Mainstreaming 2.0 realigning public libraries
Christine Mackenzie
Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Overview
• Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 - what is it?• Skilling and engaging staff• Integrating it into real libraries• Impact, usefulness and benefits
Vital statistics - YPRL• No of items 540,00• Attendance at activities
43,000• Staff 160 (88 eft)• Libraries 8 + 2
mobiles• Budget 07/08
– Operating $7.931 m– Capital $1.626 m
• Population 306,000• Circulation 3.7 m• Visitors 1.6 m• Ref enquiries
151,000• Membership
146,000
Community placeOnline library
Development agency
Public library
Chris Batt’s 3 circles
our world is changing…
Forget the debate, says Sherman Young: the book, like John Cleese’s parrot, is already dead. Look around the bus: who’s reading? They’ve all got headphones “dangling out of ears.”
Library Journal December 07
library 2.0 transparent library media agnostic LMS LibraryThing personal development strategic landscape third place library library worker 2.0 marketplace of ideas community capacity wikis blogs RSS learn to learn adapt to change scan the horizon yourtutor.com gaming facebook advocacy digitatisation uncon 23 Things
Denver Public LibrarySummer Reading Program
Library 2.0 – Michael Stephens
• It is user centred• It provides multimedia
experience• It is socially rich• It communicates
innovation
Transparent library
• Gathering input
• Listening & talking
• Connecting
• Sharing communication
Top trends - MS• Conversations• Convergence• Content• Redefining LIS jobs• Citizen journalism• We’re human
• Openess and sharing• Participation• Experience and play
Library as 3rd place
Content, comfort, community
LIBRARY 2.0 MEETS THIRD PLACE
“Library 2.0 means starting from theusers experience of the library, ditchingwhat is there for our convenience but is
an obstacle to them, and taking on somenon traditional things that fit into our corebrief to connect information and people”
– Kathryn Greenhill
The journey
• Seminar in Melbourne in March 06
• Mucking around
- Michael Stephens’ blog talking about 23 Things, 11 August 06
Tame The Web: Libraries and Technologyby Michael Stephens« Danny Sullivan in USA Today | Main | Rules for the Loft (Teen Space at PLCMC) »
PLCMC Technology Summit Kicks Off Learning 2.0 for Staff!
Skilling & engaging staff• Road show
• 23 Things
• Unconference
• Library Worker 2.0
Roadshow
Downloadable audio
Digital stories
Digital cameras
Adaptive technologies
Google things
23 Things:Learning 2.0
Imaginon Library & Children’s Theatre
Our organisation has grown by 1,400 units of learning…
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/
Library worker 2.0• Enabling learning• Creating content• Getting information• Culture• Leading the
organisation
Creating contentAre you interested in:• New Web 2.0 technologies & how
we can use them
• Developing a Wiki for the region
• Engaging the community in social networking
You will achieve the following…
• Expertise in creating blogs, wikis and other tools
• Skills and confidence to engage in social networking
Your development plan will include… Workshops on
•Library 2.0•Wikis & blogs (advanced)•Local history with an “e”
On the job project Final wrap up and project presentation
Impact of program• Staff development• Administering
program for other libraries
• Integrating web 2.0 technologies in our services –wikis, blogs, classes, LibraryThing
Community capacity
• Wikinorthia• Blogging, • Library Thing• Training programs
“Wikinorthia captures the history of people, places and events in the north of Melbourne - how we live now and how we lived in the past.”
Community & commercial
Personal development
• Play 15 minutes a day– Facebook– Blogging
• Professional blogs– Bloglines
• Thinking time
What This Means• Web 2.0 is part of our changing landscape
• Libraries have to change too – we don’t have to become irrelevant
• We need to be media agnostic
• We are about content, community, comfort
• We can build community capacity
Next Steps• Go forth & learn & play• We are happy to share our learnings…
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