Library 2.0

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Library 2.0

• Using Web 2.0 Tools to Deliver Resources and
  Services

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Focus Tasks

• Evolution of communication
• Differences between digital text and text on
  paper
• Web 2.0 terminology
• What will we need to rethink in light of the
  development/use of Web 2.0
• Explain the title of this video

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The Machine Is Us/ing Us

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v6gmP4nk0EOE

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Focus Tasks

• Evolution of communication
• Differences between digital text and text on
  paper
• Web 2.0 terminology
• What will we need to rethink in light of the
  development/use of Web 2.0
• Explain the title of this video

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Who are we teaching?

• Learn via computing devices
• Multitaskers
• Absorb and process information differenctly
• Create rather than consume information

Credit David Julian
http//www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id
Art_1355issueoct_05
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Library 2.0

• District Administration article by Will
  Richardson
• http//www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.
  aspx?articleid1055
• School Library Journal article by Christopher
  Harris
• http//www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6330
  755.html

http//www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.
aspx?articleid1055
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Why a Library 2.0

• To remain relevant
• Must transcend physical space to deliver services
  and programming to students and teachers
• Must interact with students and teachers in new
  spaces

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What does library 2.0 look like?

• 24/7 digital workspace
• Learning-centered laboratory
• Participatory, social, user-centered space
• Librarians are connectors
• Community of trust emphasizing personal
  responsibility
• Place for interactive learning and collaboration
  with others

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Barriers to L2 Implementation
http//www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/123493
341/
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Traits of Librarian 2.0

• All plans based on user needs
• Embraces Web 2.0 tools
• Controls technolust
• Makes good, yet fast decisions

• Is a trendspotter
• Gets content
• Listens to staff and users
• Learns from mistakes
• Never stops learning

http//www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/3.htm
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Web 2.0 Toolbox

• Social bookmarking
• Online photo galleries
• Audio/video-casting

• Weblogs
• Wikis
• RSS
• Aggregators

(Will Richardson Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and
Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms, p.8-9)
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Weblogs

• Easily created, easily updated Website
• Place to express ideas, post questions, provide
  links
• Invites readers to think and respond
• Can include graphics, video, audio

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blogging is a genre that engages students and
adults in a process of thinking in words, not
simply an accounting of the days events or
feelings.
http//www.weblogg-ed.com/
Will Richardson, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and
Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, p. 20.
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Weblogs in Libraries

• Updates on resources
• Host collaborative discussions
• Publish student reviews
• Link to online databases

• Discussions with authors
• Share information about how libraries support
  teachers
• Show how libraries support student learning

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http//www.glnd.k12.va.us/weblog/bcooley/
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http//www.grandviewlibrary.org/
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Wikis

• Short for wiki-wiki (Hawaiian for quick)
• A Website where anyone can edit anything, anytime
• Wikipedia
• An online encyclopedia that anyone can add to and
  edit
• http//www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/fu
  ll/438900a.html
• http//www.wikispaces.com/
• http//librarymediaservices.wikispaces.com

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RSS and Aggregators

• Real Simple Syndication using XML code
• Subscribe and content is delivered to you instead
  of you going to content
• Content is collected and updated in an aggregator
• Bloglines is an online aggregator

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Examples of use

• Students and staff create online content
  collaboratively
• Library Website/portal
• Collaborative, dynamic Pathfinders
• Blogging Libraries Wiki

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Social Bookmarking

• Online bookmarking
• Annotate bookmarks with keywords
• Share bookmarks with the world
• Connect all bookmarks with the same tags and all
  people who created and annotated the bookmarks
• Creates a community of researchers

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Social Bookmarking Sites del.icio.us
3,015
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Furl.net

• Bookmarklet available
• Captures snapshot of page
• Full-text search of any pages saved

• Search tags
• Create topic folders
• Export in correct citation format

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Flickr

• Online storage for digital images
• Can restrict viewing
• Annotate images (create popups for parts of an
  image
• http//flickr.com/photos/lewiselementary/69461520/
  
• Online discussions about posted images
• Create tags and keywords for images posted
• Create albums and slide shows
• Send images to your aggregator or blog

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Uses of Flickr

• Book displays
• Library tours
• Highlight special events
• Showcase student project

• Introduce staff
• Recognize student assistants
• Showcase professional development activities

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For more information and resources, go
tohttp//librarymediaservices.wikispaces.com