Transcript Social Software & LiBraries Michael Stephens www.tametheweb.com [email protected] Web 2.0 • The Social Web • The Two Way Web • The Read Write Web • Social Software.

Social Software &
LiBraries
Michael Stephens
www.tametheweb.com
[email protected]
Web 2.0
• The Social Web
• The Two Way Web
• The Read Write Web
• Social Software
The Web as platform.
Harnessing collective intelligence.
Data is the next Intel inside.
End of the software release cycle.
Lightweight programming models.
Software above the level of a single device
Rich user experiences.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
Paul Bausch on Web 2.0
• Openness
• Decentralization
• Participation
http://litablog.org/2006/02/16/online-nw-keynote-speaker-paulbausch/
A Handful of
Social Tools
How can we create open
and participatory library
services with these tools?
Podcasts
Podcasting Basics
 Syndicated audio content
 Like a radio program
 Easy to create with some simple
open source tools:
 Audacity
 iPodder
 iTunes
Podcasting
 Enhances library web presence
with multimedia
 Can be time consuming to create
 Limited methods of linking,
feedback and indexing.
 Fascinating to see what comes
next
Podcasting?
 Are libraries podcasting? Yes!
 What are they doing???:
 Add podcasts to circulating iPods (or
your favorite media player) to market
library & services
 Podcast as training tool for databases
and online library tools (Duke Divinity)
 Get clearance to record interviews with
library guests… lively content!
http://gpclibraryradio.blogspot.com/
Podcasts Syndicated via
RSS
iTunes Podcasts: Library
Podcasting Legal Guide
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Po
dcasting_Legal_Guide
RSS
RSS
 Really Simply Syndication
 Lets you create content in one place but display
it in other places
 Aggregators
 Websites
 Internal – portals, intranets, updates,
communication
 External – other websites, direct-to-user,
Web 2.0
 Gets you found in places you normally
wouldn’t be found
“Automated Web
Surfing”
When people ask me what RSS is, I
say it's automated web surfing. We
took something lots of people do,
visiting sites looking for new
stuff, and automated it. It's a very
predictable thing, that's what
computers do -- automate repetitive
things.
Dave Winer
Ubiquitous RSS?
Aggregators
 PC: Amphetadesk, News Gator
 Mac: NetNewsWire, iBlog
 Web: Bloglines
(www.bloglines.com), Blog
Bridge (www.blogbridge.com)
Examples of Library
Syndication
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News
Local community events
New book lists
Images
Assignment alerts
New resources
Podcasts!
With RSS Librarians can:
 Keep in the know about many
topics!
 Help your users find your stuff
 Syndicate audio/video content
about their library (podcasts &
videocasts)
Selling RSS to your
Staff/Users
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Teach them about it
Promote your feeds
Use them yourself!
Be ready… it’s going to be big
http://www.netvibes.com
Del.icio.us
Bookmarking!
Wikis
Wikis
Wiki: “…a web application that allows users to add content,
as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the
content. The term Wiki also refers to the collaborative
software used to create such a website…. The name is based
on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, meaning ‘quick’ or ‘informal’….
The Portland Pattern Repository was the first wiki,
established by Ward Cunningham on March 25, 1995. He
invented the wiki name and concept, and implemented the
first wiki engine.”
-- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links
Flickr
Photo-blogging
 Provides glimpse into everyday
life
 Could be used as a marketing
tool
 Example of Online Social
Networking
 Folksonomies
http://www.rutlandfree.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarian/14645140/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/sets/632151/
Flickr Feeds
http://www.flickr.com/groups/librariancards/pool/
Social Networking
Social Networking Sites
 MySpace / Facebook
 Popularity is growing
 270,000 new adds in one day!
http://secondlifelibrary.blogspot.com/
Mash Ups
Mashing Up Services
 Using APIs (Application Program
Interface) to create new
content
 Many sites offer an API
 Google, Amazon, etc.
http://cyris.us/proj/chimaps/libmap.php
What about money?
 RSS: Free Free Free
 MediaWiki or PBWiki for wikis: Free
 Flickr: $25 per year!
David King’s Questions
 What does your library plan to offer
using this new service?
 What are the library’s goals for
establishing this new service?
 Can the advertising be minimized by
paying a fee or by choosing certain
categories?
 Does the service meet the library’s
strategic goals?
 Who’s going to maintain this new
service?And most important: if itﾕs
successful - what’s next?
Thank You!
 AIM: mstephens7mac
 [email protected]
 www.tametheweb.com