Transcript Getting Started with Your Library 2.0 Game Plan

Effective Library 2.0 Strategies:
Simple Starting Points and New Technologies
Terence K. Huwe
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library
University of California, Berkeley
Internet Librarian International
London, October 8, 2007
Approaching Library 2.0
Implementations:
--In the context of:
 A changing technology environment
 Rapidly evolving student populations of “Millennials”
and “NextGens”
--Implementation examples from the IRLE Library at the
University of California, Berkeley (and other selected
sites)
--Pragmatic starting points for 2.0 technologies that
address unique, local user community needs
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Library 2.0’s First Challenge:
“Technologies of Collaboration” are Now
Mainstream, and Demand Attention
It’s Now More Vital to view technology as
an “enabler of community” and respond
accordingly
The Good News: Getting started is not
difficult, and can be broken into steps
It is Crucial to Build a Strategy to
understand user needs and offer the
services they want
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Library 2.0’s Second Challenge:
Understand Your User Community
“Communities of Practice” within U.S. research
universities are both converging and splitting
apart
How are teaching and research being
approached?
How is community service being approached?
How are students interacting and studying?
What special knowledge can you bring to the
mix?
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2.0 Tools Go Well with Legacy Systems--and
are Also Driving Space Planning
Promising New Technology Platforms:
– Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, social bookmarking, flickr, social networking
with MySpace, Facebook, and Second Life--and a growing list of more
The Not-So-New:
– The open Web, Intranets & Extranets, ILS systems, ERM, CMS
The Challenge of Integration:
– Standard Web technologies are the “glue” for most 2.0 applications--and
they’re changing too
A New Sense of “Place”:
– The “Library Commons” has become a vibrant “innovation lab” for
understanding how students use the new tools
Technology Supports Community:
– Intranets, Extranets and “virtual private networks” remain crucial to
community building in firms and in “communities of practice”
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Trends to Watch For and Actions to
Consider in Launching 2.0 Services
Survey: How much “authoring” is going on via
the Web, and by whom? (Blogs, Wikis, ejournals)
– This can be a major tip-off for community readiness
Survey: What are they saying in the disciplines?
Action: Create a focus group or small group
Action: Try implementing an interactive feature
Action: Understand all of the organizational
subcultures in your setting
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The IRLE Community in Context
“Organized Research Unit” at UCB
80 faculty from 14 schools and
departments
A 400-person community of practice within
a 45,000 overall campus population
(faculty, students & staff)
We support faculty research and doctorallevel study--not undergraduate teaching
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The Library is the Networking
Leader
We run the Web, Intranet & Extranets
We generate print & digital publications
We manage “online conversations”
We take the lead on introducing many new
technologies
In 2006, we renovated the Library and
created a multi-function Library Commons
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How We Began:
Blogging--for a few years now
Intranet: Started with Zope, moved to Joomla
Webcasting & Webconferencing
– Tapping services offered by campus
– Exploring international applications, US-China
Wikis
– For the InterDisicplinary Immigration Workshop, using
JotSpot
Our own “Facebook” using Joomla, with Flickr
site to follow
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SCREENSHOT IRENE WEB
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From Webcasts to Podcasts
Our conference presentations are now
online--but the campus charges a lot for
services
Campus podcasts downloads exceed
Webcasts—by a wide margin
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A Few More Examples
Odeo: low-cost Webcasting solution
del.ici.us: quick-starting “social
bookmarking”
Meebo: “Instant” instant messaging
Facebook: the new frontier?
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Re-add Robin’s delicious tool
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In Summary
Developing a Library 2.0 game plan does
not have to be a monumental task
Take a bite-size approach, and start with
applications you personally enjoy
Communities of practices are changing
Understanding the direction of change
should guide your implementation strategy
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Resources and References
UVA Digital Library Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/uva_digital_library
Missouri River Regional Library Reference Links Database:
http://www.mrrl.org/services/refer/links/index.php
Joomla: http://www.joomla.org/
Library Journal Article: “Journey to Library 2.0” by Robin Hastings
(April 15, 2007, p. 36)
Odeo: http://odeo.com/about
Jotspot: http://www.jot.com/
Learning Spaces, an Edcause ebook:
http://www.educause.edu/books/learningspaces/10569
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Effective Library 2.0 Strategies:
Simple Starting Points and New Technologies
Terence K. Huwe
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Library
University of California, Berkeley
ILI International, London, October 8, 2007