Web 1.0 to 2.0 in Small Bytes

 

An Instructional Course for Boreham Library Staff on Technology That Can Be Done At Your Own Desk

a Little at a Time....

 

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If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.

– General Eric Shinseki, 34th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 1999-2003.

 

"Library 2.0 simply means making your library's space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative, and driven by community needs." -- Sarah Houghton-Jan

 

"Library 2.0 is, perhaps above all else, the idea of constant change. Not only constant library change, but the recognition that our communities are constantly changing and that our services to them must change proportionately." -- Michael Casey

 

 

Web 1.0 to 2.0 in Small Bytes Readings on Library 2.0 SECTION 1: Basic Computer Stuff USB Flash drives Organizing your hard drive Downloading/installing software E-Mail In General Thunderbird Section 2: Library-Specific OCLC Collection Analysis Create Lists in Millennium SECTION 3: Social Software del.icio.us Social Bookmarking Blogs & RSS Blogging IM (Instant Messaging) MySpace, Facebook, etc. Farther Out Creating Tutorials Working together using this wiki Drafts

 

* First, remember the convention here: the * asterisk indicates something specific for you to do.

 

* If you are going to use IE6 to view this page, then whenever you come to a link, right-click on it and select Open in New Window so that you can still get back to the wiki page easily.  If you are using IE7, then set it to open each link in a new tab.

 

* If you are using Firefox, then be sure you have the Tab Mix Plus add-on set to open a new tab from all the options possible.  Use the Tools menu, select Tab Mix Plus Options, and on the Tab Opening tab, select all the entries under Open Tabs From.

 

* You are able to make comments!  Tell me and everyone what works, what doesn't, what isn't clear enough, what the best parts of articles are, and how you like this method of learning on your own.

 

Oh, yeah... you want more graphics, like screenshots.  Sorry, but we have a limited amount of free space here before we have to start paying for it.  If I use a lot of graphics (Screenshots, etc.) here then we'll eat that free space up too quickly.  I'll try to be very clear and only use screenshots when absolutely unavoidable (I may use some from other servers, so it might take extra time to load -- bear with it, please.).

 

I WILL BE ADDING NEW TUTORIALS TO THIS AS TIME PERMITS.  I will send out notices when I put up a new one.  After that, it will be up to you to visit and see what's new.

 

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Readings on Library 2.0

 

Readings are NOT optional.  Skim them, at least.  They will give you a better idea of what we're talking about.

 

Have you noticed that we continue to be the first academic library in the state to put some things into action? (The things that don't cost extra money, anyway!).   Maybe because we're busy Turning "No" into "Yes" while others are still in committee.  Let's keep it up!

 

An overall view of Online Social Networks, Virtual Communities, Enterprises, and Information Professionals (part 1).  "More Americans have used the Internet to reach out to an online group than have used it to read news, search for health guidance, or buy something, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Report." 

 

Let's see an example of what Library 2.0 is about, at UW-Madison's Wendt Library Blog .

 

A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto from Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective (blog)

 

Library 2.0 Means Better Service a presentation by Marylaine Block for the British Columbia Library Association, April 19, 2007

 

Action Plan for a 2.0 Library  from Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective (blog)

 

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SECTION 1: Basic Computer Stuff

 

Picks up the little bits of important information which we all need to have, and may have missed training everybody on.

Please at least scan through each of these as they are added.  You might pick up a tip or two, even if you believe you're already familiar with what's being discussed.

 

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USB Flash drives

 

Click  USB Flash Drives  for this segment.

 

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Organizing your hard drive

 

Click Organizing Your Hard Drive for this segment.

 

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Downloading/installing software

 

Click Downloading and Installing Software for this segment.

 

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E-Mail In General

 

Click E-Mail In General for this segment.

 

 

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Thunderbird

 

Click Thunderbird for E-Mail for this segment.

 

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Section 2: Library-Specific

 

OCLC Collection Analysis

 

Click OCLC Collection Analysis for this segment.

 

Create Lists in Millennium

 

Click Create Lists in Millennium for this segment.

 

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SECTION 3: Social Software

 

Links to articles on Web 2.0 concepts, users -- use one per session, in addition to focus of study?

 

Read http://www.squidoo.com/library2point0  Using Web 2.0 Principles to Become Librarian 2.0

 

Check out Friends: Social Networking Sites for how libraries use social software.

 

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del.icio.us Social Bookmarking

 

Click delicious Social Bookmarking for this segment.

 

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Blogs & RSS

 

 Click Blogs and RSS for this segment.

 

 

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Blogging

 

This section is primarily for the Liaison Librarians, but anyone else is free to check it out just for fun.

 

Under construction.

 

 

 

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IM (Instant Messaging)

 

Under construction.

 

 

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MySpace, Facebook, etc.

 

Under construction.

 

 

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Farther Out

 

Under construction.

 

 

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Creating Tutorials

 

This section is primarily for the Liaison Librarians, but anyone else can check it out just for fun.

 

Under construction.

 

 

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Working together using this wiki

 

 

Think of this wiki as a shared online whiteboard. Your entire group can share information using this wiki, making your research accessible to everyone. Play around with this wiki: Notice how you can add comments to a page, see what people have changed, and edit all the text.

 

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Drafts

 

 

Draft 1

Draft 2