Presentation at the CASLIN Conference

1. Will the web 2.0 change everything?
Patrick Danowski
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

2. Outline
• Web 2.0
• Blog and Wikis
• Social tagging
• User Generated Content
• Library 2.0
• Go where the Users are
• OPAC 2.0
• Librarian 2.0

3. Web 2.0

4. Michael Wesch: The Web is us/ing us URL::

5. Web 2.0
Characteristics
• The network as platform
• architecture of participation
• Data as driving force
• Perpetual beta
• Rich User Experience

6. Web 2.0
Some interesting services

7. Wiki
• wiki is a Hawaiian word
meaning quot;quickquot;
• Tools for collaborative
writing
• MediaWiki most known
Wiki

8. Wikisource

9. Wikisource
• Sister-project of Wikipedia
• Chosen Sources:
• Interesting and specials sources
• which are not available in full test

10. Metadata
• No bibliographic standards
• Goal: cooperation with libraries
• Idea: Downloadable metadata

13. Weblogs
• Web log
• We Blog
• Blogossphere

14. Social Tagging
• del.icio.us: most known social tagging
service: social bookmarking
• links with tags from reader
• Tag = free keyword

15. What is a tag?

16. • Screenshots 2 del.icio.us

21. • scutdl

22. Zotero
• Plugin for Firefox Browser(> Version 2.0)
• Organize your resources while you are
browsing them
• http://www.zotero.com

23. Podcasting
• „Radio Show“
• available when you
like
• get it like weblogs
via RSS
• Everyone can
podcast
(with free software)

24. YouTube
• Videos published by users
• Some produced by user
• from very well didactic
videos to private films
• indexing via social tagging
• http://www.youtube.com

25. Social Networking

26. MashUp
• a combination of
different services
• e.g.
FlickR & Google Maps
• Combination via APIs

27. Library 2.0

28. Definition Library 2.0
• Loosely defined model
• based on principles of the web 2.0
• openness
• linking
• reuse

30. Library 2.0
• Open interfaces
• Publish own content for reuse
• ReMix Culture
• Mesh-Ups:
addition from different services

31. http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de

33. OPAC 2.0

36. The library goes where
the users are

37. Widgets and
Firefox plugins

38. Services
• Pageflake
• Netvibes
• iGoogle

39. • netvibes

40. Firefox Plugins
• Open Search
works for
IE 7.0, too

41. The library in
a virtual reality

42. Second Life

44. Librarian 2.0

45. Librarian 2.0
• Librarians are the base
• Web 2.0 is the tool
• Curiosity is asked
• Just try it out
• Librarian 2.0 Manifesto

46. User Generated
Content: New Tasks?
Who can be a filer?
Librarians can, and they should!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/260004685_8d78d

47. Conclusions
• Take a look at web 2.0
• Play with new services
• Be open for changes

48. • Become a librarian 2.0!
• Contact: Patrick.Danowski@web.de
• http://library20.ning.com/PatrickD