Building Online Community with Staff (Sydney, NSW)

building community for library staff > connect > create > learn > State Library New South Wales | August 2008

“ we are building community daily in a manner we never would have imagined a year ago ” -Teen Services Librarian Seattle Public Library

vision relevant, vibrant & sustainable libraries in every community

mission build & facilitate collaborative environments where library staff connect create & learn

build an online community where library staff can support each other & public access computing in libraries

management maintenance technology continuing education e-learning training sustainability planning support personalization peers timely upgrades networks advocacy staffing programming marketing patrons funding volunteers staff development access communities friends services

people + training + resources all in one place

by & for the library staff who spend their time there

~90K unique visits per month 30K+ registered members

behind the scenes at ‘the WJ’

1. secret hand signal

2. family drinking song

3. karaoke

funders

since 1967. parents

Blogs Wikis Podcasts Mashups Social Networks RSS

connect

create

From: King,Tim Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:08 AM To: WJ team Subject: ALA Team Blogging and other "social" efforts
Hello ALA (physical or virtual) Attendees: It's time to get your WebJunction/ALA/Social-Community Freak ON !
A few important points:
A Blog account is your passport to fame .
Images make your blog post at least 3.6x better!
A full Flickr Set makes us all look so much smarter.
Using Twitter doesn't mean you lack friends in the physical world .
Video is the new photo.
The Library 2.0 Café Virtual Session will RULE .
A Staff Photo-op can immortalize the boas forever.
-Tim

original research trends in e-learning for library staff sustaining public access computing programs: technology & management competencies latino perceptions of public libraries: a summary of research findings

> WebJunction article > WebJunction program

“ I’m so glad you joined the twitter world. MRRL is always doing what’s relevant ” -tab MRRL MySpace friend, Missouri

regularly assessing understanding needs

What was your greatest achievement last year? Adding Netlibrary (e-books) Staying sane! Keeping the internet running for the patrons. I've been able to encourage use of our library by our Spanish speaking patrons.
We implemented public classes to teach computer use .
I am the new director of my library.
Completing the Capstone Synchronous Training program

let’s choose our own adventure

A the next webjunction

B so what?

www.webjunction.org

Content Courses Conversation Thriving Community Social Experience Liferay Liferay Plateau / Providers Member/Partner Generated

And WebJunction Central:

Your My WebJunction Page is where you keep track of the activities, interests and contributions within the WebJunction community. Your Activities Your Friends Your Discussions Your Groups Your Courses & Bookmarks Account Info, Affiliations, & Shopping Cart

Your Activities At-a-glance, fresh view of what’s going on in your community

Your Friends

Public Profile

Setting up your public profile

But wait! There’s more!

New Catalog

Contributions Insert text Or upload documents, media, images

Get social around courses

Groups Quickly create groups around the topics and events you care about, without site admin help

B so what?

‘ collaborative environments’
wj teams & office space
webjunction.org
other online tools
f2f meetings & workshops
in libraries

‘ the webjunction way’
learning is social
sharing is required
build trust & equity
take risks
have fun

Community Responsibility Continuum of Engagement Level of Participation Individual (help me get my job done) Collective (help others get the job done) visitor > member > participant > contributor > SME > group facilitator > advocate > presenter > mentor > champion search navigation tag clouds registration/login public profile friending comment rate edit tagging bookmarks groups courses read attend webinar add article discussions wiki recommend create group build relationships topic SME present guide train recruit inspire
Consume
Personalize
Explore Connect Respond Contribute Collaborate Facilitate Lead

“ it’s a learning community ” - Betha Gutsche Curriculum Developer

“ no spectators only participants ” - Sharon Streams User Experience Manager

vision relevant, vibrant & sustainable libraries in every community

relevant vibrant sustainable

building community for library staff connect > create > learn > [merci] [email_address] librariesbuildcommunities.org webjunction.org twitter.com/itgirl

Building Online Community with Staff (Sydney, NSW)

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