Web2.0 Getting started (Lip Smacking Good: Your Library's blog and Web2.0 tools)
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The document provides an overview of Web 2.0 technologies and their applications in blogging and libraries, detailing platforms like WordPress, Flickr, and YouTube. It discusses the advantages of blogging for marketing, content sharing, and maintaining user engagement, while also offering resources for starting a blog. Additionally, it includes practical examples of how libraries utilize various Web 2.0 tools for enhancing their services and outreach.
Web2.0 Getting started (Lip Smacking Good: Your Library's blog and Web2.0 tools)
- 2. Slideshow available at: http://robinfay.net/web2.0/web2.0_blogging.pps All links available at: http://del.icio.us/ webtechnologiespresentation Lip-smacking Good
- 3. Overview Introductions / Brief intro to Web 2.0 Blogging: Brief overview of what we are doing and blog/social networking choices Fun stuff: flickr (image hosting) del.icio.us (bookmarking + tagging) YouTube (video hosting) Widgets (snapshots, meebo, twitter, etc.) RSS feeds (technorati, pageflakes, etc.) +Mashups This little movie gives a good overview of Web 2.0. Let’s take a look. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
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- 5. A little more about Web 2.0 Web 2.0 technologies provide an easy way to store , describe , share , discover, organize and create information in a way that makes sense to user Web 2.0 is collaborative ·Web 2.0 technologies provide an ease of use (little or no coding experience needed) Web 2.0 facilitate discovery (e.g., the ability to share, recommend, or discover resources from other users) Power to the people! Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog So, how can libraries tap into this? Lip-smacking Good
- 6. Lip-smacking Good: … and one more graph before we jump into blogging.
- 7. Web 1.0 4.0 Up next : blogging!
- 8. Blogging One of the easiest way to tap into Web 2.0 technologies is through the use of blogging. We have been blogging since January 2005 at http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/ We use Wordpress (open source software) hosted on the libraries server We’ll briefly look at a couple of options, but if you you’re not blogging yet, also check out our Getting started with web 2.0 presentation for more info and a comparison of the blog tools. UGA uses Wordpress. Wordpress also offers some options these days. Let’s take a quick look! Remember all links are also located on the del.icio.us page! Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 9. A little about Wordpress Wordpress Advantages/Disadvantages Complete control + Keep up with upgrades – Server stuff = Customizing Wordpress MU How it differs from regular Wordpress Advantages/Disadvantages New; not as many plugins YET Spam filter – Yes Multiuser/multiauthor blogs What if you can’t host a blog? Let’s look at some options. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 10. Free choices hosted elsewhere: Blogger.com Wordpress.com TypePad.com Why would you want to blog? Remember all links are also located on the del.icio.us page! Blogging Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 11. Blogging Reasons to Blog/social network: PR/Marketing Subscription via RSS feeds; also ability to embed content into other websites (pageflakes etc.) Ease of updating website Instant updating/editing Provide a more informal “face” to the library Push out content to users, i.e. be in their space Depending on software, can set up publication of announcements & posts Sounds great! Ready to start? Consider… Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 12. Blogging Consider: Guidelines & writing style sheets. Appropriateness of content? http://www.libs.uga.edu/blogetc/ Finding contributors Keeping the blog active and maintained To comment or not to comment Advantages of immediate content and high ranking pages in google Okay, now let’s look at the fun stuff! Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 13. The Fun Stuff Image hosting (free) – Flickr overview Free and easy to use Paid accounts are offered and have more privileges, but free accounts can get the job done Add descriptions, tags, and more to images Add creative common licensing/copyright info How can flickr be used in a blog? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 14. Image hosting - Flickr Fun stuff to do in your blog or website with flickr Slideshows Flickr badges Networking Creative commons/licensing Find graphics and images for use Discover new resources! Share your images with the world! More! A few examples of libraries using flickr…. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 15. Libraries/librarians doing neat things with flickr LibraryMan (Michael Porter) http:// www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman Dewey Graduate Library - University at Albany http:// www.flickr.com/photos/ualibraries NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center http:// www.flickr.com/photos/ncsu_scrc / Remember all links are also located on the del.icio.us page! What about links management? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 16. Social bookmarking – del.icio.us overview Free and easy to use Uses for you or your library Centralized storage of resources/links lists in del.icio.us Easy to update – no coding necessary Bookmarks travel with you – never lose them! Resource sharing and Discovery (recommend links, find popular links by tag, etc.) Private or shared Pathfinders/guides for individual classes Bibliographies ..and you can even embed your del.icio.us links into a standard website! Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 17. Social bookmarking – del.icio.us Uses for websites and blogging Del.icio.us toys (links list, tag clouds, etc.) Networking Resource sharing and discovery Easy maintenance of links lists Let’s take a look at some libraries using del.cio.us. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 18. Social bookmarking - del.icio.us Nashville Public Library – TeenWeb http:// www.library.nashville.org/teens/teenweb.asp College of New Jersey – Italian Studies Pathfinder http:// www.tcnj.edu/~library/moulaison/ItalianStudies.html UGA Libraries Cataloging Resources http://www.libs.uga.edu/catalog/ links.html Weird & Wacky Web Watching Remember all links are also located on the del.icio.us page! So, how about video? Let’s take a look at YouTube. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 19. Video hosting (free) – YouTube overview Free and easy to use; accepts most formats; no need to convert! Videocasting Provides easy way to get videos on the web Embed into blog posts Is now owned by Google How can you use YouTube in blogging? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 20. Uses Embed videos in blogs, presentations, websites, etc Storage space (no need to store large size videos on server) Networking Resource sharing and Discovery Videocasting Video hosting – YouTube Let’s look at some libraries using YouTube. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 21. Day in the life of the Library - St. Joseph County Public Library http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v = vrtYdFV_Eak Installing a new OS on library computers http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =nWIrxuF5NSo Why do NJ patrons love their libraries? http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =ZeQI25n8qPQ Guide to the library – from Williams College http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =i-t0LHnw-fc Remember all links are also located on the del.icio.us page! Widgets?!? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 22. Wonderful world of widgets What is a widget? Widgets are just little tools which are generally easy to install in a user interface . Widgets can be embedded in blogs and websites (snapshots, flickr toys, etc.), downloaded for use on the desktop or on a mobile device. Blogger and wordpress are both utilizing widgets more. Pageflakes , a free web based service, uses widgets to put the page together. Pageflakes widgets include RSS feeds, flickr, and even static webpages. How can we use widgets? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 23. Wonderful world of widgets Widgets make it easy to embed third party content (flickr, youtube, etc.) or even code into websites with little or no coding experience. Widgetbox.com is an excellent resource! Widgets are frequently drop n drag or copy and paste. Examples of widgets to embed in websites: flickr slideshows, youtube movies, snapshots, links lists, etc. Pageflakes and netvibes are two widget based services Meebo offers an IM widget. Remember all links are also located on the del.icio.us page! Let’s look at Meebo. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 24. Meebo provides a single interface to AIM, Yahoo, MSN Chat Meebo widgets are embeddable > Meebo in action So, how does that work? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 25. Let’s look at Meebo. This is the widget code for UGA’s meebo account. Notice the embed code. This is all copy + paste provided by meebo. Let’s look at another widget product called snapshots. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 26. Snapshots provide a popup preview of links. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 27. Copy and paste code provided by snapshots. You’ll need to sign up for a free account in order to create your code. RSS Feeds are also used in some widgets. Let’s touch briefly on feeds. Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 28. A little about RSS feeds What are RSS feeds? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication RSS provides an easy way for users to find and subscribe to information. Makes content portable to other web pages including blogs. Feedburner.com What happens when you put 2 or more of these kinds of technologies together? Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 29. YOU GET A MASH UP! In web terms, a mashup takes content or data from different sources or services to create a new thing An example of a mashup is Flickr Maps which uses both images from Flickr and Google Maps http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathowie/8496262/ Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog
- 30. This presentation: All links + extras! http://del.icio.us/webtechnologiespresentation/ More resources: Intro to Web 2.0 Minipresentation: http:// docs.google.com/View?docid =dkcxvp2_7d7ms9d Blog Comparison/Getting started with blogging http://www.robinfay.net/web2.0/getting_started/ About/Contact: Amy: Amy is a Reference & Instructor Librarian, the Assistant Web Editor for the Libraries, and Instruction Coordinator for the Main Library , to a name a few of the hats that she wears. http://www.libs.uga.edu/ staffpages/watts.html Robin Robin is a Database Librarian, member of the Libraries’ Web Advisory Group, freelance webdesigner & metadata consultant, to a name a few of the hats that she wears. http:// www.robinfay.net Lip-smacking Good Web 2.0 Technologies + Your blog