What's Old is What's New Library 2.0 for You NELA Annual Conference – 2008 Elizabeth Thomsen http://www.noblenet.org/ethomsen/

The Old Days We read about things in books, but seldom had access to the source material Primary sources were curated, most of us just saw carefully selected images, movie clips, quotations from letters, etc. Someone else decided what was important.

We read about things in books, but seldom had access to the source material

Primary sources were curated, most of us just saw carefully selected images, movie clips, quotations from letters, etc.

Someone else decided what was important.

Spinning Room Boys, Salem, Massachusetts Lewis Wickes Hine, National Archives Lewis Hine Project Joe Manning’s search for the stories and descendants of child laborers photographed by Hine

Shorpy An active blog of old photographs

Shorpy

An active blog of old photographs

Library of Congress on Flickr

Movies For the Living 1940’s movie about New York housing projects Living Room Candidate TV campaign commercials back to 1952 BBC Memory Share Oral history project on YouTube

For the Living

1940’s movie about New York housing projects

Living Room Candidate

TV campaign commercials back to 1952

BBC Memory Share

Oral history project on YouTube

The Future of History There will be more of it More complex written record: e-mail, blogging, wikis, social networking, Twitter, IM, text messages, etc. What happens when we die? Digital Dark Ages?

There will be more of it

More complex written record: e-mail, blogging, wikis, social networking, Twitter, IM, text messages, etc.

What happens when we die?

Digital Dark Ages?

Geography is History Visual Wakefield Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Visual Wakefield

Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

People are Interested… But not as passive consumers Comments, conversation and stories Contributions and crowdsourcing Creativity through remixing and mash-ups The end of “look but don’t touch”

But not as passive consumers

Comments, conversation and stories

Contributions and crowdsourcing

Creativity through remixing and mash-ups

The end of “look but don’t touch”

Make it easy for people to find and share Tags, names, numbers, addresses, geocoding Bookmarkable links Code for embedding images Badges and other tools Multiple RSS feeds Widgets, gadgets, plugins, apps Copyright

Make it easy for people to find and share

Tags, names, numbers, addresses, geocoding

Bookmarkable links

Code for embedding images

Badges and other tools

Multiple RSS feeds

Widgets, gadgets, plugins, apps

Copyright

Encourage Participation Encourage users to share their own photographs, home movies, memories, and more…even though it means giving up some control Encourage people to use your material and create new tools…even though it means giving up some control

Encourage users to share their own photographs, home movies, memories, and more…even though it means giving up some control

Encourage people to use your material and create new tools…even though it means giving up some control

Thank you! Elizabeth Thomsen http://www.noblenet.org/ethomsen/ [email_address]

Elizabeth Thomsen

http://www.noblenet.org/ethomsen/

[email_address]