[Publib] Library 2.0?!

[Michael L. Champion]

> Incidentally, for web searchers, the library's data is outside the
flow,
> too; it's stuck inside a library database (the OPAC). 

Wouldn't it be just as correct to say, that for library database
searches, web content and subscription database content is outside the
flow; it's stuck inside search engine and vendor databases.

Something we should, perhaps, correct.

Michael Champion
Head, Information Technology Services
Lake Villa District Library


-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:57 PM
To: 'p'
Subject: RE: [Publib] Library 2.0?!

> Reinforcing my suspicion that a lot of 2.0-ness (tagging,, blogging,
> video, audio, social whatever) appeals far, far more to librarians
than
> patrons!

Your patron is making an important observation: this service is "outside
the
flow" (the patron's workflow for discovery and patron interaction). Why
WOULD they use it? 

But let's set aside the whole 2.0 issue for a moment-it's a phrase that
can
be distracting. What if your catalog could seamlessly leverage social
information, such as what a wide swath of the public thought of
books-sort
of like Novelist, but leveraging a large user community instead of a
company's say-so? 

This actually is in work at Danbury Public Library, which has
incorporated
"Librarything for Libraries" into its catalog. 

Incidentally, for web searchers, the library's data is outside the flow,
too; it's stuck inside a library database (the OPAC). Just an
observation. 

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at freerangelibrarian.com 

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