Building Academic Library 2.0

Building Academic Building Academic Library 2.0Library 2.0

Meredith FarkasMeredith FarkasNovember 2, 2007November 2, 2007 cc license: Michael Habibcc license: Michael Habib

So what is library 2.0?So what is library 2.0?

Web 1.0: Democratized Web 1.0: Democratized Access to InformationAccess to Information

Web 2.0: Democratized Web 2.0: Democratized ParticipationParticipation

Revolutionary or Revolutionary or evolutionary?evolutionary?

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What is different now?What is different now?

Technology has Technology has enabled us to do so enabled us to do so much moremuch more

but we’re no longer but we’re no longer the only game in the only game in town.town.

Academic Library 2.0 is a Academic Library 2.0 is a state of mindstate of mind

Working to meet changing user needsWorking to meet changing user needsTrusting our users (radical trust)Trusting our users (radical trust)Getting rid of the culture of perfectGetting rid of the culture of perfectAware of emerging technologies and Aware of emerging technologies and opportunitiesopportunitiesLooking outside of the library world for Looking outside of the library world for applications, opportunities, inspirationapplications, opportunities, inspiration

Building Academic Building Academic Library 2.0, ExternallyLibrary 2.0, Externally

Know your usersKnow your users

Know your usersKnow your users

Know your usersKnow your users

Question Question everythingeverything

Question Question everythingeverything

Communicate, Communicate, become more become more transparenttransparent

Communicate, Communicate, become more become more transparenttransparent

Communicate, Communicate, become more become more transparenttransparent

Use 2.0 tools to Use 2.0 tools to highlight collectionshighlight collections

Use 2.0 tools to Use 2.0 tools to highlight collectionshighlight collections

Use 2.0 tools to Use 2.0 tools to highlight collectionshighlight collections

Go where your users Go where your users areare

Go where your users Go where your users areare

Go where your users Go where your users areare

Go where your users Go where your users areare

Build Build participationparticipation

Build Build participationparticipation

Build Build participationparticipation

Build Build participationparticipation

Build Build participationparticipation

Create Create partnershipspartnerships

Create Create partnershipspartnerships

Don’t focus Don’t focus just on just on technologiestechnologies

Building Academic Building Academic Library 2.0, InternallyLibrary 2.0, Internally

Develop a learning Develop a learning cultureculture

Develop a risk-tolerant Develop a risk-tolerant cultureculture

Collect knowledge Collect knowledge internallyinternally

It’s all about the It’s all about the network!network!

Be Be transparenttransparent

Good ideas can come Good ideas can come from anyone and from anyone and anywhereanywhere

Nurture talentNurture talent

Be agileBe agile

Involve staff Involve staff from all levels in from all levels in planningplanning

Avoid Avoid technolusttechnolust

Understand staff Understand staff members’ needs and members’ needs and limitationslimitations

Understand staff Understand staff members’ needs and members’ needs and limitationslimitations

Time must be devoted to all Time must be devoted to all thisthis

Make keeping up a part Make keeping up a part of people’s job of people’s job descriptionsdescriptions

Do you need new staff? Do you need new staff? Or just to do a little Or just to do a little shuffling?shuffling?

Is your organization (as Is your organization (as it is currently structured) it is currently structured)

able to make all this able to make all this happen?happen?

Thanks!Thanks!

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