Collection Development 2'0: The Changing Management of Information Resources

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Collection Development 2.0 The Changing
Management of Information Resources

• Elvira B.Lapuz
• eblapuz_at_gmail.com

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Why Change?
Source http//library20.ning.com/
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Exercise Change Checklist

• In this exercise you will identify stressors you
  have experienced during the past year and how you
  have handled them
• Source Living with Change Coping and Stress
  Reduction in the Library Workplace Spring 2005
  by Joan Crossman-Miranda for the Infopeople
  Project infopeople.org

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Scoring Count up your total number of changes
1 15 You are having a pretty easy year 16 25
Your year has been challenging 26 37 You may
need to find someone to help you through
change 38 Hold on to your hat! Try to slow
things down.
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Libraries are changing. Funding limits and
customer demands are transforming staffing
levels, service models, access to resources, and
services to the public. Administrators and
taxpayers are seeking more efficient ways of
delivering services to achieve greater returns on
financial investments. -- Michael E. Casey and
Laura C. Savastinuk -- Library Journal, 2006
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changing needs and necessities which is the
proverbial mother of all inventions. One of
these inventions/innovations is the online
(on-web) resources both for library users and
personnel
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Changing user needs

• Cell phones and text messaging
• Fast delivery of information
• Always ON and multi tasking
• Belief that everything is on the web
• Gaming and virtual realities
• Lots of things to share (info, music, videos,
  photos, etc.)
• Less TV, more online info

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What does a library need?

• A STRATEGY for dealing with these constantly
  changing user needs while promoting the need for
  their participation in the creation and
  evaluation of the resources and services they
  want.

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Web 1.0 is all about access to Information
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Web 2.0 is all about participation
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Web 2.0

• Dramatic change in the production of information
  and the organization of the digital environment
• Social networking and peer production that
  empower individuals to create, distribute, share,
  and consume information

PARTICIPATORY CONVERSATIONS
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already 2.0

• Nearly all services provided are based on Web
  2.0 principles
• Acquired Flickr (photo sharing) and del.icio.us
  (social bookmarking)

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already 2.0

• Google is a play on the term Googol which is
  the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100
  zeros. The term reflects the companys mission to
  organize the immense amount of information
  available on the web.

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Online vendor
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Online vendor
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Web 2.0 tools

• Blogs
• RSS feeds
• Wikis
• Podcasts and podcasting
• Social bookmarking
• Social networking
• Tagging

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Uses of 2.0 tools

• Communication to keep in touch with patrons and
  staff

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Uses of 2.0 tools

• Distribution make it easy to share information
  from anywhere

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Uses of 2.0 tools

• Organization for keeping information handy and
  accessible

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Fichter, Darlene. Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and
Radical Trust A First Take. Blog on the Side.
lthttp//library2.usask.ca/fichter/blog_on_the_si
de/2006/04/web-2.htmlgt.
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Library 2.0 is about

• Creating experiences for users
• Providing a meeting place
• Being human understanding users and getting
  closer to the user
• User generated content
• Radical trust
• Recognizing staff competence
• Community of users and staff

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Library 2.0

• incorporating aspects of Web 2.0 into the
  librarys service delivery models
• making the librarys space (virtual and physical)
  more interactive, collaborative, and driven by
  community needs.
• The basic drive is to get people back into the
  library by making the library relevant to what
  they want and need in their daily lives Cohen
  2006

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Sharing/organizing in LibraryThing
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bookmarks in del.icio.us
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Library Instruction on
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Library 2.0 and Collection Development and
Management

• Use 2.0 tools to highlight collections
• Encourage users to participate
• Create partnerships and collaborate
• Need not focus on so much technologies avoiding
  technolust
• Collecting knowledge from within
• Staff involvement and understanding needs and
  limitations

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Librarian 2.0 the guru of the information age!

• Thoroughly aware of the needs of the Net
  Generation
• Gives 2.0 tools a try to connect to this
  generation
• Explains how information is created and
  communicated and help students develop a sense of
  context when using information
• Encourages critical thinking

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Thank you!
ELVIRA B. LAPUZ University of the
Philippines eblapuz_at_gmail.com