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Two
Web 2.0
and
Library 2.0
Presentation by:
Eddie Byrne
Librarian & Web Administrator
May 2007
Dublin City Public Libraries & Archive, Dublin, Ireland

This is a two-part Presentation
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Part Two: Library 2.0
Part One: Web 2.0 |

Library 2.0
• Library 2.0 is all about library users -- keeping those we have
while actively seeking those who do not currently use our
services. It's about embracing those ideas and technologies
that can assist libraries in delivering services to these groups,
and it's about participation -- involving users in service creation
and evaluation.\" Michael Casey, LibraryCrunch
• \"Library 2.0 is very much influenced by technology-driven, two-
way, social interactions between staff and staff or staff and
patrons.\" John Blyberg, Blyberg.net
• \"Library 2.0 is the natural evolution of library services to a level
where the library user is in control of how and when she gets
access to the services she needs and wants.\" Thomas Brevik,
Library 1.5

Library 2.0
• Gives library users a participatory role in the
services libraries offer and the way they are
used.
• Embracing it becomes necessary so as to be
in a position to respond to changing user
needs and ensuring the library is in a strong
position to effectively meet those needs now
and in the future.

Library 2.0 Implementation
Instant Messaging (IM) & Virtual Reference
• IM enables real-time text communication between individuals.
Analogous to the face-to-face reference interview. Considered
'Library 2.' even though in existence for some time, as it gives
the user a presence within the library web space, and it
facilitates collaboration between the patron and the library.
Examples:
http://www.fordlibrary.org/chat/ (using Meebo)
Lansing Public Library - http://www.lansing.lib.il.us/
Exeter Public Library, RI - http://131.109.225.131/exelib/

Library 2.0 Implementation

Library 2.0 Implementation
Instant Messaging
• On your blog or webpage, you set up
Meebo, Plugoo, or Gabbly.
• Visitors on your site can then see the
chat window and type a message in
it to send it to you.
• This chat service is directly connected
to your Instant Messenger and
forwards you in real time all the
messages your visitors send you.
• You answer to the visitor directly
from your Instant Messenger in real
time.

Library 2.0 Implementation

Library 2.0 Implementation
Wikis
• subject-based wikis in which users suggest resources and ask
questions.
• local history (involving local history societies)
• reading club
Examples:
Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki -
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page
St. Joseph County Public Library's Subject Guides -
http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page
Yarra Plenty Summer Reading Club Wiki -
http://summerreadingclub.pbwiki.com/

Library 2.0 Implementation
Blogs
• key way for libraries to engage users, enhance community interaction
• allowing library users to discuss plans and ask questions.
• news service / announcements
• what's new - books, DVDs
• promote resources (e.g. collections, new material, fiction), services
• promote and discuss events/programmes (marketing and promotion) -
utilising RSS
• readers' advisory portal
• book reviews, award lists, book discussion areas - library customers
have favourite titles, authors, and genres. Allows them to comment,
write reviews, create their own tags and ratings, and share them with
others.
• topics for genres - mystery, horror, SF, romance
• reports of activity on a project (research, building, plans)

Library 2.0 Implementation
Blogs (contd.)
• photographic record of event or activity
• focus on a particular service
• user-specific blog (teens, students, seniors - news and services for that
group)
• conference blog (Readers' day)
• association & organisation blog
• local history, genealogy
• internal blog (staff-oriented)
• historic photographs

Library 2.0 Implementation
Blogs
Examples:
http://www.boernelibrary.blogspot.com/
http://www.darienlibrary.org/ for varied uses
Director's Blog - http://www.aadl.org/taxonomy/term/86
Teens - http://lansinglibraryteen.blogspot.com/
West Long Branch Public Library - http://www.wlbpl.org/
Thomas Ford Memorial Library: western springs history -
http://www.westernspringshistory.org/ (historic photographs)
St. Joseph County Public Library - http://www.libraryforlife.org/
(various blogs)
Weymouth Public Library - http://tuftsstuff.blogspot.com/ (Teens)
Kanakee Public Library Director's Blog –
http://lions-online-shesaidhesaid.blogspot.com/
Library Musings: Kankakee Public Library -
http://kpllibrarymusings.blogspot.com/
Kanakee Public Library - http://www.lions-online.org/blogs.htm
Yarra Plenty Library Blog (Australia) -
http://yarraplentylibrary.blogspot.com/

