[Web4lib] Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders

[Piero Cavaleri]

Dear Greb,
I think you have to consider also AJAX and related techonology.
Web2 or Library2 is not only building communities with the user (here in
Italy the most part of users don't use personalized parte of libraries'
sites), but also redesigning the interface of OPACs, bibliographic database
and all the libraries search application for giving our user more
information on "Singol page application".
Using AJAX and similar is non easy if you want to respect the standard about
the accesibility, but it'll allow us to offer richer interfaces of search
applications.
The easier way for understanding AJAX is a general resource like Wikipedia.
For trying it on your web site, look at a good book, for example "Ajax in
action" by David Crain and Erica Pacarello, Manning, 2005, and use a
Javascript library like "prototype".

Piero Cavaleri
Librarian
Biblioteca "Mario Rostoni"
Università Cattaneo
Castellanza (VA) Italy



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greb, Jennifer" <jgreb at tulsalibrary.org>
To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:43 PM
Subject: [Web4lib] Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders


Hi, All,

I'm curious to know what you all (the experts) think are essential
skills for librarians who might be coordinating "Library 2.0" technology
in their libraries.  I think that the ability to present trainings,
build teams, make plans, etc, are essential, but I'm especially
interested in knowing about the technical skills needed.  Does one just
need to know how to use RSS, wikis, blogs, and so on, and contract with
vendors or others to make it work with the library website, or do you
think such a staff person needs to know ColdFusion, PHP, and other very
technical skills?



On a secondary note, what job titles have you heard of that would
describe such a position?  I've heard Internet Librarian, Virtual Branch
Manager, and various others...



Thanks so much!



Jennifer



Jennifer Greb, Coordinator

Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service

Tulsa City County Library

918.596.7958

jgreb at tulsalibrary.org



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