library 2.0 in the real world
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Keynote for Iowa Small Libraries Online ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
Library 2.0 in the Real World
Meredith FarkasNorwich University
So what is library 2.0?
Web 1.0: Democratized Access
to Information
Web 2.0: Democratized Participation
Revolutionary or evolutionary?
http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/24/library-20-ripples-another-go-at-the-graph/
What is different now?
Technology has Technology has enabled us to do so enabled us to do so much moremuch more
but we’re no longer but we’re no longer the only game in the only game in town.town.
Library 2.0 is a state of mind
•Working to meet changing user needs
•Trusting our users (radical trust)
•Getting rid of the culture of perfect
•Aware of emerging technologies and opportunities
•Looking outside of the library world for applications, opportunities, inspiration
What do you think when you read these
headlines?• New Open Source Social Catalog (SOPAC)
2.0 Debuts in Darien Public Library
• Columbus Metropolitan Library chooses Aquabrowser as its visual discovery interface
• DCPL iPhone application ready for download
• The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County has videos on YouTube
Wow! That’s pretty cool, but...
•We don’t have programmers on staff to make stuff like that happen.
•We don’t have the money to make stuff like that happen.
•Our patrons don’t use iPhones.
•We don’t have the equipment to create videos.
Does this mean 2.0 technologies aren’t
meant for small libraries?
2.0 technologies are for ALL libraries!•Allow libraries to more easily
communicate, collaborate and connect with patrons online
•Options at all price points (free to $$$)
•Options for all levels of tech-savvy
•Options for all types of patrons (tech-savvy to computer novices)
2.0 technologies can allow libraries
to...
Communicate with their users
Share knowledge more effectively
Become More Transparent
Highlight Collections
Be where our users are
Collect Local Knowledge
Building Organization 2.0
Avoid technolust
Know your users
Develop a Learning Culture
Develop a Risk-Tolerant Culture
Give Staff Time for Creative
Endeavors
Encourage Network-Building
Involve Staff from All Levels in
Planning
I can haz your cooperation?
Create partnerships
Time Must be Devoted to all This
Consider maintenance and sustainability
Assess, Assess, Assess!
Photo Credits• Day 255: Magic Wand http://flickr.com/photos/amanky/1369773967/ by
Amanky
• Library 2.0 Meme Map http://flickr.com/photos/gbierens/178568449/ by Gerard Bierens
• Digitage Web 2.0 http://flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/315385916/ by ocean.flynn
• The hopeless drunker part 3 http://flickr.com/photos/photoarias/2185288447/ by Roberto Arias
• RISK #2 http://flickr.com/photos/tollaksen/967960/ by Bjornar
• Farm Cat Group http://flickr.com/photos/weesmalldoll/432578986/ by weesmalldoll
• The Spongebob Square, Er, Roundpants Juggle http://flickr.com/photos/cayusa/2574029855/ by Cayusa
• sunny day http://flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2226165685/ by jessamyn