Library 2.0? No, thank you! Obstacles to Creating a Social Library “Five Weeks to a Social Library” February 12 – March 17, 2007 Kate Peterson, Information Literacy Librarian, Capella University Melissa Prescott, Reference/Instruction Librarian & Assistant Professor, St. Cloud State University Plamen Miltenoff, Information Specialist & Associate Professor, St. Cloud State University
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Library 2.0? No, thank you! Obstacles to Creating a Social Library
“Five Weeks to a Social Library”February 12 – March 17, 2007
Kate Peterson, Information Literacy Librarian,Capella University
Melissa Prescott, Reference/Instruction Librarian & Assistant Professor, St. Cloud State University
Plamen Miltenoff, Information Specialist & Associate Professor, St. Cloud State University
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Presenters
Kate Peterson• MLIS University of Wisconsin – Madison• Experience in science and engineering, information literacy
Melissa Prescott• MLIS University of Wisconsin – Madison• Experience in reference, instruction, information literacy, cataloging
Plamen Miltenoff
• MLIS Dominican University
• Experience in multimedia interactivity web development
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Agenda
• Obstacles• Solutions• Examples
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– Administrators less comfortable with Web 2.0• Do not use it in their personal lives
• Culture of library– Do new ideas come from top down or bottom
up?• Personal peculiarities
– Everybody learns at a different pace and style
“…social software does not indicate a sharp break with
the old but, rather, the gradual emergence of a new type of
practice”
Bryan Alexander, “Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?” EDUCAUSE Review
41,no.2 (March/April 2006): 33-44.
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Why bother?• Innovation in teaching and learning• Low cost, easy to use and maintain• Information literacy possibilities• Increasingly used in non-library world (i.e. business)• Transitions from content collector to content creator• Harness power of collaboration, foster community• Reach students where they are at• It’s fun• Keep libraries relevant using 21st century technologies,
personalize the library• Being a “hip” librarian who is able to relate to Millennials,
generate ideas for new user services
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Solutions
• Other Libraries• Make a Demo• The Pilot
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Other Libraries
• Find good examples of libraries using social software and the talk to them....– local libraries or comparable institutions
• Do screen shots and show concrete examples to your colleagues and administrators
• Find evidence in scholarly publications to give those unfamiliar with social software "trusted, authoritative" sources
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Examples
• University of Minnesota Intranet (Wiki)– http://wiki.lib.umn.edu/
• Library Success Wiki – http://www.libsucess.org/
• Graduate school class on social software– http://ssa05.blogspot.com/
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University of Minnesota Intranet (Wiki)
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Library Success Wiki
Includes:• Collaborative Tools in Libraries (Blogs, Wikis, etc.)
• Social Networking Software
• Courseware (Blackboard, WebCT, Angel, etc.)
• Online Communities
• Podcasting• And more…
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Library Success Wiki: Podcasting
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Course
• Teachers College, Columbia University during Fall 2005 – MSTU 5510 (Topical Seminar): Social Software Affordances– Instructor: Ulises A. Mejias – Course Objectives
• The class will develop competency in the use of blogs, wikis, distributed classification systems, and RSS feeds.
• The class will perform a state-of-the-art review of social software tools, applications, and theory, focusing on a critical assessment of the affordances of social software.
• Class members will conduct an individual exercise on the potential of social software to effect change at a personal and social level.
Thomas, C. & McDonald, R. Millennial Net Value(s): Disconnects Between Libraries and the Information Age Mindset. Florida State University D-Scholarship Repository. 2005. (http://dscholarship.lib.fsu.edu)
Villano, Matt. “Social Software is Here to Stay, But What Is It Really, and Is It a Good Thing?” Campus Technology 20 no.4 (Jan. 2007): 40-45.(http://campustechnology.com/article.asp?id=19881)
Castells, M., et al. The Mobile Communication Society: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Available Evidence on the Social Use of Wireless Communication Technology. Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, University of Southern California. 2004. (http://arnic.info/WirelessWorkshop/MCS.pdf)
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