Categories Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

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Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Are you L2 Compliant? And how’s your organizational chart?

I’ve been following the ALA L2 Blogs and exchanging emails with many of the participants. This little bit comes from Don Wood, an ALA staff member who I go to meet in person at the ALA 2.0 Roadshow we did this spring. Don really taps onto something that is important: the concepts of L2 do not seek to push aside everything we’ve always done or alienate current users of libraries. My comment on Brian Gray’s blog pretty well sums up how I feel about how I see the spirit of this 2.0 project. Libraries should become, to coin a phrase, […]

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Trusting the Content

John Blyberg on Radical Trust: At the end of the day, collaboration is the trust-builder between staff members. Getting two or more people or organizations together to work on a project lets everyone see what the others are capable of. The very act of creating something as a group builds a bond between people that no other activity can. Of course, this assumes that all participants pull their weight and put in the effort expected of them. Again, supervisors need to check in with project members to see ho things are going without becoming a micro-manager. Sometimes, if someone is […]

Marketing Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Read the Library 2.0 Manifesto

So much of the content over at the ALAL2 Blogs is incredible! Peter Bromberg blew me away today with his L2 Manifesto. He cross-posted at LG. Go here: http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2006/05/thoughts-on-ala-bootcamp-l20-manifesto.html I zipped over to the wiki Peter put up and added these about the human voice and PR speak: Conversations flourish when participants use a human voice. Organizations need to learn to speak in a human voice. To speak in a human voice, organizations need to share the concerns of their communities.* Corporations can play too, but had better understand the conversation. We can tell corporate speak and PR mumbo jumbo […]

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Comments in the Hennepin Library Catalog

Welcome to Library 2.0! I had breakfast today with some of the coolest librarians from Hennepin County Library and I nearly fell off my chair when I heard they had just rolled out patron comments in the catalog! With barcode or an e-mail, userrs can comment on their favorite materials. Hurrah for Hennepin! ILS vendors …watch this closely…these are features our users and librarians want!

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Are Associations Innovation in a 2.0 World

Over at ALA L2, Michelle wonders if there are examples of associations innovating with 2.0 toold…if you have any examples, thoughts, or suggestions, comment here and I’ll make sure the folks working on that project get them! http://michellefrisque.alablog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/16/1963185.html I have been looking at various association web sites trying to learn how other associations are using 2.0 technologies. Well so far I have not seen a systematic approach to how assocations are utilizing 2.0 technologies. Instead it seems like associations (at least the ones that I have looked at) are only begining to dabble in 2.0. They do not have a […]

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Second Life Library 2.0 Introduction

(Michael stumbles around in the Library…) http://secondlifelibrary.blogspot.com/2006/05/introduction-to-alliance-second-life.html Alliance Library System/OPAL will provide an introduction to the Alliance Second Life Library 2.0 in the OPAL auditorium on Wednesday, May 31, at 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Speakers will include Greg Schwartz, Tom Peters, Lori Bell, Kelly Czarnecki, Jami Lynn Schwarzwalder, and other librarians involved in the project. They will explain what they are doing, show you what is happening and answer questions about the project. Book discussions, training sessions, and other programs are currently being offered to current virtual residents. The goal of the project is to promote the real library […]