Web 2.0 and library
services to young
adults:
An Introduction
The International Symposium on Library Services
for Children and Young Adults.
9 -10 June 2011
Ivan Chew
National Library Board, Singapore
A day in the life of a
Web 2.0
Teens Librarian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbouly/3568409530/ by Franco Bouly CC-BY-ND 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeinabpics/5586003088/ by Zeinab E. CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=17134539718
Working with
teen volunteers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acroamatic/5309436516/ by acromatic CC-BY-NC 2.0
Read & Reapblogs.nlb.gov.sg/readandreap
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/readandreap/young-people/seriously-this-thing-is-dangerous/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/readandreap/young-people/seriously-this-thing-is-dangerous/
http://www.ravensilvers.com/blog/2011/05/30/china-1-of-3-guangzhou/
Advisory
Reference Service
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Reference & Advisory
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/ask
A day in the life of a
Web 2.0 Librarian
Are you tired yet? :)
Hello & Thank You
http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/web-20-and-library-services-for-young-adults
http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/
http://MyRightBrain.wordpress.com/
Y.O!
Young People
Service’s Blog
• Teen Expression
• Reading
• Learning
• Librarians
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo
What I will cover…
• Example: A day in the life of a Web 2.0 Librarian
• Web 2.0 services: Highlights
• Examples of libraries using Web 2.0 to serve
Children and Young Adults
Aim
Practical ideas
Thinking Points
Young Adults
13 to 19 year olds
What I’ve discovered about the
South Korea
Internet
Landscape
wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
“65.7% of South
Korean Internet users
use social networking
sites”
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
“63% of Koreans use
more than three
different social
networking sites”
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
“South Korea is home to
one of the largest
blogging communities in
the world, second only to
China”
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
Microblogging
Twitter
me2DAY
Nate Connect
Yozm
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
Cyworld & Facebook“Cyworld is South Korea's leading social
networking community...
However, Facebook usage in South
Korea is growing tremendously
with 44% of its users within the 25-
34 age range and 32% within the
18-24 age range.”
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
Instant Messenging
“South Koreans use an array of
instant messaging tools such as
NateOn, KakaoTalk, Buddybuddy
and MSN Messenger”.
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
Video Sharing sites
“The South Korean population
uses mainly the Youtube”
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
Trends
Location-based services
Augmented Reality
Quick Response (QR) Code
https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/digitalmediaasia/Wiki_-_South_Korea
“…Koreans most likely to share
positive product experiences…”
http://www.mediabuzz.com.sg/asian-emarketing-latest-issue/1183-social-media-records-exceptional-growth-in-asia-pacific
Web 2.0
Library Services
to
Young Adults
•Blog
•Instant Messenging
•Video (YouTube)
•Flickr
•Facebook
•Creative Commons
It’s about
Simplicity
It’s about
“Creative Combination”
A “tough” example
Virtual Reality
Innova Junior College
Second Life Educators’ Campus
www.mediaplaylab.sg
Teaching of
Language and
Literature
Role play
Craft arguments
Read and learn
Historical and cultural
backgrounds of the
text
Expensive to set up
Success criteria:
• Pedagogy
• Teacher
• Classroom management strategies
Source: Innova Junior College
•Blogs
•Instant Messenging
•Video (YouTube)
•Flickr
•Facebook
•Creative Commons
http://blog.spl.org/yablog/2011/04/23/why-we-need-our-library/
Seattle Public Library
http://blog.spl.org/yablog/
Use blogs hosted in Korea…
Naver Blogs
Daum blogs
Egloos
Blogin
Tistory
Textcube
Yahoo!Korea blog
If you wish to collaborate
with libraries & English-
speaking countries…
www.blogger.com
www.wordpress.com
Blogs (for the rest of the world)
YouTube + Creative Commons
https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/27533 Last accessed: 2 June 2011
= Video Library
You can legally:
Copy
Re-publish
Remix
Sell/ make money
As long as you credit the owners
in the way they want
= Publisher/ Distributor
You allow others to:
Copy
Re-publish
Remix
Sell (without paying you)
As long as they credit you
in the way you want
creativecommons.org
Creative Commons Koreawww.creativecommons.or.kr
Let’s say you need a photo for
your video project
You have less than one day
to find it
You found this on the Internet
You upload your video online
Your friends think it’s cool
You get 100,000 views
You get 100 fan mails daily
Then you get
ONE
email…
Creative Commons
• For those who wish to share their work by
default
• Allows you to state your terms of use in
layperson’s terms (legalese available for
lawyers too!)
