what web 2.0 can do for you
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This talk identified a number of activities (carried out by libraries, museums and archives) that can be supported by using social web services.TRANSCRIPT
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What Web 2.0 can do for you Ann ChapmanUKOLNUniversity of BathBath, UK
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About this TalkThis talk will look at how you can use the social web to support the work of your organisation
About this TalkThis talk will look at how you can use the social web to support the work of your organisation
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Web 2.0 is many things
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What defines Web 2.0?
It’s an attitude – not technical standards• Always evolving• Can be ephemeral
• Participation• Openness and trust
• Simple to use• Often free to use
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What is the Social Web?
Communication Social networks
Sharing content
The spaces where people are already
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Social Web Users
Who?• Many grew up with Web 2.0• But not just the young - silver surfers• People with disabilities
What for?• See Web 2.0 as a social environment• Use Web 2.0 for personal storage• Share content via Web 2.0
How?• Devices may determine type of service use• Age may steer choice of service types
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Did You Know?
Fact• 72% of internet population are on at least
one social network• Twitter gets 300,000 new users every day
Figures above from:52 Cool Facts about social media (http:bit.ly/aoczDA)
13 Mind-blowing facts on social media (http:bit.ly/9HDprr)Alerted to these by: Phil Bradley column in CILIP Update
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Where Do You Start?
Don’t start with ‘We need to blog’
But ask yourself• What do I want to achieve?• Who do I want to make contact with?• What are their likely interests?• What do they use?
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Task = Communicate
Think Web 2.0 “as well as”• Not instead of Web page, RSS feed, posters and
fliers, etc.Activities
• Holiday challenges for children• Touch sessions for visually impaired people
News• Announcements and reminders• Changes (to opening hours, services, contact
details, etc.)• Emergencies (closed by snow, floods, power
cuts)
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Communicate by …
Activities• Blogs, Twitter, Web pages
News – general• Blogs as well as home page and RSS
feeds
News - emergency• Twitter: re-tweets mean a message can
reach a wide audience very quickly• Update your Facebook page and set up
automatic tweets
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Communicate using …
Blogs• Posts can vary in length.• Blogging services - the most commonly
used are: Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad
Micro-blogs• Twitter is currently the most used• Short messages – 140 character max• But there are others, e.g. Tumblr, Plurk,
Emote.in, Beeing, Jaiku and identi.ca.
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http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/
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http://blog.hertfordmuseum.org/
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http://twitter.com/bristollibrary
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http://twitter.com/devonlibraries
**Devon Libraries update twitter via facebook
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Character Twitter Accounts
Why?• Establishing a character makes it more
personal• Can be quirky and eye-catching• It’s fun – appeals to the young (and not so
young?)• Builds a link to the organisation
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http://twitter.com/nathistorywhale
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http://twitter.com/iamhenryviii
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https://twitter.com/YuffyMOH
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Task = Building Communities
Reading groups
Friends of the (museum/library/archive)
Local history groups
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Build Community by …
Reading groups• Continue discussion from meetings• Enable housebound / sensory impaired to
join in• Blogs or wikis
Friends of the museum – promote activities• Facebook groups
Local history group - share content• Flickr group
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http://thebookcase.wetpaint.com/
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http://teenreadinggroup.wetpaint.com/
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http://www.librarything.com/groups/byairlandseahampshir
Hampshire special collections awards public vote
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http://www.nmm.ac.uk/about/youth/
http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133645189997286&v=wall&ref=mf
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Task = Staff Development
The problems• Little or no budget• Limited staff time to attend courses• Staff located in multiple locations• Part-time staff – timetabling issues• Staff at different levels of experience
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Develop Staff Skills by …
23 Things programmes • Staff follow at own rate• Useful refresher to retain skills
How?• Follow someone else’s blog or wiki• Develop your own training course (and
staff manual) as a blog or wiki• Use / create resources on YouTube and
Slideshare
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http://23things.wetpaint.com/ Portsmouth & Surrey
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http://devlibs23things.wordpress.com/
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Task = Share Content
Why?• People like to contribute
• Harness popularity of Flickr and YouTube
• Enrich the experience• Not just on the day• Putting things in context
• Benefits• Build engagement• Gain additional resources / information
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Share Content by …
Blogs• Local history – post on topic, people add
information through comments
Flickr• Your photos lacking date/place/names• Their photos: current events, historical
YouTube• Curator talks on specific objects• Author talks• Oral history interviews
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/devonlibraries/
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What Else Could I Use?
Podcasts (via YouTube)• Can be audio or video• Oral history interviews, author talks• ‘How to’ talks
Brian Kelly on Web 2.0 (video podcast on YouTube)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axoRFdINQRc
Librarything• Free up to 200 titles, or small fee above that• ‘New to the library’ collection• Virtual bookshelf on a topic• Reading group resource
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Questions
Any questions?
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Name: Ann Chapman Address: UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, UKEmail: [email protected] site: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/Blog: http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/
Name: Ann Chapman Address: UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, UKEmail: [email protected] site: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/Blog: http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/