Meredith Farkas
Karen Scheider
Meredith & Karen – It’s like you read my mind. This is one of the biggest problems facing librarians, especially those poised on the edge of developing a Library 2.0 model of services that CRIES OUT for IT and Librarians to collaborate. I believe we need to examine these pelationships, talk openly about them and seel to communicate what the deal is. I also believe IT folk and librarians should work closely, nit just on a check in basis when something needs troubleshooting or a new service is discussed.
We have a lot to share with IT staff: user studies, all the new data about library use, social tools and millenials as well as simply elaborating on the mission of the library: goals, service priorities and objectives.
IT staff have a lot to share as well: elaboration on security issues, software selection, hardware too, etc…
Let’s come to the table and TALK! No defenses up..just conversation. Try it!