Library 2.0

Taipei 2007

What is a library?• Traditionally

– a library is a catalogued collection of things– The library is built by experts and users come– The library is a resource for its community

• 21st Century– Catalogued repositories of information and

knowledge– The library is part of its community

Web 2.0• Many things to many people• Web 2 is all about informed users being in

control– Facebook, 42 million members, > 7,500

Facebook applications– > 70 million blogs indexed by Technorati,

120,000 new blogs per day– Small voice being heard

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

Library 2.0• Library 2.0 is turning the traditional perception of

libraries inside out• Library users now contribute, collaborate,

evaluate and drive change• Libraries have always done this!

Library 2.0• Global volume of knowledge increasing exponentially• Libraries are

– No longer just a physical location– The core of lifelong discovery & learning– A virtual nexus joining people, communities and

government– A gateway to all types of information resources– Easily accessible anywhere anytime– A platform where knowledge can be exchanged,

developed and enriched

Library 2.0• Move to new cataloguing approaches• Changing definition of Authority

Library 2.0

Tags

Long Tail• Most things aren’t popular

• Businesses with distribution power can sell a greater volume of otherwise hard-to-find items at small volumes than of popular items at large volumes.

Library 2.0 and Authority• Collections typically have well understood

sources of authority– Books – National Libraries, publishers, books

in print…– Serials – Serials in Print, publishers,

citations…– Audio Visual – copyright holder, production

houses, internet…• Web 2.0 Material – links, tags,

comments, wiki edits

Library 2.0 and Web 2.0• Libraries must provide access to all sorts of

content• Librarians now help users distinguish between

different forms of authority• Library systems allow easy selection of

electronic content and provide tools to qualify the authority of cataloguing associated with this content

Civica & Library 2.0• World leader in library innovation and technology

– A single solution evolved and matured over 27 years

– Operating continuously in Singapore and Taiwan for 20 years

– Presence in Hong Kong and United States for over 15 years

– Unrivalled track record in innovation and delivery• Commitment to library market with large ongoing

R&D in Spydus

Disruptive change

Time

DATABASE RDBMSFILES XML

Z39.50

MARC

BARCODE

SOAPSQL

XSL/T.NET

SIP EDI

SIP2

RFIDNCIP

FRBR

ODBCTIME SHARING

USMARC

LDAP

CROSS PLATFORM

1980 1995 2003

LMS ILMS ILMS ILMS

DATA INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE

Z39.88

HTTP

MARC21

Disparate systems

1st

Text-based ILMS

2nd

Windows based

3rd

Web integrated

4th

Spydus Evolution

Time

DATABASE RDBMSFILES XML

Z39.50

MARC

BARCODE

SOAPSQL

XSL/T.NET

SIP EDI

SIP2

RFIDNCIP

FRBR

ODBCTIME SHARING

USMARC

LDAP

CROSS PLATFORM

1980 1995 2003

SPYDUS

DATA INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE

Z39.88

HTTP

MARC21

Disparate systems

1st

Text-based ILMS

2nd

Windows based

3rd

Web integrated

4th

URICA

2006SHARING

MARCXMLCMARC

FBML

FQL

AJAX

RSS

SILVERLIGHT

RDF

GRDDL

SCORM

LMSSPYDUS

Integrated Solution

CashManagement &

e-payments

DigitalContent

ManagementSelf Service Managed

Service

RFID&

Security

CollectionManagement

Bookings&

Events

Manpower Services

SMS

ElectronicData

Interchange

DesktopManagement

FinancialInterface

Portal

IVRInterface

BookVendor

Interface

OnlineMobile

LibrariesNetworkManagement

EnrichedContent

Content Access

Faceted Searching

User Reviews

Conclusion• Library 2.0 is here to stay• Libraries have never been so relevant