Libraries meet Research 2.0.

21 November 2008,Nordlib 2.0, Stockholm University Library

#nordlib2008

Guus van den Brekel,Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen

(UMCG)

Libraries meet Research 2.0?

Outline

• Trends

• Research 2.0, Science 2.0; Open Notebook Science

• Some Web 2.0 Tools Applied

• Social Networks

• (Virtual environments)

Trends

• Even more web-based• Mobile internet• Further personalization,

but also …

• Growth & evolving of (social) networks

• Web 3D

http://www.slideshare.net/CameronNeylon/science-in-the-youtube-age-519472

Some specifics on Research 2.0

• Communities & collaboration powered by web 2.0• Resources: creating, storing, organising, sharing,

exchange, distribution, browsing, searching, re-use, enrich, re-create …

• Faster, more efficient, greater competetiveness, repeatable, more productive …

• Enables open feedback and reviews of work• A machine-understandable format allows others to take

the data and analyze it independently

We see the Scientists looking for it…

Research 2.0 examples

• Web 2.0 used for scientific research or education– Open Science; Science Commons– Proteopedia – Nature Precedings – Research networks– Communities– Open Notebook Science– OpenWet Lab– SciVee.tv – OpenResearch wiki … and many, many more

(see for bookmarks: http://delicious.com/digicmb)

http://sciencecommons.org/

http://www.proteopedia.org

http://precedings.nature.com/

http://openwetware.org/wiki/Labs

http://openwetware.org

http://scivee.tv

http://openresearch.org

But we also see others offering services…

• All kinds of partners in research using web 2.0 to connect and integrate into the workflow of scientist and researchers.

• Publishers, other commercial companies• Connotea: http://www.connotea.org/• Labmeeting: http://www.labmeeting.com• http://www.mynetresearch.com/• Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/• BiomedExperts: http://Biomedexperts.com• Etc….

http://www.mynetresearch.com

http://www.mendeley.com

• http://www.biomedexperts.com/Start/PersonDetailPage.aspx?pid=1687995• http://www.biomedexperts.com/Experts/SearchConcept.aspx?cid=245

Open Science, not for all?some barriers

• Tradition• Competition• Promotion• Patents• Tenures

Do we see the libraries look for it as well?

• The question is not whether the shift is going to happen, but how fast?

• It will change the behaviour of researchers, new ways of thinking and operating; we should adapt

• Libraries: communicate, collaborate, cooperate, facilitate, support learning & research

Key Points

• Communication between researchers and librarians

• Play a role in the exchange and sharing of research-based information in social network technologies

• Re-define the library, services, it’s systems to reach: Visibility, Findability, Searchability and Accessibility

• Branding and marketing the library

Visibility

Findability

Searchability

Accessibility

Where do Libraries and

Research meet?

Can we get our content into any platform at the right time, in the right way to be used by scientists, researchers and students?

Not just in the library website, or the organization portal, or the VLE, but also …

Get out to where the researchers are—social networking & Virtual (Research) Environments

libraryConsumer environmentsManagement environment

Licensed

Bought

Faculty&students

Digitized AggregationsResource sharing

…

Institutional WorkflowPortals, CMS, IR, …

PersonalWorkflowRSS, toolbars, ..

Network level workflowGoogle, …

Integratedlocal consumer environment?Library web presenceResource sharing, …

Integratedlocal consumer environment?Library web presenceResource sharing, …

Source: Lorcan Dempsey, CIC 2007

Reasons NOT to ignore Social Networks

• Efficiency possibilities • Build professional communities

– Clinical – Research – Management

• Build learning communities • Build sharing communities• Build community support through

outreach

Online Social Networks in Healthcare & LibrariesPF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, pfa@umich.edu

More Reasons not to ignore Social Networks

• Connection, communication, collaboration, consultation

• Discuss & share information (articles, photos, videos, cases, data, methodologies)

• Q&A, rapid response (sometimes), serendipitous discovery

• Global, international connections & opportunities• Find employment & research opportunities• Emerging trends, topics, medications, treatments,

insights in your field

Online Social Networks in Healthcare & LibrariesPF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, pfa@umich.edu

Let’s look at two things

• Re-define the Library, Services, it’s Systems to reach: Visibility, Findability, Searchability and Accessibility:

• Branding and marketing the library

SIMPEL APPROACH:

User environment = browser & internetSimpel tools, low cost (or free)& high impact!Browser Tools -> Toolbars, Widgets etc

Power to the Users (and Librarians…)

• Web 2.0 technologies offer everybody the power and tools to create and mash-up information to their needs

• Opportunities practically INVITE users to engage

• They are doing it. We should join them!

The “Infectious Library”

WHY?

(What do you REALLY want with your content?)

WHERE?do you want to be?–as Library -

The Why of add-ons, plug-ins, toolbars, searchboxes, widgets ..

For Example

• Toolbars

• From Toolbar to Search Box

• From Search Boxes to “Universal Widgets”

• From Widgets to social networks to … anywhere ….

From Toolbar To Searchbox

Toolbar:

• For communities: www.conduit.com

• Simple Searchbox: flexible, tailor-made

• For Personal Search:– Google Toolbar (www.google.com/toolbar)– Needlesearch

(http://needlesearch.mozdev.org/)

From SearchBox To “ Universal” Widgets

• A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation.

• Or: gadget, badge, module, capsule, snippet, mini and flake.

SUB Search beta

BLOGWEBSITE iGoogle

Netvibes

MyYahooFACEBOOK

MySpaceOpera Windows Live Apple Dashboard

Vista

INTRANET

http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/sub-search

widgets

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?url=hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/102232754577566157929/SUB.xml#

From Widgets To Social Networks …. anywhere

• Social Networks

• Websites, Intranet, Blogs

• Embed and Install Options

• Personal Start Pages

From Personal Start Page to Published “Universe”

• Online Published Selection: “Universe”

• “Toolbox Take-Away & Tailor-made”

• Sharing, collaboration, cooperation, education & training

• www.netvibes.com/cmb

• www.netvibes.com/digicmb

• Public Pages: Share, collaborate, education, training

• Library “Toolbox”:“Take-Away & Tailor-made”

• www.netvibes.com/cmb

Embed & Integrate

• Build-in network, applications, CMS, VLE

• Not just in Library Portal or Organization website

• Knowledge management systems?

• Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)

PennTags & PennPortal

• http://tags.library.upenn.edu/

• http://www.library.upenn.edu/

SOA Example European Library

• http://dev.theeuropeanlibrary.org/vga/SRUportal

Mindset

• “Everything will keep changing”• “Anything can happen”• User chooses and creates• It’s no threat, but an additional, supplementary

• If the user can do it himself, the library should have done it before, as a service

Web 2.0 & Dependency?

• Always keep in mind to look and develop “applied use” in your organization and library community

• For individuals, groups, communities, networks and overall

• Embed and integrate in workflow• Dependency of software• Open standards

• Explore, Play and Teach Yourself ,

• But also Teach Your Staff and Users:WEB-LITERACY

• Play a Leading Role within your Organization as Experts in Web-Literacy

“To boldly go where your users have gone before”

Thank you for your attention!

Guus van den BrekelEmail: a.j.p.van.den.brekel@med.umcg.nl / brekelajp@gmail.comTwitter: digicmbBlog: digicmb.blogspot.comNetvibes: www.netvibes.com/digicmbSlideshare: www.slideshare.net/digicmbFacebook: http://profile.to/guusvandenbrekel/Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=18148582Second Life: Namro Orman

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