LIBR 246-04/13 Web 2.0 (Spring 2010)

February 23 - March 1

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

Learning Objectives

By the end of the week, you should:

1. Understand what the real-time web is and how it is impacting communication.

2. Understand what lifestreaming is and how it is being used.

3. Articulate how libraries can use tools like Twitter to extend their brand and communicate with patrons.

 

Lecture

 

Text lecture link

 

Readings

Required

Schonfeld, E. (2009). "Jump into the Stream." TechCrunch.
Spivack, N. (2009). "Welcome to the Stream: The Next Phase of the Web."
Fromm, K. (2009). "The Real-Time Web: A Primer, Part 1." Read/Write Web. (please read parts 2 and 3 as well)
King, D. (2009). "The Destination Web is Morphing: Pay Attention." David Lee King.
Rubel, S. (2009). "A Lifestreaming Workflow." The Steve Rubel Lifestream.
Levine, J. (2009). "Experimenting with my Stream." The Shifted Librarian.
Holson, L. (2009). "Short Outbursts on Twitter? #Big Problem." New York Times.
Stone, B. and Cohen N. (2009). "Social Networks Spread Defiance Online." New York Times
Johnson, S. (2009). "How Twitter will Change the Way We Live." Time.
King, D. (2009). "Attracting Friends, Part 2: Twitter." David Lee King.
Brown, L. (2009). "Libraries on Twitter (Updated List)." Circulation.
Brown, L. (2009). "Twittering Libraries." LIS 5313 Course Wiki (great paper by an LIS student gives a lot of great background on Twitter)
Kelly, D. (2009). "How Your Library May Not Be Using Twitter But Should." kellydallen.
Sela, E. (2009). "Readtwit - Turns Links in Twitter Tweets into an RSS Feed." makeuseof.com

Examples

Lifestreaming Applications

FriendFeed

Posterous

SweetChron

Amplifeedr

Cliqset

WP Lifestream (for wordpress blogs)

 

Twitter Applications

Twitpic

Tweetdeck

Twitterfeed

Twhirl

Tweepler

 

Things to Do

1. Explore the above examples.

2. Complete Exercise 3, due February 27. (Tag = Exercise3)

3. Write at least one blog post on one (or more) of the following topics (due February 27):

1. What do you think of Twitter? What are some of the positives and negatives of the medium? (Tag = blogpostwk5n1)

2. How can you envision using Twitter in a library or other information organization? (Tag = blogpostwk5n2)

3. How can you avoid information overload in a real-time web/streaming environment? (Tag = blogpostwk5n3)

4. Do you think the destination web era is over? Why or why not? (Tag = blogpostwk5n4)

5. Write your own reflections on what you learned this week. (Tag = blogpostwk5n5)

4. 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 February 27). (Tag = resourcewk5)

5. Comment on at least two other people's blog posts (due March 1).

6. Elluminate session Wednesday, February 24, 6:00 - 7:00 pm PT