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Enhancing Academic Interaction with Web 2.0 Tools

Explore the benefits Web 2.0 offers to academia: from user interaction sites to social networking, blogging, and widgets. Discover how these tools facilitate research, communication, and collaboration. Delve into the future of Web 3.0 and its potential impact on information retrieval.

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Enhancing Academic Interaction with Web 2.0 Tools

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  1. Web 2.0 and Libraries in the 21st Century Caroline Kerbyson Cambridge University Press

  2. Web 2.0 • How this benefits the academic community • Tools for academia

  3. What is Web 2.0 • Web 2.0 sites allow user interaction • Change in the way developers and users interact with the web • “Users Add Value”

  4. Web 2.0 in the academic community • Development of a community of academic interaction • Social networking at the centre of interaction • Increase in number of tools for researchers

  5. Social Networking Sites • Free • Another channel to disseminate knowledge • No hosting requirement • Consistent format – users know how to use it • Easy to build up a community • Shorter download time • Ready to use tools

  6. Microblogging and web feeds - Twitter and RSS • Small bites of info • Users follow only feeds which they are interested in • Great way to share news and information

  7. Microblogging and web feeds (2) • Twitter http://twitter.com/ • Bloglines www.bloglines.com/ • Tumblr http://www.tumblr.com/

  8. Blogging • Essential part of Web 2.0 culture • Allow the blogger to communicate information to their chosen community • Readers can add their comments • Tags, videos, links etc.

  9. Blogging (2) • Several websites where you can begin your blog: • Blogger.com https://www.blogger.com/start • Wordpress.com http://wordpress.com/

  10. Widgets • Small, stand alone applications • Host of research tools in one place • Includes web browser add-ons to search library catalogue, Google Gadgets, Facebook Apps, Open URL referrers etc.

  11. Widgets (2) • Can provide extra value to researchers • Variety of “flavours” • An embedded Gadget in Google is often quicker to access than the University Library website • http://www.widgetbox.com

  12. Further Research Tools • Journal Recommendations • Sharing journals on social networking sites • RSS feeds for TOCs • Posting articles to social citation sites

  13. The future…Web 3.0? • Devices will be able to interpret the way the web is written • Focus will be on the individual • More intelligent retrieval of search results based on information stored about the user • Information easier to retrieve with advanced mash-ups

  14. In conclusion… • Web 2.0 offers many tools to assist researchers • Community aids discussion • Sharing of social media aids awareness • Increases research support

  15. Thanks for listening! • Contact me if you would like a copy of this presentation ckerbyson@cambridge.org

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