Library 2.0

Library 2.0 Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission

1993

2006

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_radio

http://pcworld.about.com/dbf/Dec242005id123950.htm

http://www.terremoto.net/x/archivos/000124.html

Perpetual Beta

Rapid development

Rapid implementation

Constantly test the waters

Don’t be afraid to fail

http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxsbiker/467319066/

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

Grab the Long Tail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

“ 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)

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

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

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

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

Can your users find what they’re looking for?

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

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

Is Your Library a Nanny State?

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

“ 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.”

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

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