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Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo

Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo. Web 2.0 Tools You Can Use. Web 2.0 is the second generation of web-based services and tools which make content creation on the web easier and more accessible to a wide variety of users. . Questions to answer….

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Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo

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  1. Blogs, Podcasts and WikisKate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo

  2. Web 2.0 Tools You Can Use Web 2.0 is the second generation of web-based services and tools which make content creation on the web easier and more accessible to a wide variety of users. 

  3. Questions to answer… What are these Web 2.0 social collaboration tools? Why should your library should use these tools to distribute and share content to users? How can your library use these tools to distribute and share content with users?

  4. Web 2.0 in action… • Amazon.com “recommendations” and Wish Lists • Flickr photo sharing • tagging and bookmarking • YouTube videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl • chat and instant messaging • blogging • mixing and creating music files • “participatory web” • Mashups of content • Google Maps

  5. What is Library 2.0? Maness’ theory of Library 2.0 ¹: A theory for Library 2.0 could be understood to have these four essential elements: • User-centered • Provides a multi-media experience • Socially rich • Communally innovative

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  8. Library 2.0 in action… • “Recommendations” in library catalog • Tagging of books in library catalog (Users make their own subject headings!) • Subscribe to an RSS feed notifying patrons of new books • Patrons post book reviews to a library hosted blog • Library news using blog format • Library patrons add and edit content to a subject guide wiki on library’s website • IM at reference desk • Downloading music and books onto iPods • Offering podcasts of events through library website

  9. Blogs “…online journals or websites where users can post commentary, links and news…” “[Blogs] enable the rapid production and consumption of Web-based publications”

  10. What makes a blog different? • Dated entries (“posts”) • Each “post” has a permanent webpage created automatically (“permalink”) • Links to favorite or recommended blogs (“blogroll”) • Content is syndicated to users (“RSS feed”) • Readers can leave comments • Posts are archived

  11. Why a blog? • Categorization of posts • Tagging the content of posts • No need to know HTML • Role of hyperlink • Interactivity with reader • Frequency & currency of content • Blogging community

  12. Anatomy of a post…

  13. Clicking on Comments in the SJCPL Blog… A comment left by a library patron on the Milne Library News blog…

  14. SUNY Geneseo, Milne Library

  15. Integrate & collaborate with your campus courseware or portal….

  16. Who reads blogs? • 27% of Internet users read blogs as of November 2004 -- that’s 32 million people! • greater-than-average growth of readers among women, minorities, and those between the ages of 30-49 • tend to be young, male, well-educatedand veteran Internet users

  17. Why should your library have a blog? • News • Current events • Interaction with library patrons • Market and promote different library services • Easy to create, maintain and update • No HTML skills necessary • User feedback • FREE!

  18. What makes a successful library blog? • currency • frequency • relevance to library or patron’s needs • well written • interaction with patrons through comments • know your purpose and focus • simplicity • lots of hyperlinks • Syndicate the content with an RSS feed • publicize

  19. Tips for successful blogging… • Collaborate • Edit • Policy • Interaction • Purpose

  20. Some library blogs… • Ann Arbor District Library http://www.aadl.org/ • Moraine Valley Community College http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/MVCC/searchtips/ http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/MVCC/librarynews/ • St. Joseph County Public Library http://www.libraryforlife.org/blogs/lifeline/index.php • Stark County Law Library http://temp.starklawlibrary.org/blog/ • Georgia State University Library http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?typeID=62 • Waterboro Public Library http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm

  21. What you need: • Application(many free services will host your blog: Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, etc. ) • Commitment(“buy-in” from your contributors) • Technical support(at least one person who can fool with the code behind the application if you want to host it on your own server) • Training

  22. Free blog applications • Blogger http://www2.blogger.com/ • WordPress http://wordpress.org/ • LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/ • Diaryland (hosted) http://www.diaryland.com/ • Pitas (hosted) http://www.pitas.com • Slash (open source app) http://www.slashcode.com • Greymatter (open source app) http://noahgrey.com/greysoft/ • LifeType (open source app) http://www.lifetype.net/

