Activity: View this YouTube video called 'Building Academic Library 2.0'. This is part of a symposium sponsored by Librarians Association of the University of California, Berkeley Division in 2007. While this presentation is over one (1) hour in duration, there are a number of key points raised by a number of speakers, including the keynote speaker Meredith Farkas, that relate to any library or information agency that is trying to transfrom their library into a 2.0 Library.
Consider advice provided by one or more of the speakers
in terms of a library and information agency that you know (as an employee or
user). Select five (5) key pieces of advice from these speakers, and consider
how these may be applied to your library to help it embrace a Library 2.0
ethos. Write up your findings as a post (of no more than 350 words in your
OLJ).
Applications
of Key pieces of advice
- Partnership (Collaboration) - Jim Neal / Meredith Farkas
TL
will need to work in adjusted partnership (collaboration) with class teachers
and other staff members. In-servicing staff about ‘updated ‘ role of TL would
be advantageous. The TL was CSU trained approximately 5 years ago. There have
been changes in leadership and staff. Web 2.0 technologies used by staff are
fairly recent and implemented by few.
- Be aware of emerging technologies and opportunities
The TL should discover what
Web2.0 tools the classroom teachers are using in the classroom. How are these
tools being used? How much information were the students given about using the
tools responsibly? Do students reference content use/? Is it referenced
properly? How else could the web2.0 tools be used? How could the TL record what
tools are used, who uses the tools and how are tools used?
- Understand
staff needs and limitations Remember to meet staff at point
of need. (Concerns -Based Approach Model-CBAM)How, when and to whom could the teachers share their knowledge use of the SN tools with
other staff? Empower teachers to teach others so their learning can be valued.
- Communicate Better with patrons
Review how information about the
library is promoted to the patrons. Set up a library blog and RSS feed to the
blog from the school website. Set up a library twitter account to communicate
library happenings. Put the library twitter widget on the school website for
updates as they occur.
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* Develop a
learning culture
The TL works 3 days a week and
caters for 14 classes. All the sessions are RFF sessions for the class
teachers. Some of the sessions are
research that is related to class themes, other times promoting of resources
and borrowing. Make ‘keeping up’ part
of people’s job description. There is value for learning.
“Build into people’s jobs the requirement to work
with new tools… this makes it clear that it’s a real job, it’s serious and it
matters to the administration. (Farkas in University of California, 2007)
References
Farkas, M. (2012, November 29). The entrepreneurial library [web log post] Retrieved from http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/
Hay, L.
(2012). What is Library 2.0? [INF506 Module 3]. Retrieved February 2,
2013, from Charles Sturt University website: http://interact.csu.edu.au/portal/site/INF506_201290_W_D/page/84cf677e-ec91-4f08-8080-0f7dd953df21
University of California Berkeley Library.(2007). New Directives Initiative: Academic Libraries 2.0 Keynote: Meredith Farkas. Retrieved February 3rd 2013 from http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/newdirections.php/academic_libraries_2_0_keynote_meredith
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