Tim Berners Lee on Linked Data, what he sees as the next big thing for the web. Some people are calling this Web 3.0. There is also a transcript of the talk on the web site along with lots of comments.
Thing 22: have a look at the following:
Robin Good has posted a detailed mindmap of Best Collaboration Tools 2009. Even those who are well versed in collaboration software will be hard pressed to not find at least a few tools they haven’t encountered before…
Kelly, B., Bevan, P., Akerman, R., Alcock, J., Fraser, J., 2009. "Library 2.0: balancing the risks and benefits to maximise the dividends", Program Electronic Library & Information Systems, 43 (3), pp. 311-327. This paper provides a number of examples of how Web 2.0 technologies and approaches are being used within the library sector, their associated risks, and a risk management approach which is being developed to minimize the dangers whilst allowing the benefits of Library 2.0
Thing 23: Please provide feedback about this program
via the survey
Thank you for participating in the Web 2.0 Potluck program.
We hope you have enjoyed exploring some of new ways the
web is being used.
iGoogle is your custom-built home page on the internet. Read the brief description in Google, have a look at the 2 very short videos, then have a go at this week's Things.
Thing 19: Create your own iGoogle home page - customise, add gadgets, choose a theme ...
Open iGoogle then click Sign In. If you already use any Google tools (e.g., Gmail) which require a sign-in you already have an account. If not, click on Create an Account. It's very simple and your email address address will be your iGoogle username.
When you're in your iGoogle page, start setting it up. Use the Add Stuff link at the right, where you can browse for gadgets under the categories on the left, or search for some Some recommended gadgets: a calendar or date-and-time gadget; Google Bookmarks (store links to frequently used web sites); Google Reader (so you can keep up with what's happening in the Web 2.0 Potluck blog).
Click on this image to enlarge it - you'll see some features on the Web 2.0 Potluck's iGoogle page, then have a look at the next video to see how it's done.
Thing 20: Play with Google Maps - get down to street level and go for a walk.
The Maps link is included in the list of links at the top left on both the Google search screen and any iGoogle page.
You can be specific about where you want to go. Our search for Hillcrest Road Hamilton New Zealand gave the result shown here.
Open this image to see the features on offer.
To take a walk (in the web version, not this one!) double click the photo in the speech bubble, then single-click the arrows to move along the street. You can grab the street and do a complete 360!
Drag the person image across from the map's zoom tool on the left and drop it anywhere on the map, as long as it's a street / road - the person doesn't like walking in parks or shopping malls!
Thing 21: Play with Google Book Search - find a book and add it to your own Library.
Read the Wikipedia description of GB - it's better than Google's description! The iGoogle links list at the top includes Books, and you can use your iGoogle username to sign in. GB provides previews only, ranging from random pages to just a brief outline of the content.
You can add books to your library, or locate a copy to borrow by using the Find in a Library option, which takes you to WorldCat. If you're on campus you may also see the Find@Waikato option lower down on the screen. Or you can buy a copy through one of the online vendor links.
Google Docs Check out Google Docs (when you're in Google, go to the menu at the top left, click on More. On the Docs page there's a short video which explains what they are, how they work, benefits, etc.
Don't try this at work- Google Earth Have a play with Google Earth - you'll need to download it first though.
Blog points If you've already used some of these Google tools tell us about them. What other Google tools have you used? Do you find iGoogle easy to use? Why / why not?
Video sharing The easiest way of showing off your latest video clips is by uploading them onto a video sharing site. It doesn't cost you anything and it's very easy to do - no complicated code required. The rest of the world can view your clips, and you can watch everyone else's video clips too. [Warning: some content may offend!]
There are plenty of video sharing sites, YouTube being the most well-known and coincidentally, the host for the videos we have used in this blog. Here's a 2-minute video from YouTube about, well ... YouTube!
Now have a go at Thing 17: Discover YouTube and find a few videos about libraries.
