Transcript Blogs, Wikis & Podcasts

Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis
Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo
May 8, 2007
Web 2.0 Tools You Can Use
Web 2.0 is the second
generation of web-based services and
tools which make content creation
on the web easier and more
accessible to a wide variety of users.
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Questions to answer…
What are these Web 2.0 social collaboration
tools?
Why should your library should use these tools
to distribute and share content to users?
How can your library use these tools to
distribute and share content with users?
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Web 2.0 in action…
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Amazon.com “recommendations” and Wish Lists
Flickr photo sharing
tagging and bookmarking
YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl
chat and instant messaging
blogging
mixing and creating music files
“participatory web”
Mashups of content
Google Maps
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What is Library 2.0?
Maness’ theory of Library 2.0 ¹:
A theory for Library 2.0 could be understood to have
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User-centered
Provides a multi-media experience
Socially rich
Communally innovative
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Library 2.0 in action…
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“Recommendations” in library catalog
Tagging of books in library catalog (Users make their own
subject headings!)
Subscribe to an RSS feed notifying patrons of new books
Patrons post book reviews to a library hosted blog
Library news using blog format
Library patrons add and edit content to a subject guide
wiki on library’s website
IM at reference desk
Downloading music and books onto iPods
Offering podcasts of events through library website
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Blogs
“…online journals or websites where
users can post commentary, links and
news…”
“[Blogs] enable the rapid
production and consumption of Webbased publications”
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What makes a blog different?
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Dated entries (“posts”)
Each “post” has a permanent webpage created
automatically (“permalink”)
Links to favorite or recommended blogs
(“blogroll”)
Content is syndicated to users (“RSS feed”)
Readers can leave comments
Posts are archived
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Why a blog?
Categorization of posts
 Tagging the content of posts
 No need to know HTML
 Role of hyperlink
 Interactivity with reader
 Frequency & currency of content
 Blogging community
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Anatomy of a post…
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Clicking on Comments in the
SJCPL Blog…
A comment left by a library
patron on the Milne Library
News blog…
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SUNY Geneseo, Milne Library
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Integrate & collaborate with your campus
courseware or portal….
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Who reads blogs?
27% of Internet users read blogs as of
November 2004 -- that’s 32 million
people!
 greater-than-average growth of readers
among women, minorities, and those
between the ages of 30-49
 tend to be young, male, well-educated
and veteran Internet users
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Why should your library have a
blog?
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News
Current events
Interaction with library patrons
Market and promote different library services
Easy to create, maintain and update
No HTML skills necessary
User feedback
FREE!
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What makes a successful library
blog?
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currency
frequency
relevance to library or patron’s needs
well written
interaction with patrons through comments
know your purpose and focus
simplicity
lots of hyperlinks
Syndicate the content with an RSS feed
publicize
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Tips for successful blogging…
Collaborate
 Edit
 Policy
 Interaction
 Purpose
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Some library blogs…
Ann Arbor District Library
http://www.aadl.org/
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Moraine Valley Community College
http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/MVCC/searchtips/
http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/MVCC/librarynews/
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St. Joseph County Public Library
http://www.libraryforlife.org/blogs/lifeline/index.php
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Stark County Law Library
http://temp.starklawlibrary.org/blog/
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Georgia State University Library
http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?typeID=62
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Waterboro Public Library
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm
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What you need:
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Application
(many free services will host your blog:
Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, etc. )
Commitment
(“buy-in” from your contributors)
Technical support
(at least one person who can fool with the code
behind the application if you want to host it on
your own server)
Training
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Free blog applications
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Blogger http://www2.blogger.com/
WordPress http://wordpress.org/
LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/
Diaryland (hosted) http://www.diaryland.com/
Pitas (hosted) http://www.pitas.com
Slash (open source app) http://www.slashcode.com
Greymatter (open source app)
http://noahgrey.com/greysoft/
LifeType (open source app) http://www.lifetype.net/
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Other blog applications (cost $$)
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Movable Type ($) http://www.movabletype.org
TypePad ($)
http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/index
Radio Userland ($) http://radio.userland.com
Manila ($) http://manila.userland.com/
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Blogger
http://www2.blogger.com
Free
 Easy to use
 Will host your blog
(no need to put blog on your own server)
 No prior knowledge of HTML or CSS
needed
 Tutorials available
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WordPress
http://wordpress.org
Free
 Customize the look of your blog
 Will host your blog on their server
 No need to learn HTML or CSS
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LiveJournal
http://www.livejournal.com
Joining the site is free
 Will host your blog on their server
 “Online journaling community”
 Additional services such as IM and text
messaging are possible
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What in the heck is RSS??
