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

March 16 - 22

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

Learning Objectives

By the end of the week, you should:

1. Understand wikis: their history and uses.
2. Know how to contribute to and edit a wiki.
3. Identify ways that wikis can be used in libraries.
4. Identify best practices in developing wikis for libraries.
5. Understand how social bookmarking tools work.
6. Identify ways that social bookmarking tools can be used in libraries.

Lecture

Text lecture link

Readings

Farkas, Chapters 5 & 8 (pages 130 at the start of the social bookmarking section - 148)
Lally, A. M. and Dunford, C. E. (2007, May/June). “Using Wikipedia to Extend Digital Collections.” D-Lib Magazine, 13.
Corrado, E. and Frederick, K. (2008). "Free and Open-Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides." Code4Lib Journal.
Nichani, M. (2007). "Planning and Sustaining Wiki-Based Collaboration Projects." Pebble Road.
Cashel, J. (2007). “When to Use a Wiki.” Online Community Report.
Common Craft. “Wikis in Plain English.” (Video)
Bryant, S. L. et al. (2005). "Becoming Wikipedian: transformation of participation in a collaborative online encyclopedia." Proceedings of the 2005 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work. (You can skim this one)
Rethlefsen, M. (2007, September 15). “Tags Help Make Libraries del.icio.us.” Library Journal.

Examples

Excellent Non-Library Wikis
Holocaust Wiki Project
Davis Wiki
RocWiki

Library Wikis
Ohio University’s Biz Wiki
University of South Carolina Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library
Plymouth Regional High School Library Wiki
Durham County Library Strategic Plan wiki
Antioch New England Graduate School's Library Training Wiki
Alaska Association of School Librarians
ALA Chicago 2005 Wiki
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

Social Bookmarking
del.icio.us
steve.museum
StumbleUpon
Diigo
Connotea
CiteULike
Kaboodle

Libraries Using Social Bookmarking
PennTags (take a look at this project in PennTags. Click on “Cinema of Martin Scorcese” which will take you into the UPenn Library catalog. Look at the bottom of the catalog record.)
The College of New Jersey Libraries
University of Michigan Health Science Libraries
Springfield Technical and Community College
Menasha Public Library
Dublin City Public Libraries

Things to Do

1. Play with all of the examples listed above.
2. Complete Exercise 5, due March 20. (Tag = Exercise5)

3. Write at least one blog post on one (or more) of the following topics (due March 20):

1. Which of the library wiki examples did you consider most effective (you can pick more than one) and why? (Tag = blogpostwk8n1)

2. What do you think of the idea of using wikis and social bookmarking for library subject guides? Which one would you rather use and why? (Tag = blogpostwk8n2)

3. What do you see as the best applications of wiki software in libraries and why? (Tag = blogpostwk8n3)

4. What are some of the weaknesses of tagging for making content more findable? (Tag = blogpostwk8n4)

5. What are some of the useful applications of social bookmarking tools beyond just bookmarking things you found online and want to remember? (Tag = blogpostwk8n5)

6. Write your own reflections on what you learned this week. (Tag = blogpostwk8n6)

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 March 20). (Tag = resourcewk8)

5. Comment on at least two other people's blog posts (due March 22).

6. Elluminate session Wednesday, March 17, 6:00 - 7:00 pm PT