“Librarian 2.0 - New Breed or Just Another Day at the Office?”

LIBRARIAN 2.0 NEW BREED OR JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE? October 16, 2008 Jenny Levine

Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra: A Celebration of Historical Library Functions by D. W. Krummel (1999)

Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra: A Celebration of Historical Library Functions by D. W. Krummel (1999) EIGHT 8. AD 2005? VIII. Instrument for People Access to all communications Particpatory Social Participation media in the interest of social participation and user-generated content Library 2.0 = Library Too

In the Seventh Age
Telephone
Fax
Music
Video
Internet
Email
Web

New in the Eighth Age
User-generated content (new collaborators)
Providing tools, not just content
More new formats (ebooks, MP3s, videogames)
New places (embedded)
Librarians integrating external tools

New Community Role
No longer the “gatekeeper” of information
Now providing ways to create and access that community online
The “just-in-time”
librarian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503078599@N01/449313467

Just-in-time Means Options
The “two-way” library
Website RSS feed Machines Humans

“ Nimble, not NIMBY”

7 th + 8 th +

7 th + 8 th http://flickr.com/photos/david_s_carter/2569748447/ +

7 th + 8 th +

7 th + 8 th + http://www.flickr.com/photos/7219533@N02/413269347

7 th + 8 th + http://flickr.com/photos/newtonfreelibrary/988663727/

7 th + 8 th + http://flickr.com/photos/oso/2343596768/

Get Rid of the One-Ways & Dead Ends

8 th Age = “Participatory Librarianship”

Participatory Librarianship
“ Librarians should…focus on the phenomena made possible by the technology. Most important of these phenomena, the library invites participation.”
- Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation , p. 20

Users = Collaborators “ Turns out, many library users did not want to be mere users of libraries, library systems, and library services. They wanted to contribute to the richness and value of ’our’ systems by adding reviews, comments, tags, ratings, and even -- perish the thought -- their own original creative works. They wanted to help us make library information systems even better and more useful, and they didn't want to do it merely by completing an annual feedback survey.” - Tom Peters

Collaboration

Unintended Consequences

Unintended Consequences?

Library Tools Built by Patrons

Library PR Built by Patrons

New Development Cycle? AADL offers RSS Ed Vielmetti (SuperPatron) creates the “new book shelf” online Ed posts screenshot to Flickr and library bloggers write about it ACPL implements their own new book shelf online

“ Let us look specifically at how participatory networks can be used in the library’s role as facilitator of knowledge through conversation. An obvious example is libraries hosting blogs and Wikis for their communities creating virtual meeting spaces for individuals and groups, just as libraries do in the physical world. Indeed, these are increasingly useful functions for libraries.”

Creating Community Spaces

Creating Community Spaces for Content Creation

Catalog as Community Space

“ What if we assume that the catalog is just the current place a user is involving in an ongoing conversation … what would that look like?”

The Participatory Catalog + + question

5 Things You Can Do Today
RSS
Recycle your content everywhere you can
Use an RSS reader to keep up
Build flexible spaces (online and offline) that facilitate conversation
Engage your most active users
Play
Find a community online

Library 8.0 (2005-?)

Jenny Levine Strategy Guide [email_address] AIM: cybrarygal http://theshiftedlibrarian.pbwiki.com/ October 16, 2008

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