Mashups, Remixing Information & Making Data Browseable Karen Huffman Libraries & Information Services National Geographic Society Computers in Libraries.

Mashups, Remixing Information & Making Data

Browseable

Karen HuffmanLibraries & Information Services

National Geographic Society

Computers in LibrariesApril 16, 2007

Presentation

Available for download:

URL: www.ngslis.org/cil/Username: librariesPassword: cil2007

Agenda

• Who we are?

• Why Web 2.0/Web 3.0 matters?

• Practical applications

• What’s next

• Lessons learned

• Appendix

National Geographic Libraries“Navigate Knowledge”

Why does Web 2.0/3.0 matter?

• Next generation (evolutionary)

• Envision new, dynamic ways to deliver content

• It’s where our users are

• “Our desktops” are moving to the Web

• Enables new opportunities for collaboration

• “Adapt, adopt, innovate or die!”

What Do You See?

Practical Applications

RSS and Podcasting

• Brainstormed ideas

• Upgraded Libraries Web hoster

• Experimented with emerging technologies

Podcasting Content

• Bi-Monthly: Listen Up!− Intelligence reports, −NG in the News−EarthCurrent

• Monthly: −History Moment−Executive Briefing

• Quarterly: −Trends Analysis Report

Impact: The Domino Effect…

• Re-purposing National Geographic assets

• Executive management retreat

• CFO 2.0

Impact: NG.com & iTunes

Wikis: Defining Spaces

• Calendars

• Dictionaries and encyclopedias

• Directories

• Manuals, tutorials, and best practices

• Newsletters

• Project planning and status reports

• Reference material/FAQs

• Research and expertise database

• Resumes

• Special interest groups

• Team and division sites

• White-boarding/prototyping ideas

LIS Wiki: NG Lingo

LIS Wiki: Records Classification

LIS Wiki: Project Planning

LIS Wiki: Mind Mapping

Gen Yers: White-board New Site

New Intranet Team Site

Kids 2.0 Wiki

Cross-Team Wiki + Mashups

Impact: 8,000+ Research Grants

Women Explorers Wiki (WE)

Women Explorers Wiki

NG Channel International (NGCI)

Where are we headed next…

Lessons Learned

• Ensure you have the “right people” on the bus

• MUST work in the “white spaces” to affect change

• Collaboration is key

• Understand your organization’s culture

• Prototype ideas but keep it simple, personal

• Communicate: Share results/impact

• Shift gears if strategy does not match needs

Appendix

Enterprise Solutions

• Corporate Intranet (NG Insider) − IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management

• Electronic Document Management (eDocs)−DominoDoc

• Omniture (Web metrics)

Web 2.0 Applications/Tools

• Blogs−WordPress.org

• Digital Maps−Google Maps API (external use only)−KML/GeoRSS

• Mind mapping−FreeMind.SourceForge.net−Gliffy.com

−MindJet.com MindManager

RSS

• Bloglines.com

• Feed2JS.org

• FeedDigest.com

• FeedForAll.com

• MagPieRSS.SourceForge.net

• NewsGator.com “On-Demand”

Podcasts• Microphones

−High end: Shure 58−Remote Recording: HHB’s DRM85 “The FlashMic” − “Mike,” a portable digital audio deck: Marantz (Model

PMD671)

• Software−Apple’s GarageBand apple.com/itunes−Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net −Castblaster castblaster.com−ePodcast industrialaudiosoftware.com−Propaganda makepropaganda.com

• RSS/XML Generator−FeedForAll feedforall.com

Wiki Tools

• Application: MediaWiki−Registration required for contribution−Allow uploads of multiple file format

• Extensions (or add-ons)−Access control – Input form−Calendar – RSS feeds

• Customization−Omniture for Web metrics

• Web hoster: LunarPages−< $100/year