widgets, gadgets, and badges for libraries
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Widgets, Gadgets, and Badges introduces the "cut-and-paste" ease with which library websites and blogs can be altered to include dynamic and social content.TRANSCRIPT
Michael McDonnellWinterstorm Solutions
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WidgetsWidgets, , GadgetsGadgets, , && BadgesBadges
for your
Library, Website, or Blog
Widgets, Gadgets, and BadgesWidgets, Gadgets, and Badges
Widget Terms are VagueWidget Terms are Vague
widget applet bookmarklet
module button codelet badge
scriptlet gadget plug-in snippet
Widgets are Small and EasyWidgets are Small and Easy
Small Content Easy to Copy
c+Cc+V
<div id="ShelfariWidget15003"><script src=http://www.shelfari.com/ws/15003/widget.js type="text/javascript"></script></div>
Small and Easy to Copy
Widgets provide External ContentWidgets provide External Content
<div id="ShelfariWidget15003"><script
src=http://www.shelfari.com/ws/15003/widget.js type="text/javascript"></script></div>
http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/
What are Widgets Used For?What are Widgets Used For?
ALA Banned Books Week BadgesALA Banned Books Week Badges
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/bbwwebbadges.htm
http://www.cla.ca/clm07/toolkit.htm
ALC 2008 Countdown WidgetALC 2008 Countdown Widget
<a href="http://albertalibraryconference.com/2008/"><img src="http://winterstorm.ca/alcminibadge.png" title="Countdown to ALC 2008" /></a>
http://www.kalsey.com/tools/buttonmaker/http://www.web20badges.com/
Flickr Images & BadgesFlickr Images & Badges
http://flickr.com/badge.gnehttp://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/07/08/libraries-using-flickr/
YouTube Library VideosYouTube Library Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/CPLibrary
http://visityourlibrary.net/promoting_libraries.html
EPL Puppet VideosEPL Puppet Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwbXRA__g8
<a href="http://www.google.ca/ig/add?moduleurl=“http://ezproxy.aec.talonline.ca/public/googlegadget.xml"><img src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" alt="Add to Google" /></a>
Google Gadgets for Library ServicesGoogle Gadgets for Library Services
Google Gadgets for Library ServicesGoogle Gadgets for Library Services
•http://library.concordia.ab.ca/services/googletools.php•http://www.epl.ca/•http://www.talonline.ca/google/•http://www.addthis.com/web-button-select.html•http://my.yahoo.com/
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Meebome for Reference ServiceMeebome for Reference Service
•http://meebome.com/•http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/meebome.html•http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/askalibrarian/•http://library.concordia.ab.ca/services/imchat.php•http://library.rdc.ab.ca/research_help/ask_us/im.html
Library ThingLibrary Thing
http://www.librarything.com/widget http://www.shelfari.com/
Del.icio.us Social BookmarkingDel.icio.us Social Bookmarking
http://ualweb.library.ualberta.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5?user_id=WEPLMNA&searchdata1=0262531569
Del.icio.us Social BookmarkingDel.icio.us Social Bookmarking
http://del.icio.us/help/tagometer http://del.icio.us/aaq/
<script src="http://images.del.icio.us/static/js/blogbadge.js"></script>
Virtual Shelf BrowsingVirtual Shelf Browsing
Other ExamplesOther Examples
• http://flickr.com/ (Flickr Badges for alc2007)– http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/flickr.html
• http://technorati.com/ (Technorati rank)– http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/technorati.htm
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• Go-go-Google Gadgets– http://www.blyberg.net/2006/08/18/go-go-google-
gadget/– John Blyberg’s library mashup entry
Other Examples ContinuedOther Examples Continued
• http://www.talonline.ca/searchalberta/begin.jsp?sessionid=0&rpasessionid=– TAL Online widgets
• http://pipes.yahoo.com/– Build fancy RSS widgets (mashup RSS feeds)
using a visual interface– Anything that is an RSS feed can be a google
gadget or my.yahoo.com widget-y-type-thing
Search From the DesktopSearch From the Desktop
• http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookupGenerator.html
• What we need is one that generates OpenSearch plugins instead of bookmarklets for single-click installation