Hyperlinked Rutgers, By Michael Stephens

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican University GSLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Library resources are for use.
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/chrys/48074984/

Library resources are for all.


Every resource its user.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/thomashawk/24089964


Save the time of the user.
http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/12094/scriblio-feature-text-this-to-me


The Library is a
growing organism.


Society has determined what the
library of the past has been, and it is
society that will determine what
the library of the future shall be.
Jesse Hauk Shera

The Foundations of Education for Librarianship, Shera, 1972. Wiley-Becker and Hayes, p 135.


There is much greater
opportunity to bring
service to wherever
potential users of library
service happen to be.
Michael Buckland

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/html.html


The Web exists as a place where
people meet and socialize but it
does not conform to our
accepted ideas about space and
time.
David Weinberger
Small Pieces Loosely Joined

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770/


Building the
Hyperlinked Library
in Times of
Change & Challenge
Michael Stephens | Assistant Professor
Dominican University GSLIS
www.tametheweb.com
www.dom.edu/gslis


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ﬂightlessxbird365/3740808686


The Web has changed everything.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/55345035@N00/284333073/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8


http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-social-networking-sites-dominate-sharing-2009-7


Twitter has grown by more than
3,000% in the last year, according
to ﬁgures from internet
monitoring site Hitwise.

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/27/235444/twitter-grows-3000-in-a-year.htm
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ndm007/1425079226/


http://twitter.com/meganmulherin/status/4128934554


Connected
Collaboration
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/


Challenges


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/thespeak/122660947/

Public Perception


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391


Books? Reading?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/polvero/3425248707/


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ericajoy/2578677776/


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/adafruit/3350369712


Even More Challenges



Technology


Understand Technolust

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/chrisheuer/352270858/


Technostress

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ndm007/510980765/


Techno-
divorce

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/margaretv/2766359549


Technoshame

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/svenwerk/107267802


Technophobia

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/shikasta/30604809/

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/escapist/283209148/

Institutional Culture

Michael Casey | Michael Stephens | The Transparent Library | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Silos
of knowledge?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/smb_ﬂickr/2123196801

Embedded staff.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/sam_and_ian/89836895/

Organizational
structure?


Barriers & Rules

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/trucolorsﬂy/2632811861/


What can we do?



Embrace Transparency
Connect with Users
Facillitate User Contribution
Stand on our Core Values
Learn, Play & Innovate
Encourage the Heart


Embrace Transparency



The Transparent Library
has no secrets.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6429283.html


Do we hear our users
and staff when they ask
for change and new
services?


Open Communication


Speak in a human voice.
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/metrosis/66642106/


http://lib206.lib.wwu.edu/14days/ideas


Connect with Users


Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican University GSLIS | Creative Commonshttp://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pavelm/283910901
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Communities are human
systems given form by
conversations that build
relatedness.
Peter Block

Social fabric is created

one room at a time...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/horizon/408517397


Connect around a
cause, a community or
a concept.


Tribe: a group of people
connected to one another,
connected to a leader, and
connected to an idea.
Seth Godin
Tribes
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mollyeh11/71605460


http://library.waubonsee.edu/engine/36


Facillitate User Contribution



http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/emdot/535440373/


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/beavis/2425374221/


Let’s give our users
tools to help build our
collections & services...


...then step out of the
way and see what
happens.


Guides, not
gatekeepers.


Hyperlocal



Local Creators


Local Collections


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/sreejithk2000/2385193167/

Local Experts


Listen.


http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html


Stand on our Core Values



Service

Stewardship

Equity of Access


Let our core values
guide everything we do.


Ask the right questions.


Quality interactions.

Quality decisions.


Trust your instincts.

Don’t overthink.


Learn, Play, Innovate


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/stainedglasswaterfall/2615543276/

“I believe that this has been
one of the most
transformational and viral
activities to happen globally to
libraries in decades.”
Stephen Abram


Image: http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/281619803


http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/


http://twitter.com/Jenymn/status/5868515103


http://twitter.com/rubybeth/status/5868586572


http://twitter.com/michelleamclean/status/5868559480


http://twitter.com/devinise/status/5869233452


http://twitter.com/rebeccajonesgal/status/5870354726


PLAY


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/alefbetac/874362753/


Play— the capacity to
experiment with one’s
surroundings as a form of
problem-solving.
Henry Jenkins

Jenkins: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: http://www.projectnml.org/node/540


Curiosity

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/broterham/37039048

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Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | Dominican

Exploration

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/megcanada/3321813983/

Innovation


Faith is critical to all
innovation.
Seth Godin
Tribes. p. 80

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/kjirstinb/243134093/

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jennx/2513840755


What small changes
could we make?


What BIG changes
could we make?


Then...
Make it so.


http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/12094/scriblio-feature-text-this-to-me


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/nic221/3879392868/


http://www.impactlab.com/2009/08/16/future-of-the-internet-on-a-mobile-device/


Encourage the Heart



http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/darwinbell/470473931/

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pea_green/293802058


Connect.
Collaborate.
Create.



Care.



http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/librariesrock/3591455210/


How can we go forward?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/scampion/2792352899/

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/old_sarge/100926333/

Break Down Barriers

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/old_sarge/100926333/

Let it go.

Be Curious

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/broterham/37039048


Be human.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/d_a_v_i_d_m_/84447778/

Focus on
constant &
purposeful change.


Play
( = Learning)
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tookie/183503927/

Be creativite


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/yahya/132963781/

Develop your
Personal Learning
Network

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/nomextra/165320894

Value EVERY member
& non-member.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/beavis/2425374221/

Ask them what they want.


Involve your users
every step of the way.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/stainedglasswaterfall/2615543276/

Try out some
emerging tools...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/1932087056/

& choose what ﬁts.


Know it’s okay to fail.


Balance is key.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/superfantastic/50088733


Be nimble. Be quick

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/bpc009/3327905619/


Plan to plan. http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ansik/304526237

Measure progress.


Don’t be afraid to change.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pea_green/293802058

Bring your Heart with You

http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/26/meme-passion-quilt-or-what-i-want-for-new-librarians/


Thanks!


Michael Stephens
mstephens@dom.edu
mstephens7@mac.com

AIM: mstephens7mac
gslis.dom.edu
www.tametheweb.com

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