Library 2.0: Life as a Twopointopian

Slide 1: Library 2.0 Life as a Twopointopian John Blyberg, Darien Library, Darien, CT www.blyberg.net Nov 30, 2007 ACRL/NY - Baruch College

Slide 2: Are we here... ...or are we here? Source: www.opte.org

Slide 3: We don’t always need to understand the big picture... ...we just need to know how to be part of it.

Slide 4: Is this Library 2.0? (I fscking hope not!)

Slide 5: “Library 2.0 simply means making your library’s space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative, and driven by community needs ... The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and need in their daily lives…to make the library a destination and not an afterthought.” - Sarah Houghton-Jan

Slide 6: (Image by Helene Blowers)

Slide 7: i io r t o a h r t o u b among othern t e a Library 2.0 is a toolkit of mv thing s a ideologies. l we r l o o p t c m u cs y e t vr a

Slide 8: The Traditional Library (1.0?) v ic e Se r me rService (People) s t o C u Goods (Books ‘n Stuff)

Slide 9: The Transformative Library (2.0?) M E R Experience S T O Goods C U (Participation) E Transformation (Books ‘n Stuff) RE M IC E X T E R V E S Service (People)

Slide 10: - a o d 2.0 pm Library d e depends on Library 1.0 ( Done really freakin’ well )

Slide 11: c e o n _ e ; r ) i 2.0 is’ a plug-in u 2 not Library q L e ‘ (

Slide 12: ! c h ’ f te i ‘ (2.0. xi No technology? t e f e No Library f d { i ) } 0 ; (Except, maybe just a little...)

Slide 13: What role does Technology play? Participation Collaboration Innovation Distribution

Slide 14: The Information Experience

Slide 15: Libraries are suffering from an ‘axis of failure’ wa re rtise so ft ex pe IL S ic al os ed c hn Cl m i c te sy ste R M kof D Lac

Slide 16: www.darienlibrary.org

Slide 17: Open Spaces Open Standards Open Data Open Open Source Dialogue Open Minds Open Processes Open Meetings

Slide 18: fin. John Blyberg (john@blyberg.net) www.blyberg.net