Building Academic Library 2.0
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The document discusses the concept of Library 2.0 and how academic libraries can build themselves according to this model. It emphasizes knowing users, questioning practices, communicating transparently, using Web 2.0 tools, building participation, creating partnerships, developing a learning culture, being transparent, involving staff, and assessing needs to transform the library according to changing user needs in the digital age. The focus is on meeting users where they are and empowering participation over just providing information.
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Building Academic Library 2.0
- 1. Building Academic Library 2.0 Meredith Farkas November 2, 2007 cc license: Michael Habib
- 2. So what is library 2.0?
- 3. Web 1.0: Democratized Access to Information
- 4. Web 2.0: Democratized Participation
- 5. Revolutionary or evolutionary? http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/24/library-20-ripples-another-go-at-the-graph/
- 7. What is different now?
- 8. Technology has enabled us to do so much more
- 9. but we’re no longer the only game in town.
- 10. Academic Library 2.0 is a state of mind Working to meet changing user needs Trusting our users (radical trust) Getting rid of the culture of perfect Aware of emerging technologies and opportunities Looking outside of the library world for applications, opportunities, inspiration
- 11. Building Academic Library 2.0, Externally
- 12. Know your users
- 13. Know your users
- 14. Know your users
- 17. Communicate, become more transparent
- 18. Communicate, become more transparent
- 19. Communicate, become more transparent
- 20. Use 2.0 tools to highlight collections
- 21. Use 2.0 tools to highlight collections
- 22. Use 2.0 tools to highlight collections
- 23. Go where your users are
- 24. Go where your users are
- 25. Go where your users are
- 26. Go where your users are
- 34. Don’t focus just on technologies
- 35. Building Academic Library 2.0, Internally
- 36. Develop a learning culture
- 37. Develop a risk-tolerant culture
- 39. It’s all about the network!
- 40. Be transparent
- 41. Good ideas can come from anyone and anywhere
- 42. Nurture talent
- 43. Be agile
- 44. Involve staff from all levels in planning
- 45. Avoid technolust
- 46. Understand staff members’ needs and limitations
- 47. Understand staff members’ needs and limitations
- 48. Time must be devoted to all this
- 49. Make keeping up a part of people’s job descriptions
- 50. Do you need new staff? Or just to do a little shuffling?
- 51. Is your organization (as it is currently structured) able to make all this happen?
- 52. Thanks! [email_address] AIM: librarianmer Links and presentation at http://meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com