Presentation on emerging web 2.0 trends for libraries.

1. The Future is Not
Out of Reach:
Trends, Transformations
& Accessibility
David Lee King
Digital Branch & Services Manager
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
www.davidleeking.com

2. accessibility
http://flickr.com/photos/kosmar/62381076/
http://flickr.com/photos/found_drama/191878581/

3. Transformations

4. Tagging
RSS Readers
Commenting
RSS
Emerging Trends
User- Friending
Generated
Content Mashups
Web as Platform

5. comments
• one-on-one in the past
• maybe a letter?
• Here’s what it can be
now

8. 29
comments!

9. On a
Director’s
Blog!!!

10. http://flickr.com/photos/mag3737/2574913454/

11. friending

14. friending
and
accessibility

15. content

18. http://flickr.com/photos/ponchosqueal/382476374/
http://flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/474399662/

19. Tagging

23. accessibility?

24. patrons can talk to you

25. accessibility by participation

26. changing roles

27. Why?

28. 1. relevant to the next
generation
• IM & txt messaging
• Creating user-generated content
• Using web 2.0 tools for storage,
bookmarking, current awareness,
entertainment

33. 2. teach the current generation
• information literacy
• show grandpa how
to use flickr
• small business
owner and vanity
searching
• news junkie, meet
RSS feeds
http://flickr.com/photos/prupert/68375339/

36. 3: Teach them how to
subscribe to your library

37. 4. save time!
• professional reading
• IM vs phone vs email
• bookmarking
• working smarter by using tools...

38. 5. Patrons want
to participate

39. 29
comments!

42. 6. be a community leader
• become a community resource
• we were the only place teaching Word...

43. 7. land a cool job
NextGen Librarian: “We need someone to
manage Web 2.0 tool development to support
member librarian blogging, podcasting, a Moodle
server, Drupal, and other services.”

44. How do I
make time for
new stuff?

45. Finding
Time

46. Changing focus
• Finding time vs
willingness and
priority
• you have to
want to change
• change job
descriptions...

47. Schedule
your
time

49. Granting time
• give time - for reading, playing,
learning, creating
• send staff to formal training
• practical training for staff - teach
what's relevant to your staff and
library
• buy books for training

51. Why?

52. This is not your library

53. This is your library

54. This is your
library

55. This is your library

56. Thank You!
davidleeking.com