LIBR 246-12: Web 2.0 and Social Networking Tools (Fall 2008)

September 22 - 28

• Learning Objectives
• Lecture
• Readings
• Examples
• Things to Do

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the week, you should:

1. Identify strategies for getting patrons to use RSS feeds from the library.
2. Understand what a mashup is and how libraries can use mashups.
3. Know how to create a simple mashup.

 

Lecture

No lecture this week since we'll be having an Elluminate session.

 

Readings

Required

Rothman, D. (2006). “Recap: My notes on RSS for Clinicians.” DavidRothman.net.

King, David Lee. (2005). “Creating a Personalized 'My Library' page with no sweat.” davidleeking.com.

van den Brekel, G. (2007). "What if the Library Would Offer You PennVibes?" DigiCMB.

(2007). "Top 5 Personalized Start Pages." Pandia.

Merrill, D. (2006). “Mashups: The new breed of web app.” IBM.

Mills, E. “Mapping a Revolution with 'Mashups.'” Cnet.

Blyberg, J. (2006). “Tasteful Mashups or Spoiled Mojo.” blyberg.net.

Vielmetti, E. “Mashups: What happened?” Superpatron.

 

Optional

“The Library 2.0 Mashup Gang” (podcast).

 

Examples

Library Start Page
Dublin City Public Libraries
University Medical Center Groningen (work in progress)

 

Check out the entries in Talis' Mashing Up the Library Competition.
Browse the Programmable Web site to see some interesting mashups.
Browse through some of the Google Map mashups at Google Maps Mania.
Browse through some of the mashups at Yahoo! Pipes.

 

Things to Do

1. Complete Exercise 3 (due September 27)

2. Write a post describing how you think mashups and personalized start pages could be used in your setting or the setting you're interested in (due September 27).

3. Write a blog post that includes a brief description of an article, technology, blog post, or other interesting resource outside of the classwork you've found that's related to that week's topic. Be sure to include a link to the resource (due September 27).

4. Comment on at least two other people's blog posts (due September 29).

5. Mandatory Elluminate session, September 25, 6:30-8:00 pm PT.