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Riding the Shift: Organization 2.0 and the Future of Libraries

Meredith Farkas, Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich University

There has been a lot of buzz about Library 2.0 and social software over the past few years. Social software is opening up new opportunities for reaching out to patrons and providing library services in the online medium, while Library 2.0 presents a new service philosophy for libraries. Farkas will discuss the implications of these trends for libraries and what organizations need to do to ride this shift toward better services for patrons. Practical tips will be offered, illustrated with examples of libraries that are already on the road to 2.0 through their innovative practices and services

From the Presentation:

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Links:

• Ohio University Business Blog
• VCU Library Suggestion Blog
• Bookspace
• PennTags

• Pima County Public LibraryTeen Zone Trailers
• PLCMC Virtual Village

• NCSU Libraries Special Collections flickr account
• Wellesley College Library Facebook Page
  
• Antioch University New England Staff Training and Support Wiki
• McMaster University Libraries: Transforming our Future

Other Links of Interest:

Meredith's Blog: Information Wants To Be Free
Meredith's Presentations: http://meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com/
TechSource Interview with Meredith
Library Success Wiki
Five Weeks To A Social Library
Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online


Library 2.0: Service for the next-generation library
By Michael E. Casey and Laura C. Savastinuk -- Library Journal, 9/1/2006

LibraryCrunch: Service for the Next Generation Library - A Library 2.0 Perspective (blog) by Michael Casey

Library 2.0: An academic’s perspective (blog) by Laura Cohen

The Academic Library 2.0 Model: An ALA TS Blog Interview with Michael C. Habib, ALA TechSource (blog) Posted on 01/30/2007 at 07:03:07 AM by Michael Stephens

The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation, by Thomas Frey, Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute (2006)


A Challenging Future Awaits Libraries Able to Change
(D-Lib Magazine)
November 2001
Volume 7 Number 11
ISSN 1082-9873
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november01/prinsen/11prinsen.html

Jennifer Kelley's Library Secrets project using social software
http://www.cod.edu/library/ and http://twitter.com/LibrarySecrets

At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of UrgencyLibrary Journal
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6574501.html&