Library 2.0 in 15 minutes: Session 1

Welcome to a quick post about Library 2.0. I'll just be using this as an outline to share what I'm calling "Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes," inspired by Helene Blowers 23 Things (or Learning 2.0).

Those of us interested in helping libraries adopt Library 2.0 need to read Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation (http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/). This report was created for the American Libary Association by the Information Institute of Syracuse, of Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Don't worry, there is an Executive Summary!

Here is what I want to share from this report today (and my own personal thoughts):

"Knowledge is created through conversation. Libraries are in the knowledge business. Therefore, libraries are in the conversation business.”
(Lankes, Silverstein, and Nicholson 2007, 4)

"Library 2.0" is a convenient way to describe a lot of the new technologies (blogs, wikis, etc) that make it possible for us to engage users online. However, the important part of this "movement" isn't the new technology--it's the user. Libraries have been about serving the user long before computers were even in the buildings. This is just the next evolution.

Today, we're talking about blogs.

Libraries that use blogs:

Darien Library
Hennepin County Library Bookspace
Marin County Free Library
Williamsburg Regional Library

Librarians who blog:
ALA TechSource
David Lee King
The Shifted Librarian
Stephen's Lighthouse
Tame the Web

Of course, there are lots, lots more!

Now, you try it!

https://www2.blogger.com/start



Reference:
Lankes, David R., Joanne Silverstein, and Scott Nicholson. 2007. Participatory networks: the library as conversation. Information Institute of Syracuse. Commissioned by the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy. Available at http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/ParticiaptoryNetworks.pdf