Real Simple Syndication
Rich Site Summary
RSS lets publishers use XML code to define
the content of their Web sites, much the
way HTML lets them determine the format
in which content is displayed
.htm = .rss
Graphic used to indicate RSS files
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How RSS Feeds work…
Blog
Today’s post
Archived posts
RSS Feed
Feeds into an aggregator
or Newsreader
Subscribers
Subscribers
Subscribers
Subscribers
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RSS Advantages
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visitors can access multiple sites without having
to go to each one
subscribe to the RSS feeds of sites you like and
the content comes to you
use a news aggregator to read the headlines
and links in one place
do not need to give out your email address to
web sites to receive updates
will need a aggregator to read content
Jardin, Xeni. “Why RSS is Everywhere.” Wired. April 2004.
19 May 2004 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.04/start.html?pg=7.
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RSS Aggregator Resources…
Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com
 FeedDemon http://www.feeddemon.com
 NewsGator http://www.newsgator.com
 PocketRSS http://www.atomicdb.com
 My Yahoo! http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss
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Library-related RSS Feeds
Pubmed http://pmbrowser.info
 Library Stuff http://www.librarystuff.net/index.rdf
 LISNews http://www.lisnews.com/lisnews.rss
 Library Jobs http://feedster.com/makerss.php?
 Research Buzz
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http://www.researchbuzz.com/researchbuzz.rss
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Resource Shelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com/resourceshelf.xml
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LISFeeds.com
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http://www.lisfeeds.com
Wikis
“…collaborative websites where users
can add, edit, or delete content on a
certain topic, using a web browser...”
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The best example…
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What makes a wiki different?
Multiple users may edit content
 Searchable
 No formal HTML coding experience
needed
 Very similar to many content
management systems
 Upload documents and files
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LIS Wiki
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Ohio University Libraries
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page
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Milne Library WebDev Wiki
http://intranet.lib.geneseo.edu/webdevwiki/doku.php?id=home
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Library Instruction Wiki
http://instructionwiki.org/Sharing_resources
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Why use a wiki in your library?
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Document management
(i.e. training documents, manuals, meeting minutes,
etc.)
Archive
Intranet
Collaboration by many
(faculty, students, community users, etc.)
Knowledge base
Project management tool
Staff internal communication
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Useful features…
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Track recent changes
(RSS feeds can be incorporated so users can be notified
immediately)
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History of page revisions
(With some wiki apps, you can revert back to a previous
version of the wiki)
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Accessibility of documents and
information through a web-based
browser login
(can be password-protected)
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Some disadvantages…
Mostly text-based
 Anyone (if you don’t require login) can
contribute and edit documents
 Must use special “wiki” editing syntax to
make changes or contribute content – this
can be cumbersome for some users to
learn
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What you need:
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Application
(many free software apps: PBwiki, Wetpaint,
MediaWiki, DokuWiki; just to name a few)
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Commitment
(“buy-in” from your contributors)
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Technical support
(at least one person who can fool with the code behind
the application)
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Training
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Wiki tools
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PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/
MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/
DokuWiki
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki
TWiki (open source app) http://twiki.org
ClearWiki (free for 10 users)
http://clearwiki.com/
Wetpaint (free) http://www.wetpaint.com
SeedWiki (free; multiple wikis)
http://www.seedwiki.com
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PBwiki
http://pbwiki.com/
•Free
•Hosted (no need to download software)
•Web-based; login from any internet browser
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MediaWiki
http://www.mediawiki.org/
Open source application
 Download and install on your own server
 Designed for use with large
websites/multiple servers
 Some WYSIWYG
 Editing syntax allows users to edit and
contribute content without knowledge of
HTML
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DokuWiki
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki
Open source application
 Download and install on your own server
 Has its own editing syntax for
contributing and editing content
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Podcasts
“…syndicated audio or video content in a
multimedia file meant for play on a
handheld device (such as an iPod) or a
personal computer…”
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iPods
Can be used as…
hard drive
calendar
contact manager
audio recorder
save text files
photo library
notes reader
alarm clock
PDF library
video player
can be projected w/LCD or TV
music
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MP3 players
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Why should we care?
“…Teachers in every strata of education are
increasingly dealing with a student population that
is not only more wired than they are but also grew
up in a techno-drenched atmosphere that has
trained them to absorb and process information in
fundamentally different ways. This generation of
students is more likely to be armed with cell phones,
laptops, and iPods than with spiral notebooks and
#2 pencils…”
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To be or not to be…
Why should libraries create podcasts?
