The definition of Library 2.0 is still shaking out across the Blogosphere. Jessamyn posts “Library 2.0: How do you share?” The whole 2.0 thing in general seems to be about using the hive mind and the affordances of technology to synthesize newer, better and more useful systems that then become available for everyone. And Michael Casey posts Library 2.0 is not about Technology For me, Library 2.0 is not about technology. Library 2.0 seeks to harvest good ideas from outside and use them to deliver improved and new services, often times in an effort to reach a new target population. […]
Library 2.0 is not about Technology
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Les Gasser, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, opened the Gaming in Libraries Symposium. This spoke to me: “Libraries need to adopt a new model of service: where we are stirring up society, enhancing learning and contributing to communities of practice. Gaming offers this: a way to learn and participate in open communities, how to interact with the world and collaborate….We need to move our services into gaming environments, virtual spaces, and out into the community.”
The official tag of the day: gaminginlibraries2005 Chad at hidden Peanuts already posted to flickr: Photos from Hidden Peanuts And the room has wifi!
I’m in River Forest at Dominican for the last weekend of class. This afternoon the class presented group projects. There were 5 groups: Usabilty & Library Web Sites Blogs & Libraries Libraries using RSS Wikis & Libraries Podcasting & Libraries I was blown away by the work. We explored libraries that blog, learned how to add feeds to Bloglines, edited a wiki, examined some library Web sites with an eye toward usability, AND listened to a virtual cornocopia of PODCASTS!
Jenny texted while I was teaching: “New Blyberg post… HOT” And yes..it is. Please give Lessons learned: aadl.org 3.0 a read. His points are many and so good I can’t just pull out one or two to highlight!
I just realized why the concepts of Library 2.0 resonate so with me. I knew it all along, but these insightful words at MaisonBisson (a red hot blog!) spell it out: Library 2.0 isn’t about software, it’s about libraries. It’s about the evolution of all of our services to meet the needs of our users. And this: We have two choices. We can continue to operate by the old rules and hope that we find wealthy patrons to support us as symbols of the wealth and refinement of our communities. But, if we look hard, I think we’ll find that […]
I’ll be at the Gaming Learning & Libraries Symposium this week. If you’re attending say hi and don’t miss the meet up Jenny has organized. http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2005/12/02/gaming_in_libraries_symposium_prenotes.html
Via Alan Gray of the Darien Library in Connecticut: President-elect Leslie Burger has returned to blogging. This is good on so many levels. It makes me happy to see our incoming president try one of the Web 2.0 tools on for size. I hope I bump into her someday at a conference and we get to talk about blogs, etc. I’m sure it won’t be like when TTW met Michael Gorman in March 2005. http://burgerforala.blogs.com/burger_for_ala/ I especially like “Talking to Strangers on Buses” – I’ve done that myself at ALA! She writes: I love to chat people up on the […]
Via the Clio Institute Blog: An article from Fast Company magazine (which I would add to the list of magazines NOT related to libraries we should be reading!) has an article called The Beauty of Simplicity. The jist? Making technology simple so folks use it! ” If the equation T (technology) + E (ease of use) = $ can be proven, the time may be right for the voice of the technologically challenged who can’t operate their remotes to be heard.” Read the Clio post and the article… good stuff to think about!