MLA Web 2.0 Principles

(03/05/2008)

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Presented by Medical Library Association.

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:01

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Web molded for engagement and collaboration.

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:02

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Panel - Dale Prince, U. of MD Baltimore
Michelle Kraft, Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library
David Rothman, medical library blogger

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Also Bart Ragon, U. of VA-Charlottesville

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:05

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Also will have prerecorded presentations through workshop

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:07

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Overview of Web2.0 tools, effect on health care services, and assess the efficacy of these tools.

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WEb 1.0 - Static pages, rarely updated, HTML, hierarchial

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Web2.0 - web as platform; user-added value; beta-forever; interactive and social

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:15

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MLA definition - web-based participatory services for creativity, collaboration, and sharing.

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:16

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Discussed Stephen Downes article on semantic web.

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Social networking 1.0 was F2F, phone, email - one-to-one
Social networking 2.0 - one to many

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Sermo, NursesConnect - adds human element

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Social networks bring human library to the users...paradox

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Noted as Web2.0 - delicious / AJAX / RSS / Podcasts / MAshups / Facebook / LinkedIn

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Libraries should have RSS feeds for new books, tagging, relevance ranking, etc.

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Web 2.0 in action - David Rothman and Michelle Kraft

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USing tools - (1) talk intelligently about them and (2) ID ways to use them to make connections

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Uses FAcebook (students), LinkedIn (colleagues). and Ning (discipline)
Also uses delicious and Flickr
Uses RSS Feed aggregator

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Discussed search-based RSS Feeds

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{Just noticed Bud's comments are not coming in}

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:34

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Went over Blogs for Healthcare and Medical Libraries

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:35

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HealthCare 100 tries to rank top medical blogs - depends on Google ranks

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:36

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Discussed wikis for and by medical librarians

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Wikis used for acquisition collaboration, instructional tool, committee work / minutes and author database management.

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"Good" wikis - accountable administrators, posted editorial policies, checking of credentials before giving writing access, and active community of revisions

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Melissa - member of "Cool Web Tools Task Force"

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Group chat rooms add to tool efficacy - real-time, free, and documented

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Embedded chat room on wiki pages

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Slideshare, zoho, google docs, spalshcast, pownce

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likes Pownce because you can do more than Twitter - add attachments, links, etc.

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discussed differences between social bookmarking and computer based favorites.

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Cool part of social bookmarking - social searches, RSS feeds and special tags

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Outlook 2007 has RSS feed forwarding capability

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Learning Curve but gains quickly evident

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:56

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Question came in about setting up wikis that are private (which makes sense to medical community but is SO not Web 2.0)

Wednesday March 5, 2008 2:59

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Discussion about free versus hosted blogs. I would differentiate between "free" and "open".

Wednesday March 5, 2008 3:01

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Use free for ad hoc - committee work

Wednesday March 5, 2008 3:02

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Discussion about how much time to devote to Web 2.0 times when old tasks still remain.

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Michele noted RSS feeds save her time

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Other bloggers serve as current awareness filters

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Question - what happens when there is push back from IT about implementing web 2.0 tool

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Answer - show relevance by showing other IHEs doing it, or look to free tools and bypass IT

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Also have planned argument - if specific websites blocked, give excellent examples of sites you would want to use, not just "I want to use YouTube."

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Question - how to measure demand and success of Web2.0 tools?

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RSS stats

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Part 3 - Web 2.0 Adoption and Forecasting

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Loosely based on Steven Abram's "43 Things"

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Tips for Learning 2.0
- Homework up front
- Supervisors onboard
- Incentives
- Support Group (In-person)
- Cheerleading

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- Encourage group dialogue
- Respect work load
- Do not jump too far ahead in technology
- Make it fun

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MLA CE online - Web 2.0 101
8 weeks, 8 hours CE credit

Wednesday March 5, 2008 3:18

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Melissa - surveyed class , no one had heard of delicious or RSS Feed

Focused on these two tools and their integration

Wednesday March 5, 2008 3:20

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Assignment to set up accounts, subscribe to specific types of feeds, and minimum number of tags per week

Wednesday March 5, 2008 3:23

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{Will need to email CoverItLive support about why Bud could not comment...}

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Lots of "No's" and "Buts"...

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Work to go from "neat" to "useful"

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Forecasting - Healthcare will begin to look more like Wealthcare (online banking, ATM's, etc)

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Google Health / WebMD / Microsoft HealthVault - open API

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Bleeding edge right now - not sure of where things are going

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Concerns about whether average American patient can understand health care the same way they handle online banking.

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Worry about digital health divide

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Question - should libraries have presence in Second Life? Answer is most consumers and computers not ready for it.

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Might be used in training but little need to go to SL for health info when web sites better

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What is most bang for buck - recommended answer - Google Reader and delicious network

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Goal is not to get someone to use tools - goal is to identify needs and match tool to meet that need

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Market the services - not the tools

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How does one find out whether a wiki can be trusted?

Look at ABOUT page, policy page, etc.

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Semantic web is next big thing on horizon. Mashup will also become easier and more prolific (and customizable).

Mobile will also be on horizon.

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End messages - try tools (but start small - pick one - don't let technology overwhelm you)

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