What IS Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is
a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web
from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web
applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace
desktop computing applications for many purposes. Although the term suggests a
new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to Web
technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and
end-users use the web as a platform. (from Wikipedia)
Below find some examples
of Web 2.0 sites. You might also want to check out http://del.icio.us/jessicaelaineth to learn more about these sites and to view
them in a different way (see del.icio.us at work!).
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“All Together Now”
Reading Lists. Wiki where librarians add to/update current
reading lists used by teachers and librarians with various themes lists as
well as add entirely new lists. This
is a resource for reader’s advisory for all ages (though there are lots of
children’s and teens’ lists). You may
join the wiki space for free by signing up with a username and password. |
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Blogger. (“blog” = short for web log). In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where
you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your
visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email
you. Or not. http://www.blogger.com/ Some sample blogs: A Librarian’s Guide to
Etiquette: A Polite Librarian is a Good Librarian: http://libetiquette.blogspot.com/ I can has cheezburger? The
definitive lolcats archive complete
with horrible grammar and spelling! http://icanhascheezburger.com/ The Defamer: “The Stereogum: Music blog http://www.stereogum.com/ Political Blogs: Democrat: http://www.democrats.org/blog.html Republican: http://www.gop.com/blog/ |
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Craigslist. is a centralized network of online urban communities,
featuring free classified advertisements (with jobs, internships, housing,
personals, for sale/barter/wanted, services, community, gigs, resume, and
pets categories) and forums sorted by various topics. Free to browse. \ |
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del.icio.us. The website del.icio.us
(pronounced as "delicious") is a social bookmarking web service for
storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. A non-hierarchical keyword categorization
system is used on del.icio.us where users can tag each of their bookmarks with a number
of freely chosen keywords (cf. folksonomy). A combined view of
everyone's bookmarks with a given tag is available. Free to use. Anything posted may be publicly viewed
unless marked private. http://del.icio.us |
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digg. An online spot
which lists news stories/videos/podcasts which are entered by online
users. Each of these items’ value is
determined by users who can choose to “digg” a story/video/podcast which
makes these items the most popular on the site. With a Digg account you may submit stories,
share what you “dugg” with friends, “bury” or digg stories accordingly; keep
a history of everything you dig; and customize the topics you want to
follow. Another site like this is
Reddit (http://reddit.com/). Free sign-up for anyone by creating an
account with a username and password. |
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Dodgeball. A social networking
software provider for mobile devices. Users text their location to the service, which
then notifies them of crushes, friends, friends' friends and interesting
venues nearby. Free to use, must register. |
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eBay. The major auction service on the Web. eBay
popularized the concept of buying and selling online, and both individuals and
commercial enterprises list items for sale. There is no charge to browse the
site or make bids and purchases, but there is a fee to list items. If an item
is purchased, the seller pays eBay an additional fee. Millions of items are
offered, and billions of dollars worth of merchandise are sold every year
through this service. |
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FeedBurner. A news feed management provider which
provides custom RSS feeds
and management tools to bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content
publishers. Services provided to publishers include traffic analysis [2] and an optional advertising
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Flickr. A photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform, which is
generally considered an early example of a Web 2.0 application. In addition to being
a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is
widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Its
popularity has been fueled by its innovative online community tools that allow photos
to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means.
Free to use. |
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Gaia Online. a forums-based website,
it began as an "anime linklist with a small community," is now moving towards that of a social gaming one. Uses
avatars and a virtual economy. Free to use. |
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Google Docs
& Spreadsheets. Sometimes referred to as Google Docs, is a Web-based word processor and spreadsheet application offered by Google. Free to use. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html |
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Google Maps (for a time named Google
Local) is a free web mapping
service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based
services including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and
embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API.
It offers street maps, a route planner, and an urban business locator for numerous countries around
the world. |
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Imeem. An online
community where artists, fans & friends can promote their content, share
their tastes, and discover blogs, photos, music and video. http://imeem.com/
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iTunes. (because of its music-store portion) Users are able to organize their music into playlists within one or more libraries, edit file information, record compact discs, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music and videos through its built-in music store, download podcasts, back up songs onto a CD or DVD, run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music, and encode music into a number of different audio formats. |
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Last FM – The
Social Music Revolution. Music site designed to help you find music
you will like based on your current faves.
Kind of like a MySpace for music.
You can create a free music profile in order to “see charts and stats
for your music taste; listen to personal radio stations; and discover new
music, people, events.” Another site
like this is Pandora (http://www.pandora.com/). |
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LibraryThing. “An online
service to help people catalog their books easily… [It] also connects people with the same
books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth.” Free sign-up by creating an account with a
username and password. One may catalog
up to 200 books for free or as many as one would like for $10 (year) or $25
(life). |
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Library Success: A
Best Practices wiki. A place for librarians to share their “best
practices” information with each other. In a fledgling state right now, it’s
ripe to be added to by one and all.