Webcasts You can also experience video content from the comfort of your own desktop in the form of recorded or real-time webcasts via computer programs like QuickTime Player (already on HU computers). Te Papa's Treaty Debate Series 2007 is a wonderful webcast resource, and Otago University's public Humanities Lectures site has both audio and visual content. For fascinating real-time action, have a look at Parliament TV; on some days there isn't any action at all!
Podcasts Want to keep up with Kim Hill's interviews, or the latest business news in your time? Podcasts are the answer to your problems. They can be played back through a computer via free software such as iTunes or Doppler, or stored on portable devices - iPods, MP3s, even really smart mobile phones! Radio NZ has plenty of podcast content.
If you know of a podcast series (regular additions of content) you can "subscribe" (no cash involved) via an RSS feed and updates will automatically download to your computer, ready for you to access later. iJump.co.nz has easy instructions on how to subscribe to podcasts via iTunes. If you would rather not subscribe you can just visit and see what's available.
Sites for podcasts Browse the categories in Podcast NZ - there's even one for Jamie's Ministry of Food Recipes! Here are some Google search results for finding podcasts:
A site worth exploring is Open Culture. It touts itself as "the best free cultural & educational media on the web". It's full of digital goodies. Enjoy.
Multi-media in education Online media is ideal for tertiary distance education providers. Some examples:
Victoria University's School of Marketing offers some distance courses which use various media including "short video lectures"
Further reading Angela Jowitt focussed on the use of podcasts in the tertiary library sector for her MLIS thesis (2007): "Perceptions and usage of library instructional podcasts by staff and students at Universal College of Learning". Browse the abstract, or download and read the whole thing.
Wikis are collaborative web sites - anyone can edit and add content (e.g., Wikipedia), although some have restricted editing access, such as the Law Library's Legal Research Skills wiki. This type of web page is really simple to write / edit: no special software required. It's just like using a Word doc but with fewer editing options.
What's the difference between a wiki and a blog? Think of a wiki as a reference source - consulted regularly, contains info which may occasionally change, (e.g., the library wiki) and unless there are restrictions, anyone can go in and make changes / additions. On the other hand a blog is similar to a diary or journal - frequently updated, and the blog owner = main / sole editor. You'll have read about blogging in Week 2. Watch this video (about 4 mins) by Common Craft about wikis, then have a go at this week's Things.
Thing 15: Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
Thing 16: Add an entry to the SandBox wiki Thanks to TSS, the SandBox wiki has been set up for the Web 2.0 Potluck participants. Any postings on the wiki will be completely anonymous.
When you have opened the wiki click on the Discussion tab.
Put in a sentence or two to get you started, and then click Save at the bottom of the screen.
If you're curious, mouse-over the basic editing tools above the input box to find out what they do.
This week delves into the world of social networking and communication tools. The two minute video below explains how it all works.
Facebook Facebook is a social site to connect with friends, family, workmates or anyone you have ever met. You need to set up an account before you can use Facebook. This involves putting in your email address and creating a password then adding a few other details. In terms of privacy and your account, read Facebook and privacy. A Google search on this subject returns many results, if you feel like reading more.
Facebook goes beyond just a place to send messages to people and get updates on what your friends and family are doing. You can invite them into virtual communities, send them virtual gifts and compete against them in various quizzes and games.
You can separate your friends into groups eg. family, actual friends, random acquaintances and set different levels of notification for each. For example, you may not want the world to be told you got 86% on the Sesame Street character quiz but you might want to challenge your siblings to beat you. There is so much to 'do' on Facebook the real problem is having too many applications and requests to go through.
Instant Messaging (IM) IM is a means of sending messages to contacts who are online at the same time as you (although some now let you message people who are off-line so they can get the message next time they log in). Many IM clients such as MSN Messenger and Google Chat also have audio and video capabilities. You have a list of "buddies", and the programme indicates who is online, as well as showing your own status. You usually have the option of blocking unwanted contacts or hiding your online status. Some IM clients keep a record of your conversations with people - which could be handy if you need to recall what was said about something later on.
Skype Skype is software for making free video and phone calls to other Skype users over the internet - you can use it for calling landlines too, though that does incur a cost. You just need a microphone, a webcam for video calls and to download the Skype software. You can also use Skype to send files and instant messages. The Skype website has good basic information about Skype. The IM part of Skype also archives IM conversations.