Library 2.0 Implementation
Blogs (examples contd.)
Yarra Plenty Library Local History Blog - http://yplocalhistory.blogspot.com/
Yarra Plenty Genealogy - http://ypgenealogy.blogspot.com/
Yarra Plenty Book Blog - http://yprlbookblog.blogspot.com/
Lansing Library Adult News & Reviews Blog -
http://lansinglibraryadult.blogspot.com/
Lansing Library Teen News & Reviews Blog -
http://lansinglibraryteen.blogspot.com/
Lansing Library Youth News & Reviews Blog -
http://lansinglibraryyouth.blogspot.com/
Lansing Library Internet & Technology Blog -
http://lansinglibraryweb.blogspot.com/
Hennepin County Library BookSpace -
http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/Blog/
Dublin City Public Libraries' Examples:
http://www.dublinonecityonebook.ie (http://onecityonebook.wordpress.com/)
http://dublinreaders.wordpress.com/
http://childrenszone.wordpress.com/
http://pembrokeaccess.blogspot.com/

Library 2.0 Implementation

Library 2.0 Implementation

Library 2.0 Implementation

Library 2.0 Implementation

Library 2.0 Implementation
Hennepin County Library BookSpace -
http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/Blog/

Library 2.0 Implementation
www.dublinonecityonebook.ie Link

Library 2.0 Implementation
'Discussion Forum' NOT A Blog - Web 2.0??
– the line blurs

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Social Networking Tools
• Giving the library a wider web presence
• library marketing and promotion
• stock promotion
• library storytelling videos – delivery channel
• Networking with fellow librarians and information
professionals worldwide – continued professional
development

Library 2.0 Social Networking
MySpace
Examples:
Waterville Public Library -
http://www.myspace.com/watervillepubliclibrary
Hennepin County Library -
http://www.myspace.com/hennepincountylibrary
Denver Public Library - http://myspace.com/denver_evolver
Lansing Public Library - http://www.myspace.com/lansingpubliclibrary
Thomas Ford Memorial Library - http://www.myspace.com/thomasford
http://www.myspace.com/libraryloft
Brooklyn College Library -
http://www.myspace.com/brooklyncollegelibrary

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Denver Public Library on myspace.com –
http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Video on myspace.com by the Public Library of Charlotte &
Mecklenburg County, NC - http://www.libraryloft.org/

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Flickr
Examples:
Dublin City Public Libraries -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/
Copenhagen Public Libraries - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkb/
Gwinnett County Public Library -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gwinnettcountypubliclibrary/
Alexandrian Public Library - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandrian/
Lansing Library - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lansinglibrary
Santa Monica Public Library (Image Archives) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smpl/
Pickens County Library System - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcls/
(used to post old photos)
Weymouth Public Library - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wpl/
St. Joseph County Public Library - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjcpl/
Newport Public Library -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newportpubliclibrary/
Lansing Public Library, Lansing Illinois -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lansinglibrary

Library 2.0 Social Networking
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/

Library 2.0 Social Networking

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Flickr Groups
http://www.flickr.com/groups/carnegie_libraries/

flickr.com
dublincitypubliclibraries.ie
dublinonecityonebook.ie

Library 2.0 Social Networking
del.icio.us, selected websites for patrons
Examples:
Dublin City Public Libraries -
http://del.icio.us/DublinCityPublicLibraries
La Grange Park Library - http://del.icio.us/LaGrangeParkLibrary
Lansing Public Library - http://del.icio.us/lansingpubliclibrary
Librarian, Canberra, Australia - http://del.icio.us/frightfullynew

Library 2.0 Social Networking
http://del.icio.us/DublinCityPublicLibraries link

Library 2.0 Social Networking
YouTube
Examples:
Denver Public Library
http://teens.denverlibrary.org/media/youtube.html
Rock 'n' Roll Library -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItCIHAksjf4
Gail Borden Public Library, Illinois -
http://www.elgin.lib.il.us/videoextras.html

