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Web 2.0/Library 2.0

April 15, NJDOTAmy Kearns

Who Am I? Who Are You?

Some Info/Stats

Web 2.0/Library 2.0

    Move from consume to create    Push-Pull    Not just technology        Open and transparent, participatory, dialogue, interactive

Info/Stats

As with many buzzwords and new concepts, Web 2.0 means many different things to many different people.  In his oft-cited piece “What is Web 2.0,” O’Reilly attempts to clarify the meaning by identifying features of Web 2.0, such as the web as platform, harnessing collective intelligence, and rich user experiences (2005).  Web 2.0 is the development and implementation of tools and platforms focused on the user.  Web 2.0 “is about empowering people to become participants and interact with one another online (Grossman, 2007).”  There are a number of technologies which have immerged that empower the user and encourage participation by employing the features identified by O’Reilly.  The core literature available on Web 2.0 is currently focused on these technologies, which include, but are not limited to:

o RSSo Wikiso Blogso Social Bookmarkingo Mash-upso Personalized Toolbarso Social Networking Softwareo Podcastingo Photo Sharingo User Reviews/Ratings/Commentary

Some Info/Stats - Social NetworkingFacebook    February 2004    More than 70 million users    Fastest growing demographic = 25 years old and older

MySpace    More than 110 million monthly active users around world    300,000 people sign-up every day

Blogs    July 31, 2006, Technorati tracked its 50 millionth blog    Blogosphere is doubling about once every 6 and a half months

Info/Stats - Mobile

62% of all Americans are part of a wireless, mobile population that participates in digital activities away from home or work. Not only are young people attuned to this kind of access, African Americans and English-speaking Latinos are more likely than white Americans to use non-voice data applications on their cell phones.

Pew Internet Project’s December 2007 survey

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/244/report_display.asp

Info/Stats - IM

2004 Pew Internet & American Life surveys reveal that more than four in ten online Americans instant message (IM). That reflects about 53 million American adults who use instant messaging programs. About 11 million of them IM at work and they are becoming fond of its capacity to encourage productivity and interoffice cooperation.

Info/Stats

Generation Next    Use Technology/Internet    "Look at Me"    18-25 year-olds (born between 1981 and 1988)

Info/Stats - Expectations

Who are your customers?What do they want/need/expect?

When expectations go up, they don't go back down (Bob Treadway, Futurist)    Internet speed   

Special Library Use of Social NetworksLinkedIn     http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html

Ning

Specialty Social Networks    Lawyers: http://www.lawlink.com/

Special Libraries Association - http://www.sla.org

    SLA-Princeton-Trenton Wiki        http://sla-princeton-trenton.pbwiki.com/

Social Networking

"... in Plain English" - video guideshttp://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking

Many ResourcesTools

Tools will change, but it's not going away

Use of Web 2.0/Library 2.0

Communicating / CollaboratingKeeping UpCustomer Service

Users

PublicSchoolAcademicSpecial    Legal    Medical    Governmental

New Jersey State Library

Uses

Intranet     Intra-wikiSubject GuidesShared bookmarks Pathfinders

Who

Steven Cohen    http://www.librarystuff.net/

Web 2.0 and Special Libraries     http://tinyurl.com/5pf5zs

Jenkins Law Library    http://www.jenkinslaw.org/

Blogging Section of SLA-IT    http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/itbloggingsection/

Who

Kean University    http://library.kean.edu/web2.html

Web 2.0 Challenge for Law Librarians    http://library.kean.edu/web2.html

ARRC Library    http://arrclibrary.wordpress.com/

http://twitter.com/LPI_Library

ARRC Library

Some More Things

Podcasting - Newark Law    http://law-library.rutgers.edu/feeds/podcast.php

Gaming

YouTube - Video

Virtual Worlds - Second Life

RSS

Web 2.0 "glue"

Really Simple Syndication

Feed Readers    bloglines    pageflakes    simplyheadlines

Manage "information overload"

CREATE and ADD content

Blogs

Online journal or diary - chronological

NOT ALWAYS        as websites

Good for one-to-many

bloggerwordpress

Wikis

COLLABORATE

Wikipedia

Conference examples

Many-to-One : Many-to-Many

pbwikiwikispaceswetpaint

Others

TwitterMeeboSocial BookmarkingGoogle Docs, etc.

Play! Questions?!

Contact Me

Amy J. Kearns, MLISProgram Coordinator4400 Route 9 South, Suite 3400Freehold, NJ 07728732-409-6484 x 204amy@cjrlc.org

gtalk: amy.kearns@gmail.com