Thing 12: Set up a Facebook account Find other Library Staffers to add as "Friends". Facebook will offer to search your email address book (using the email address you logged in with) to find your contacts who also have Facebook accounts.
Thing 13: Instant Messaging (IM) with the Ning We have added instant messaging to the Ning. Have a look just above the discussion forum and you should be able to see if anyone else is logged on, try chatting with them To do this just click on their name to start a conversation and type in the small section of the chat box. You can type messages to everyone by not selecting any members and just typing in the lower part of the chat box. You can also use the "Chat to a Law Librarian" box on the Law Library home page to chat with whoever is on the Law Library Information Desk.
Thing 14: Skype in the Law Library If you would like to play with Skype, just ask at the Law Library and a time will be arranged.
Fun and games: if you have time
Add groups or applications to your Facebook profile. To find a group to join or a person type a keyword in the search box - a search for libray brings up over 500 results. These include Library Facebook pages, Facebook groups relating to libraries and applications with something to do with libraries.
Try other other IM clients such as Google Talk (or you can use Google chat from within your Gmail), MSN etc.
This week is about social bookmarking and tagging, you need to register at the site associated with each of the "things". Watch this three and a half minute video to learn about social bookmarking and tagging.
Delicious.com Delicious stores all your bookmarks in one place for use from any computer with internet access - very handyis you have bookmarks stored on several computers (or browswers). The blog post 8 reasons to use Delicious explains how the site works and the Web 2.0 Potluck's Bookmarks provides an example of a working Delicious account. You can save links by installing the delicious toolbar or by going to the site and copying and pasting the link into the "save bookmark" box. You can add tags when you save the link and also add a special tag to enable you to send it to a fellow delicious user.
EBSCO lets you post a link to an article directly to your delicious account - which could be useful both in helping students and for our professional reading. It uses the ezyproxy link so it can only be used by our patrons. You can also copy and paste the links from databases with direct article links such as JSTOR.
If you want to be notified about new things tagged with a specific tag you can subscribe to that tag either through delicious subscription feature or through RSS. The same applies to any given member's bookmarks.
If you are not keen on searching others' tags or tagging itself, another good online bookmark repository is Google Bookmarks (and if you have a Google account it has the added bonus of not needing to create a whole new account). This allows you to create categories and save a site into various categories so you can split your bookmarks without getting into the social and tagging aspects of sites like delicious. You can either add the Google Toolbar to your web browser, as it comes with an icon to book mark and tag (but this may require some downloading) or you can add it to your iGoogle page (we will look at this in a few weeks).
LibraryThing.com LibraryThing allows you to catalogue your books online using the records from 690 sources including Amazon.com, Library of Congress and a certain mystery site in the South Pacific. The Introduction to LibraryThing shows you the basics of what you need to get started with LibraryThing. Some particularly useful features for individuals include the recommendations feature, the ability to join groups and read reviews written by real people.
You can also subscribe by RSS to any given members new book additions, book reviews by them OR book reviews of the books in their collection written by other people. Clicking on any given book lets how many people have it in their collections,which tags it has been given, and similar book recomendations.
Nelson Public library uses "LibraryThing for Libraries" to add extra content like cover picture and tags to some records. Try searching their catalogue to see what the records look like. (Hint: it is better for fiction).
Thing 10: Set up your own Delicious account and add between five and ten sites. Take a look at some of the sites saved by other users that have a) used the same tag as you or b) used the same site as you.
Thing 11: Set up a LibraryThing account and add at least 5-10 books Take a look at other people's libraries. You can search by username or see people who have tagged the same books as you. You can even click on a tag and see all the books with that tag.
Fun and games: if you have time
Explore the 'subscription' features in Delicious and look at tag bundles.
Try out some of the other LibraryThing features such as discussion forums, groups and book reviews.
For those who want extra reading, here is an article from Library Hi Tech about LibraryThing and libraries.
