1	The Age of the Human Filter New Website Technologies Andrea Mercado NAHSL 2006, Hartford, CT
2	Social, Audio-Visual, Interactive Web sites are about offering connectivity Less about building, more about enhancing Caveat: application with purpose is key, so have a plan
3	Hot Options for Going Web 2.0 Web 2.0 ~ Human filtering = Tagging (folksonomy) Syndication (RSS, Push Technology) Social bookmarking Social networking Blogs, more pointedly, blog software as content management systems (CMSs) Podcasting, vidcasting, screencasting Wikis Social bookmarking
4	Blogs are Still “In” Easier than XHTML/CSS for the non-techie External blogs a viable option Blogger - http://www.blogger.com Blog software as CMS WordPress - http://www.wordpress.com Plugins extend social networking and more Software install requires coordination with IT
5	Blog as CMS: WordPress
6	Sharing the Visuals YouTube - http://www.YouTube.com: video hosting (FREE) Flickr - http://www.flickr.com: image hosting (basic account free & robust, paid options) Both offer: Storage Syndication and web page embedding Social qualities: bookmark, favorites, sharing, blogging, grouping, playlists, comments, tagging, video responses, ratings Not much coordination with IT required
7	Sharing Video: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhircPB0NYg
8	The Art of the ‘Cast *casting: syndicated content using RSS Feed generator to create Blogger + FeedBurner - http://www.feedburner.com WordPress podPress plugin - http://www.podpress.org Attaches link for file download Outside hosting/application services available Aggregator to “catch” Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com: PC play iTunes - http://www.itunes.com: iPod Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net: non-iPod Excellent for conference, classroom, illustrative, educational audio and video content
9	Wikis: Collaborative Content Can be private or public Information power to the (or, specifically, your) people Encyclopedic knowledge, collaborative documentation creation and management Various user access levels available IT involvement varies
10	Starting a Wiki MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org: wiki software (used by Wikipedia) installed on server, IT coordination a must Externally hosted options: Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com PBWiki - http://www.pbwiki.com Free and pay account options Easy set up
11	Flu Wiki (www.fluwikie.com)*
12	Human Search Engineering Emailing links is so passé Easily sharable, tagable, searchable Many free services to choose from Mainly a feature in blog software, but can be applied to static pages Social Bookmark Link Creator http://www.ifeedreaders.com/social-creator/ IT involvement varies
13	Social Bookmarking: Major Players del.ici.ous http://del.icio.us digg http://www.digg.com blinklist http://www.blinklist.com LookSmart’s Furl http://www.furl.net Reddit http://www.reddit.com Yahoo! My Web http://myweb.yahoo.com simpy http://www.simpy.com
14	Reading & Further Resources “The Terrible Twos: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and More” by Greg R. Notess http://www.infotoday.com/online/may06/OnTheNet.shtml “Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software” by Michael Stephens http://tinyurl.com/manhb Making Sense of Social Software in the Library http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11519 SirsiDynix Institute Web Seminar Archive: Podcasting, wikis, and so much more http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/archive.php Show and Tell The Easy Way - An Introduction to Screencasting: Free Webinar 11/8/2006 http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid=71
15	Contact Information Andrea Mercado Reference & Techie Librarian Reading Public Library Reading, MA 781-944-0840 mercado@noblenet.org See also: http://www.LibraryTechtonics.info http://www.PLABlog.org