[Publib] Library 2.0?!

[Rebecca Bronson]

I attended a workshop sponsored by Virginia ACRL in May on ways to free
library data and make it more visible in the current online environment.
Some of you may be aware of LibX, a tool designed primarily to work with
Firefox browswers, that will insert a library cue in patrons' Google, Amazon
and other searches done from library computers that will cue the searcher in
to the fact that the library owns the item being searched. It's a really
cool tool and is available for free. It was developed at Virginia Tech and
is being supported by an IMLS grant. The website is libx.org. 

Tools like LibX are a good way to make our library resources more obvious to
our searchers.


Rebecca Bronson
Reference Librarian
Handley Regional Library
P.O. Box 1300
Stephens City, VA  22655

540-869-9000 (voice)
540-869-9001 (fax)

www.hrl.lib.state.va.us


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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Michael L. Champion
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 5:36 PM
To: p
Subject: RE: [Publib] Library 2.0?!




> 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-----
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[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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