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Library tours
Special events
Story times
Book reviews
Readings
Guest lectures
Campus events
Student research presentations
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Arizona State University Libraries
http://www.asu.edu/lib/librarychannel/
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Bridgewater College: Internet Podcast Resources
http://www.bridgew.edu/library/podcasts.cfm
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Grand Rapids Public Library
http://www.grpl.org/yourlibrary/pods/
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South Huntington (NY) Public Library
http://www.shpl.info/
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How do we find and subscribe to
podcasts?
Find a podcast you are interested in
listening to
 Find the orange “RSS” or “POD” button
 Click button OR copy and paste the URL
into your RSS reader
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Subscribing to podcasts with iTunes…
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How do we create podcasts?
Two easy ways:
1. Create podcasts by phone
2. Use recording software to:
 Record
audio and convert it to a
downloadable format (MP3)
 Create a text file which describes the audio
(RSS)
 Upload to the web
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Podcasting Tools
Gabcast http://www.gabcast.com
 podOmatic http://www.podomatic.com/home
 Odeo http://www.odeo.com
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Gabcast
http://www.gabcast.com/index.php
•Free
•Record podcasts by phone
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Creating a podcast by phone…
Toll-free number
Click on “Testing” icon
to get the podcast and
play!
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podOmatic
http://www.podomatic.com/home
•Free
•Record your own
podcasts
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Odeo
http://odeo.com/
•Free
•Upload MP3 files
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Elements needed for recording
your own podcast
Recording & editing software
 Microphone
 Audio card
 Convert audio file to MP3 file format
 Upload MP3 file to server
 Create an RSS feed for the podcast
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Recording Software
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Sound Recorder (found with most Windows OS)
Audacity (for PCs and Macs; free)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
GarageBand (for Macs)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
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Creating an RSS feed for your podcast:
1. Apply Tool’s Podcast RSS Feed Generator:
http://www.applytools.com/cgi-bin/sa/podcast/podcast.cgi?
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Poderator:
http://poderator.com/
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PodcastBlaster:
http://www.podcastblaster.com/podcast-feed/
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In order to create the RSS feed for
your podcast, follow these steps:
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Create a plain text file on your computer (i.e. .TXT
file if you are on Windows. Note, .DOC or other will
not work).
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Copy and past the podcast XML code into the new
file.
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Rename the file to "podcast.xml" and upload to your
server.
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Example of RSS feed as it appears
when I click on podcast logo…
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Works Cited
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Maness, J. M. (2006). Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for
Libraries. Webology, 3(2). Retrieved January 17, 2007, from
http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html.
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(2006). Library 2.0 Meme Map. Flickr. Retrieved March 17, 2007, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42538191@N00/113222147/
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Habib, M. (2006). Toward Academic Library 2.0: development and application of
a library 2.0 methodology. A Master’s Paper for the M.S. in L.S degree, November
2006. Retrieved January 17, 2007, from
http://etd.ils.unc.edu/dspace/handle/1901/356
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Rainie, L. (2005). Memo: the state of blogging.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, January 2005.
Retrieved 10 February 2005, from
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/144/report_display.asp
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McHugh, J. (2005). Synching up with the iKid. Edutopia Magazine, October 2005.
Retrieved March 26, 2007, from
http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=art_1355&issue=oct_05#
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Recommended Resources: Library 2.0
(2006). Library 2.0 - LISWiki. Retrieved February 2, 2007, from LISWiki. Web site:
http://liswiki.org/wiki/Library_2.0
Crawford, W. (2006). Library 2.0 and “Library 2.0”. Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large, 6(2).
Retrieved January 17, 2007, from http://cites.boisestate.edu/v6i2a.htm
Miller, P. (2006). Library 2.0 - The Challenge of Disruptive Innovation. Retrieved January 17,
2007, from http://www.talis.com/resources/documents/447_Library_2_prf1.pdf
O'Reilly, T. (2005a). What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next
Generation of Software. Retrieved January 17, 2007, from
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
Stephens, M. (2005). ALA TechSource - Do Libraries Matter: On Library & Librarian 2.0.
Retrieved Nov. 17, 2006, from American Library Association. Web site:
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2005/11/do-libraries-matter-on-library-librarian20.html
Stephens, M. (2006). Web 2.0 & libraries: best practices for social software. Library
Technology Reports, 42, no. 4. Chicago: ALA TechSource.
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Contact Info…
Kate Pitcher
Reference/Instruction & Web Development Librarian
Milne Library
SUNY Geneseo
[email protected]
http://www.geneseo.edu/~pitcher
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