hu libraries wikis / blog talk 2008
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Wikis, Blogs & RSS UNpacked
Using Social Networking to Harness & Publish on the Web
Web 2.0 Information & Discovery SessionAlliah Humber, HUL
Overview
Overview > Web 2.0 / Lib 2.0Social Networking Tools
Blogs WikisRSS
Applying tools to HUL framework
Workshop Goals
To familiarize HUL staff with pertinent Web 2.0 (social networking) concepts and platforms
To enable HUL staff to set-up an account with a social networking service; e.g. blog, wiki, book marking,
To provide hands-on practice with RSS Readers via subscribing to relevant news Web sites
Workshop Objectives:At the completion of the workshop students will be able to:
Effectively use social networking sites to publish information for our users
Use information management tools such as RSS Readers to keep abreast of new information and maintain resources
Behold basic understanding of social networking concepts in preparation of grasping current trends in the profession via CiL2008
What is Web 2.0 > a recap
Part I
So What is the Web 2.0
Term coined by Tim O’Reilly
Second generation Internet-based services
Social Networking Applications
Encourages the sharing of information and collaborative activity among individuals for community building /collective intelligence
What is Web 2.0
Alan Moore, creative business and brand strategist, has a nice definition of Web 2.0…
Web 2.0 is about…
Bringing people, community and business together to
Co-Create value and
Peer production
What does Web 2.0 look like
Web 2.0 and Writing
Internet Pioneer Vinton Cerf places it all in context …
Wiki
Part II
What are wikis? http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki
Allows users to create and edit web content
Supports hyperlinks and simple text syntax for creating new pages
Allows you to search between internal pages
Allows open-editing and collaborationbetween subscribed users
Creating wikis
Software: Mediawiki free software originally written for Wikipedia
(app & content resides on your server)
pbwiki free software <http://www.pbwiki.com>(does not require server space)
Need Content
Commitment to learn a new technology
Need a community of participants
Wiki benefits
Reduce redundancy of resources
Encourages interlinking of concepts
Allows multiple edits of the same content
Searchable
Able to measure use
Able to make timely updates
Biz wikihttp://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/
brownfinding wikihttp://brownfinding.pbwiki.com
Laurier Library Intranet Wikihttp://library.wlu.ca/intranet/index.php?title=Main_Page
Stanford University Wikihttp://stanford.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Blogs
Part III
What is a Blog
According to Wikipedia…
“ A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.“
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog>
Blog Features
Dated entries
Mission or goal statement
Posts (written and visual content)
Categories for posts
Archives
Lists of other blogs the author(s) reads
Navigational links
Contact info
Blogging Requirements
Software
Movable Type, Blogger, TypePad, Word Press, …
Time
Something to say
Tips to Maintain a Blog
Blog in small chunks
Blog the way you talk
Get an Aggregator / RSS Reader
Schedule your Blogging
Take note of your Blog ideas
Use Blog tools for effective Blogging
Benefits of a Research Blog
Participate in the dialog
! Faculty > form of publishing, soft peer-review
! Students > Demonstrate to your professor(s) and potential summer employers your:
Knowledge/understanding of a topicResearch processes, Cognitive thinking
Arizona State University Libraries https://librarynews.blog.asu.edu/?triedWebauth=1
Johns Hopkins University Librarieshttp://blogs.library.jhu.edu/wordpress/
Kansas State Libraries: Talking in the Library http://ksulib.typepad.com/talking/
Louisiana State HS LibraryAsk Sassy Systems (internal blog)http://sassysystems.blogspot.com/
Temple University Library Newshttp://blog.library.temple.edu/liblog/
RSS
Part IV
What is RSS
Rich Site Summary
Really Simple Syndication
Automatic Web Browsing
RSS
Simple XML encoded information and news items from Weblogs or news sites
Syndicated content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information.
Aggregators read the “feeds” and provide current awareness delivered to one location
RSS
How does it work? Every time a site is updated with new content a “feed” (simple
XML encoded information) from that site is sent to an Aggregator / RSS Reader
What is an Aggregator or RSS Reader? Software that hold the “feeds” provides current awareness RSS are delivered to one location
What to Look for:
Syndicate this Site
What is an Aggregator / RSS Reader
Software Client basedServer based
Different aggregators that do basically the same thing
Saves time
Content is syndicated into one place
RSS Reader > Bloglineshttp://www.bloglines.com
RSS Readers
My Yahoo < http://www.yahoo.com>
Google Reader <http://www.google.com/reader>
Bloglines<http://www.bloglines.com>
Database tools & services
Alerts – allow you to centralize resourcesManage subscriptionsNotifications of new search results based on initial
search summary
Email notifications of new results / new information based on a search inquiry saved by the user (you) is sent via email.
Or, an email notification is sent to your RSS Reader (e.g. Google Reader) when a new issue of a journal, you chose is available.
EBSCO Alert Service (journal alert)
Click on link and add to Reader
EBSCO Alert Service (journal alert)
Copy and paste URL into Reader
ProQuest RSS (subject alert)
ProQuest RSS (subject alert)
Click on XML-icon for desired subcategory and select Reader to receive feeds
EBSCOhost (e.g. journal alert in Reader)
Project Muse (journal alert in Reader)
ScienceDirect Services
Create an account in SD to manage and create a personalized setting for better utilization of the database and management of resources
SD Alert Services (all via email):SearchTopicsVolume/IssueCitation
Other Social Networking Tools
Part IV
WorldCat (create an account for better bibliographic management)
“Build and maintain public and private lists of books, videos and other items owned by libraries” within WorldCat
Social networking potential – tag and share found resourcesExport links to resources in your new or existing
del.icio.us bookmark account.
World Cathttp://worldcat.org
del.icio.us (an online bookmaking, categorization, social networking tool)
http://del.icio.us
Zotero (a free bibliographic research tool) http://www.zotero.org/
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] “a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. “
Blogging while Black > Christopher Rabbhttp://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21301/
“ [A] blog’s endemic power comes not from its ability to generate revenues, but is derived from the will and capacity of its readers to coalesce around the sharing, mobilization and analysis of issues the more entrenched institutions do not address. Namely, the issues that have an overwhelming impact on the Black community.”
Let’s try to…
Set-up a Reader Account
Subscribe to a journal from a database
Create an Alert based on search summary
Subscribe to a major online news source
Questions? Comments?