Beaufort County Library , SC -- Web 2.0: Are You Aboard?

Web 2.0:
Are You On Board?

Old drawing of sailing ship flying a long "2.0" banner

Web 1.0 was the "take it or leave it" Internet of the 1990s. Most information flowed one-way, from websites to users. If Web 1.0 was the Golden Age of e-mail, listservs and chat rooms, these were closed channels linking narrow groups of people.

Web 2.0 is the Second Big Bang of the Internet --
with instant messaging, blogs, podcasts and other new ways to interact and customize information over Cyberspace. Library 2.0 is how libraries are reaching out to their customers with this new technology, enriching lives as never before.

the basics

the good stuff

Web 2.0 / Library 2.0: the basics

	"What is Web 2.0?" -- Article by Tim O'Reilly	"Web 2.0? It Doesn't Exist" -- Commentary by Russell Shaw, who writes that "Web 2.0 is bunk."

	TechSource Library 2.0 Blog --American Library Association	Tech Express -- The South Carolina State Library's report of the Public Library Technology Institute (September 13, 2006).

Web 2.0: the good stuff

@ the library

on the web

the good stuff @ the library

"Ask a Reference Librarian" blue lapel button

Ask a
Beaufort County Reference Librarian
-- Your choice: instant messaging, e-mail
or phone.

Beaufort County Library Blogs
-- Join the conversation!

"In your face" photo of librarian peering into camera lens

Wonder Twin Powers
(BCL on LibraryThing!)
All the best reads from the best source: The Collective Brain at the Beaufort County Library. We read 'em so you don't have to...unless you want to!

the good stuff on the web

• 50 Coolest Websites
-- From Time.com .

• Meebo (Meebo.com)
-- "A website for instant messaging from absolutely anywhere. " -- See also: Trillian (www.download.com/Trillian/3000-2150-10047473.htmll) and Gaim (Gaim.sourceforge.net).

• My Space (Myspace.com/)
-- Share photos, journals and interests with a growing network of mutual friends.

• Facebook (Facebook.com)
-- "A social utility that connects you with the people around you ... made up of many networks, each based around a company, region, high school or college."

• ChaCha (Chacha.com) .
-- If you can't find the answer through the search window, you can connect with a live human guide.

• Blogger (Blogger.com/start)
-- Tell your story with your own blog. Blogs (from "weblog") are self-archived websites organized by date.

• Firefox (Mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)
-- "The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, (there are) powerful new features that make your online experience even better."

• Book Burro (Bookburro.org)
-- "A Web 2.0 extension for Firefox and Flock. When it senses your are looking at a page that contains a book, it will overlay a small panel which when opened lists prices at online bookstores such as Amazon, Buy, Half (and many more) and soon whether the book is available at your library."

• Second Life (Secondlife.com)
-- "A 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents." Are you ready to become an avatar? --See also: Teen Second Life (Teen.secondlife.com).

• Pandora (Pandora.com)
-- "The doorway to this vast trove of musical information. ... almost a century of popular recordings - new and old, well known and completely obscure."

• Google Book Search
(Books.google.com/)
-- Unlimited views of the full text of books out of copyright.

• Google Scholar (Scholar.google.com/ )
-- Find peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, and other scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources.

• Blinkx ( Blinkx.com/)
-- "7 million hours of video content. Search it all. "

• Singing Fish
(Search.singingfish.com/sfw/home.jsp)
-- Search for spoken word audio and video.

• Podcast Pickle (Podcastpickle.com/)
-- Keep track of your podcast files on your portable player, with the "Weekly Picks," "Top 100" or advanced search tools.

• Flickr (Flickr.com)
-- Get an account to publish, share and organize your photos in the way you chose.

• YouTube (Youtube.com)
-- "Broadcast Yourself" by uploading and sharing videos or keep your files private. You can also comment on the videos of others and join video groups.

• Jumpcut (Jumpcut.com)
-- Edit, remix, blend and add music to your "raw" video footage. Send slicker videos to your YouTube account!

• Del.ici.ous
(http://del.icio.us/site)
-- A collection of favorite web links -- yours and everyone else's. Organize your bookmarks, share them or keep them to yourself. Discover new websites on other users' lists!

• LibraryThing (Librarything.com)
-- Catalog your own books easily. Organize your church or business library. Connect with people with the same books and interests.

• PBwiki (Pbwiki.com/)
-- "Make a free wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwich. ... Wikis are simple Web pages that let you collaborate with others."
-- See also: Mediawiki (Mediawiki.org).

• Suprglu (Suprglu.com)
-- SuprGlu brings "all the pieces of your web content together into one central place for you, your friends, and maybe even your friends to-be." It does all the work for you with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and Atom feeds.

• Gliffy (Gliffy.com)
-- Create and share diagrams without downloading additional software.

• Google Spreadsheets
-- Create charts online, alone or working with others.



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