Comments on: Have We Emerged Yet?

By: professional seo services

professional seo services — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:11:15 +0000

The time has come for libraries to be social on the web. Social is the new normal. It has become mainstream and people expect it. Library 2.0 is not dead, it has just become boring and commonplace.

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By: foliady

foliady — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:36:55 +0000

I want to thank the blogger very much not only for this post but also for his all previous efforts.

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Canvas Stretching Machine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:22:04 +0000

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By: taxonomylady

taxonomylady — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:30:15 +0000

When I teach on these topics, I see a lot of wavering between creating a committee to determine if they should/want to incorporate "Library 2.0" into their services and the "just do it" mentality. I try for the middle ground. These tools seem simple enough in the beginning, but to use them effectively to build and engage community requires effort and know-how. Sometimes it is better to do nothing, than to do something poorly. Lack of followers or engagement can be used to justify why "library 2.0" is a waste of time by staff (or peers at other institutions) who never though it was a good idea in the first place. Furthermore, these tools reflect the library brand. If you're never updating your Facebook Page or your Twitter account, what does that say about the rest of the library's services? Will people wonder if you have new books? Will they think you're not paying attention to them, to trends, to technology?

The good news is that there is no right answer. There is no magic number of posts that one should make, or tools that must be used. Everyone is experimenting right now, including the corporate world (who typically adopt emerging technologies more quickly than libraries).

My advice? Start small, start with a goal, and define your measure of success. Without purpose, it's just play.

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By: beccalovesbooks

beccalovesbooks — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:12:36 +0000

Great post David! My thoughts – I see more of the “everyone else” category. My simple question is…how do we bridge the gap and bring “everyone else” over to our side?

Maybe this is utopia, but shouldn't libraries, before venturing out into the social atmosphere, be 100% on board with all members of the staff? If it's going to work, there needs to be support from fellow staff members and everyone should see the importance.

So, I ask again…how do we bridge the gap?
(I think I need to start blogging again and writing these thoughts down)

By: pollyalida

pollyalida — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:36:28 +0000

Absolutely agree. I see the same split of groups when I speak and train. But I do see much more acceptance now too. As we see these tools and ideas barreling into the larger culture around us, more and more people are eager to experiment and are open to exploring how libraries might use these tools. I also try to steer clear of the “library 2.0″ label now and talk about outreach, being where our customers are, response to customer 'wants & needs' and ways to help us do our own work more efficiently.

When library 2.0 inevitably gets mentioned, I just say it's what, at our best, libraries have always tried to do, meet their community's needs in as responsive a way as possible, using whatever tools they have at their disposal. 20 years ago that meant learning to incorporate email into our workstream, many argued against that (I remember those arguments and policy setting sessions all too well!). I suspect that telephone met with similar arguments. But I'm not quite old enough to remember that one.

Regardless, I think the Library 2.0 “movement” re-energized our community and got people thinking about what libraries will have to do to adapt to the changes in the world around us. And unfortunately it also caused some real backlash by those who thought they were being told they had to implement every shiny new tool just to be cool, which was never the message. Change will never happen as fast as some of us want it to, but it will happen. We just need to keep listening and sharing and talking.

By: Catherine McMullen

Catherine McMullen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:49:26 +0000

Yes, dealing with this issue too. Social web is a "plus" not an "instead of." It's a way to reach possibly a new group of patrons not the same patrons (or maybe the same patrons in a different way).
I was contacted this week by one of the largest libraries in our state wanting to jump into 2.0. I'm excited to hear that but I was contacted by a volunteer not a staff member, and one of the biggest concerns was how much time would this take and what will the library do when the volunteer is done volunteering. Valid concerns but the project is being viewed as an add-on not a part of regular library services.
I'm going to be talking to librarians next Friday about HOW to set up 2.0 accounts for their libraries but I think the WHY especially the WHY should we is so important.
You need buy-in and support from staff on all levels to make it work.

I think being social on the web is quickly going to be just like providing services over the phone. Answering the phone isn't an add-on or handled by a special committee at your library. It's part of communicating with patrons and providing services, an everyday part of the job.