2
This Workshop Brought to You by the Infopeople
Project
  • Infopeople is a federally-funded grant project
    supported by the California State Library. It
    provides a wide variety of training to California
    libraries. Infopeople workshops are offered
    around the state and are open registration on a
    first-come, first-served basis.
  • For a complete list of workshops, and for other
    information about the project, go to the
    Infopeople website at infopeople.org.

3
Agenda
  • What is Web 2.0?
  • Blogs
  • RSS feeds
  • Social bookmarking and tagging
  • Wikis
  • Selling social software at your library

4
Packet and Links
  • Bookmark the class wikiweb2workshop.pbwiki.com/
  • Review packet contents

5
Introductions
  • Your name?
  • Where do you work?
  • Position?

6
What is Web 2.0?
  • Term coined by OReilly Media in 2004
  • "2.0" borrowed from the convention of software
    versioning
  • Participation, creation, and commenting The
    Read/Write Web
  • Community building
  • Wisdom of crowds
  • Perpetual beta and continuous improvement

7
What is Library 2.0?
  • Term coined by Michael Casey, 2005
  • Approach to library service that is increasingly
    interactive, collaborative, and driven by user
    needs and expectations
  • Constantly reexamining and improving services and
    policies
  • Employ more user-friendly systems
  • Controversial

8
Blogging
  • What is a blog?
  • Web log
  • Easy to edit website
  • Features
  • Dated entries with newest at top
  • Keywords or descriptive tags
  • RSS feeds offered
  • Archive of past postings
  • Example RCPL Staff Picks

9
Blogging Considerations
  • What is the purpose?
  • How often to update?
  • Allow commenting?
  • Need to moderate?

10
Blogging Software
  • Types
  • Hosted
  • Run on your server
  • Some free, some cost money
  • Today we are working with the free, hosted
    version of Wordpress

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Advantages Blogs
  • Easy to add content (post)
  • Great for disseminating news or other
    frequently-updated information
  • Allows interactive commenting
  • Free software options available

12
Brainstorm Blogging (5 min)
  • Create a new post in your blog titled Blogging
    Brainstorm
  • Brainstorm some ideas on how you might use blogs
    to improve service at your library

13
RSS Feeds
  • What is RSS?
  • Really Simple Syndication
  • A web feed is a data format used for serving
    users frequently-updated content. Content
    distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby
    allowing users to subscribe to it. --Wikipedia

14
What is RSS?
15
Icons
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News Sites and Blogs
  • Lets look at a few examples . . .

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How Do I Read Feeds?
  • Three types of feed readers or aggregators
  • Web-based - Typically must be online to log in to
    account, but can read your content from any
    computer.
  • Desktop Clients - Download application to your
    computer. Can only read your content there.
  • Integrated - Browsers, web portals, etc. are
    beginning to make it easy to read feeds without a
    separate application.

18
Bloglines Demonstration
  • Basic features
  • Feeds column
  • Feed title and description
  • Posting title and summary with link to click
    through to source site

19
Uses in Libraries
  • News and events promotion
  • New materials or staff picks
  • Integrate resources into courseware
  • New materials
  • The information goes to the user, not the other
    way around

20
Library RSS Examples
  • Lets look at some examples

21
Finding Feeds
  • Sites you already read regularly
  • Blogrolls or word-of-mouth
  • Specialized search engines
  • Subscription databases and journals

22
Specialized Blog/Feed Search
  • Bloglines search tab
  • Google Blog Search
  • Libworm

23
Adding Feeds to Your Site
  • Use blogging software and link to the blog
  • Add a relevant feed from another site
  • Use various tools to generate or mix existing
    feeds
  • Feed shake
  • Feed2JS
  • Code your own -- not for beginners

24
Advantages of Feeds
  • Efficiency monitor many sites in much shorter
    time
  • Privacy no email address required to subscribe
    to a feed
  • No spam only content you request
  • Easy to cancel simply select a feed and
    unsubscribe

25
Brainstorm Feeds (5 min)
  • Create a new post in your blog called Feeds
    Brainstorm
  • Note some ideas on how feeds could improve
    service at your library, directly or indirectly

26
Social Bookmarking and Tagging
  • What is social bookmarking?
  • Web-based bookmarks/favorites
  • Public and searchable
  • Wisdom of communities
  • What is tagging?
  • User-assigned descriptive keywords
  • Folksonomy

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Image credit
28
Bookmarking and Tagging Tools
  • Options
  • General
  • Scholarly
  • Specific subject matter
  • Photos
  • Video
  • Books

29
del.icio.us Demonstration
  • Your bookmarks
  • Posting/bookmarking an item
  • Tags and cloud
  • Network
  • Subscriptions
  • RSS feeds
  • Searching

30
Library Examples
  • Lets look at some examples

31
Advantages Social Bookmarking and Tagging
  • Web-based
  • Searchable
  • Folksonomy
  • Resource discovery tool
  • Expert discovery tool

32
Brainstorm Social Bookmarking and Tagging (5
min)
  • Create a new post in your blog called Social
    Bookmarking and Tagging Brainstorm
  • Note some ideas on how you might use bookmarking
    and/or tagging at your library

33
Wikis
  • What is a Wiki?
  • Collaborative, easy-to-edit website
  • Wiki quick (in Hawaiian)
  • Anyone with access to the site can add to or edit
    the content
  • Wikipedia is most well-known example

34
Wiki Features
  • Discussion area for each page
  • Ability to revert to older version
  • Collaborative editing
  • Can be used as a knowledgebase

35
When Not to Use a Wiki
  • When complete control is important
  • When dealing with sensitive information
  • When ownership of content must be clear
  • Note Wikis can be used by a select community
    rather than being completely open, but there is
    still a collaborative aspect

36
Wiki Examples
  • Lets look at some examples

37
Blogs vs. Wikis
  • Posts displayed chronologically
  • The poster author
  • Only author can edit Others may comment
  • Posts are finite
  • Best for sharing info/starting a dialogue
  • Information architecture varies
  • Authorship is collaborative
  • Anyone can edit the content
  • Always a work in progress
  • Best for collaborative work or as a repository
    for information

38
Wiki Software
  • Types
  • Hosted
  • Run on your server
  • See handout
  • Today well be working with the free, hosted
    version of pbwiki

39
PBwiki Demonstration
  • Add a new page
  • Edit content
  • Leave a comment
  • Share this wiki
  • Promote this wiki
  • Settings

40
Wiki Tips Getting Started
  • Start with a basic organizational scheme to
    prevent chaos
  • Add some content to the major categories before
    going live
  • Include documentation explaining what a wiki is
    and the purpose of yours

41
Advantages Wikis
  • Web-based
  • Searchable
  • Easy to use
  • Collaborative and flexible
  • Free and open-source software options

42
Brainstorm Wikis
  • Create a new post in your blog called Wiki
    Brainstorm
  • Note some ideas on how you might incorporate
    wikis at your library

43
Group Discussion
  • Do you anticipate any difficulty selling your
    colleagues on the idea of adding some Web 2.0
    tools at your workplace?
  • What obstacles might you encounter and how can
    you work around them?

44
Selling Social Software
  • Avoid technolust
  • Tie to mission statement
  • Have a plan
  • Involve staff in planning
  • Involve IT in planning

45
Implementing Social Software
  • Offer training in various forms
  • Show enthusiasm
  • Have patience
  • Persevere

46
Summary
  • This workshop has been an introduction to
    implementing Web 2.0 technologies in libraries
  • Blogs
  • RSS feeds
  • Social bookmarking
  • Tagging
  • Wikis
  • Continued exploration and practice are necessary!
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