The Age of the Human Filter

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The Age of the Human FilterThe Age of the Human Filter

New Website TechnologiesNew Website TechnologiesAndrea MercadoAndrea Mercado

NAHSL 2006, Hartford, CTNAHSL 2006, Hartford, CT

Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

Social, Audio-Visual, InteractiveSocial, Audio-Visual, Interactive

Web sites are about offering connectivity Less about building, more about enhancing Caveat: application with purpose is *key*,

so have a plan

Hot Options for Going Web 2.0Hot Options for Going Web 2.0

Web 2.0 ~ Human filtering = Tagging (folksonomy) Syndication (RSS, Push Technology) Social bookmarking Social networking

Blogs, more pointedly, blog software as content management systems (CMSs)

Podcasting, vidcasting, screencasting Wikis Social bookmarking

Blogs are Still “In”Blogs are Still “In”

Easier than XHTML/CSS for the non-techie External blogs a viable option

Blogger - http://www.blogger.com Blog software as CMS

WordPress - http://www.wordpress.com Plugins extend social networking and more Software install requires coordination with IT

Blog as CMS: WordPressBlog as CMS: WordPress

Sharing the VisualsSharing the Visuals

YouTube - http://www.YouTube.com: video hosting (FREE)

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com: image hosting (basic account free & robust, paid options)

Both offer: Storage Syndication and web page embedding Social qualities: bookmark, favorites, sharing, blogging,

grouping, playlists, comments, tagging, video responses, ratings

Not much coordination with IT required

Sharing Video: YouTubeSharing Video: YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhircPB0NYghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhircPB0NYg

The Art of the ‘CastThe Art of the ‘Cast

*casting: syndicated content using RSS Feed generator to create

Blogger + FeedBurner - http://www.feedburner.com WordPress podPress plugin - http://www.podpress.org

Attaches link for file download Outside hosting/application services available Aggregator to “catch”

Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com: PC play iTunes - http://www.itunes.com: iPod Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net: non-iPod

Excellent for conference, classroom, illustrative, educational audio and video content

Wikis: Collaborative ContentWikis: Collaborative Content

Can be private or public Information power to the (or, specifically,

your) people Encyclopedic knowledge, collaborative

documentation creation and management Various user access levels available IT involvement varies

Starting a WikiStarting a Wiki

MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org: wiki software (used by Wikipedia) installed on server, IT coordination a must

Externally hosted options: Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com PBWiki - http://www.pbwiki.com Free and pay account options Easy set up

Flu Wiki Flu Wiki (www.fluwikie.com)(www.fluwikie.com)**

Human Search EngineeringHuman Search Engineering

Emailing links is so passé Easily sharable, tagable, searchable Many free services to choose from Mainly a feature in blog software, but can be

applied to static pages Social Bookmark Link Creator http://

www.ifeedreaders.com/social-creator/ IT involvement varies

Social Bookmarking: Social Bookmarking: Major PlayersMajor Players

del.ici.ous

http://del.icio.us

http://www.digg.com

blinklist

http://www.blinklist.com

LookSmart’s Furl

http://www.furl.net

http://www.reddit.com

Yahoo! My Web

http://myweb.yahoo.com

http://www.simpy.com

Reading & Further ResourcesReading & Further Resources

“The Terrible Twos: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and More” by Greg R. Notesshttp://www.infotoday.com/online/may06/OnTheNet.shtml

“Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software” by Michael Stephenshttp://tinyurl.com/manhb

Making Sense of Social Software in the Libraryhttp://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11519

SirsiDynix Institute Web Seminar Archive: Podcasting, wikis, and so much morehttp://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/archive.php

Show and Tell The Easy Way - An Introduction to Screencasting: Free Webinar 11/8/2006http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid=71

Contact InformationContact Information

Andrea MercadoReference & Techie LibrarianReading Public LibraryReading, MA781-944-0840mercado@noblenet.org

See also: http://www.LibraryTechtonics.info http://www.PLABlog.org

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