A slightly different version of my trends and transformations talk focused on museums and historical archives a bit... for the Kansas Historical Society and Archives.

1. Emerging Trends
& Transformations
David Lee King
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
davidleeking.com

2. What is Web 2.0?

9. Web 2.0
has done a similar thing
for the web.

10. From Wikipedia: “a … second-
generation of Internet-based services
— such as social networking sites,
wikis, communication tools, and
folksonomies — that let people
collaborate and share information
online in ways previously unavailable.”

11. communication, conversation,
participation...
Community

12. Web 2.0
Church 2.0 Music 2.0
Library 2.0 Advertising 2.0
Business 2.0
Museum 2.0

13. Tagging
RSS Readers Commenting
RSS
Glue of Web 2.0
User-
Friending
Generated
Mashups
Content
Web as Platform

14. 1. RSS
• Does 2 things:
• subscribe to other websites that
have RSS feeds (aka syndication)
• create content in one place, but display
it in another place
• any content - text, photos, audio, video

17. RSS

20. 2. RSS Feed Readers

21. 3. Tagging, or
Folksonomies
• Categorizing the web
• Choose personal keywords
• Browseable and searchable
• web 2.0 uses tagging

25. 4. Leaving Comments
• one-on-one in the
past
• maybe a letter?
• Here’s what it can be
now

28. conversation

29. 5. User-Supplied Content
• web 2.0 doesn’t exist without user generated
content
• most web 2.0 sites feature “my stuff”
• text
• photos
• videos

32. 6. Web as Platform
• web-based software
• a platform that allows people to interact
• not the usual “here’s the info about my
organization”
• email is a good example

35. 7. Mashups
• From Wikipedia: “A mashup is a website or
web application that seamlessly combines
content from more than one source
into an integrated experience.”
• Usually via an API, RSS feed, or JavaScript

40. 8. Friending
• Buddies, friends, contacts,
followers
• Linking to friends or contacts
• sharing content
• trusted buddy list

43. now, let’s jump right in

44. blogs

50. what can you
do with blogs?

51. Social Networking Sites

63. What can you do with
Social Networking Sites?

64. Bookmark Managers
• AKA Social Bookmarking
• IE favorites is tied to a single PC
• Bookmark managers do the same thing…
• … but are accessible via the web!
• how it works
• add a bookmark, add tags, description, clipping
• Others can add comments, ratings
• Others can subscribe via RSS
• searchable

69. What can you do with
Bookmark Managers?

70. Wiki
• What’s a Wiki?
• A website that allows anyone to add and
edit content
• Great for collaborative authoring
• Tracks changes so you can revert back to
older page if needed
• Monitor changes via RSS
• Searchable
• Comments can be allowed

75. What can you do
with a Wiki?

76. Instant Messaging
• AKA IM
• Pretty easy – you type, hit enter, they type, hit
enter, etc.
• Chat history is tracked
• Real time communication
• PCs, cell phones, PDAs all have IM

83. What can you do
with IM?

84. Podcasting & Video

85. Creating a VideoCast
• Something to say
• Camcorder – cheapies for $30…
• Digital video editing software
• Place to store the videocast – blip.tv = free
• pricey, Takes Time, Is Very Cool.

94. what can you do
with podcasting & video?

95. Why?

96. This is not your organization

97. People want to connect

98. People want to
connect

99. People want to connect

100. Thank you!
davidleeking.com