By Meredith Farkas & James Neal
Presentations from the recent Building Academic Library 2.0 event (November 2, 2007) at the UC Berkeley are now available as three webcasts/podcasts (audio and video are available).
- Building Academic Library 2.0 -A presentation by ResourceShelf friend and colleague, Meredith Farkas.
- The Case for Mutability: Library 2.0 and Implications for Academic Library Staffing, Organization, and Leadership - Columbia University Librarian & Vice President for Information Services, speaks at UC Berkeley also on November 2nd.
Source: UC Berkeley Library Systems
See Also: An Open Letter to the World, From Your Local Librarian - A couple of notes from RS.
All of what Jeanne has to say is true. Of course, Worldcat has been available for decades to librarians. Now, it’s available to the general public. Question is, how many people know about it and/or use it?
The rest of Jeanne’s comments, especially how she ends the article, are quite interesting and important to read. RSS? Text Messaging? Perhaps she is correct. However, the info pro needs to know about these services and should also brainstorming about other ways to use them. We would also argue that in this “info age” info pros can bring massive amounts of extra value to their organizations by having knowledge of a wide variety of info tools, even some that might not be used daily. Example? Zoho’s Suite of tools.
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