The document discusses the concept of Library 2.0 and how libraries can embrace new technologies and social media to become more open and user-centered. Some of the key ideas presented include adopting a "perpetual beta" approach of rapid development and testing new technologies, using online applications, engaging users on social media platforms they use, allowing user-generated content, and removing barriers to access information. The goal is for libraries to become more "borderless" by meeting users in the online spaces they already use.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Grab the Long Tail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

74. Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission [email_address] www.travelinlibrarian.info del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian