Libraries are user-centered organizations focused on patron satisfaction.

1. OKIKI, O. Chris (Ph.D)
Head, Automation Unit
University of Lagos Library
University of Lagos
Akoka, Lagos
cokiki@unilag.edu.ng, chrisokiki2009@yahoo.com

2.  Libraries are user-centered organizations
focused on patron satisfaction.
 Libraries value access to information as
fundamental to higher education/research.
 Up-to-date technology provides one of the
best means to reach their goals.
 Information Technology has brought significant
changes to Libraries

3.  Coping with sheer quantity of published
material
 Growing number of non-print and media
materials
 Escalating user demand for access Rising
costs
 Accepting innovations due to IT
Implementing new strategies

4.  Ttechnologies are tools to make information-
handling easier, more efficient, and less costly.
 Technologies must be looked into as means to
an end --- not the end themselves.
 The technological concerns are: effectiveness
efficiency economy

5.  Librarians’ role is to link information and people.
 There are new and better ways to do this and we
need to know how.
 Librarians’ tasks can be made easier using emerging
technologies.
 Finding out what other libraries are doing is the best
way to learn.
 Librarians have to be where their users are
Experimenting with new technologies that enhances
librarians’ skills.

6.  Automation
 Online databases
 CD-ROMs
 Interactive Multimedia
 Electronic publishing
 Electronic mails /file transfers
 Digitization
 Networked environments

7.  Making do with free resources is the most
important tactic for coping with reduced
budgets.
 Using technology is most relevant for coping
with changes.
 Doing more with less is the information
professional's new mantra.
 Helping library users become more self-
sufficient is key to life-long learning.

8.  Computer Literacy:
 Focused on how to use the computer and
computer tools
 Visual literacy
 to understand and use images, including the ability
to think, learn and express oneself in terms of
images” [Braden & Hortin, 1982] ability to
understand and use visual images in our daily lives

9.  Ability to recognize the influence of
television, film, radio, recorded music,
newspapers, and other media ability to use
various media to access, analyze and produce
information for specific outcomes a media
literate person can decode, evaluate, analyze,
and produce print/electronic media

10.  being able to access the Internet find, manage
and edit digital information join in
communications and otherwise engage with
an online information and communications
network

11.  “to understand the systems by which
networked information is generated, managed,
and made available”

12. What is a web 2.0?
Why is it important?
How can it work for librarians
and information professionals?

13.  Web 2.0 is the term used to describe a variety of
web sites and applications that allow anyone to
create and share
 online information or material they have created. A
key element of the technology is that it allows
people to create,
 share, collaborate & communicate. Web 2.0 differs
from other types of websites as it does not require
any web
 design or publishing skills to participate, making it
easy for people to create and publish or
communicate their work to the world

14.  The participatory web
 The amateurization of the web
 The social web
 The user-focused web

15.  The participatory web
 The amateurization of the web
 The social web
 The user-focused web

16.  . It marks the progression from static
web pages to dynamic, interactive ones
. Read/write web
. Sharing, collaboration, & user
involvement
. Reviews
. Comment on news stories
. Upload photos
. Share digital videos

17.  The average person can put their work
on the web
ex. Photographers, journalists,
aspiring writers, students, etc.

18.  Social networking and community-oriented
sites
ex. myspace.com, friendster.com,
facebook.com, multiply.com,
tagged.com, twitter,com, etc.

19.  The user needs are catered:
participate, organize, read, write & play
online

20.  Value Content Creation
. Custom search engines . Collaboration
. Communication . Communication
. Web-based journals/blogs . Outreach
. Wikis . Instruction
. Podcasts . Training
. Videos and photos . Resource
. Library marketing development

21.  Patron Interaction
. Web 2.0 tools allow libraries to enter into a
genuine conversation with their users.
. Libraries are able to seek out and receive
patron feedback and respond directly.

22.  Participation in Knowledge Communities
. Web 2.0 Social networks:
myspace.com, multiply.com,
tagged.com, facebook.com, twitter.com
friendster.com, etc.

23.  Collaboration
Assist libraries and librarians to work with
distant libraries or colleagues.

24.  Create technical requirements
 Check out what others are doing
 Ask the community for help
 Prototype
 Consider different types of solutions

25.  With the advent of Web 2.0, we find ourselves
in an age of participation – a time when all
users are empowered to contribute,
regardless of background or position.

26.  Blogs – a blog, or weblog, is an online journal or web
site on which articles are posted and displayed in
chronological order.
. Subject resources, book reviews, library news,
discussion groups
. Blogging software:
http://wordpress.com
http://www.livejournal.com
http://www.blogger.com

27.  RSS and Newsreaders
. Really Simple Syndication is a technology that
enables publishers to syndicate news and other
contents on the web
Libraries are keeping up to date by subscribing to
news & information sources via RSS feeds.

28.  WIKIS – Wiki technology provides an area for
effortless collaboration and knowledge sharing
among a community of users without any
programming knowledge. Features: add a new
page, edit page, search, comments, files and
attachments, revision comparison.

29.  Social Bookmarking
. Allow users to bookmark favorite web site
articles, blog posts, podcasts, images, & other
web-based materials for future retrieval.
ex. http://del.icio.us
www.furl.net

30.  Photosharing
. Users are uploading, rating, reviewing,
annotating, searching, browsing, tagging, &
creating a wealth of personal, cultural &
historical digital image collections.
ex. www.flicker.com
www.photobucket.com
www.picazza.com

31.  Social cataloging
. Enable users to create personal catalogs of
their book, CD, DVD, & game
collections, and share them with others.
ex. www.librarything.com

32.  Video Sharing
. Enable users to share, rate, comment, watch
& gather around video content free of charge
and technical expertise.
. Amateur filmmakers, karaoke hopefuls, &
even talented pets have all been given a venue
to display their work.
ex. youtube.com

33.  Online Chatting – is the exchange of typed-in
messages requiring one site as the repository for the
messages (or "chat site") and a group of users who
take part from anywhere on the Internet.
. Yahoo messenger
. Google talk
. Skype
. Meebo

34.  Online Text Messaging – Provides text
messaging from internet to cell phone/mobile
phone.
 Ex. Chikka.com
Yahoo messenger

35.  Start with great ideas– think big
 Make something happen for the customer
 Get everyone involved (staff/personnel)
 Move fast
 Take risks. Change begets change and risk-
taking begets fearlessness.

36. QUESTIONS?

37. Thank you for listening!