The document discusses the importance of libraries blending into online communities and networks. It argues that libraries must focus on people rather than just services, and should view their role as opportunities to connect and build relationships in the community. Several librarians are quoted emphasizing that libraries should see technology as a way to support community building rather than an end in itself.

1. Chrystie Hill & Michael Porter Internet Librarian 2007 blending in librarians in the networked community

2. ................... our networked world

4. “ Life is easier in a community blessed with a substantial stock of social capital. In the first place, networks of civic engagement foster sturdy norms of generalized reciprocity and encourage the emergence of social trust . Such networks facilitate coordination and communication , amplify reputations , and thus allow dilemmas of collective action to be resolved. When economic and political negotiation is embedded in dense networks of social interaction , incentives for opportunism are reduced … [they] broaden the participants‘ sense of self, developing ‘I’ into ‘we’ … ”

6. . . . . . . . . . web 2.0 Bloglines iGoogle Flickr YouTube Twitter Facebook MySpace Netflix …

7. “ it’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before ”

8. people

9. [us]

10. Blogs Wikis Podcasts Mashups Social Networks RSS [powered by]

11. [not organized] [not controlled]

12. “ libraries must be part of society's thinking about how we develop and nurture social as well as information networks ” - Jean Preer American Libraries, September 2001

13. [making sense]

14. “ librarians have made retrieval and accuracy a god—disregarding what users’ preferences are ” -associate university librarian OCLC Environmental Scan 2003

15. library = books

16. ................... the networked librarian

17. “ libraries should be about the people they’re for, not about the services we think they need ” -Barbara Fister Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota

18. “ books and materials are secondary in a public library. the most important aspect is the human interaction . the library experience cannot be viewed as just an information transaction, but rather as an opportunity to touch and connect lives ” -Cheryl Napsha Director, Bethel Park Public Library

19. “ technology must support the relationship and community building efforts of the library, else there isn’t much use for it ” -William Barrow Cleveland State University

20. “ don’t get hemmed in by thinking things aren’t ‘what libraries do’ we don’t just provide books and internet services – we help the community. we can do that in more ways than we’re used to doing. ” -Mary Doud Kalamazoo Public Library

21. ................... blending in

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63. “ we are building community daily in a manner we never would have imagined a year ago ” -Teen Services Librarian Seattle Public Library

64. chrystie hill | itgirl [email_address] http://librariesbuildcommunities.org michael porter | libraryman http://www.libraryman.com [email_address]