Comments on: Library 2.0 spectrum thingie – asking for your input! http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Connie Crosby http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-23547 Connie Crosby Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:53:19 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-23547 David, I think your original post is fantastic. <br><br>But I have a problem with the lightbulb image. Shouldn't it be a low-energy bulb? [LOL! Just teasing!]<br><br>Actually, I am getting hung up over whether you are talking about libraries or librarians. As a librarian, I am very much on the right, but my library is very much on the left, traditional side. And I am the library manager. I could change things, but based on my clientele, we are going slow on these things.<br><br>For me either spectrum or continuum both work. The term "field" would work if it were three dimensional rather than two.<br><br>The icons don't actually bug me. Despite not having so much bought into the iPod/iPhone thing yet. What else could you use? The Twitter logo? What about a Macbook Pro? Seriously, it is difficult to capture a mindset with a logo. And none of these things actually say "library" or "librarian" to me. Maybe you should use a photo of one of those funky NYC librarians.<br><br>Anyway, I wouldn't get too hung up on it. Your thoughts behind the image are the important part.<br><br>Cheers!<br>Connie David, I think your original post is fantastic.

But I have a problem with the lightbulb image. Shouldn't it be a low-energy bulb? [LOL! Just teasing!]

Actually, I am getting hung up over whether you are talking about libraries or librarians. As a librarian, I am very much on the right, but my library is very much on the left, traditional side. And I am the library manager. I could change things, but based on my clientele, we are going slow on these things.

For me either spectrum or continuum both work. The term “field” would work if it were three dimensional rather than two.

The icons don't actually bug me. Despite not having so much bought into the iPod/iPhone thing yet. What else could you use? The Twitter logo? What about a Macbook Pro? Seriously, it is difficult to capture a mindset with a logo. And none of these things actually say “library” or “librarian” to me. Maybe you should use a photo of one of those funky NYC librarians.

Anyway, I wouldn't get too hung up on it. Your thoughts behind the image are the important part.

Cheers!
Connie

]]> By: theorywatch » Blog Archive » Change agents or chance agents http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-19167 theorywatch » Blog Archive » Change agents or chance agents Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:57:53 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-19167 [...] I’m wondering how this might fit with David Lee King’s recent “Library 2.0 spectrum thingie.” Who or what’s outside that spectrum on Planet Library, [...] [...] I’m wondering how this might fit with David Lee King’s recent “Library 2.0 spectrum thingie.” Who or what’s outside that spectrum on Planet Library, [...]

]]> By: Citegeist » Another attempt at illustrating Librarian 2.0 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-17709 Citegeist » Another attempt at illustrating Librarian 2.0 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:18:27 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-17709 [...] Perhaps I’m an overachiever. I was inspired to create the video below by David Lee King’s solicitation of further comment on his recent Library 2.0 post. [...] [...] Perhaps I’m an overachiever. I was inspired to create the video below by David Lee King’s solicitation of further comment on his recent Library 2.0 post. [...]

]]> By: Library 2.0 Roundup - Redux « Life as I Know It http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-9631 Library 2.0 Roundup - Redux « Life as I Know It Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:59:50 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-9631 [...] Library 2.0 spectrum thingie - asking for your input! - posted on August 2, 2007. [...] [...] Library 2.0 spectrum thingie – asking for your input! – posted on August 2, 2007. [...]

]]> By: The Annoyed Librarian is Annoyed With Me : David Lee King http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-9444 The Annoyed Librarian is Annoyed With Me : David Lee King Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:09:04 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-9444 [...] she doesn’t read my blog… I always ask for comments, thoughts, other opinions, and sometimes even post those discussions. And I have disagreed with other twopointopians before, and have both posted my thoughts and have [...] [...] she doesn’t read my blog… I always ask for comments, thoughts, other opinions, and sometimes even post those discussions. And I have disagreed with other twopointopians before, and have both posted my thoughts and have [...]

]]> By: Library 2.0 Ripples - Another Go at the Graph : David Lee King http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-9327 Library 2.0 Ripples - Another Go at the Graph : David Lee King Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:56:38 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-9327 [...] my Library 2.0 Spectrum post and graphic, and all the discussion that took place on my blog and on other blogs earlier this month? I asked for reader’s input [...] [...] my Library 2.0 Spectrum post and graphic, and all the discussion that took place on my blog and on other blogs earlier this month? I asked for reader’s input [...]

]]> By: Genny http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-9090 Genny Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:01:48 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-9090 I think maybe something closed on the left vs. open on the right -- or perhaps a top-down unidirectional arrow on the left, and a sort of multidirectional feedback loop on the right, sort of like a recycling logo but with the arrows going in both directions. But I too am not quite sure whether you mean the ends of the spectrum/continuum thingie to represent less participative vs. more participative. I think maybe something closed on the left vs. open on the right — or perhaps a top-down unidirectional arrow on the left, and a sort of multidirectional feedback loop on the right, sort of like a recycling logo but with the arrows going in both directions.

But I too am not quite sure whether you mean the ends of the spectrum/continuum thingie to represent less participative vs. more participative.

]]> By: Brian http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-9058 Brian Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:48:52 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-9058 1. I suspect that the ideas you're trying to capture are entirely too complex for this one-dimensional model. Carrie's suggestion of concentric circles might be appropriate. Or maybe some other representation of new things building on and radiating out from the traditional. 2. Some of the app/service/whatever groupings seem a bit off: e.g., opening comments on a blog has more in common with a community wiki than IM ref does. 1. I suspect that the ideas you’re trying to capture are entirely too complex for this one-dimensional model. Carrie’s suggestion of concentric circles might be appropriate. Or maybe some other representation of new things building on and radiating out from the traditional.
2. Some of the app/service/whatever groupings seem a bit off: e.g., opening comments on a blog has more in common with a community wiki than IM ref does.

]]> By: Library 2.0 - Is it Techie Or Not? : David Lee King http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-9000 Library 2.0 - Is it Techie Or Not? : David Lee King Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:49:18 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-9000 [...] has been much good discussion on my blog lately about 2.0 stuff. I even made it into the cool discussion going on in [...] [...] has been much good discussion on my blog lately about 2.0 stuff. I even made it into the cool discussion going on in [...]

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/comment-page-1/#comment-8997 K.G. Schneider Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/02/library-20-spectrum-thingie-asking-for-your-input/#comment-8997 Chrystie makes another key point, which is that "2.0" is part of a much longer evolution. I'm not bugged that 2.0 has ambiguity; I sense it is different than what preceded it (like, um, 1). But I agree that it would be an error to label it a destination. Chrystie makes another key point, which is that “2.0″ is part of a much longer evolution.

I’m not bugged that 2.0 has ambiguity; I sense it is different than what preceded it (like, um, 1). But I agree that it would be an error to label it a destination.

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