The “L” word (with numbers)
March 24th, 2006 by Brian SmithMaybe it’s because most of the speakers I’ve seen aren’t librarians, but I haven’t heard “Library 2.0″ uttered in any presentation I’ve attended. The closest call was at a vendor event (with yummy soft pretzels) on Thursday, where PLA President-Elect Susan Hildreth made a reference to “The 21st-Century Library.”
But there’s still the “Community Building Through Your Web Site: Library Blogs and RSS Feeds” session coming up on Saturday morning. I’m thinking about offering the speakers money not to say it. Or maybe I’ll bring them … a shrubbery.
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March 24th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
p.s. I expect “Community Building Through Your Web Site” to be an excellent session. Even if they do say it!
March 24th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
We saw Spamalot last night. What fun!
March 24th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
Looking forward to that session tomorrow, and I hope we’ll hear Library 2.0.
March 25th, 2006 at 2:13 am
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March 26th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
This is from the PLA blog, Sarah Houghton’s observations:
“The librarians here are very customer-service oriented. Every session I’ve been to was user-focused. What can we do for our users? What can we change to do our jobs better? Good for us.”
Library 2.0 (yes Michael S. said the L2 word) is Web-centered. “Customer service” is across the spectrum of library services. Maybe public librarians are just taking a broader view of things. Maybe they just haven’t adopted the lingo. Maybe they don’t quite get why the cyber-branch is so important. Maybe the L2 advocates need to make a stronger case for the tie-in to the on-the-ground services.
“Community Building Through Your Web Site” was an excellent session for doing just that. We really need to keep the conversation going, hopefully without the hype.
March 27th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Wow. I have never heard of L2. But then again, I didn’t know who Frank Kilgore is, and I work as a cataloger (but did not go to library school to become one–which is where I was supposed to learn about him…)
So much to learn…