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Video on youtube.com by the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0sLbXU344Q

Library 2.0 Social Networking
Technorati
• list of an organisation's various blogs
Examples:
Lansing Library - http://www.technorati.com/profile/lansinglibrary

Library 2.0 Social Networking
SEE ALSO:
Libraries in Social Networking Software
•
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/05/10/librari
es-in-social-networking-software/
YALSA Online Social Networking list of libraries
•
http://teentechweek.wikispaces.com/Online+Social+Networking
MySpace & Teens
•
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=MySpace_%26_Teens#M-P
for list
Libraries that use Flickr http://www.librarystuff.net/2006/07/libraries-
•
that-use-flickr_115370920774117687.html for list
Libraries that use del.icio.us
•
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?p=213 for list
Academic libraries using web 2.0
•
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?p=221

Library 2.0 RSS
• Staff current awareness (SDI)
• Selected feeds for patrons
• Syndication of content
Examples:
SDI: Dublin City Public Libraries -
http://www.bloglines.com/public/dubcilib (for library staff)
http://www.bloglines.com/public/dublincitypubliclibraries
(feeds for library users)

Library 2.0 RSS
RSS Feeds for Library Staff
http://www.bloglines.com/public/dubcilib

Library 2.0 Mashups
Examples:
http://www.westernspringshistory.org/map/ (APIs:
Google Maps)
BiblioPage.com - data is gathered from book records
in libraries around the world via the Z39.50
protocol. The interface combines library records with
Amazon data.
Libraries411.com – library mapping and locator
system.

Mashup - Integrating
Amazon.com
customer reviews
and book editorials
into the online card
catalogue
http://nell.boulder.lib.co.us.books.u.orch8.net/search

Library 2.0 Mashups
http://www.libraries411.com/

Library 2.0 Mashups
Allen County Public Library - a mashup of book
covers and information for newly catalogued books -
http://blog.acpl.lib.in.us/amzamash/book_wall.php

Library 2.0 Mashups
http://libraryblogs.suprglu.com/

Library 2.0 Outside the Library
LibraryThing - catalogue your books online
http://www.librarything.com/ Link

Librarian 2.0
The Guru of the Information Age!
Understands the power of the Web 2.0 opportunities
Learns the major tools of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 and
tries to innovate
Is device independent and uses and delivers to
everything from laptops to Smartphones to PDAs to
iPods
Acknowledgment: Stephen Abram

Librarian 2.0
Doesn’t shy away from non-traditional
cataloguing and classification
Chooses tagging, folksonomies and user-
driven content descriptions where
appropriate.
Embraces non-textual information and the
power of pictures, moving images, sight
and sound
Acknowledgment: Stephen Abram

Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 References
• The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006
http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2006.htm
• Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael
Stephens
• Learning 2.0 - online self-discovery program that encourages the
exploration of web 2.0 tools and new technologies
http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/
• Library 2.0 Reading List
http://www.squidoo.com/library20
• TechCrunch
http://www.techcrunch.com

Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 References
• The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html
• Rhonda Gonzales, Dean, CSU-Pueblo Library
http://rhondagonzales.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/the-long-tail-in-action/
• Five Weeks to a Social Library
http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/
• SirsiDynix Institute
(ongoing forum for professional development in the library community)
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/index.php
• Go2Web20.net - The complete Web 2.0 directory
http://www.go2web20.net/

Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 Acknowledgments
• Jenny Levine, American Library Association, The Shifted Librarian
http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
• Heyam El.Hayek, Library Services Coordinator (LSC) Qattan Centre for
the Child, Gaza
http://arablibrarian.wordpress.com/
• Michael Stephens, Dominican University GSLIS
www.tametheweb.com
• David King, Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka & Shawnee
County Public Library
http://www.davidleeking.com
• Stephen Abram, MLS, SirsiDynix Vice-President of Innovation
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/

The End…
Library2.0
…or just the Beginning?