Comments on: Library 2.0 Ripples – Another Go at the Graph

By: T Scott

T Scott — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:53:21 +0000

Not bad, except that there really isn't any such thing as the “traditional library”. You seem to assume that there is a static Library 1.0 that your concentric circles ripple out from. But in fact, libraries have always been evolving, changing, growing — always attempting to make good use of the latest technology to reach out more effectively to the members of the community that the library is a part of (in the late 19th century card catalogs were startlingly revolutionary, as was telephone reference in the middle of the 20th century — and when the National Library of Medicine launched MEDLINE in 1972 it was the very first publicly available online information service ever, seventeen years before the invention of the World Wide Web).

Your model would be more accurate, then, if instead of circle 1 being the mythical “traditional library” you could represent a nearly infinite set of smaller concentric circles going back to that original Sumerian librarian and his clay tablets.

What we're witnessing now isn't a dramatic paradigm shift between a traditional Library 1.0 and a radically new Library 2.0 — it's just the latest evolution along the continuum.

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By: Library Views 圖書館觀點 :: Library 2.0 光譜 :: September :: 2007

Library Views 圖書館觀點 :: Library 2.0 光譜 :: September :: 2007 — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:19:54 +0000

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By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:25:51 +0000

Much L2.0 rhetoric puts me in mind of teenagers, all of whom believe they are the very first people to have discovered sex. (I say that with a smile.)
Just because it wasn’t sensible or economically feasible to plunk users in front of Dialog doesn’t mean no one ever thought of it.

It takes all of those ripples to get to “constant change is ok”? Constant change is permanent; the pace has accelerated. Libraries, like the rest of the world, are changing/growing/stretching in response to new technological capabilities… and they always have. Some will change more quickly than others, and that’s appropriate. They will not all end up in the same place, and that’s OK, too, because the needs of the communities they serve differ. And some will not be as innovative and engaged with their users as they should be, some staff will find change difficult. (Human nature being what it is, it’s even possible that in 20 years some of today’s L2.0 enthusiasts will be faced with change they find difficult to embrace.) Libraries will have to make tough choices about where they put their resources, because change eats resources. I wonder if there’s a graphical way to incorporate what we’ll stop doing?

By: davidleeking

davidleeking — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:38:59 +0000

John – interesting thoughts. My thinking is this: it’s hard to truly engage the community if staff aren’t ready to do so – if they don’t understand what’s needed of them and how to use the tools. So steps 1-5 are getting them ready for that.

And agreed – a big part of ANY of these steps would be the usual stuff – focus groups to see if they even want these things, usability testing to make sure it works rights, etc.

By: John Gehner

John Gehner — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:31:57 +0000

I think this model is really interesting but undervalues the input of the community … the very people for whom libraries make new tools and resources available. A community-building approach would prioritize face-to-face discussions with constituents from the get-go and would support collaboration with community groups to determine the scope of pilot projects. The model presented here seeks “community engagement” after much important decision-making is already completed by library staff. Why not utilize the *entire process *of launching Library 2.0 initiatives to tackle social exclusion? See Annette DeFaveri’s “Breaking Barriers”: http://libr.org/isc/articles/21/9.pdf

By: Bill Pardue

Bill Pardue — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:06:09 +0000

Regarding “1.0,” I’m wondering if it only has meaning in relation to the concept of “2.0.” The idea that, if we’re headed towards something, then we’re moving away from something else. I’m not a historian, but isn’t it fair to say that the library has always been based on the best practices at the time and has been moving beyond *some* outdated standard? (e.g., chained books, closed stacks, etc.?)