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Implementing Web 2.0 tools in a specialised academic library:The AV Language Library experience
Arts Digital | The University of Sydney
Michelle Liu | Librarian
STRUCTURE
› 1. Our new audience: Gen Y
› 2. Our experience with Library 2.0 tools
› 3. Our concerns with copyright
› 4. Conclusion
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The Generations
Baby Boomers--1946-1964
Generation X--1965-1979
Librarians, median age = 47
Generation X--1965-1979
Generation Y (Digital natives) – 1979-2002
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Students
Information Technology…
› - is an ubiquitous part of Gen Y's everyday life.
› - allows them to communicate anywhere, anytime.
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Source: http://blaugh.com
Gen Y as library customer
› Gen Y wants things instantly
- Instant gratification
- Easy & immediate access
- At a timeframe to suit them
› Source: http://www.masternewmedia.org
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STRUCTURE
› 1. Our new audience: Gen Y
› 2. Our experience with Library 2.0 tools
› 3. Our concerns with copyright
› 4. Conclusion
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A bit about…The AV Language Library
› Holds kits for:
- 15 curriculum languages
- 100 non-curriculum languages
› Physical & AV resources:
- Books,
- CDs, DVDs & some cassettes,
- Satellite TV,
- Specialised software (Language Player)
› Virtual resources (e.g. Facebook, Language Blog, Del.icio.us bookmarks)
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Language Player
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A bit of Web history…
› Web 2.0
› - 2004 to present
› - Dynamic pages
Web 1.0
- 1991 – 2003
- Static pages only
› - User-participation / collaboration (Communication, sharing, interactivity)
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- Static pages only
- Read-only (i.e. the user as consumer, limited interactivity)
Library 2.0: Definition
- "Library 2.0 simply means making your library's space (virtual and physical) more
From the LibrarianInBlack blog by Sarah Houghton-Jan:
-interactive,
-collaborative, and
-driven by community needs.”
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- “Examples of where to start include blogs, gaming nights for teens, and collaborative photo sites.
- The basic drive is to get people back into the library by
…contd.
- The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and need in their daily lives... to make the library a destination and not an afterthought.”
We need to engage our students!
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What does Library 2.0 mean?
Library 1.0 Library 2.0
Email a reference query Talk & Connect (Chat)
Static pages Dynamic pages
Physical visits (Text-based Listen & Watch Online
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Physical visits (Text-based instruction / tutorials
Listen & Watch Online (Audio/Visual)
Mailing lists / Flyers Online media to push out info
Electronic catalogue / OPAC
Catalogue of virtual resources
Bring them in Go to them (think mobile)
The AV Language Library
› - Website
› - Physical presence (Mon-Fri)
- OPAC
- Equipment: Computers, CDs, DVDs, Specialised language software
› - Virtual presence (24/7)
- Facebook profile & page
- Language blog
* Source of images: Smashing Apps.com
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Our website
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Our Web site [detail 1]
Link to the Language Library Facebook page
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Our Web site [detail 2]
Link to the Library’s bookmarks in Del.icio.us
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Our Web site – International Visitors
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Facebook statistics: Sydney University
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Facebook Page
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Language Blog
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Delicious??
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Social bookmarking: Del.icio.us
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Del.icio.us Tag Cloud
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Is Library 2.0 working for us?
› - 216 Fans!
› - 73% from Sydney Uni
› Language blog
› - Total since 17 Aug 2009: 5,598. Approx. 7 every 24 hours.
› - Top 8 countries: Australia (mainly Sydney), US, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Philippines, and Spain.
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Results of our survey…
- Survey results of 73 language students
- Represented 15 languages:French (53%), Arabic (34%), Spanish (30%), Japanese (26%), Mandarin (23%) and
Listening Online dictionaries
Grammar Reading Vocabulary Pronunciation Podcasts Writing
56.3% 56.3% 46.5% 43.7% 40.8% 40.8% 36.6% 22.5%
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Mandarin (23%) and German (23%) being the main languages studied by the 73 respondents.
Who wanted…
STRUCTURE
› 1. Our new audience: Gen Y
› 2. Our experience with Library 2.0 tools
› 3. Our concerns with copyright
› 4. Conclusion
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Copyright issues within the Web 2.0 environment
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Student attitude to information on the Internet
- Regard Internet as ‘theirs’, (i.e. Free to download & share with others)
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Using Film, Video, TV programs & other media
› YES:
› Screening in class;
› Copying anything from radio / TV (free-to-air / pay);
› NO:
› Copying hired / purchased copies;
› Copying from illegal sites whichinfringe copyright;
› Copying podcasts of programs broadcast by free-to-air broadcasters in Australia;
› Able to make multiple copies;
› Permission letters necessary for AV materials to be copied onto server
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STRUCTURE
› 1. Our new audience: Gen Y
› 2. Our experience with Library 2.0 tools
› 3. Our concerns with copyright
› 4. Conclusion
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To recap…
› - Gen Y � comfortable with using IT � learn their language!
› - Library 2.0 tools to promote your library:
- Blogs
- Del.icio.us
› - Copyright constraints for the Web 2.0 environment
- We need social media policies that can guide users to using materials responsibly
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Questions to ponder over
› Web 2.0 � Do you see this as a progression for your library?
› How might your organisation usefully employ Web 2.0 tools, if you’re not using them already?
› What important issues should we look out for?
› What capacity is needed to make that happen?
› What are the needs of your customers around Web 2.0 tools?
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›Thank you ☺› Michelle Liu› Michelle Liu
› michelle.liu@sydney.edu.au
› Tel: (02) 9351-2683
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