School librarians coping
with electronic environment
Jadranka Lasic-Lazic jlazic@ffzg.hr
Mihaela Banek Zorica mbanek@ffzg.hr
Sonja Spiranec sspiran@ffzg.hr
Department of Information sciences, Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences, Universtiy of Zagreb, Croatia

What is Web 2.0
 Change in the web space
 New version (constant beta)
 Combination of several trends
 Participation
 Personalization and collaboration
 Democracy of marketing
 Richer online applications

Web 1.0 – Web 2.0
 Web 1.0:
 Static web pages
 Information and data gathered from large databases
 web as a repository – large database
 Users: technological background and knowledge
 Web 2.0
 Interactivity
 Social networking
 User-generated content
 Participation is the key
 Easy to use, special skills aren’t necessary

EVERYBODY
has the possibility to
publish
create
share
Web 2.0
connect collaborate
influence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Web_2.0_Map.svg

http://www.masternewmedia.org/media/media-analysis/DeLoitte-US-media-
survey-2007-usage-and-preferences-20070928.htm

Generation X /genreation Y
Babyboomer / millenials

Library 2.0
 reaction to the web-based
developments in ICT and the
widespread use of social software
Curran et al., 2007

Library 2.0 concept
1. reflects user-centeredness;
2. is related to multi-media environments and
communication channels;
3. provides the customer with the experience
of social presence and enables interaction
with librarians and other users;
4. is communally innovative, i.e. works as a
community service adaptable to change and
allows users to initiate and guide this
change of services related to seeking and
utilizing information
Manes, 2006

What is Library 2.0?
Holmbeg et al. 2009

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/

http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/untitled.bmp

Research
 Students familliarity with Web 2.0 tools
 Librarians at higher education institutions find Web
2.0 tools to be potentially useful in their libraries.
Lasic-Lazic, Banek Zorica, Bubas 2009.

Results
1. most of students were familiar with
popular tools/services like wikis,
blogs, YouTube and
MySpace/Facebook
2. less than 50% had more than scarce
knowledge of a Flickr, Delicious or
even Second Life.

http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/468

Curriculum change
 Department of Information Sciences,
Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences, University of Zagreb
 Two new courses introduced:
 Information literacy (theoretical approach)
 E-learning (practical)

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(FHSS)
Department of Information Science

Second life
 developed in 2003 by
Linden Labs
 client program -
Second Life Viewer
 more than 9 million
Residents
 MUVE (Multi-User
Virtual Environments)
 2 Grids
 Second Life
 Teen Second life (teens
13-17)

Communication – chat & voice
 One avatar or group
 Conferences
 Classes

Building
 Building
 Prims
 Simple objects
 Complex objects
 Scripting
 interaction

Education & Culture
 many universities, colleges, schools and other
educational institutions researching the use of
Second Life as an environment for teaching and
learning
 Open University (UK), Princeton, MIT, University of Derby
(UK), Vassar, Harvard, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Ohio University, New York University,
Australian Film Television and Radio School, etc.
 Cybrary Islands – Library Alliance
 Second life library 2.0
 Eduisland, InfoIsland
 Museums - International Space Flight museum,
Louvre
 Second life - visual

Potential Benefits
 Hands-on learning
 New form of interaction
 Personalized learning
 Vizualization – simulation and role-play
 Improving distance learning and developing immersive
environment
 Marketing
 Socialization
 Networking
 Virtual collaboration

Obstacles
 System requirements
 Hardware
 Network Connection
 Stability
 Maintenance/Updates
 Learning Curve
 Pricing
 Rights
 “Griefing” and vandalism
 Inappropriate materials
 Keeping students on-task

Conclusion
 Library rules
 Libraries are for users and every user its’
book
 Save the time of the reader
 Changes in LIS curriculum
 Training of librarains
 Educating users