Setting up the New Stuff: Planning & Implementing Library 2.0
1. Setting up the
New Stuff:
Planning & Implementing
Library 2.0
David Lee King
Digital Branch & Services Manager
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
davidleeking.com
2. Three Parts
1. Why, What, Who, How, and When
2. Topeka’s Current Experiments
3. Digital Branch Planning
13. How to make it happen
• Admin and Management
• staff time
• do we have
– the equipment
– willing participants
– can we make willing participants?
– Skilled staff?
14. How to make it happen
• Admin and Management
• staff time
• do we have
– the equipment
– willing participants
– can we make willing participants?
– Skilled staff?
15. Show Admin...
• the numbers - explain your plan, set goals,
project results
• the money - as in $0 spent
• the participation - real customers adding real
value to the library
• the missing piece - show how it fits into
organizational plan
16. Ideas from the Top
• Find people who get things done
• Find a champion
• Discover his/her interests
• Tell Stories
17. When to roll it out
• like, yesterday!
• seriously - some things don't take a lot of time
– blogs, flickr, youtube, IM
– 5 minutes, tops
• depends on you
33. creators?
• decide about customer content
– Actual content?
– Comments only?
• who's in charge of content babysitting?
– Doesn’t have to be the “webmaster”
– Definitely not Admin!
38. decisions
• reason for the blog
– what's new at the library?
– new books?
– library news?
• who's in charge? who writes?
Who answers comments?
39. tricks
• link to your stuff
– catalog
– events
• flickr for images
– saves storage space on server
– pic is in two places - re-using content
– two places for comments
• Customer and staff training
40. staff needs
• a little training on posting
• writing for the web training
• Basic HTML – for flickr, etc
41.
42. decisions
• Downloadable video?
• Channel Design
• reason for the videos
– what's new/library update videos
– videos of events
– training
– new books?
– library news?
43. decisions
• YouTube-specific account stuff
• who's in charge? who creates videos?
who watches comments?
• Staff or customer content?
• Everything in Blogs above…
44. tricks
• channels: link to other relevant channels!
• provide link back to library page
•Embed video on your
website!
55. blogs
• meetings and wikis used for planning
• created a loose schedule for posting
• anyone can post
• internal and public blogs
56. general blog guidelines
• be accountable
• write relevant content
• be respectful
• be confidential
• respect copyrights
• obey the law
• remember the handbook
57. Instant Messaging
• meebo widget
• telephone reference add-on
• “just do it”
• guidelines will come if/when
needed
• Installing trillian on staff PCs
58. podcasting/videocasting
• Experiments
• video - one
person
• podcasts - a
couple of people
• using YouTube to
host video
61. Digital Branch?
• Remove “digital”
• My job
• My “branch”
• My staff
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68. Goals for the branch
• all library services
Staffing
available physically and
digitally
• take advantage of unique
Training
features of the web
• to some, the digital
branch will be their only
Content
library
70. digital branch manager
• big picture development
• strategic planning
• trend watching
• Mentoring
• talking to internal and external groups
71. web dudes
• creating new tools, features, etc for site
• coding, html, css, javascript, etc
• day-to-day stuff
72. possible oversight group
• big picture future developments
• include patrons: great way to be
customer-centric
73. Content Creators
• create content for the Digital Branch
• articles, lists, photos, videos, podcasts
communication
• start conversations
• answer questions, respond to comments
74. Staffing Levels
• minimum 2 people per blog/content area
• minimum 1 person in charge of social
networking site
75. Finding staff
• for opening:
• Ask for volunteers
• have managers “volunteer” people
• tasks included in job descriptions
76. Finding staff
• future staff development:
• Training
• hold regular “what we need” meetings
• potential Learning 2.0 program
• continue asking and mentoring
• Goal: to develop 21st century librarians
77. Training needs
• training for specific tasks/jobs:
• how to post, to specific blogs
• how to add video to youtube
• how to use the digital camera & post to
flickr
• tagging basics
78. Training needs
• Orientation training
• My expectations
• Web staff train on specifics
• editorial standards
• then train the trainer approach
• Still in development
79. Content & Conversations
• Sharing the library’s story
• Collections
• Community
starting conversations
80. Holes to fill
• blogs/subject guides:
• at least 14 of them
• some have default staff
• Services/Department pages
• Social Networking sites
• “Odd Jobs”
81. style guidelines
• conversational tone
• active voice, written for web
• goal is conversation
• goal is sharing thoughts and content, and to
start conversations
• display content creator’s first name and
headshot