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Web 2.0 at Huddersfield

Learn how the University of Huddersfield Library embraced Web 2.0 technologies and open data to transform their library systems. Discover the impact on borrowing habits, personalized recommendations, catalog keyword searches, and more.

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Web 2.0 at Huddersfield

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  1. Web 2.0 at Huddersfield Dave Pattern Library Systems Manager University of Huddersfield, UK d.c.pattern@hud.ac.uk www.daveyp.com

  2. Preamble • More information about this presentation… • daveyp.com/ili2009/ • Please remix and reuse these slides! • creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 • Have you remembered to switch your phone on? • please feel free take photos, record audio, live blog, tweet (@daveyp, #ili2009), etc

  3. University of Huddersfield Library • Medium sized UK University • 20,000 students and 2,000 staff • Library holds over 240,000 titles • Started embracing “2.0” in early 2006

  4. blogs

  5. Grapevine 2.0intranet staff blog

  6. Electronic Resources Blognews, trails, current problems, etc

  7. Electronic Resources Blogcontent feeds other systems

  8. wikis

  9. Electronic Resources Wiki

  10. Electronic Resources Wikiresource documentation

  11. Front Line Services Wikibetter than a folder of scribbled notes!

  12. library catalogue

  13. Suggestions based on circ data“people who borrowed this…”

  14. Borrowing profileaverage loans per month average number of book loans per month

  15. Feature usage“people who borrowed this…” average number of clicks per month on “people who borrowed this” suggestions

  16. Getting personal!suggestions for what to borrow next

  17. Building better new book listscourse specific RSS feeds

  18. borrowing suggestions added to catalogue at start of 2006 The impact on borrowingrange of stock borrowed per year ? number of unique titles (bib#) borrowed per calendar year (2009 figure is predicted)

  19. The impact on borrowingaverage number of books borrowed average number of books borrowed per active borrower per calendar year (2009 predicted)

  20. Catalogue keyword searcheskeyword cloud eye candy…

  21. Catalogue keyword searchesguided searches

  22. Open Data

  23. Library usage data release“if you love something, set it free…” • http://library.hud.ac.uk/usagedata/ • prompted by the JISC Tile Project • aggregated usage data for 2 million circulation transactions, covering around 80,000 book titles • recommendation data for over 37,000 titles • simple XML format • Open Data Commons / CC0 licence

  24. Library usage data release“if you love something, set it free…”

  25. Learning 2.0

  26. Learning 2.0Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

  27. 25 Things @ Huddersfieldfirst run in 2008

  28. QR codes

  29. QR Codeslibrary catalogue

  30. QR Codesguides, handouts, etc

  31. QR Codesjournals

  32. QR Codesresource info

  33. QR Codesviral marketing?

  34. Summaryat Huddersfield… • Staff are encouraged to play & experiment • it’s better to ask forgiveness than seek permission! ;-) • Serendipity is changing borrowing habits • Release your data – let other people come up with the bright ideas! • Embrace the “perpetual beta”!

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