Post on 08-May-2015
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User generated content and social networking
Phil Bradley
Weblogs
Weblogs
• Weblogs– Create a library weblog– Additional or new library resources– Introduce members of staff– Use it as a repository of data and information by
using categories and tags– Don’t regard a weblog as a diary – it’s an
important website in its own right…
Weblogs
• Use weblogs as an aid in the library– Historical, educational, fictional weblogs– Link to existing book collections– Create new weblogs– Use weblogs for book reviews
Weblogs continued…
• Use the weblog RSS feed on the site home page as a news feed
• Encourage people to add the feed to their start page or RSS reader
• Create a different weblog for a different subject area – invite other authors
• Use it in a different way, on a different page
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
Microblogging
• Twitter• Shout’em• Edmodo
Wikis
• Self created websites• Single/multi authored• Public/private• Quick and dirty/Very professional• Short term task• Long term project
Web pages
• Little/no knowledge of HTML• Various types of data– Bulletin boards– Search resources– Image/multimedia
• Easy to update
Newsgroups, forums bulletin boards
• Google Groups• Tile.net• Omgili
Bookmarking
• Delicious• Diigo• SPURL• Reddit• Digg• Sphinn• Xmarks
Bookmarking
• Share and collaborate on bookmarks– With Staff, students, parents, other librarians
• Blend bookmarks into website, specific pages, weblog, wikis
• Encourage continual additions
Shared content
• Google maps• Google documents• Cl1p for pc – pc copying
Presentations
• Slideshare• Sliderocket• Authorstream• WizIQ
Photographs
• Flickr• Photobucket• Picasa
Using Flickr
• Create a free account• Post photographs of the library, school trips,
library events, local history, staff• Create trading cards• Create motivational posters• Blend back into the website, weblog, wiki
Social Networks
• Facebook• MySpace• Bebo• Ravelry• Twitter?• Ning• LinkedIn• Plaxo
LibraryThing
Mashups
• #uksnow (A good animation here)• Mashup for almost anything!
http://fullmeasure.co.uk/mashups/ecsitemap.htmhttp://www.webmashup.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=132
Multimedia
• YouTube etc. • Podcasting• Audioboo• Narrated slideshows• Narrated presentations
‘One trick ponies’
• Home/start pages• Wall wisher• Posters• Chats• Polls/questionnaires• Wordle• Chatrooms
Home/start pages
• Netvibes, Pageflakes or iGoogle• Create content, hosted by a 3rd party• Update when necessary, instantly• Incorporate content back onto the website• Easy to create and maintain
Pageflakes
Netvibes
Plugoo
Gabbly Chat
Meebo
Coveritlive
‘Poster/wall based’
• Add to a ‘wall’• Create a poster• Single page, single subject• Collate content from various sources
Wallwisher
Glogster
SurveyMonkey
Wordle
Search engines
• Custom search engines• Searching social media content• People moderated search• Searching bookmarked content• RSS feeds
Google custom search
Eurekster swicki
Social Mention
Whostalking?
Omgili
Web Insuggest
RSS
• Really Simple Search• Rich Site Summary• ‘Read some stories’• Newsfeeds• It’s a common way of transferring data from
one resource to another one
• The version a human being sees:
• The RSS version:• Phil Bradley's weblog• http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/• Internet searching, web design, search engine developments and anything that will interest librarians!• en-GB • 2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00 Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'• http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/egypt_blogger_j.html• Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used
his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to...• <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6385849.stm" title="BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Egypt blogger jailed for
'insult'">Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'</a>. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to the BBC story.</p>
• Current Affairs
• philipbradley• 2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00
• Google charges for web programs• http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/google_charges_.html• Google charges for web programs. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great
surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a...• <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6385487.stm" title="BBC NEWS | Technology | Google charges for web programs">Google
charges for web programs</a>. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a premium version of their email, calendar, word processing and messaging package. It'll cost £27 or 40€ or $50 which includes more storage, phone help and 99.9% uptime (which is actually downtime of about 9 hours per year if you don't want to work it out yourself) and it'll be advertisement free.</p>
• <p>Google is of course saying that it's not an attack on Microsoft.</p>
• Google specific
• philipbradley
• Each RSS resource has its own URL and other applications can point to that URL, gather the data and display it in a different format.
Bloglines
Google Reader
FeedMySearch
Kick RSS
So, to summarise...
Advantages
• Lots of it!• Constantly updated• Vast coverage• Currency• Flexibility• Ability to create answers quickly• Take/embed content• Update website from 3rd party resource
Disadvantages
• Currency• Accuracy• Bias – covert/overt• Locating material• Copyright issues• Transitory• Relying on 3rd party resource• Longevity
Disadvantages (yes, more!)
• Cannot control or badge content• Distrust by management• ‘Not your job’• Technical staff opposition
How can you use this stuff?
• Jigsaw content together on a web page• Write once, Update many• Multi authoring• Blend content• Multi access points• Create one-off answers• Engage users