It is possible to add link rolls from your delicious links and featured books from your Librarything library to your blog. If you get time you might want to try this for your 23 things blog (or any other personal blogs you have).
Post your delicious or Librarything usernames on the Ning so people can find you and add you to their networks.
Other sites to try You might want to take a look at a few different sites - there might be another service you like and want to use.
Diigo offers some similar features to Delicious, as well as highlighting and simultaneous posting to other bookmarking sites (including Delicious) meaning the two could be used in tandem.
Stumbleupon is a site where you can favourite websites and save them to an online favourites collection
Digg and Reddit work on the premise that sites are voted for with the most popular being the most prominently displayed on the Digg and Reddit sites.
In terms of social cataloguing popular sites include
Well.. only once of course but please vote for the blog of your choice! We have embedded a poll to the right and the list of blogs with links is below it. You can use any criteria.. favourite colour, best images, best written.. whatever. To save everyone's embarrassment we will only be revealing the winner (who will win a $20 cafe voucher) and the runner up (just the honour and glory!)
RSS feed readers (also known as aggregators) provide an easy way of keeping up to date with your favourite sites and blogs. The CommonCraft team have produced this 3 min 43 sec long clip explaining how it all works.
RSS readers There are many reader sites such as Google Reader and Bloglines, freely available on the internet. They require you to sign up for an account but it is free and accessible anywhere in the world. Browsers, such as Firefox and Internet Explorer, have RSS feed subscription facilities built in, as does Microsoft Outlook but these are tied to a specific computer.
Setting up an account For this week's tasks you'll need an account at a feed reader site. We suggest you use either Google Reader or Bloglines. In the case of Google Reader if you have a gmail account you can just sign in using exactly the same log-in details, and your account will be ready to go. On the other hand, if you want to go with Bloglines here's how to set yourself up:
Go to the Bloglines site and click on "Register with Bloglines".
Fill in your email address and create a password. This is your Bloglines log-in.
Check your email for a confirmation email from Bloglines
Follow the instructions provided and you are ready to go.
How do I add feeds/subscriptions? Have a look at this information from the "help" section of Google Reader to see how to add feeds. Alternately you can choose to use Bloglines as your feed reader. Here is a one minute video showing you how.
Where can I find things to subscribe to? There are a number of different ways to find things to subscribe to, for instance Google Blog search which limits your results to blog posts. You can search for new feeds directly from your feed reader too. Bloglines has a search tab on the main screen, and in Google Reader you can click the "add subscription" button then search by keyword. Many sites have a "subscribe" link and some, like the New Zealand Herald site, give you the option of subscribing to specific sections such as Entertainment, Politics and National news. Flickr also has feeds so you can subscribe to someone's photo updates. An example of this can be seen on the Ning where Jaime has provided the subscription link for the construction pics.
Thing 8: Setup your own Bloglines or Google Reader account.
Thing 9: Locate and subscribe to some blogs, including our participant blogs (listed ont he right hand sidebar of this blog). Tell us how it went in your blog post
Fun and games: if you have time
Subscribe to some feeds for sites you frequently visit.
Organise your feeds.
Use the search function on your feed reader to find new sites to follow.
Watch this 3 minute video by Common Craft about Flickr, then have a go at this week's Things.
Thing 6: Create a Flickraccount and upload an image to it To get a Flickr account, you need to sign up to Yahoo first. Remember to keep a note of your new username! Bypass this step if you're already a Yahoo member. Now you're ready to set up your Flickr page and start uploading images.
Thing 7: Add an image to your blog post this week You can load up a photo, or you can get creative with an image generator such as those described by The Generator Blog to create your image. For some inspiration, have a look at Murdoch University Library's 23 Things generated images.
Fun and games: if you have time
Add labels, descriptors and tags to your photos. To see how tags work in Flickr, go to the Explore menu, choose Popular Tags, and click on one.
Explore Tag Galaxy - it isn't part of Flickr but it pulls up "Flickr photos in 3D" in response to a search. Try simple searches like 'beatles' or 'tane mahuta'. The majority of photos for 'waikato university' are by a well-known library photographer!
