~ Office of the Third Sector > About Us

~ The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration. Office of the Third Sector, 2007

Third Sector Careers

~ CILIP > Jobs & careers > … > Not for profit libraries

Impact of New Technology

• Characteristics :

~ Megan Griffith and Karl Wilding. How ICT is shaping the future design and delivery of public services. ICT Foresight, 2008: 11.

Membership Models

~ David Wilcox. Network structures. Socialmedia wikispace

~ Megan Griffith. How online communities can make the net work for the VCS. NCVO Third Sector Foresight, 2007: 19.

In 2007, the Performance Hub identified increased access to information as a major driver for change in the

Third Sector. In 2008, they highlight the need for new ways to manage information, focusing on tagging and User-Generated Content.

(cf http://www.3s4.org.uk/drivers/new-ways-of-organising-online-information )

Image: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/uploadedFiles/NCVO/Publications/Publications_Catalogue/Quality/FutureFocus3.pdf

Supporting traditional services

• Many Third Sector information professionals are incorporating 2.0 processes into their workflow – e.g. picking up news through RSS / atom feeds

(Access The College of Optometrists Library pages here)

Creating 2.0 Services

• Inner Temple Library offers a current awareness blog (inc. feeds), twitter (inc. feed), widget, Facebook page, flickr (inc. feed) and a wiki of court transcripts (inc. feed)

Social Networking

• Local causes like this can use social networks to reach

supporters outwith their geographic area.

Social Networking Facilities

• The research jury is still out on the cost-benefit ratio of building your own gated community, but potential advantages include providing added value to members, increased web-traffic and brand loyalty. (cf Communities)

Raising Awareness

• Josie Crimp uses her LiveJournal blog to document her experience at the NPH Children’s Home in Mexico, which raises awareness of the charity and VSO generally.

Many of the most exciting things are happening outside the library :

Campaigning & Comms Rule!

• Information Professionals need to network and sell our skills:

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the ones that we seek.”

~ Barack Obama February 2008

Image: christinethedunn, http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_dunn/2256436968/

Anne Welsh ~ anne.welsh@moorfields.nhs.uk