Web

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Web Library 2.0

• Web 2.0 Library Library 2.0
• Its all about technology
• Implementing Web 2.0 ideas within library
  services delivered via the WWW e.g.
• Library web pages
• Library OPAC
• Creating services that evolve to meet the
  changing needs of the users
• Moving towards the read-write library

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Weblogs

• University of Worcester ILS Blog
• Peter Scott's Library Blog
• Angela Newton (Leeds)
• Electronic Information for London NHS
• Gateshead Central Library
• RCM Midwifery Information
• University of Saskatchewan Library
• University of Calgary Library

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Web Services

• Web services allow software and services from
  different companies and locations to be combined
  easily to provide an integrated service.
• OCLC xISBN Project
• Huddersfield REST Interface to HIP
• Mashup a combination of 2 or more web
  services (e.g. xISBN Amazon Covers)

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Instant Messaging

• A virtual reference desk on the cheap
• Use Open Source software that supports AOL,
  Yahoo, MSN, iChat, etc
• see Library Success web site

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Library 2.0 OPAC

• Ann Arbor District Library
• Weblog portal, RSS feeds, catalog(ue) cards
• North Carolina State University
• Faceted/pivot browsing
• Casey Bissons Weblog OPAC
• Comments, tags, RSS feeds, etc
• Huddersfield
• RSS feeds, tags, RSS/email alerts, suggestions,
  Greasemonkey scripts, etc

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Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy

• Taxonomy
• Created by experts
• Controlled vocabulary
• Precise
• Exclusive
• Structured hierarchy
• High cost
• Yahoo

• Folksonomy
• Created by end users
• Open vocabulary
• Vague
• Inclusive
• Tag clouds
• Low cost
• Google

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Ajax

• Asynchronous JavaScript And XML is a Web
  development technique for creating interactive
  web applications.
• webcat.hud.ac.uk4128/modperl/ajax.pl

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Library 2.0

• Library 2.0 is not about technology.
  (Michael Stephens, Tame the Web)
• If a miracle occurred one night and all of the
  problems with your library were gone (or we
  miraculously reached library 2.0 overnight), how
  would you know that a miracle had occurred? What
  would be different? What would the library be
  like? (Meredith Farkas, Information Wants To
  Be Free)

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Library 2.0 is not
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Huddersfield Developments

• RSS Library Account Feeds ?
• People who borrowed this ?
• Renewals via Email
• Keyword Search Alerts ?
• Serendipity Suggestions ?
• A9.com OpenSearch ?
• REST Interface to HIP ?
• Firefox Web Browser ?
• ( ? Library 2-ish)

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RSS Library Account Feeds (1/2)
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RSS Library Account Feeds (2/2)
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People who borrowed this
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Renewals via Email
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Keyword Search Alerts
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Serendipity Suggestions (1/2)
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Serendipity Suggestions (2/2)
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A9.com OpenSearch (1/2)
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A9.com OpenSearch (2/2)
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REST Interface to HIP (1/3)
Representational State Transfer
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REST Interface to HIP (2/3)
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REST Interface to HIP (3/3)
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Firefox Web Browser