Brian Gray gave a presentation on the role of Web 2.0 tools in science librarianship. He discussed how collaboration, communication, and alternative publishing practices through blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, social networking sites, and virtual worlds can benefit libraries and users. Gray highlighted several specific Web 2.0 projects in academic science libraries and labs that showcase these technologies. He argued that libraries must engage with these tools to stay relevant as users increasingly find information through online networks and communities.

1. Web 2.0
Resources & Role in
Science Librarianship
KSU SLIS Science Librarianship, April 30, 2009

2. Brian C. Gray
Head of Reference
Librarian: Engineering, Mathematics, & Statistics
Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
Work email: bcg8@case.edu
Work phone: 216-368-8685
IM: AIM - kslbcg8
ICQ - 499284601
Google Chat - kslbcg8@gmail.com
MSN - bcg8@case.edu
Yahoo - kslbcg8

3. My Interest in
Web 2.0
• Teach RSS workshop at KSL
• Contribute to 4 Case KSL blogs
• ALA Library 2.0 participant
• ALA LAMA Web Coordinator
– Blogs, RSS, Wiki, Communities, Connect, Second
Life
• Regular IM user
• Over a dozen presentations/trainings at various
venues
• See benefits of “free” tools to libraries & library users
• Non-techie trained person that likes to “play”

4. Reasons Why
You Must Care
• Collaboration
• Method of PR/marketing/communication
• Alternative publishing practices
• User awareness
• Efficiency
• “Buzz” word right now
• Users are unaware and/or are creating
alternatives to library resources
• Research, competitive intelligence

5. Coined by O'Reilly
Media (2004)
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html#mememap

6. Web/Library 2.0
Concepts
• Delivery
• Constant and purposeful change
• Adaptation
• User designed & created
• Participation, collaboration, sharing
• Play
• User feedback
• 2-way information
• Reaching new users

10. http://technorati.com/weblog/2007/04/328.html

11. UsefulChem project in
the Bradley lab at
Drexel University
http://usefulchem.blogspot.com/

12. http://usefulchem-
experiments1.blogspot.com/

13. http://usefulchem
.wikispaces.com/

14. http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/

15. http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/

16. http://scilib.typepad.com
/science_library_pad/

17. http://liblogs.albany.edu/
science_resources/

18. http://engineering.
curiouscatblog.net

19. http://www.sciencetext.com

20. podcasting

21. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/
forum08proceedings.shtml

22. Twitter

23. Science Library
on Twitter

27. Facebook

29. http://www.linkedin.com

31. Collaboration
Changes:
My First
Experience

32. Online
Presentations
Example: Presentation by R.
David Lankes, PhD, is
Director of the Information
Institute of Syracuse (IIS)
and an Associate Professor
at Syracuse University’s
School of Information
Studies.
http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog

33. Brand Map of
Second Life
http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?p=430

34. Directory of
Libraries and
Organizations
• http://infoisland.org/directory/
• National Library of Medicine, Specialized
Information Services

35. Cleveland Public
Library

36. Deep Sea Marine
Aquarium
& Sea-Life Centre

37. Second Life
Science Center

38. International
Spaceflight Museum

39. Nature Publishing
Group's Island:
Eukaryotic Cell

40. The Tisch Library and
Wright Center Climate
Change Education Center
(Tufts University)

41. NASA CoLab

42. Team OKAPI and Berkeley
archaeologists mirror the
prehistoric village in Turkey

43. Abyss Museum of
Ocean Science

44. New
Development

45. Brian C. Gray
Head of Reference
Librarian: Engineering, Mathematics, & Statistics
Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
Work email: bcg8@case.edu
Presentations:
http://www.slideshare.net/bcg8
Web 2.0 resources:
http://www.squidoo.com/library2point0