What will I learn?
- What library 2.0 is all about
- Explore examples of things that libraries around the world are doing with Web 2.0
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So what is ’Library 2.0’?
The concept of Library 2.0 stems from the Web 2.0 and Business 2.0 movements.
Library 2.0 seeks to connect users with information and activities wherever they may be, it assists in
breaking down the barriers of space, time and outdated policy. Library 2.0 is a user-centered paradigm focusing on understanding, experience, knowledge, and collaboration, in the creation of new content and encouraging the mind.John Blyberg Blyberg.net provides us a with a simple yet easy to understand definition:
Library 2.0 = (books ‘n stuff + people + radical trust) x participation
If you would like to read further, the LIS Wiki is a great encyclopedia by librarians, for librarians and it has an entry on Library 2.0 which is always being updated and serves as a good primer for those new to the term Library 2.0 and all its various meanings.
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Building Academic Library 2.0, by Academic Library 2.0 Keynote Speaker, Meredith Farkas
(This video (over 1 hour long) is an excellent overview of how something as ’small’ as tagging capability changes the interest and engagement of your students and our readers.)
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Some General Principles of Library 2.0 include:
- Library collections are enhanced and opened up through personalising interacting services which encourage content creating and editing including, taging, reviewing, commenting, rating, recommending, bookmarking, and sharing by users.
- Libraries provide users with some measure of control.
- Librarians are conversant about many of the information tool favoured by users.
What do I have to do?
1. Follow the following links to check out several library 2.0 examples:
- Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County
- They use RSS feeds to promote their various programs, and they also have feeds for their various branches. They are also building a Teen Library in Second Life!- Ann Arbor District Library
-Their entire site is built using blogging software!- Denver Public Library Podcasts
- The DPL has a lot of content in podcast form, from stories to interviews to news. It’s a cool site, but try and find a link to them on their home page!- Seattle Public Library
- They are doing a lot with RSS feeds as a way to keep people informed about what’s new at the library. They also have a MySpace Teen Center page2. Post your comment below - Would your library benefit from any of these examples being implemented? What barriers, if any, can you foresee in your library to implementing similar Web 2.0 applications? Can you suggest ways to overcome any barriers you perceive that you could share?
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December 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I can see Podcasts being made by teachers and students using our Graded Readers as a resource.
I can’t see any barriers to using any of these applications other than getting teacher support and teacher involvement. Teachers need to see the value of these applications in the context of teaching and learning. Web 2.0 implementation needs to be marketed to the whole college. If teachers are not sold on the idea then it will be difficult to get students to participate.
December 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I too like podcasts. I would like to have a mini library of selected podcasts - or pieces of podcasts on our Library website that would support what’s going on in the classrooms & that could be accessed really quickly.
Barriers/Issues
With more & more movement to Library 2 (and I’m hugely in favour) it’s vital that we have first class Ed Tec/IT support - other wise teachers will lose heart and tend to avoid the technology.
The barrier I can see to doing our own podcasts is the usual one - time issues - (unless it were done as a student project.) Having done several years ago a reading promotion of Graded Readers on CD (Staff recorded Graded Readers & these were packaged the book so students could ‘Read and Listen’ - it took forever.