Libraries Do Matter: Enhancing Traditional Services with Library 2.0. Diana Sachs-Silveira, Tampa Bay Library Consortium Chad Mairn, St. Petersburg College Libraries VIP Library Workshop May 11, 2007 http://del.icio.us/VIP2007Chad_Diana

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Objectives: Discover what Web/Library 2.0 is. Learn how it can be used to promote traditional library services. Explore other technological trends that are positively impacting libraries. Highlight new library roles taking place in a new technological landscape? Q & A.

Discover what Web/Library 2.0 is.

Learn how it can be used to promote traditional library services.

Explore other technological trends that are positively impacting libraries.

Highlight new library roles taking place in a new technological landscape?

Q & A.

The Machine is Us/ing Us

What is Web 2.0

Stabilo Boss’ pictures shared through Creative Commons License

The Many Forms of Social Computing © Forrester Research. Source: Social Computing – How Networks Erode Institutional Power, and What to Do About It. 13 February 2006. ( http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/0,7211,38772,00.html ) [Thanks Robert Berkman for this slide.]

Online Photos Flickr tabblo scrapblog

Flickr tabblo scrapblog

Blogs http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html

RSS

Wikis

Video

Audio

Podcasting http://www.podcast.net/ http://www.ipodder.org/ MP3 +

Web-Based Communities Online social networks People work together Giving a “Voice of the voiceless” Integrate several technologies

Online social networks

People work together

Giving a “Voice of the voiceless”

Integrate several technologies

Online Communities MySpace , FaceBook , Friendster , Gather , Ning

MySpace , FaceBook , Friendster , Gather , Ning

Chatting Yahoo , MSN , Google Meebo , Trillian Ask a Librarian 60% of teens and young adults on the Internet use chat “often” Allows for file sharing, conferencing and VoIP Nearly 6 in 10 use IM to communicate at work

Yahoo , MSN , Google

Meebo , Trillian

Ask a Librarian

60% of teens and young adults on the Internet use chat “often”

Allows for file sharing, conferencing and VoIP

Nearly 6 in 10 use IM to communicate at work

Folksonomy or tagging AKA ‘tagging’ Vocabulary Clouds Users add value Harnessing Collective Intelligence of Users

AKA ‘tagging’

Vocabulary Clouds

Users add value

Harnessing Collective Intelligence of Users

Technorati del.icio.us LibraryThing Reddit

Technorati

del.icio.us

LibraryThing

Reddit

Gaming

Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game MMORPG or RPGs WoW has 8 million subscribers world-wide Nearly 40 percent of gamers are female, and nearly a quarter of gamers are over the age of 40.

MMORPG or RPGs

WoW has 8 million subscribers world-wide

Nearly 40 percent of gamers are female, and nearly a quarter of gamers are over the age of 40.

Second Life 3+ million people on 2 nd Life Integrate Chat, blogs, and often own economies

3+ million people on 2 nd Life

Integrate Chat, blogs, and often own economies

Teen Nights with Gaming Teen Night at Chesterfield Library

Online Documents EditGrid ; Google

EditGrid ; Google

What is news?

Portability

Remixing/Mashups http:// www.programmableweb.com/mashups http://www.talis.com/tdn/innovationdir

Are libraries still relevant?

Compare these mission statements: OCLC To further access to the world’s information and reduce library costs by offering services for libraries and their users. Google O rganize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful . Source: “Technology Curves and Libraries (or) The “Hurrieder” We Go, The “Behinder” We Get” by Richard Madaus.

OCLC

To further access to the world’s information and reduce library costs by offering services for libraries and their users.

Google O rganize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful .

Is this our future? Is the Machine Using/Us?

Library 2.0? “ Library 2.0 is not about technology.” “ Library 2.0 is all about technology.” “ Library 2.0 is a path towards improvement of services.” “ Library 2.0 means abandoning services that serve small or unimportant groups.” “ Library 2.0 is a paradigm shift that changes almost everything in a library.” “ Library 2.0 is hype that can interfere with the sound ideals involved.” Source: ‘Cites & Insights.’ Crawford at Large. Vol 6, No 2 Midwinter 2006 p.4 Thanks again Robert Berkman!

“ Library 2.0 is not about technology.”

“ Library 2.0 is all about technology.”

“ Library 2.0 is a path towards improvement of services.”

“ Library 2.0 means abandoning services that serve small or unimportant groups.”

“ Library 2.0 is a paradigm shift that changes almost everything in a library.”

“ Library 2.0 is hype that can interfere with the sound ideals involved.”

Some Examples: Blogs. Darien, CT Library Guilford Free Library Blog Georgia State University Library Subject Specific Blogs Wikis. University of Connecticut Staff Wiki Podcasts. Cheshire Public Library Podcast :

Blogs.

Darien, CT Library

Guilford Free Library Blog

Georgia State University Library Subject Specific Blogs

Wikis.

University of Connecticut Staff Wiki

Podcasts.

Cheshire Public Library Podcast :

Some Examples: Social Tagging: University of Pennsylvania PennTags . Sample Record St Petersburg College Library on LibraryThing ; Interactive Book Reviews Guilford Technical Community College on LibraryThing RSS Feeds: Hennepin County Library: Events Kenton Public Library: New Books, by Subject Southington Library and Museum U. Manitoba: health/science library feeds ( LisFeeds : Aggregated collection of library feeds) The above examples courtesy of Jenny Levine @ The Shifted Librarian ( http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/ )

Social Tagging:

University of Pennsylvania PennTags . Sample Record

St Petersburg College Library on LibraryThing ; Interactive Book Reviews

Guilford Technical Community College on LibraryThing

RSS Feeds:

Hennepin County Library: Events

Kenton Public Library: New Books, by Subject

Southington Library and Museum

U. Manitoba: health/science library feeds

( LisFeeds : Aggregated collection of library feeds)

The above examples courtesy of Jenny Levine @ The Shifted Librarian ( http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/ )

Libraries must … Be noticed! Be selective. Continue collaborating. “Wisdom of crowds” Help clear “data smog” (i.e., information overload). Focus on the user!!!

Be noticed!

Be selective.

Continue collaborating. “Wisdom of crowds”

Help clear “data smog” (i.e., information overload).

Focus on the user!!!

The Future? Web 3.0? Technology trends are fast Internet Operating System Next Generation Library Catalog Content Management Systems (e.g., Joomla, Drupal) Reference 2.0 = Ms. Dewey? Keep our focus on the user

Technology trends are fast

Internet Operating System

Next Generation Library Catalog

Content Management Systems (e.g., Joomla, Drupal)

Reference 2.0 = Ms. Dewey?

Keep our focus on the user

The Future is now!

What Now? Play! Learn! TBLC’s 2.0 Challenge Share ideas and play nicely with others Read Blogs and blog your experiences Think outside the box

Play! Learn!

TBLC’s 2.0 Challenge

Share ideas and play nicely with others

Read Blogs and blog your experiences

Think outside the box

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