social software in libraries - for uiuc class
DESCRIPTION
A talk for UIUC Students on Tuesday night.TRANSCRIPT
Social Software in Libraries
Meredith FarkasNorwich University
Web 1.0: Democratized Access to Information
Web 2.0: Democratized Participation
Social Software
My definition: A tool must meet at least two of the following conditions:
1. It allows people to communicate, collaborate and build community online 2. It can be syndicated, shared, reused or remixed, or it facilitates syndication 3. It allows people to easily learn from and capitalize on the behavior or knowledge of others.
Social software Trends for Libraries
Use social tools to Highlight
Collections
Create Community around Collections
Collect and Disseminate Knowledge
Go Where our Users Are
Have transparent conversations with
our users
Improve internal knowledge sharing
Communicate with users at the point
of need
Strategies for implementing social software
Know your users
Develop a risk-tolerant culture
Develop a learning culture
Involve staff at all levels in planning
Capitalize on your network
Time must be devoted to this
Questions?mgfarkas at gmail
librarianmer at Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, AIM, etc.