Free to view, must register to post. |
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MapQuest Find Me. A buddy-finder service that
works on GPS-enabled mobile phones. MapQuest Find Me lets
users automatically find their location, access maps and directions and
locate nearby points of interest including airports, hotels, restaurants,
banks and ATMs. Users also have the ability to set up alerts to be notified
when network members arrive or depart from a designated area. Must pay
subscription to use. |
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MySpace. A popular social networking website offering an interactive,
user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos,
music and videos internationally. Free to use. Many myspaces are private. |
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Photobucket. Links personal photos, graphics, slideshows and
videos to other “community” web sites, including: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo,
Friendster, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger and Xanga. In addition to linking,
Photobucket users share their personal digital media by email, instant messaging,
and mobile devices. Can use in many ways without registration; some uses
require (free) registration. |
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Reading Rants. Interactive
blog which reviews YA books for teen readers.
The creators post book reviews to which teen readers can respond, and
teen readers may post their own reviews.
It is not a professional resource; they stress that it is for teens,
NOT librarians. This said it’s still a
great place to go to see what teens are reading and to suggest to teen
patrons who are big readers and may be interested in writing reviews. Anyone can comment on blog posts, but you
must submit a name and e-mail address. |
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Research Channel. More than
3,000 quality videos spanning a variety of topics. Like Youtube for the more scholarly
person. No registration necessary to view.
RSS feed and a daily schedule available. |
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Skype. (IPA
pronunciation: /skaɪp/, rhymes with type) is a peer-to-peer Internet telephony
network The Skype communications system is notable
for its broad range of features, including instant messaging, file transfer,
voice and video conferencing, its ability to use peer to peer (decentralized) technology
to overcome common firewall
and NAT
(Network
address translation) problems, its use of transparent, strong
encryption and its extreme[2] countermeasures against reverse
engineering of the software or protocol. Has free and paid
services. |
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Teen Read Week Wiki. Every
October YALSA sponsors “Teen Read Week.”
This wiki contains content on ideas and resources on how libraries can
participate in this event. The YALSA
Teen Read Week Committee and users (the vast majority are librarians who
serve teens) may edit and add content.
Free sign-up by creating an account with a username and password is
encouraged but not required in order to add/edit wiki content. |
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Teen Tech Week Wiki. Every March
YALSA sponsors “Teen Tech Week” which is an initiative that encourages teens
to “use libraries virtually or in person for their computers, DVDs, audiobooks,
databases and other electronic resources.”
This wiki lists ideas and resources for participating libraries. There is also a list of libraries that have
social networking sites. The ECGRL
teen MySpace, “Augusta Library Teen Scene” (www.myspace.com/augustateenscene),
is listed there! http://teentechweek.wikispaces.com/ |
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The Illustrated
Librarian. Tattoos and librarians DO
mix! The blog from the librarian who
has tattoos, spiky hair, and a bad attitude! Pictures posted on her web
sites, as well as lots of comments from her on her blog, her Myspace, etc. No registration required. http://illustratedlibrarian.blogspot.com/ |
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Wallpaper (a Flickr toy). Turn any photo into a desktop
wallpaper with a calendar. Requires
that you upload a photo to the site. No registration necessary for use. |
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Wikipedia. A wiki is a collaborative
website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Ward
Cunningham, developer of the first wiki WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as
"the simplest online database that could possibly work".[1] Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis.
(a good example is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgeball.com) |
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Yahoo! Local. Helps you find the things you need in your
neighborhood and beyond. You can rate businesses, and read reviews and
comments that others in your neighborhood have written. http://local.yahoo.com |
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Youtube. All kinds of videos, from all kinds of people. Free to watch, must register to post and
participate. Some of Roberta’s favorite
“library” and other Youtubes, (library oriented – non-serious) The Betty Glover Library Workout Tape. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_k8BKX2eQ0Q I Want To Be a Librarian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne_WXP7lUWM Conan the Librarian. http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8&mode=related&search=
Gorilla Librarian (from Monty Python’s Flying Circus).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ukJmF6f0JdQ&mode=related&search= (music oriented)
Christmas lights gone wild. http://youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks (how-to oriented)
How To Re-Upholster a Dining Chair. http://youtube.com/watch?v=54qmgzOnM9o
DIY Wedding Cake. http://youtube.com/watch?v=CBZ1lMrP43g (travel and vacation) Hilton Head Photo Tour. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sxy_pyNAZNc
A Tribute to the Masters. http://youtube.com/watch?v=z7_R54WtOo4 |
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For more web 2.0 sites, see The Complete Web 2.0
Directory at http://www.go2web20.net/.