WEB 2 0 WHAT IS IT HOW DO

WEB 2. 0: WHAT IS IT? HOW DO I GET STARTED? http: //web 2 point 0 atuofilibrary. wordpress. com Presented on Oct. 14 th 2008 At the University of Idaho Library By Zinthia C. Briceño-Rosales

WHAT IS WEB 2. 0? “Web 2. 0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, secure information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web. Web 2. 0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and its hosted services, such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies” Per Wikipedia: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Web_2. 0 My definition: Connecting users to online applications and/or to other users

WEB 2. 0 IS SOCIAL Social Media Amazon Bookmarking Digg, delicious Blogs Sharing what you find

BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE SOCIAL! Why should you care at web 2. 0? You can be as antisocial as you want Make an avatar Don’t tell everyone It’s not all social

WHAT IS LIBRARY 2. 0? “Library 2. 0 is a loosely defined model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. ” Per Wikipedia: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Library_2. 0 My definition: Library 2. 0 is the addition of Web 2. 0 concepts to library services

HOW DO I GET STARTED? Jump In Read through the help section Ask questions You can always delete

GENERAL STEPS Set up an account Don’t forget to set up your privacy options Set up buttons on your browser Look for icons while browsing

OTHER HOW TO SITES SPLAT : Special Projects Library Action Team http: //splat. lili. org/ Commoncraft http: //www. commoncraft. com/

QUESTIONS? This presentation is posted at: http: //web 2 point 0 atuofilibrary. wordpress. com/

JOIN ME ONLINE FOR 4 WEEKS HTTP: //WEB 2 POINT 0 ATUOFILIBRARY. WORDPRE SS. COM Week 1: RSS Week 2: Online Bookmarking Tagging and sharing Week 3: Social Collecting Readers and signing up for feeds Organizing Week 4: Citation Collection Organizing and retrieving

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