Before Holiday break, I posted a list of ten L2 Events of 2005, strictly my opinion and very much a “brain dump.” Steve Lawson, librarian blogger from See Also commented: “I think that “Rock the Shelves” and the Gaming Symposium are fantastic, but I’m not sure how they fit the L2 meme. I have been thinking of L2 as the library version of Web 2.0: lightweight, social computing applications to meet users’ needs when, where, and how they need it. If we include innovative programs for young people like gaming and music, where do we draw the line? Is a […]
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Via Jenny, John Blyberg and Jessamyn: Superpatron is a blog by Edward Vielmetti – check it out! I have followed his blog and discussions about his home library in Ann Arbor for some time. Now, as a library patron he starts a blog! This is a milestone and we should watch closely as this blog grows. Librarians – how would you feel if you had a blogging patron discussing your library and services? And that patron was using all the available tools to share their library experiences with the world: current checkouts, holds, etc. Wow! http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2005/12/welcome_to_supe.html The post that caught […]
In pointing to the ALA TechSource discussion with M. Casey, the LiB explains how she defines Library 2.0 and I applaud her straightforward, concise style. This is a good definition to keep handy for our discussions. Thanks LiB! “Library 2.0 simply means making your library’s space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative, and driven by community needs. Examples of where to start include blogs, gaming nights for teens, and collaborative photo sites. The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and need in their daily lives…to make the […]
A HOT post on a super hot blog from the Otter Group. Their focus? Learning 2.0! http://www.ottergroup.com/blog/_archives/2005/12/30/1544054.html “I use delicious for a couple of different purposes: when I give a talk I tag all of the links that form the background material to the talk, along with my slides, and publish this link on the Otter weblog. That way anyone who has seen my talk can read all of the reference material behind it. (This is a great use of delicious for preparing a syllabus for a course.) Each tag in my delicious account has its own url. So I […]
Via an IM from Jenny this am: http://olcit.blogspot.com/2005/12/its-time-for-library-20-conference_15.html Don Yarman writes at the Ohio Libraries Council Blog: “This morning, I decided that I want to see a “Library 2.0” conference in Ohio. I want national speakers (from St Joseph County, from Ann Arbor, from Seattle Public, from Salt Lake City Public) to talk about the transformation of their buildings and services to meet their patrons where they are. I want gaming demonstrations. I want OCLC to come and talk about their findings regarding user perceptions and the library brand. I want an art/design company to create avatars for librarians to […]
Via Stephen Abram, who writes about L2 here. The Web 2.0 Meme: http://business2.blogs.com/business2blog/2005/12/the_year_of_web.html Top Ten Web 2.0 Moments of 2005 by Richard McManus: http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=80 That got me thinking, and talking to some folks, about what were the defining moments of 2005 for the ideas behind Library 2.0? And so many questions to discuss. It’s still early in these discussions to set forth absolutes, but maybe a brain dump is in order. This is not all inclusive, and I welcome the input of others – comment here or post on your blogs. There’s a lot to this discussion. Some folks may […]
Last week I spoke about L2 with Thomas Brevik in Norway who writes the Bibliotek 2.0 blog. Listen to the podcast! http://bibliotek2null.blogspot.com/2005/12/bibliotek-2.html “Library 2.0 is the idea that libraries and librarians need to anticipate what the future needs of users are going to be and for them to plan for collaboration and methods of communication with each other and users using all of the social software we keep reading about….” “We need to go deep within ourselves and decide that yes we can handle constant change…”
Via Stephen’s Lighthouse: Phil Bradley presents a series of guides to what folks can do online. “I want to…” share photos for examples leaeds to flickr etc. This is a straightforward, user friendly method that libraries might ponder for their interfaces. Check out Phil’s pages!
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2005/12/16/so-whats-different-some-answers/ David Warlick ponders the future of education. We, as librarians, should pay close attention as weell. “It seems to me that in order to shape the application of new technologies, we need a mold to shape it around, and that mold needs to be new as well. One of our problems has been that we have tried to shape the technology around out-dated notions of what schooling is about, rather than reshaping our notions to reflect new world conditions.” Warlick’s list of what’s changed: Information is now networked, digital and can be overwhelming. Also, it doesn’t need a container […]
Via Skagirlie, Mistress of all things Wiki, Blog and Code at SJCPL: http://blog.skagirlie.net/?p=19 The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 It’s getting towards the end of the year and I’m feeling the need to take stock of where we’ve actually come with Web 2.0 in the last 12 months. So much has happened in this space recently and a tidal wave of innovative, high-quality software has been released this year. So much in fact, that it’s hard to keep track of it all. While many of us talk about Web 2.0 ideas, there’s no substitute for pointing to concrete examples. […]