Web 2.0 Within the Context of the Information Community

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Web 2.0 Within the Context of the Information
Community

• Michael Teets
• teetsm_at_oclc.org
• OCLC, Online Computer Library Center

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WEB 1.0
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Application architecture
Shared Services
Common services
Content services
Application services
User
Presentation services
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OCLC services today are predominantly Web 1.0
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Open WorldCat Example Web 1.0
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Web 2.0
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Web 2.0
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Web 2.0
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Links for Previous Demos

• Dan Chudnov, Yales Center for Medical
  Informatics http//curtis.med.yale.edu/dchud/resol
  vable/
  
• COinS, Eric Hellman, Openly Informatics
  http//ocoins.info/
  
• CiteULikehttp//www.citeulike.org
• Emerging technology at OCLC
• http//www.oclc.org/productworks/ (OpenURL
  Directory)
  
• http//www.oclc.org/research/researchworks
  (bookmarkets, xisbn and more).
  

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WorldCat Reviews Web 1.0
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How do I enable my services and data?

• Promote giving the access control to others
• Enable as many entry points as possible

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Environment intelligence
OCKHAM JISC IESR OCLC Resolver Registry
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Free vs. Fee

• Many Web 2.0 services are introduced as free
  services.
  
• Consistent with introduction of Web 1.0 in
  1993-1994.
  
• Business Models evolve
• Out of necessity because of the technology
• Because there is an opportunity for change
• A Web 2.0 service link has to be open and
  discoverable, not necessarily the source or the
  content.

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User Perceptions

• OCLC study administered by Harris Interactive
• Delivered to printer Wednesday.
• Available online after Thanksgiving
• Available in print the week after.
• Now available at http//www.oclc.org/reports/2005p
  erceptions.htm
  

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Familiarity and Usage of Electronic
ResourcesProgressive survey of college students
Have you ever started your search for information
using a search engine and ended up at a library
Web site?
If yes... did the library Web site fulfill your
information needs?
If yes... did you use the library Web site?
26 YES. But I also had to use other resources.
10 YES. The only resource I had to use.
4 No. Not enough information available.
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Conclusions

• Web 2.0 is an evolution in technology that may
  create a revolution in how services are
  assembled
  
• Requires intelligence in the network to be
  successful
  
• Services and Data must be decomposed into useful
  components
  
• User assembled solutions
• Users have already made their choice

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Thank you!

• Michael Teets
• teetsm_at_oclc.org
• OCLC, Online Computer Library Center