Training 2.0
How to expose and inspire your staff
to the social web
Steve Campion
Susan McBride
Pierce County Library System

PART 1
THE TRENDS

The physical library

Expectations – ten years ago
[our old website from the wayback
machine]

Online convenience

Places to go

Dual existence

Online Interaction
Social networking
Web 2.0
Library 2.0
The Social Web
Interaction & mass collaboration

The Internet
The 1970s:
university labs
The 1980s:
universities & geeks
The 1990s:
the rest of us

The Social Web
Connects people
Gives them a forum
Encourages collaboration, interaction

Adding your voice to the mix

Showing your personality

Interacting with the world

What does this mean for libraries?

Impact issues
Specialized software
Bandwidth
Filters
Uploading / Downloading

Why are people spending so
much time on social
networking sites?

They just are.
GET
OVER
IT

Understanding the trends

PART 2
THE CLASS

PUG keynote address
October, 2006
Michael Stephens
‘Tame the Web’

Why not an awareness class?

Social Web Literacy

Keeping it lively

Learning by doing

Telling stories

Sharing stories

Vote on an online poll
Create an avatar
Look into wikis and gaming
Explore personal pages
Learn about tags, RSS, and IM
Create a personal page

Homework: Participate!

Homework !
Two weeks
Add to personal page
Visit classmates’ personal pages
Interact
Explore

PART 3
THE POSSIBILITIES

We’re in MySpace now
http://www.myspace.com/piercecountylibrary

We’re doing Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piercecountylibrary/

Our Flickr 365 project

Our wiki
http://www.myspace.com/piercecountylibrary

Blogs, blogs, blogs

Opening avenues to respond

Future projects
Me and my book
Me and my librarian
Me and my pet
???

DILOPC

Get together programs

Other Web 2.0 gadgets
RSS feeds
Tags & tag clouds
Internal blogs
Staff wikis
Buddy icons?

Case study: one HUGE caveat

Start the ideas churning
Endorsement from upstairs
The Social Web Literacy class
Explore the Social Web
Learn the tools, the dynamics
Get ideas
Apply them to programs, communications

Reinforcing what we already do
podcast

Time for
Questions
Steve Campion
scampion@piercecountylibrary.org