library 2.0
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Intro to 2.0 for New Port Richey Library.TRANSCRIPT
2.0 and youEllen Mizio and Diana Silveira
What is 2.0?
• Sharing
• Collaboration
• Learning
• Interaction
• Creation
Web 2.0
Stabilo Boss’ pictures shared through Creative Commons License
Blog
1. Blogs are …
• web pages that are organized by dated entries and resemble an online diary for the world to read.
• an easy way to exchange and present information.
• about three things: “Frequency, Brevity and Personality“ [Source: Evan Williams, the creator of Blogger].
• extremely popular! 39 % of Internet users, i.e., nearly 57 million American adults, read blogs. [Source: Lenhart & Fox].
Create a library blog to …
• promote library events. • connect to your community. • support devoted library users.• reach out to potential users.• say something interesting. • allow your patrons to say something interesting.• enhance book discussions.• provide book reviews/recommendations.• create a literary guide. • write a library newspaper. • revisit and perhaps revise work.• interact with your colleagues. • be creative, critically think, and write about issues interesting to
you.• accomplish almost anything you want.
5. Podcasting
MP3 +
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Podcast -
• a digital media file (e.g., MP3), or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds (e.g., RSS) for playback on portable media players and personal computers. (Source: Wikipedia)
• You can download the media file[s] and listen to them on your computer.
• You can subscribe to a feed and have updated content come to you – like a multimedia magazine delivered to your home once a new issue is published.
• Some podcasts have a corresponding web page or a blog for show notes and other applicable information.
• In 2005, the New Oxford American Dictionary rated ‘podcast’ the Word of the Year!
Why listen to and/or create a podcast?
• Why listen to or create anything?• Learn something.• Teach something.• Make lectures/discussions more portable.• Promote events, connect with your community,
and reach out to people with similar interests.• Provide reviews/recommendations for books,
other podcasts etc.• Record events and share with people who
were unable to attend it.• Accomplish almost anything you want.
YouTube
MySpace,
FaceBook,
Folksonomy or tagging
• AKA ‘tagging’ • Vocabulary
Clouds• Users add
value• Harnessing
Collective Intelligence of Users
What are tags?
• Keywords/descriptors to describe digital objects
• Applied by users of the content
• Keyword or category label. Tags help you find photos, etc. which have something in common.
Let’s do some tagging
What tags did you give the photo?
• Cats
• Dogs
• Family
• Papa
• Food
• Gris
• “Cats”
• “Together”
Chatting
• Yahoo, MSN, Google
• Meebo, Trillian• Ask a Librarian• Skype
• 60% of teens and young adults on the Internet use chat “often”
• Allows for file sharing, conferencing and VoIP
• Nearly 6 in 10 use IM to communicate at work
Virtual Worlds• Second Life• 8.5 million users with
1.6 logging in during the last 60 days.
• Other worlds for teens And Kids!
• More and more virtual worlds
Virtual Worlds
• Second Life (SL) began in 2003 and has had significant growth over the years (ca. 5 million residents)
• Museums, libraries, schools, businesses, homes, etc. are “in” SL.
• Avatar = digital identity that represents you in the virtual world.
• ActiveWorlds, Meebo Rooms etc.
What is going on in there?
Alliance Library System in SecondLifeVirtual Bibliographic Instruction (VBI) and Interactive Reference at Eastern University
Gaming
• Want to become a leader? Try MORPG
• The average gamer is….
RSS
RSS?! Readers
RSS Feeds on Webpages
Now?
• Visit http://
• Play!
• Create!
• Collaborate!
• Share!
Questions/Comments! Contact Us @ TBLC!!