Building Academic Library 2.0 - Association of Christian LibrariansPresentation Transcript
Building Academic
Library 2.0
Meredith Farkas
Association of Christian Librarians
So what is library 2.0?
Web 1.0: Democratized
Access to Information
Web 2.0: Democratized
Participation
Revolutionary or evolutionary?
http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/24/library-20-ripples-another-go-at-the-graph/
What is different now?
Technology has enabled
us to do so much more
but we’re no longer the
only game in town.
Academic Library 2.0 is
a state of mind
•Working to meet changing user needs
•Trusting our users (radical trust)
•Getting rid of the culture of perfect
•Aware of emerging technologies and
opportunities
•Looking outside of the library world for
applications, opportunities, inspiration
Building Academic
Library 2.0: Surveying
the Landscape
Know your users
Develop a Culture of
Assessment
Develop a Learning Culture
Keeping Up
Develop your keep-
up strategy
•most important to your are
Determine what topics
continuing ed.
Develop your keep-
up strategy
•most important to your are
Determine what topics
continuing ed.
• Choose your filters
Develop your keep-
up strategy
•most important to your are
Determine what topics
continuing ed.
• Choose your filters
• Find tools to help you keep
up
Tools for Keeping Up
Tools for Keeping Up
Tools for Keeping Up
Develop your keep-
up strategy
•most important to your are
Determine what topics
continuing ed.
• Choose your filters
• Find tools to help you keep
up
• Accept that you can't keep up
with everything
Build your Network
Building Academic
Library 2.0:
Embracing Change
Question Everything
Develop a Risk-
Tolerant Culture
Beware the Culture of Perfect
Be Agile
Building Academic
Library 2.0: Enabling
Academic Work
What do THEY want?
Build the Spaces they Want
Communicate with
your Users
Become More
Transparent
Translate Traditional
Services Online
Allow Users to Connect
around Collections
Integrate the Online
Research Experience
Make the Library a Creative
Technology Lab
Collect Knowledge to
Benefit Everyone
Building Academic
Library 2.0: Making
Collections More Visible
and Accessible
Use 2.0 Tools to
Highlight Collections
Be Where our Users Are
Market Ideas Effectively
Building Academic
Library 2.0: Looking
Beyond our Library
Get out of the Library and Join
the University
Create Partnerships
Look at what’s happening
outside of libraries
Building Academic
Library 2.0: Internally
Reward Failure
Give Staff Time for
Creative Endeavors
Collect Knowledge
Internally
Be Transparent
Good Ideas can Come from
Anyone and Anywhere
Involve Staff from All
Levels in Planning
Nurture Talent
Understand Staff Needs
and Limitations
Time Must be Devoted to all This
Will you need to create
new jobs or just shuffle?
Tips for Implementing
New Services or
Technologies
Choosing a Project
• Avoid technolust
• Know your population
• Weigh your options through play
• Understand the culture of each
technology
Selling ideas to
colleagues
• Have plenty of hard data
• Have a prototype
• Encourage staff to “kick the tires”
• Offer training for staff
• Be patient
Selling ideas to IT
• Involve IT in planning
• Know your stuff
• Build relationships and find
champions
Consider the
day-to-day
• Do you need a policy?
• Do you need maintenance
procedures?
Promotion
• Marketing
• Website
• All over campus
• Local media
• Faculty – build into a course
• Focus on functionality
• Training
Assessment
• How do you assess?
• Usage statistics
• Surveys
• Most libraries aren’t doing any
assessment of social tools
Is your organization (as it is
currently structured) able
to make all this happen?
Thanks!
mgfarkas@gmail.com
AIM: librarianmer
Links and presentation at
http://meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com