The Making of a Social Librarian

How Blogs, Wikis and Facebook Have Changed One Librarian’s Job

Jennifer Kelley, Resident LibrarianCollege of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Popular Culture Association/American Culture AssociationMarch 22, 2008

Source: Technorati, 3/6/08

Library 2.0 simply means making your library's space (virtual and physical) more interactive,

collaborative, and driven by community needs. 

Examples of where to start include blogs, gaming nights for teens, and collaborative photo sites. 

The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and

need in their daily lives...to make the library a destination and not an afterthought.

http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2005/12/library_20_disc.html

Blogs

Library news Research tips Readers’ advisory Construction updates Meta-blogs

Wikis

Staff homepage Library intranet Research guides Committee work Group projects Library instruction

Flickr

Share event photos Create virtual tours Chronicle remodeling Include patron photos Embed photo badges

and slideshows

Photo: North Plains Public Library, OR

Facebook

64 + million users 436 Library Pages 500 + Library groups 87 Library apps

Library Secrets!

Tips and tricks in regular blog posts

Social component Links Homepage Podcast? Videocast?

What’s possible?

What You Can Do Right Now

Create a Wiki for a group or committee Contribute to your Library's blog Start a Flickr page Get in Facebook Play around!

Links and References The Librarian in Black, “Library 2.0 Discussion: Michael Squared”

http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2005/12/library_20_disc.html

Wikis University of Minnesota staff homepage wiki

http://wiki.lib.umn.edu/ Escondido Public Library, DIY Intranet,

http://www.library.escondido.org/wiki.ppt Blogs

Moraine Valley Community College Library http://www.morainevalley.edu/Library/

Fauquier County Public Library http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/Government/Departments/library

Arlington Heights Memorial Library LibVlog http://www.ahml.info/vlog/vault.asp

Links and References cont.

Flickr Michael Stephens Web 2.0 & Libraries:  Best Practices for Social

Software. ALA Techsource, 2008 365 Library Days Project http://www.flickr.com/groups/365libs/ Picture Your Library, College of DuPage

http://flickr.com/photos/codlibrary/sets/72157603458541767/ Facebook

College of DuPage Libraryhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Glen-Ellyn-IL/College-of-DuPage-Library/19736449568

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