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“How to keep up without having to stay up” Web 2.0 for the Solo Librarian James Mullan – Information Officer CMS Cameron McKenna LLP The challenges for Solo Librarians ??***?? - p2 Time Budget (Resources) Professional Isolation Cover Learning to juggle! The advantages ??***?? - p3 Independence/Autonomy Flexible Schedule Variety Wide Knowledge No staff (potentially) What is Web 2.0? ??***?? - p4 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Solitary Encourages sharing Relied on installed software Is Web-based Was about individuals Is about communities Was about consuming Is about creating Homepages Weblogs Finding information Information coming to you What are the key concepts for Librarians? Web 2.0 is… – – – – – – ??***?? - p5 Collaborative Focused on content Web-based Social Decentralised Re-mixable What that really means! The Web 2.0 tools Law Librarians are using are Social and… Provide systems for the sharing of information and services among individuals and groups… …perfect for Solo librarians? ??***?? - p6 Some of the tools available… Twitter (Microblogging) RSS/Blogs ??***?? - p7 Twitter A Microblogging tool Made famous by celebrity users – – – – ??***?? - p8 Stephen Fry Jonathan Ross Barack Obama James Mullan Several ways to use Twitter – – – – – ??***?? - p9 Searching for information Information Updating Following trends Asking questions Social Networking Tweetbeep and Twilert will email you when Tweets match your search terms Hashtags are used to identify and find content – – – – ??***?? - p10 #Mumbai #Bushfires #UKSnow #CreditCrunch More Twitter tools! ??***?? - p11 TweetDeck Twhirl Twellow TweetStats Twist Twitterverse Twitterholic Really Simple Syndication (RSS) A means by which to “syndicate” content available on the Web Your “radar” ??***?? - p12 The benefits of using RSS ??***?? - p13 No need to visit websites Summaries Reduction in emails Many media types included Information becomes discreet Easy to share How you could use RSS? To monitor Legal and Librarianship Blogs To monitor news stories and company information To monitor new legal content: – Legislation – Case Law – Journal Articles – Know How ??***?? - p14 What you’ll need! An RSS FeedReader or Newsreader – – – – Bloglines Google Reader FeedDemon Newsgator An RSS Feed! – Navigate to any website and look for the RSS icon ??***?? - p15 Blogs du Jour! Some of the Blogs I follow: – – – – – – ??***?? - p16 Binary Law Enquiring Minds Want to Know Information Overlord House of Butter Jennie Law The BIALL Blog The obstacles… Your IT Department ??***?? - p17 Web 2.0 for the wary… …what you need to think about – – – – – ??***?? - p18 Time Cost Exposure Information Overload The 4P’s Can I ignore Web 2.0? No ??***?? - p19 Questions/Thoughts [email protected] http://www.therunninglibrarian.co.uk http://www.biall.blogspot.com http://www.twitter.com/jimmy1712 ??***?? - p20
