Web 2.0 Technologies: Applications in the Library World

Laura Kaspari Hohmann

Information Resource Officer

US Embassy Warsaw

What is Web 2.0?

Second-generation of Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users

Emphasis is on participation, publication, socialization, sharing, and the Web as Platform

Users are much more involved in the web

Web 2.0 technologies

Blogs Bookmarking &Tagging Collaboration & Productivity RSS Wikis SMS/Instant Messaging (IM) Social Networking Sites Photo Sharing Audio & Video Gaming/Virtual Reality

Blogs

User-generated websites that are frequently updated

Can be personal or informational Contain journal style entries that appear in

reverse chronological order Readers can leave comments

Bookmarking & Tagging

http://del.icio.us/

http://citeulike.org/

Collaboration & Productivity Tools

Google Docs & Spreadsheetshttp://docs.google.com/

http://zoho.com/

RSS

RSS – Real Simple Syndication

XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites and blogs and to keep up without having to go to each of the sites and check to see if there’s new content.

RSS is used for text, audio, and video files.

RSS in Action

RSS is easier to understand if you use it.

First, you need an RSS Reader / Aggregator– Лента http://lenta.yandex.ru/– Google Reader http://reader.google.com/– My Yahoo!– NewsGator– FeedReader

Wikis

http://wikipedia.org

http://www.libsuccess.org/

SMS/Instant Messaging

Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger

Meebo

http://twitter.com/

Social Networking Sites

MySpacehttp://myspace.com

Facebookhttp://facebook.com

Combyhttp://comby.ru

MySpace Library Shot

Library Specific Web 2.0 Tools

LibraryThinghttp://www.librarything.com/

Library Elfhttp://www.libraryelf.com/

Photosharing

Flickrhttp://flickr.com

Audio & Video Sharing Sites

Odeohttp://odeo.com

Blinkxhttp://blinkx.com

YouTubehttp://youtube.com

Gaming & Virtual Reality

Dance Dance Revolution

SecondLifehttp://secondlife.com

Dance Dance Revolution

From Web 2.0 to Library 2.0

Questions?

Thank you!

hohmannlk@state.gov