Speaker: Jenny Levine
Computers and the Internet will not save the world (Clifford Stoll, from 1995) - what’s missing is human contact. This is also true in libraryland.
We know how to do this in our buildings:
- Delft Public Library (DOK)
- they have electronic based contextual digital signage (run off a Wii, of all things)
- they integrate games, etc so it’s clear everything is content
- iTunes booths
- Gaming is a social event - the social aspect happens around the games - not the games themselves
Our jobs - connecting people in these spaces
It’s not the tech - it’s the touch
Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody - another mention of that book. I need to read it.
***”We don’t own this but… We Can Get it For You” (linked to ILL) - much better than a normal ILL link.
Database of the week via SlideShare idea…
Human presence is important - showing that (IM “I’m online” button)
Tampa - having kids make videos advertising the ask a librarian service
ACRL is using the Meebo Chat room to bring people together. 65 people appeared…
Creating Serendipity for Users:
technology is making it easier to connect with people
LibraryThing for Libraries - extends the catalog via people (tagging, related books, etc)
BiblioCommons -
Very social opac - stuff like coverflow visual viewing, saved items and viewing other save item lists, people connections via in-boxes, etc. They’re focusing on the people parts
Tagging - they prompt for adjectives so you get the tone of a book
You can add trusted sources (what other people like)
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