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

PBworks

Wetpaint

Web pages

• Little/no knowledge of HTML• Various types of data– Bulletin boards– Search resources– Image/multimedia

• Easy to update

Zimbio

Squidoo

Disposable web pages

Newsgroups, forums bulletin boards

• Google Groups• Tile.net• Omgili

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

Del.icio.us

Spurl

Xmarks

Shared content

• Google maps• Google documents• Cl1p for pc – pc copying

Google docs

Adobe Buzzword

Cl1p.net

Drop.io

Yousendit

Presentations

• Slideshare• Sliderocket• Authorstream• WizIQ

Slideshare.net

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

Facebook

MySpace

LinkedIn

Ravelry

LiveJournal

Ning

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

Schools Radio

Screentoaster

‘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