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Web 2.0 Term coined in 2004 by Tim OReilly Meaningless buzzword? Definition: 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 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 ).en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

Web 2.0 : 7 Principles 1 The Web as Platform 2 Harnessing Collective Intelligence 3 Data is the next Intel Inside 4 End of the Software Release Cycle 5 Lightweight Programming Models 6 Software Above the Level of a Single Device 7 Rich User Experiences OReilly, Tim. What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software. June 30, Accessed 11/25/06: 20.html?page=1

Web 2.0 Technologies RSS Blogs Wikis Personalization Podcasting / MP3 files IM Folksonomies / Tagging Reviews and ratings by users Personalized alerts Social bookmarking Open Access / Open Content Streaming Media Photos via Flickr Abram, Stephen. Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World.

Librarian 2.0 Delivers content to laptops, iPods, and other devices Considers non-traditional forms of cataloging, such as folksonomies and tagging Utilizes new communication tools such as Skype; delivers information via the patrons communication tool of choice (IM, Skype, phone, , virtual reference)

Librarian 2.0 contd Understands and uses the OpenURL standard; develops federated searching Utilize the social networks to advance the role of the library Understands the impact of the user in the world of blogs and wikis Abram, Stephen. Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World. December 21, Accessed 11/25/06:

Library Blogs Librarian.net : Putting the rarin back in librarian ( The Shifted Librarian: Shifting Libraries at the speed of byte! ( LISNews ( Library Stuff (

Wikis LIS Wiki ( Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki ( LIS 609 Wiki (

Electronic Discussion Lists Web4Lib ( XML4Lib ( Professional Association Discussion Lists

Other Sources Library Technology Guide Educauses 7 Things You Should Know About series. uldKnowAboutSeries/ uldKnowAboutSeries/7495 Steven Bells Keeping Up Website

Web 3.0 Web 3.0 is about making all this technology and content smarter (using the Semantic Web and microformats, etc.) and by adding more smarts to applications so they can do a better job of helping humans (natural language search, semantic search, recommendation agents, etc.) ~Dan Farber

References Abram, Stephen. Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World. December 21, Accessed 11/25/06: Farber, Dan. Does the Semantic Web = Web 3.0? OReilly, Tim. What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software. June 30, Accessed 11/25/06: 20.html?page=1 Stone-Logan, Gem. Keeping Up With Technology. Colorado Libraries, v.32, no.3, Summer 2006, p