Martin De Saulles

Session 1 - Overview and Introduction to Social Media

Timetable for Session 1

Survey of Participants (this will be closed after the first day)

Presentations (PDF format)

Introduction - what is Web 2.0?

What is Library 2.0?

Social Media introduction

Twitter Overview

Tagging, Folksonomies and Social Bookmarking

Examples of Web 1.0 Public Web Sites

• Very basic web page
• A bit more sophisticated
• Gratuitous animation

Examples of Web 1.5 Public Web Sites

• Old look but RSS is here
• This is much better - more dynamic

Examples of Web 2.0 Public Web Sites

• This site only exists to interact with users
• Users made this possible

Examples of Library 2.0 Public Web Sites

• Good example of an academic library blog
• A public library wiki
• OPAC 2.0 - Academic library
• OPAC 2.0 - Public library
• Adding video and photos to library site (click on Programs in the menu)

 Videos