Library 2.0 Creating A Borderless Library

Slide 1: Library 2.0: Creating a Borderless Library Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission

Slide 2: 1993

Slide 3: 2006

Slide 4: Are we locked-in to the old ways? http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/255952747/

Slide 6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/storm_gal/353753314/

Slide 7: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fenchurch/381545032/

Slide 16: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quiplash/783124864/

Slide 17: Perpetual Beta • Rapid development • Rapid implementation • Constantly test the waters • Don’t be afraid to fail http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxsbiker/467319066/

Slide 19: Online applications http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdegraaf/396374973/

Slide 21: Grab the Long Tail

Slide 23: Marketing http://www.flickr.com/photos/peminumkopi/301887781/

Slide 24: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrapstothefuture/502274792/ ≠ love I’m cute guaranteed

Slide 25: Give yourself permission to suck http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajamison/49581735/

Slide 26: Give your customers the megaphone http://www.flickr.com/photos/45457688@N00/82283972/

Slide 27: Contributed Content http://www.flickr.com/photos/amigadave/350299827/

Slide 32: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjude/498780272/in/photostream/ vs. Be Social http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjude/498780300/

Slide 37: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/271553300/

Slide 42: Go where the users are http://www.flickr.com/photos/patisfaction/33984854/

Slide 43: “Ivanhoe library does not have a conventional reference desk. Instead they use a portable tablet which can be carried around the library by roving reference staff.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarraplenty/521189422/ (used with permission)

Slide 44: Is it easy for your users to contact you? http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulgi/283789943/

Slide 45: • A 2005 report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project called “Teens and Technology” found that teenagers preferred new technology, like instant messaging or text messaging, for talking to friends and use e-mail to communicate with “old people.” • E-mail is “too confusing” http://www.flickr.com/photos/couleursgm/244737979/

Slide 46: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ref/contactus.html

Slide 50: Break Down Barriers http://icanseemytoes.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

Slide 51: Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/194802572/

Slide 52: http://www.libraryforlife.org/firefox/

Slide 55: 23 March 2007 http://www.nypost.com/seven/03232007/news/regionalnews/check_it_out__bklyn_library_eyes_netflix_regionalnews_david_seifman_____city_hall_bureau_chief.htm

Slide 56: Can your users find what they’re looking for?

Slide 59: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubyshoes/491964464/

Slide 60: Searching for new content types? http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotpolka/1368486413/

Slide 65: Is your library a Nanny State? http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkanouse/61814643/

Slide 70: http://www.flickr.com/photos/memestate/54408373/

Slide 71: “It’s the simplest lesson of the Internet: it’s the people stupid. We don’t have computers because we want to interact with machines; we have them because they allow us to communicate more effectively with other people.”

Slide 72: http://alreadygone.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-attempt-at-illustrating.html

Slide 73: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003934.html

Slide 74: Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission msauers@nlc.state.ne.us www.travelinlibrarian.info del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian