Library 2.0

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Library 2.0
The Empire strikes back...?

• Brian Gillespie DIT

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Where is Zanzibar?

• Enc Brit v wiki
• talk v txt
• personal diaries v blogs
• photo albums v Flickr
• publishing v participation
• static v interactive
• truth v trust

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So how do I know its web 2.0?

• content driven
• collaborative creative and communitative
• connects people and ideas
• ownership
• consumption and production of information at the
  same time Digg
• Blog Wiki RSSetc Mashups Flickr

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Sooooo what about library 2.0- Itll never
catch on

• antisocial and solitary
• passive
• stiffle choice
• underestimates the senses
• follows a fixed linear path Everything Bad Is
  Good for You

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• Its a library tim, but not as we know it

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The Party line

• Aquabrowser http//www.medialab.nl/
• Endeca guided navigation http//endeca.com/ (NCSU
  Catalog)
• Encore (in development) Encore
• Watson Intellext http//www.intellext.com/
• Primo http//www.exlibrisgroup.com/primo.htm
• Talis products Talis
• University of Rochester http//www.extensiblecatal
  og.info/
• KartOO visual meta search engine

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Itll never catch on.or will it

• a dynamic anarchic a la carte library service
  offering a mix of blogs, pods, wikis, RSS,
  instant messaging, social networking, mash ups
• helps create a fresh lively look
• involving and encouraging users to contribute,
  comment, interact, rate your library.com
• promote our teaching and services
• potential for innovative service delivery

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The women who drive library technology. (Tech
that should go away)

• Darci Hanning (Oregon St. U.)
• Nettie Lagace (Ex Libris)
• Anita Cook (OhioLINK)
• Michelle Dalmau (Indiana Univ.)

• MARC
• Land line telecom
• Digital rights management
• Anything with a poor interface

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The women who drive library technology. (Tech
that libs should be more interested in)

• Darci Hanning (Oregon St. U.)
• Nettie Lagace (Ex Libris)
• Anita Cook (OhioLINK)
• Michelle Dalmau (Indiana Univ.)

• Portable devices
• Empowering patrons to do content sharing/mixing
• Supporting direct user input - enhancing
  description, integrated wikis, blogs
• Second Life/virtual worlds

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1. Portable devices

• mobile technology/portable devices iPhone,
  Xboxes, BlackBerry Pearl, Sidekick 3, Sony
  Reader, Words Gear, Mobile Office, microsoft
  surface etcenter your own favourite
• the boundless potential of wireless technology
  RAVE Wireless
• continuous computing (linking people, machines,
  objects)
• social interaction via new technologies
• Baja Beach Club - Barcelona

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2. Empowering patrons to do content sharing/mixing

• personalised web pages
• social bookmarking sites
• linking, connecting people with similar
  interests Facebook and why
• encourages participation
• active learning
• convenience
• gets the library out more
• keep people informed, updated, linked

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Empowering patrons to do content sharing/mixing

• book sharing sites WorldCat GuruLib Shelfari
  Listal All Consuming
• social/referencing sites Diigo CiteULike
  Complore Furl
• library examples Ann Arbor Cook Memorial
  Plymouth PennTags
• and dont forget myspace Illinois Brooklyn
  Texas Lansing

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..and where would we be without YouTube. the good
the bad and the ugly

• The Chronicles of Libraria
• Databases at USF Tampa (Richard Sly)
• Augustana Information Literacy DVD trailer
• Glasgow Uni Lib Xpress Tour
• Penn State - Finding Time
• Welcome to academic libraries
• How to Find a Book
• Library Welcome Video
• A Fair(y) Use Tale

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3. Supporting direct user input - enhancing
description, integrated wikis, blogs, pods

• new ways of delivery service and information
• fast current and general
• potential for active learning
• stimulates discussion and interaction
• encourages creativity and collaboration
• as an online space for sharing caring,
  exploration

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Supporting direct user input - enhancing
description, integrated wikis, blogs, pods

• Library Success A Best Practices Wiki
• Oregon Library Instruction Wiki
• InfoTeach
• UCD library blogs
• Dundalk IT
• Stony Brook University HSL
• Angela Newton (U.of Leeds)
• Dowling College Library podcasts
• Flickr thomas ford memorial library

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4. Second Life/virtual worlds

• infoisland.org Second Life Library 2.0
• San Jose SLIS Second Life Wiki
• Santa Clara U Debuts Future Library in Second
  Life
• UCD reader services blog
• googlegroups for Second Life
• Best Practices in Education conference
• Second life in education
• Entropia Universe

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Let the games begin

• games are the medium of choice
• force you to make decisions
• encourage digital literacies
• a process of gathering evaluating and acting on
  information The Sims
• UIUC Library - Gaming Collection
• InfoLit Game Based Learning at JMU
• Meet the Gamers - Lib. Journal

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meanwhile. back on earth ALA Top ten
assumptions for the future of academic
libraries...

• An increased emphasis on digitizing collections
• The skill set for librarians will continue to
  evolve
• Studentswill increasingly demand faster and
  greater access to services.
• Debates about Intellectual property will become
  increasingly common
• Demand for tec-related services will grow
  require aditional funding.
• HE will increasingly view the institution as a
  business

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7 resources to read before tomorrow

• Global youth media and technology
• Generation Next (Pew Research)
• The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
• Library Technology Reports
• Learning 2.0
• Blogging Libraries Wiki
• EDUCAUSE learning initiative

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to be continued