Comunity-Driven Libraries

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Libraries:The Oldest New Frontier

for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward – February 28, 2011

Libraries & Community

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Why Community?

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With vs For

Why Community?

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Flexibility

Why Community?

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Adoption

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Passion

Why Community?

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Knowledge

Community-Driven Model

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Community-Driven Model: Principles

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Listening for action.

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Capacity for change.

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Culture for collaboration.

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Adoption as a currency.

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Communication and transparency.

Community-Driven Model: Strategy

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Community-Driven Model: Strategy

Who’s your community?

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Community-Driven Model: Strategy

Which technologies support the work?

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Community-Driven Model: Strategy

What roles are needed?

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Community-Driven Technologies

Internal: from servers to software.

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Community-Driven Technologies

External: from facebook to films.

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Barriers

Fear

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Barriers

Difference

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Barriers

Mindset

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Examples

What do you want to build together?

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Examples

Libraries + Work

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Examples

Libraries + Learning

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Examples

Libraries + Networking

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Libraries + Media

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Examples

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Getting Started

Let the community drive.Stay in the sweet spot.

Share the spotlight.Operate in loops.

Think big.

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Libraries & Community

Libraries innovating today:

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Credits

Images• Slide 1, 2, 33: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/ • Slide 8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lagthenoggin/19325231/ • Slide 14: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikingartist/3000884576/

Resources• http://techsoup.org • http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/ • http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/shelflife/index.php• http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662561/what-happens-to-libraries-in-the-post-print-era• http

://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/leading-minds-gather-discuss-state-library-social-enterprise-centre

• http://amysampleward.org/2011/02/10/new-on-ssir-innovating-at-the-speed-of-communities/

• http://amysampleward.org/2010/06/29/community-driven-social-impact-presentation-game/

• http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2010/11/09/kim-dulin-and-david-weinberger-hacking-the-library/ http://amysampleward.org Amy Sample Ward http://techsoupforlibraries.org

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