Grab the Tag Galaxy globe and move it around with your mouse.
Exploit the options for energizing your pics in BigHugeLabs.
Watch this 3 minute explanation of blogging from the Common Craft people.
Thing 2: Set up your own blog
Set up your own blog by going to Blogger.com. If you already have a blog you can use it, or you are welcome to use another blog site such as WordPress if you prefer, but Blogger is very easy to use ... just have a brief look at the videos and instructions there and then click on the orange button labelled “Create a blog”. It will take you through the process.
Explore the settings, go mad and add as many gadgets, photos and sparkly flashing things as you want ... just don’t mention the name of our mystery building site! Remember to also write down your blog address.
Remember to allow comments so that others can comment on your blog posts.
Thing 3: Write your first post Each blog post should describe which Thing you have completed (remember to put that in the post title, too), what your experience was learning about it- easy, hard, impossible- perhaps ideas how you can use this in a library setting, and other comments on the process. While we don't expect a dissertation on every Thing, some thoughtful reflection and active participation would be great. You'll be using this blog to track your progress.
IMPORTANT NOTE: How you choose to identify yourself on your blog is your choice. You can blog under a screen name, anonymously, or as yourself.
Thing 4: Leave a comment at the end of this blog post with the URL of your blog Your blog address is http://(xxxx).blogspot.com, (xxxx)=the unique name of your blog. We will then link it from a list on the right hand side of the blog. Thing 5: Leave a comment on someone else's blog. Check the list on the right hand side of this page, where we will add blogs as we find out about them.
Fun and games: if you have time If you think that you have blogging covered, you might like to explore Twitter, which is sometimes described as "microblogging" ( like writing a blog but with very short posts). Check out some of the following:
Sign up to twitter by clicking the Getting-Started-Join button on the Twitter homepage and post a tweet.
What tweets should you follow?
Vye writes: There are lots of NZ people I follow who I think are great, but in the end the strength of Twitter is that you can personalise it, so who you follow depends on what you are using it for... and how you use it. Perhaps more relevant are the twitter tools for identifying ‘like minds’ or useful alerts. There’s a librarians twibe and a New Zealand twibe, there’s twellow. StephenFry is entertaining, as well as badbanana. Some useful alerts via Twitter:
Grabaseat - a quickscan and I know if there is anything of interest
NZBreakingNews – quick scan of headlines, and if I am interested I can quick through to the link
There are various music, event, concert, band alerts etc:
A huge proportion of people give up on twitter within a month of signing on – think it is because they do not find their niche – following famous people gets tiresome pretty quick. But using twitter for alerts is good - you don’t have to tweet much but you get the benefits. I actively seek out twittering blog authors I follow – my dependence on RSS feeds has dropped phenomenally – this is apparently very common.
Totally online
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Hi,
It was an interesting and edifying experience to learn totally online for
the first time last semester. As an adult learner, I only thought of the
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A slight change of focus
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Ok, so now the 23 things are all completed I thought I'd re-purpose this as
a professional reading blog. It is going to be useful to have a place to
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A list of reviewed articles (bibliography)
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- Bardyn, T. P. (2009, June). Library blogs: What’s most important for
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I thought i'd lay a rhyme on ya's this week! A rap if you will!
Boom Boom Clap Boom De Clap De Clap, Boom Boom Clap Boom De Clap De Clap,
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I wrote a post over the weekend musing about name mungings. It started like
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I was pondering the other how those nasty tabloids in the UK were turni...
Thing2: Chicken's first eggs
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Nannyoggblog? I'm talking CHICKENS! We bought 4 Orpington chicks last
summer: one Buff (Peaches), one Black (Midnight), one Grey (Nanny Ogg), and
one Splas...
In the beginnings...
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Just getting started and learning the tricks to blogs. Trying to fit in a
few minutes to get the ball rolling. Needs a bit of work to get to get some
excit...
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Setting up this blog was quite easy, as long as I made sure I read the
instructions, did not follow the directions of a certain male co-worker
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The Ballad of Leslie The Good
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*The Ballad of Leslie the Good....*
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