Widgets, Gadgets, and Badges for Libraries

Michael McDonnellWinterstorm Solutions

michael@winterstorm.cahttp://winterstorm.ca

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WidgetsWidgets, , GadgetsGadgets, , && BadgesBadges

for your

Library, Website, or Blog

Widgets, Gadgets, and BadgesWidgets, Gadgets, and Badges

Widget Terms are VagueWidget Terms are Vague

widget applet bookmarklet

module button codelet badge

scriptlet gadget plug-in snippet

Widgets are Small and EasyWidgets are Small and Easy

Small Content Easy to Copy

c+Cc+V

<div id="ShelfariWidget15003"><script src=http://www.shelfari.com/ws/15003/widget.js type="text/javascript"></script></div>

Small and Easy to Copy

Widgets provide External ContentWidgets provide External Content

<div id="ShelfariWidget15003"><script

src=http://www.shelfari.com/ws/15003/widget.js type="text/javascript"></script></div>

http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/

What are Widgets Used For?What are Widgets Used For?

ALA Banned Books Week BadgesALA Banned Books Week Badges

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/bbwwebbadges.htm

http://www.cla.ca/clm07/toolkit.htm

ALC 2008 Countdown WidgetALC 2008 Countdown Widget

<a href="http://albertalibraryconference.com/2008/"><img src="http://winterstorm.ca/alcminibadge.png" title="Countdown to ALC 2008" /></a>

http://www.kalsey.com/tools/buttonmaker/http://www.web20badges.com/

Flickr Images & BadgesFlickr Images & Badges

http://flickr.com/badge.gnehttp://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/07/08/libraries-using-flickr/

YouTube Library VideosYouTube Library Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/CPLibrary

http://visityourlibrary.net/promoting_libraries.html

EPL Puppet VideosEPL Puppet Videos

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwbXRA__g8

<a href="http://www.google.ca/ig/add?moduleurl=“http://ezproxy.aec.talonline.ca/public/googlegadget.xml"><img src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" alt="Add to Google" /></a>

Google Gadgets for Library ServicesGoogle Gadgets for Library Services

Google Gadgets for Library ServicesGoogle Gadgets for Library Services

•http://library.concordia.ab.ca/services/googletools.php•http://www.epl.ca/•http://www.talonline.ca/google/•http://www.addthis.com/web-button-select.html•http://my.yahoo.com/

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Meebome for Reference ServiceMeebome for Reference Service

•http://meebome.com/•http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/meebome.html•http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/askalibrarian/•http://library.concordia.ab.ca/services/imchat.php•http://library.rdc.ab.ca/research_help/ask_us/im.html

Library ThingLibrary Thing

http://www.librarything.com/widget http://www.shelfari.com/

Del.icio.us Social BookmarkingDel.icio.us Social Bookmarking

http://ualweb.library.ualberta.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5?user_id=WEPLMNA&searchdata1=0262531569

Del.icio.us Social BookmarkingDel.icio.us Social Bookmarking

http://del.icio.us/help/tagometer http://del.icio.us/aaq/

<script src="http://images.del.icio.us/static/js/blogbadge.js"></script>

Virtual Shelf BrowsingVirtual Shelf Browsing

Other ExamplesOther Examples

• http://flickr.com/ (Flickr Badges for alc2007)– http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/flickr.html

• http://technorati.com/ (Technorati rank)– http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget/technorati.htm

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• Go-go-Google Gadgets– http://www.blyberg.net/2006/08/18/go-go-google-

gadget/– John Blyberg’s library mashup entry

Other Examples ContinuedOther Examples Continued

• http://www.talonline.ca/searchalberta/begin.jsp?sessionid=0&rpasessionid=– TAL Online widgets

• http://pipes.yahoo.com/– Build fancy RSS widgets (mashup RSS feeds)

using a visual interface– Anything that is an RSS feed can be a google

gadget or my.yahoo.com widget-y-type-thing

Questions?Questions?

email me:

michael@winterstorm.ca

Slides:

http://syntheticlibrarian.com/widget

Search From the DesktopSearch From the Desktop

• http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookupGenerator.html

• What we need is one that generates OpenSearch plugins instead of bookmarklets for single-click installation