Science Librarian 2.0: Get a Second Life?!

Elizabeth Connor, MLS, AHIPAssociate Professor, Daniel

LibraryThe Citadel

Charleston, South Carolina

Web 1.0   Web 2.0

Britannica Online --> Wikipedia

personal websites --> blogging

publishing --> participation

content management --> wikis

directories (taxonomy) --> tagging (“folksonomy")

stickiness --> syndication

Web 2.0 = read/write Web

• peer production• social networks• virtual worlds• mashups• syndicated content

Peer production

Social Networking

Virtual Worlds

Mashups

Mashups

• Yahoo Pipes

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes• Mashup Camp

http://www.mashupcamp.com/

Syndicated Content

Ideas to Try

• replace static intranet with blog/wiki• syndicate updated site content• track peer institutions through RSS • add book jackets to OPAC

“The screen was not meant to be read –

it was meant to be looked through.”

--David Worlock