  23. Other blog applications (cost $$) • Movable Type ($) http://www.movabletype.org • TypePad ($) http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/index • Radio Userland ($) http://radio.userland.com • Manila ($) http://manila.userland.com/

  24. Bloggerhttp://www2.blogger.com • Free • Easy to use • Will host your blog(no need to put blog on your own server) • No prior knowledge of HTML or CSS needed • Tutorials available

  25. WordPresshttp://wordpress.org • Free • Customize the look of your blog • Will host your blog on their server • No need to learn HTML or CSS

  26. LiveJournalhttp://www.livejournal.com • Joining the site is free • Will host your blog on their server • “Online journaling community” • Additional services such as IM and text messaging are possible

  27. What in the heck is RSS?? Real Simple Syndication Rich Site SummaryRSS lets publishers use XML code to define the content of their Web sites, much the way HTML lets them determine the format in which content is displayed .htm = .rss Graphic used to indicate RSS files

  28. How RSS Feeds work…

  29. RSS Advantages • visitors can access multiple sites without having to go to each one • subscribe to the RSS feeds of sites you like and the content comes to you • use a news aggregator to read the headlines and links in one place • do not need to give out your email address to web sites to receive updates • will need a aggregator to read content Jardin, Xeni. “Why RSS is Everywhere.” Wired. April 2004.19 May 2004 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.04/start.html?pg=7.

  30. RSS Aggregator Resources… • Bloglineshttp://www.bloglines.com • FeedDemonhttp://www.feeddemon.com • NewsGatorhttp://www.newsgator.com • PocketRSShttp://www.atomicdb.com • My Yahoo!http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss

  31. Library-related RSS Feeds • Pubmedhttp://pmbrowser.info • Library Stuffhttp://www.librarystuff.net/index.rdf • LISNewshttp://www.lisnews.com/lisnews.rss • Library Jobshttp://feedster.com/makerss.php? • Research Buzzhttp://www.researchbuzz.com/researchbuzz.rss • Resource Shelfhttp://www.resourceshelf.com/resourceshelf.xml • LISFeeds.comhttp://www.lisfeeds.com

  32. Wikis “…collaborative websites where users can add, edit, or delete content on a certain topic, using a web browser...”

  33. The best example…

  34. What makes a wiki different? • Multiple users may edit content • Searchable • No formal HTML coding experience needed • Very similar to many content management systems • Upload documents and files

  35. LIS Wiki

  36. Ohio University Librarieshttp://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page

  37. Milne Library WebDev Wiki http://intranet.lib.geneseo.edu/webdevwiki/doku.php?id=home

  38. Library Instruction Wikihttp://instructionwiki.org/Sharing_resources

  39. Why use a wiki in your library? • Document management(i.e. training documents, manuals, meeting minutes, etc.) • Archive • Intranet • Collaboration by many(faculty, students, community users, etc.) • Knowledge base • Project management tool • Staff internal communication

  40. Useful features… • Track recent changes (RSS feeds can be incorporated so users can be notified immediately) • History of page revisions (With some wiki apps, you can revert back to a previous version of the wiki) • Accessibility of documents and information through a web-based browser login(can be password-protected)

  41. Some disadvantages… • Mostly text-based • Anyone (if you don’t require login) can contribute and edit documents • Must use special “wiki” editing syntax to make changes or contribute content – this can be cumbersome for some users to learn

  42. What you need: • Application(many free software apps: PBwiki, Wetpaint, MediaWiki, DokuWiki; just to name a few) • Commitment(“buy-in” from your contributors) • Technical support(at least one person who can fool with the code behind the application) • Training

  43. Wiki tools • PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ • MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/ • DokuWiki http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki • TWiki (open source app) http://twiki.org • ClearWiki (free for 10 users) http://clearwiki.com/ • Wetpaint (free) http://www.wetpaint.com • SeedWiki (free; multiple wikis) http://www.seedwiki.com

  44. PBwikihttp://pbwiki.com/ • Free • Hosted (no need to download software) • Web-based; login from any internet browser

  45. MediaWikihttp://www.mediawiki.org/ • Open source application • Download and install on your own server • Designed for use with large websites/multiple servers • Some WYSIWYG • Editing syntax allows users to edit and contribute content without knowledge of HTML

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