”libraries have been gathering the collective intelligence of civilisation for a long time,

but in our collections each book is its own silo, users cannot navigate between them

following link trails”

Tim O’Reillly

“A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the internet

people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant

knowledge with blinding speed”

The Cluetrain Manifesto

Harnessing collective intelligence

Increased service demands require quality management and new approaches…

Libraries are developing fast

Communication

Promotion

Ownership

Relevance

New library

Edinburgh City Libraries 2.0...

information

bread and butteropportunity

web 2.0

modern, sassy interfacerelevantaccurate

up to date

What will it look like in 5 years 10 years?

delivering on informed and engaged communities

ENGAGEflexible and easy to use

community ownedlocal resource for communities

live system by end junelocal organisations

fact sheets community engagement

community hubtrust

ownership

connecting people and information

just the start of our journey

web 2.0

Edinburgh City libraries

Liz McGettigan@edinburgh.gov.uk