Terence K. Huwe, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library, UC – Berkeley
Huwe describes how “library skill” was employed at iRLE to vastly increase the reach of the library staff into the working lives of its user community.
How library skill can drive organizational change – how 2.0 is a tubro-charger
How library 2.0 and Web 2.0 are changing “communities of practice”
Library 2.0, Content and Commons: Many interpretations are equal to many opportunities. If you have a clear vision, you can run with it and no one will stop you.
Can you foretell what classrooms will look like in five years?
What about the libraries?
What about offices?
Organizational charts?
We need to do more of the same only better.
“Technologies of Collaboration” are now mainstream
Many professionals have embraced Web 2.0: It is vital to view technology as an ‘enabler of community’.
Physical space has new life: those of us with the opportunity to do so can “enliven” physical and virtual space and the process goes together. Every environment has challenges and we need to build a strategy and craft strategies that work for us – not use technologies that do not work.
Library 2.0 and Library Commons go hand in hand with current research about how Gen Y and the Net Gen learn. How do space and content management go together?
How do we mix technologies from our Legacy Systems with 2.0 Tools in a way that woks? We should be mixing promising new technology such as Blogs, Wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, flickr, social networking and so forth with the not-so-new technologies of intranets and extranets, ILS systems, CMS, etc.
Technology supports community: The idea of a library commons and content management through organizations run parallel. Managing and preserving content is something that faculty are increasingly interested in and concerned about.
Library Commons: Provide effective group spaces: Enable both student work and social time: The more we can do this the more we bring the library back into focus as the technology in the computer lab and the technology in the library merge together.
Disciplines are ‘collapsing’ into each other quite quickly – there is more emphasis on multi-disciplinary research.
How is teaching and research being approached?
How is the university approaching community service?
How are students studying?
Organization works to make technology work.
RSS is driving Blogs: What is happening in the news?
Joomba – PHP driven – Open Source: If you’re wanting to customize it you’ll need to add another 30 hours on to do that.
80% of downloads are PodCasts and only about 20% are WebCasts.
ODEO is a free web-based service for podcasts.
When 2.0 tools become relevant to the organization we’re attached to we’ve got our hands full at the moment.
Improve space for the library and people will be interested in the library again.
What have we learned about Organizations and Library 2.0
- Information Professionals still have an edge on understanding how content “feeds” communities.
- IT departments, left in charge, often don’t see the potential we do – so take over!
- We see the web as a communication platform, the IT department tends to see things in terms of ‘what problem’ do I have to take care of next?
- Direct oversight of networked information and programming “skill” is very important
- Recreational and business computing activity are merging – but not as fast as some think – students don’t see a difference between recreation and business computing
- The larger the (academic) library, the slower the implementation process – so be a self-starter
- Given the situation, individuals need to take big steps – even risks
2.0 Technologies allow you to side step the ‘administration’: Individuals can get into the role of education of the entire organization. Social networking software emphasizes individual voices – exercise your own.
Don’t ask, Just do: “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission”
Trends to watch in organizations:
Survey: How much “authoring” is going on via the web, and by whom? (Blogs, Wikis, e-journals) – this would be a tip-off for community readiness.
Survey: What are they saying in their disciplines?
Action: Create focus groups or small group
Action: Understand your organizational subculture.
Summary
Many organizations lack a comprehensive understanding of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0
Intrepreneuring librarian can take the lead if they’re willing to take a risk.
Take a bite-size approach and start with applications you personally enjoy.
Firm understanding of the organization should be a guide for your implementation of 2.0 technologies
Learning Spaces: An edcause ebook:
http://del.icio.us/uva_digital_library
http://www.joomla.org
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