building the hyperlinked library

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican University GSLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848

Library resources are for use.


Library resources are for all.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/48074984/


Every resource its user.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/24089964


Save the time of the user.http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/12094/scriblio-feature-text-this-to-me


The Library is a growing organism.


Society has determined what the library of the past has been, and it is society that will determine what the library of the future shall be.

Jesse Hauk Shera

The Foundations of Education for Librarianship, Shera, 1972. Wiley-Becker and Hayes, p 135.


“The Library is unlimited and cyclical”Jorge Luis Borges

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dg_pics/3031181785


The Web exists as a place where people meet and socialize but it does not conform to our accepted ideas about space and time. David Weinberger Small Pieces Loosely Joined

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770/


There is much greater opportunity to bring service to wherever potential users of library service happen to be.

Michael Buckland

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/html.html


Building the Hyperlinked Library

in Times of Change & Challenge

Michael Stephens | Assistant ProfessorDominican University GSLIS

www.tametheweb.comwww.dom.edu/gslis


http://www.flickr.com/photos/55345035@N00/284333073/

The Web has changed everything.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8


http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-social-networking-sites-dominate-sharing-2009-7


http://twitter.com/meganmulherin/status/4128934554


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/


http://www.impactlab.com/2009/08/16/future-of-the-internet-on-a-mobile-device/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightlessxbird365/3740808686

Challenges


Public Perception

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespeak/122660947/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391



Even More Challenges


Technology


Technolust?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/510980765/

Technostress


http://www.flickr.com/photos/margaretv/2766359549

Techno-divorce


http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/107267802

Technoshame


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shikasta/30604809/

Technophobia

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Institutional Culture

Michael Casey | Michael Stephens | The Transparent Library | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Silos of knowledge?

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Embedded staff.


Mindset

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Organizational structure?


Barriers & Rules



What can we do?



Break Down BarriersConnect with Users

Facillitate User ContributionStand on our Core Values

Learn, Play & InnovateEncourage the Heart



Break Down Barriers


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciro/288022773

Librarians - make people feel welcome - and personalize their service.

Samuel Green

“Personal Relations between Librarians and Readers,” American Library


1876


http://www.flickr.com/photos/adventuresinlibrarianship/3276131137


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomextra/165320894


http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/2632811861/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/3663560279/


Perform a“Kindness Audit.”



Connect with Users

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Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness.

Peter Block


http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html


http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrosis/66642106/

When the technology falls away...



Facillitate User Contribution


http://www.flickr.com/photos/beavis/2425374221/


Let’s give our users tools to help build our collections & services...


...then step out of the way and see what happens.


Guides, not gatekeepers.


Hyperlocal

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6668445.html


“Geo-enriching online information.”

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6668445.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fahdad/1939397872/


N 41° 53.658 W 087° 47.97616T E 433669 N 4638349

Quick Description: Designed for the projecting pier

(s) alongside the entrance to the Frank Lloyd Wright

studio this sculpture depicts a figure of a crouching

man emerging out of a boulder

"The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (1889/1898) served as Wright's private residence and workplace from 1889 to 1909 - the first 20 years of his career. Wright used his home as an architectural laboratory, experimenting with design concepts that contain the seeds of his architectural philosophy. Here he raised six children with his first wife, Catherine Tobin. In 1898, Wright added a

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7N4A_The_Boulder_Oak_Park_IL


Local Creators


Local Collections


Local Experts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sreejithk2000/2385193167/


http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/technology/2010/02/foursquare_and_libraries.html

http://twitter.com/prattlibrary/status/8506777509


http://foursquare.com/venue/583512



Stand on our Core Values


http://www.flickr.com/photos/vgm8383/2381791019

Reflective practice


Let our core values guide everything we do.


Core Values Evolve


Stewardship


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaeater/197563926


http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/


Service


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyali/2810806395/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/1425079226/


Access


http://www.flickr.com/photos/guybrariang/2381377612/


Intellectual Freedom


http://www.flickr.com/photos/florian_b/44227093


Literacy & Learning


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanghaidaddy/3443631316/



Play, Learn, Innovate


PLAY


http://www.flickr.com/photos/alefbetac/874362753/

http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2009/12/50_ways_to_fost_1.shtml#

If you're not having fun something is off.


Play— the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving.

Henry Jenkins

Jenkins: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: http://www.projectnml.org/node/540


Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/281619803


http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/


Created at wordle.com

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Self-directed Exploration

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican University GSLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409

Self-directed Work


http://twitter.com/Jenymn/status/5868515103


http://twitter.com/rubybeth/status/5868586572


http://twitter.com/michelleamclean/status/5868559480


http://twitter.com/devinise/status/5869233452


http://twitter.com/rebeccajonesgal/status/5870354726


What are you LEARNING?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/broterham/37039048

Curiosity

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Exploration


http://www.flickr.com/photos/megcanada/3321813983/

Innovation


Faith is critical to all innovation.

Seth GodinTribes. p. 80


What small changes could we make?


What BIG changes could we make?


Encourage the Heart


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Connect.Collaborate.

Create.



Care.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/scampion/2792352899/

How can we go forward?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/smb_flickr/2319127301/

Break down barriers.


Plan to plan.http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848


http://www.flickr.com/photos/stainedglasswaterfall/2615543276/

Try out some emerging tools...

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican University GSLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/1932087056/

& choose what fits.http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6435552.html

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Promote core values.


Evaluate

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregpc/2958014333


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

Play ( = Learning)

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Develop your Personal Learning Network


Watch the horizon.http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruggg6/99414638


http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpc009/3327905619/

Be nimble. Be quick


Know it’s okay to fail.


Have Fun

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danorbit/1814156778


Look for Connections



Involve your users every step of the way.


Trust

http://www.flickr.com/photos/murdocke/4179429347


Be Human


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Be Kind


Balance is key.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superfantastic/50088733

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican University GSLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/pea_green/293802058

Bring your Heart

with Youhttp://tametheweb.com/2008/04/26/meme-passion-quilt-or-what-i-want-for-new-librarians/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/470473931/

Let the heart drive change.


Thanks!


Michael Stephens

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AIM: mstephens7mac

Twitter: mstephens7

gslis.dom.edu

www.tametheweb.com

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