Categories Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/09/19/making-time-for-web-20/ David King posts about one of the phrases I hope to never hear in libraries again when it comes to social software: “We don’t have time for ____.” I’ve also heard it as “we don’t have time tio post to a blog” or “It adds another click…” David writes: Library administrators and managers need to lead this change in their organizations. One way they can do this is to provide time, equipment, and training in order to successfully implement these new tools into the library’s digital space. What does that mean, practically? Here are some examples: Time: Time to […]

Via a great piece at LJ featuring Stephen Abram, Joe Janes and Roy Tennant: “All of these things,” Janes says, “are opportunities.” Libraries today, he observes, cannot affort to be paralyzed, wed to old modes of service, bureaucratically pinned-down, or too reticent to take advantage of the fact that, in a world drowning in information, libraries should be more vital than ever.

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/newsblog/?p=152 Via Eric in my LIS701 Class: The library now has a new way for students to learn about the library. You can now borrow our iPod to take an audio tour around Alden. Simply stop by the Learning Commons Desk on the second floor of Alden to check out our iPod. The tour of all seven floors covers the basics of the library, and will take about 30 minutes to complete. If you already own an iPod or MP3 player, you can download the tour by following one of the links below. We currently have two versions of the […]

Over lunch in the Dining Hall at Dominican, I read a few articles in MIT’s Technology Review. “10 Ways to Think about Innovation” by Jason Pontin really got me going! Pontin presents a top ten list for folks interested in innovating. For example: (7) Real innovators delight in giving us what we want: solutions to our difficulties and expansive alternatives to our established ways. (8) They are, it is true, sometimes perplexed by our ignorance of our own needs. “You have to solve a problem that people actually have,” says Joshua Schachter, the founder of del.icio.us (now a division of […]

I was happy to see Helene Blowers and a contingent from the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County at the South Carolina State Library program this week. Helene’s work with learning 2.0 as a free, open, “steal this idea” learning program for 2.0 tools should be adopted by any and all libraries that want to get a handle on the shift we’re riding. Helene posted about the TechExpress day… http://libtechbytes.blogspot.com/2006/09/sc-tech-express.html …and notes my use of the word control: “Librarian 2.0 controls Technolust” This quote was a part of Michael Stephens excellent presentation and although I very much agree with what […]

Marie Palmer, at a new-to-me blog called “Library Stuff…” writes this week about reading Casey & Savastinuk’s article in LJ , and ponders how smaller libraries can get involved: A lot of libraries have always aimed to be “Library 2.0?. What’s new now is the abundance of technologies that help libraries further this aim. I work with a lot of small public libraries and though they may wish to keep up with these technologies, they very often don’t have the funding or resources to do so. They’re also usually far from highly populated centres that tend to attract techno-savvy librarians. […]

Curtis Rogers posts more video: Stephen Abram Jenny Levine

…the future of the AV Department: “Show me your streaming video plan.” …getting out from behind the reference desk: “If you have staff who have butts in seats and they are ust sitting…show me a retail operation that would let people sit.” … games: “Most of them are really complicated things that kids learn from.” …the library: “It’s not about the library! It is about five very specific user spaces, communities: Neighbourhood/Community, Entertainment/Culture, Learning, Research, and Workplace.” …on the future: “We need to manage experience NOT collections.”

Finding the Future: Library 2.0 Originally uploaded by Michael Casey. Abram finds the future. Patti Butcher, State Library Director, opened the day with a charge for the 300 folks assembled to put aside their fear of change and think about what’s presented today. (Dr. Curtis Rogers videoblogged a bit of her talk.) Then she quoted this: The heart of Library 2.0 is user-centered change. It is a model for library service that encourages constant and purposeful change, inviting user participation in the creation of both the physical and the virtual services they want, supported by consistently evaluating services. Curtis & […]