Web 2.0

 

Just a brief note: Here are links to all of my presentations and a few writings on various Web2.0 technologies. I blog at contendivergent about new technologies including web2.0. Feel free to stop by.


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>> Blogging basics: Basic introduction includes what is a blog, a short history of blogging, and a brief overview of blog tools. (originally created as a word doc, published in its entirety at googledocs)

>> Direct link to the patron (Getting started blogging and with other web tools) (ppt) (originally conference presentation; updated 2007): overview of wordpress, movable type, expression engine, getting started blogging, and other web tools

>> LipSmacking Good: Web 2.0 Technologies & your blog overview:
Covers a brief (very brief) overview of blogging plus using tools such
as bookmarking (del.icio.us), image hosting (flickr), video hosting
& videocasting (Youtube), widgets, and mashups. (ppt)(conference presentation; 2007)

>>Lots of Web 2.0 Links & Tools : Originally created for a presentation but has grown much beyond that. If you have a del.icio.us account, subscribe to the links to see updates.

>> Web 2.0 Technologies: a brief overview: Covers from the beginning: Overview of blogging, what is Web 2.0, etc. (originally created as a word doc, published at googledocs)

>>Wordpress vs. Blogger: Created as a spreadsheet comparing features. (originally created as a word doc, published at googledocs)

Writings
How to get web saavy quick : brief article on using free stuff on the web including email, image hosting, & more.
E-zine choices and comparison of software: includes drupal, pacercms, mambo/joomla, and many other products.
Making the connection online: social networking for artists

Direct link to the patron

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An introduction to blogging, comparing blogging tools and overview of RSS and more.

  

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Lip Smacking Good: New toys for your blog

 

Covers a brief (very brief) overview of blogging plus using tools such as bookmarking (del.icio.us), image hosting (flickr), video hosting & videocasting (Youtube), widgets, and mashups. (ppt)(conference presentation; 2007)

Available as ppt or via slideshare (Note: movie does not work in slideshare)

Blogging Overview

Blogging Basics


Basic introduction includes what is a blog, a short history of blogging, and a brief overview of blog tools. (originally compiled for a 2005 presentation; crossposted in entirety as UGA Libraries: Introduction to Blogging and a brief overview at googledocs)

 

Scripting News weblog, located at http://newhome.weblogs.com/ is considered by many to be longest running weblog on the Internet.
According to several histories of blogs, the first use of the term ‘blog’ appeared on Robert Wisdom’s Weblog in 1997.
Modern day blogging is considered to have started around 1994; in 1999 Blogger launched as free online software, enabling anyone to quickly and freely publish to the web. Now, a variety of software exists to write and manage online journals, diaries, news services, and blogs.

What is a weblog (aka blog)?


According to wikipedia:

weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order). Although most early weblogs were manually updated, tools to automate the maintenance of such sites made them accessible to a much larger population, and the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging".


…The totality of weblogs or blog-related websites is often called the blogosphere.
When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or controversy in the blogosphere, it is sometimes called a blogstorm or blog swarm.


…Because incoming links to specific entries are important to many weblogs, most have a way of archiving older entries and generating a static address for them; this static link is referred to as a permalink.
The latest headlines, with hyperlinks and summaries, are frequently offered in weblogs in the RSS
or AtomXML format, to be read with a feed reader.

The tools for editing, organizing, and publishing weblogs are variously referred to as "content management systems","publishing platforms", "weblog software", and simply "blogware".

According to blogwithoutalibrary.net, their April 2005 listed included 245 libraries:

 

An overview of the UGA Libraries process


After an initial study by a subcommittee of WAG (Chaired by Amy Watts) in 2004, WAG moved forward with plans to create a blog in 2005. In January, a subcommittee of WAG was formed to investigate, implement, and design the Libraries blog. Initial thoughts were that the blog would replace the What’s New/Featured Sites section of the website.


One large question was what this new feature would be called. After much discussion, the title News & Events was considered to be the most appropriate. The subcommittee consists of Robin Fay (WAG Liaison, research, database testing, CSS & training assistance), Amy Watts (research, database testing, documentation & training), Jean Cleveland (research, evaluation, blog testing, content), and Sheila Devaney (research, evaluation, blog testing, content).

Feb. 4, 2005 Blog subcommittee meets for the first time:

 

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Additional blogs / spinoff--SLC? EndNote?

Examples of other Library Wordpress blogs

The Library Weblog
http://www.codlibrary.org/blog/

Ohio University Libraries News
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/newsblog/

Articles about blogging in Libraries

Carver, B. (2003) Is it time to get blogging? Library Journal (1976) part Net Connect (Winter)p. 30-2, Retrieved August 25, 2005 from HW Wilson.

Abstract:

Librarians need to keep up with Web logs (blogs) and produce them. Details of blog entries; blogs' ability to bring information, news, and Web sites to readers in quick and efficient ways; the collaboration that contributes to blogs; how to write a simple blogging script; what makes a good blog; the reader benefits of blogs; reader participation in blogs; blogs as a new alternative media; and
whether a library should use blogs are provided.

Fichter, D. (2003) Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library's Services. Information Today, 17. Retrieved August 25, 2005.

http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov03/fichter.shtml

Abstract:

Librarians have had to learn how to do a lot with just a little in order to promote awareness of their programs and services. They have seized the opportunities to market libraries in the real world via traditional media: newspapers, corporate newsletters, radio, and TV. Many libraries produce brochures, pathfinders, and their own newsletters. So it is no surprise to see librarians stepping up to the plate and spreading the word online with blogs. Savvy librarians have identified blogs as another means to market libraries and their services.

Resources

List of Library Blogs by Library type

http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?page_id=94

Libraries/Library organizations/Librarians who blog about library related issues

http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html

History of Blogs

Weblogs.Com
News

http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs

Juice news daily

http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/0505/news/history_blogs.html

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs