Harnessing the Power of the People Behind our Libraries Cindi Trainor Eastern Kentucky University Bridging Worlds 2008 17 October 2008 http://flickr.com/victoriapeckham/164175205/ Open Source, Crowd Source

The State of Automation http://flickr.com/generated/2585844966/

http://flickr.com/automania/97936640/ Web 2.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherase/227972493/ Harnessing Collective Intelligence

The social web The Social Web http://flickr.com/mokambo/2438554108/

Web 2.0 comes to libraries http ://flickr.com/libraryman/1364445632/

The open source model Open Source http://flickr.com/m68000/100230924/

Evolving library outlook Library-based development Improving our tools The support model http://flickr.com/mumbleyjoe/1565110782/ Evolution and Change

Evolving library outlook

Library-based development

Improving our tools

The support model

Crowd-sourcing: the social web comes to library software The social bits: Tags Reviews Ratings Connecting with other users Connecting with librarians http://flickr.com/zanzo/374076098/ Crowd Source: aggregate social data

The social bits:

Tags

Reviews

Ratings

Connecting with other users

Connecting with librarians

conclusion It is co nstant http://flickr.com/dhammza/2227347832/

Thank you! Cindi Trainor | citegeist.com | IM: cinditrainor | Bridging Worlds 2008 http://flickr.com/kvanlierop/2219077757/