Reading the blog about the 11 reasons why Library 2.o exists and matters, woke me up to the fact that I need to start thinking creatively about how my school library can change to incorporate more of these elements. The three main things about Library 2.o that I can start focusing on are from Sarah Houghton's quote: "making your library's space more interactive, collaborative, driven by community needs".
In the article from Library Technology Reports, "The Ongoing Web Revolution", a definition of Library 2.o created by Darlene Fichter was given. She defines Library 2.o as: (books 'n stuff + people + radical trust) x participation. Trust and participation really go hand in hand. As a school librarian contemplating how to best incorporate Web 2.o tools in my library, I am considering how the concept of trust plays into that. How much should I/can I trust my students when having an interactive communication portal that is affiliated with the school? I want to try having a blog and letting students post comments or questions but I'm not sure if it would come back to bite me (if, for example, a student posts a wildly inappropriate comment). But I think I'll need to be willing to take a few risks if I want to drive change and bring more interaction into our school media center.
It helps to see examples of ways that libraries (particularly school libraries) are using Web 2.o. Practical examples help to jumpstart creative thoughts and ideas that I can apply to my school's library.
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