Web 2.0 meets Research 2.0 Jason A. Clark Head of Digital Access and Web Services Montana State University Libraries
May 16, 2015
Web 2.0 meets Research 2.0
Jason A. ClarkHead of Digital Access and Web ServicesMontana State University Libraries
A Look Ahead…• A quick discussion of Web2.0 and its possible
applications to library research • An introduction to the content delivery elements of
RSS, ATOM, and XML• An assessment of what we have learned through
an applied assignment
A Story…"But media is actually a triathlon, it's three different events. People like to consume, but they also like to produce, and they like to SHARE."
Clay Shirky at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008
Watch the video: http://blip.tv/file/855937/
Read the transcript: http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html
A Picture…
Web 2.0 - What is it?• Does it exist?• What does it look like?
• A shift in the medium...
http://montana.craigslist.org/ to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bozeman-MT/Montana-State-University-Libraries/20683532480
Web 2.0 - Defined?• Not a single technology - series of characteristics• User Participation - Social Web
• Embedded, "point of need" services
• Open, standardized data allowing for sharing
Source: AJ Cann, My Personal Learning Environment (PLE) http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/ple/ple5.html
Background Thoughts• RSS, ATOM, and XML - structured data formats that
carry information and can be reused in many differnet web settings
• Feed standards = standard way to share, read, and aggregate data
• Using Web 2.0 technology to get library materials into
the research workflow
Content Delivery with XML
• Potential of RSS and Atom• More than text - actual delivery of files• Word docs, .pdfs, sound files, media files...• Building of Widgets and Gadgets
Research 2.0 - Applications • Tagwatching - Delicious.com http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/tag/body+piercing?count=15 http://delicious.com/tag/body+piercing
• Keyword monitoring - Worldcat.com http://spirs.lib.montana.edu/worldcat/ http://www.worldcat.org/
• Update monitoring - Wikipedia.com http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=metadata&action=history&feed=rss
• Research Tools - Widgets and Gadgets http://www.lib.montana.edu/tools/
• "Beta" - MSU Library Labs http://www.lib.montana.edu/beta/
Class Exercise1. Set up Google Reader account at reader.google.com2. Using examples from preceding slide:
1.Set up alerts by subscribing to the feeds for Delicious tags, Worldcat keywords, and Wikipedia updates
2.Add a widget to your browser3.Add the MSU search gadget to your iGoogle page
Questions?
Getting Started - Feeds• RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and
Webmastershttp://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/
• Desktop Software for creating feedsExtraLabs Feed Editor - http://www.extralabs.net/feed-editor.htmFeedForAll - http://www.feedforall.com/• Tools for displaying feeds
Feed2JS - http://feed2js.org/FeedDigest - http://www.feeddigest.com/
Contact InformationJason A. Clark Montana State University LibrariesHead of Digital Access and Web [email protected]
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