CC is NOT
… a replacement for Copyright
… “copyright” free
… a way to prevent copyright abuse
CC means
Permission has already been given
Do not need to seek explicit permission
Part 1: Machine-readable Code
Part 2: Human-readable Code
Part 3: Lawyer-readable Code
http://creativecommons.org/license/
http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
http://www.google.com.sg/advanced_search
http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced
Please visitwww.creativecommons.or.kr
Instant Messenging
2007
Teen Online ChatSingapore + Germany
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1 event
2 countries
3 chat rooms
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4 public libraries
5 schools
57 teens
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•
Chat @ Solingen
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•
Chat @ Jurong Regional Library
Screening of online
chat dialogue
128
•
Chat @ Woodlands Regional Library
Students from Global Connect
Club, Temasek Polytechnic
Students from Anderson JC
Map showing location of
Reutlingen in Germany
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Theme:
“Culture & Lifestyle”
130
“Everyday Culture”
as the basis
for chat discussion
131
Fri
ed
Ku
ay
Tia
o
Cultural introduction
132
Cultural introduction
Sa
tay
133
Cultural introduction
Mee Goreng
134
Cultural introduction
Roti Prata
137
Cultural introduction
139
Responses from teens
140
“We should do this again!”
141
“Can we continue to be friends?”
142
power of conversations
Dialogue Understanding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtlibrary/5558702894/ by RTLibrary ,CC-BY 2.0
144
Simplicity was keyFocus on the dialogue
Not technology
145
Tips on organising
an international
online chat event…
Different Time Zones
www.timezoneconverter.com
Next:
Another simple idea…blogs + video + PPT
“What I’d Like The
World To Read”
How it works
• Teens Pick a book
• Describe WHAT the book is about &
WHY others should read it
• Upload as videos, audio or PowerPoint
slides
• Duration should not exceed 2 minutes
• Email the link to the library
For Teens, By Teens
Promote Reading
Use digital media
6 months
36 entries
45 teens
Average 187 views per post
29 comments
Popular books More comments
Highest views: entry for “Twilight”
368 views, 4 comments
Preferred format: PowerPoint
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/win-stuff/wiltwtr-twilight-saga-by-stephenie-meyer/
It was not expensive to do
Easy for teens to take part
Teens will surprise you with what they
know
The blog is a good way to archive and
showcase the librarian’s hard work!
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Once again...
167
Simplicity was keyFocus on the dialogue
Not technology
Plan & Curate a Web 2.0
Music Workshop
for Teens
DIY-Music production &
publishing
Produce
Publish
Publicise
1. Learn with YouTube lessons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcmb4RplClQ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmayo/5021508472/ by mrmayo CC-BY-NC 2.0
2. Run a music clinic with an expert, using IM
3. Use CC-licensed music
http://www.jamendo.com
4. Create music without Physical Equipment
http://burn-studios.audiotool.com/app
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshsemans/4840619627/ By JoshSemans CC-BY 2.0
audacity.sourceforge.net
5. Introduce them to Open Source tools
http://ccmixter.org
6. Create music from other people’s samples
(legally!)
7. Introduce library books and materials
http://flickr.com/photos/freeparking/521792339/ By freeparking CC-BY 2.0
8. Search for album covers: CC-licensed images
http://soundcloud.com
9. Publish their music online (at no cost)
http://www.youtube.com/editor
10. Create CC-licensed music videos
11. Showcase their work in the library blog
12. Publish a series of digital albums
Bandcamp.com
13. Start the library’s “Radio Station” on Facebook
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14. “Live” performance in the library
Korea
+
Singapore
Web 2.0
Music Club,
anyone?
Web 2.0
It’s what we choose to do
with Social Media
Community
content librarians
Librarians
Digital
&
Print resources
books
IdeasPeople
using social media
+
ability to engage
create
Thank you and see you in
Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/ramblinglibrarian