SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

Gino Roncaglia – Tuscia University – Viterbo (Italy)

for IASL 2009 – Padua, October 2-4 2009

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Web 2.0 in eight key concepts

1. User Generated Content (UGC)2. semantics

• formal ontologies• social tagging

3. collaborative filtering4. RSS feeds5. embedding, reuse, mash-up6. social networks7. page interaction (Ajax, WebApps,

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Web 2.0 in eight key concepts

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Web 2.0 in eight key concepts

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Three tasks for school libraries

1. information literacy2. active promotion of learning and

researching3. information-driven support for learning

and educational activities• with special emphasis on

information-driven, web based organized informal learning

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social networks

• the killing application of web 2.0• 2/3 of the world on-line population use social network or blogging

tools• already in 2007, 97% of US on-line population aged 9-17 was using

social network tools• social networks are today more popular than e-mail• social networks are the place to be if we want to implement web-

based informal learning

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relation-oriented social networks content-sharing social networks

relations & content aggregation

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a social network page

• should not be a ‘placeholder’• its primary goal is to dynamically aggregate relevant information• well-chosen widgets and applications might actually be useful!

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social reading platforms

• personal bookshelf• books I own• books I did read• books I want to read• …

• collaborative filtering• reading recommendations• book-pal recommendations

• books rating, reviews, discussion

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social reading platforms

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social reading widgets & applications for social networks

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more interesting widgets & applications for social networks…

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…school and university libraries should be active agents in the world of social networks, not just names within ‘placeholder’ pages. They should not collect ‘fans’: they should dynamically aggregate and share useful content and information, and help users in doing the same…

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roncaglia@mclink.it

http://masterel.unitus.it