Library 2.0: Research and Teaching on the Read/Write Web

 Let's stop fretting about the Wikipedia...
learn how all that new, fun Web 2.0 stuff can really work in the library world and beyond!


 

• Introduction
  
  "Introducing the book" (YouTube)
  
  "Introducing the book" with better visuals but looser translation (YouTube)
  
  
   

• Library 2.0--vision and trends (David Bilyeu)
  
  David's Powerpoint
  
   

• Web 2.0--local Campus Library applications (Tina Hovekamp)
  
  Tina's Powerpoint
  
  ConXn
  
  Flickr
  
  L-Net
  
   
• Web 2.0--using it at work and in class (Cat Finney and David Bilyeu)
  
  de.li.cious
  
  connotea
  
  YouTube--instructional use includes "how to demos"; student presentations; brief informal lectures.
  
          Using the Library video
          Databases (video--slightly weird content)
          No Cookies in the Library video 
          Inside HigherEd on use of YouTube in the classroom
          YouTube How Tos
     
  
  Wikis--instructional use includes student collaborative research and writing.
  
          We used one to help create this presentation!
          Wikis are used to co-edit and collaborate on topics.
          For example, here's an information literacy wiki.
          Can be used for student collaboration and presentation within courses.
          For example, here's Chronicle of Higher Ed on a Bowdowin College instructor use of Wiki's.
          7 things you should know about Wikis (Educause)
          Free, make-it-in-30 seconds Wiki do-it-yourself web-based application.
  
  
  Wikis as online encyclopedias--instructional use includes exploration for preliminary information
      and evaluation of resources.
  
          Wikipedia
          Citizendium Beta
  
  
  Blogs--instructional use includes student discussion, inter-department collaboration and discussion.
      (Example: students post research on blog...librarian posts with additional research tips.)
  
          Educause 7 things you should know about blogs
          Free web-based blog (WordPress.com)
  
   
• Web 2.0 and future impact on libraries
  
  Increased expectations: immediacy, collaboration, connectedness...
      accompanied by a desperate need for evaluative skills!
  
  That means...a significant increase in subscription and free electronic resources.
  
          http://web.cocc.edu/finney/electroniccollections.htm
         Example: Oxford University Press Online (linked from catalog and from library webpage.)
          Example: Forest Log linked from catalog.
          Example: Electronic Journals.
  
  
  Tag clouds and how they might work with online catalogs and subject analysis.
   
          Sample Library "subject" tag cloud.
         Presidential tag cloud at http://chir.ag/phernalia/preztags/
         Tag cloud generator application at http://tagcrowd.com/
  
   
• Brainstorm library and classroom applications.