12 April 2008, "Web 2.0 for Genealogists," North Carolina Genealogical Society, Speakers' Forum, Raleigh, NC

1. Web 2.0 for Genealogists Jordan Jones GenealogyMedia.com jordan@genealogymedia.com NC Genealogical Society Speakers Forum / 12 Apr 2008

2. What is Web 2.0? One must start with a consideration of Web 1.0 …

3. Web 1.0 “Web 1.0” describes the web from 1993 to 2003 It consisted of simple one-way or two-way sharing of information Because posting and sharing was limited, Web 1.0 did not encourage collective volunteer efforts to build the sites 3 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

4. Web 2.0 – Key Concepts 1 Social Networking – The creation of user-defined online communities (MySpace, Facebook) Network information as broadly or as narrowly as you would like Control what you want to share and with whom 4 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

5. Web 2.0 – Key Concepts 2 Folksonomies – Collaborative tagging, classification, and indexing. (Flickr, LibraryThing) Folksonomies are taxonomies (classification systems) designed by the people Syndication – Aggregation and notification of changes RSS or Atom feeds 5 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

6. Web 2.0 – Key Concepts 3 Mash-ups – Merging content from more than one source or website (for example: images on GoogleMaps) Weblogs (or Blogs) – Simple, yet powerful publishing tools Wikis or Forums – Content developed and shared by the users (Wikipedia) 6 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

7. How Can Genealogists Use Web 2.0? The tools are there; we can determine how we use them

8. As Genealogists, Why Should We Care? Archive, organize, and retain your documents, information, and images Share your interests, research, and documents with others, as you choose Contribute to knowledge and dissemination of genealogical information Make and retain genealogical contacts

9. Examples of Web 2.0 Sites for Genealogists Wikipedia, Flickr, and more

10. Wikis Wikis are named after the Hawaiian Pidgin work that means “quick”; their goal is to provide quick, easy, scalable, and version-managed collaborative authoring portals Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/ is the most complete encyclopedia available, with more than 2.3 million articles 10 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

11. Simple Uses of Wikipedia for All Genealogists, 1 Wikipedia is an excellent source of Accurate and complete information and links to other sources On average, more accurate and complete than standard encyclopedias, but with a wider range of variation. Public access maps and images, with clear Creative Commons copyright notices 11 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

12. Simple Uses of Wikipedia for All Genealogists, 2 Caveat Emptor. As with any source Critically evaluate the source and its producer for bias and relevance Trust only sourced materials; use others for ideas, but not to establish facts 12 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

13. Collaboration in Wikipedia Correct or complete articles about people, places, and events about which you have become an expert Share images, documents, or documentation with an audience of over 600 million annual visitors 13 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

14. Wikipedia Example: Article 14 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

15. Wikipedia Example: Documentation 15 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

16. Wikipedia Example: Image 16 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

17. Genealogy Wikis WeRelate.org – In collaboration with the Allen Co. Library FamilyPedia: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page wikitree.org – An attempt to create a tree of everyone © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 17

18. WeRelate – Family Page © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 18

19. WeRelate – Location Page © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 19

20. Interactive Mapping – maps.google.com 20 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

21. Flickr – Map Integration for Geographical Context 21 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

22. Book Lists Share lists of books you own, are reading or would like to own, swap books in real life BookMooch.com – Share a book, receive a book LibraryThing.com and Shelfari.com – Share your library, find others with similar books, review books 22 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

23. LibraryThing – Shelf 23 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

24. LibraryThing – Tag Cloud 24 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

25. LibraryThing – List 25 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

26. Print-on-Demand Books Websites and desktop publishing software have come together to make small print-run and virtual (electronic) publishing widely available and easy Genealogy titles often have long-term interest but slow sales, which is perfect for PoD and e-publishing 26 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

27. Print-on-Demand Publishers lulu.com – Here in North Carolina. Publishes multimedia PoD and e-books CafePress.com – Publishes many kinds of media, but also shirts, “flying disks” and other non-media items © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 27

28. Image and Document Sharing Genealogists often have many photographs and document images that they would like to share DeadFred.com – For known and unknown photos Flickr.com – Popular photo site Footnote.com – Records site that allows uploads and annotations 28 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

29. DeadFred – Unknown Subject © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 29

30. DeadFred – Known Subject © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 30

31. Flickr Free photo storage and sharing, additional features for an annual fee The most used photo sharing site on the web Similar sites include: Picasa – picasa.google.com Shutterfly – shutterfly.com Snapfish – snapfish.com 31 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

32. Flickr – Tagging Tagging is part of the folksonomies (classification systems designed by amateurs) movement Users define the taxonomy The taxonomy changes over time Tags can help you organize your images, but also help you find work by others 32 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

33. Flickr – Tagging Example 33 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

34. Flickr – Tags and Clusters 34 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

35. Flickr – Photostream or Tag-Based Sharing on Other Sites Different photos tagged “genealogy” show up on my website each time the page is loaded 35 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

36. Footnote – Annotation of Their Documents 36 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

37. Footnote – Sharing & Annotation of Your Documents 37 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

38. Contacts Especially handy to keep in touch with or find distant family members or other researchers Plaxo.com – Address book management LinkedIn.com – Address book management, especially used in business Facebook.com – Often a college-age crowd. Becoming more “social” all the time, recently added a family tree plug-in 38 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

39. Link and Blog Sharing Sites for link sharing can be set up to focus solely on your genealogy links digg.com del.icio.us You can also create blog and web searches for yourself or others at: google.com/reader bloglines.com 39 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

40. Del.icio.us – genealogy Tag © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 40

41. GoogleReader © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 41

42. Privacy Policy – Read your site’s privacy policy Awareness – Be aware of what you are sharing and what you are not sharing Hi-res vs. low-res images Specific images Content Persistence – Investigate your ability to delete content 42 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

43. Copyright Follow the Rules Do not violate the copyrights of others Share and Share AlikeTo share your own content in specific ways, see creativecommons.org. Follow the attribution and re-use limits set by others on their content. 43 © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com

44. Contact Jordan Jones jordan@genealogymedia.com These slides, and the handout, are available at: http://www.genealogymedia.com/talks/ © 2008 GenealogyMedia.com 44