[Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)

[Brian Gray]

Good stuff.

How did you measure a "library's Library 2.0 presence"?

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com
bcg8 at case.edu


On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did a limited survey of public library websites in Connecticut last
> year. I found that a library's Library 2.0 presence is directly
> related to the library's operating income, which in turn is directly
> related to hours open, # of FTEs, circulation, and # of reference
> transactions--in short, all the usual measures of performance.
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> Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
> Technology Librarian
> http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do not know of too many libraries sitting around with excess employees
> > available, do you?
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> > Very few web 2.0 tools replace the services and resources libraries
> provide
> > now. They usually supplement and thus reach new people. Implementing them
> > does cost time and money, so organizations must decide what is the
> benefits
> > and return on investment. It would be different for every organization.
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> > Web 2.0 tools may save money. You cannot just say they will.
> >
> > Brian Gray
> > mindspiral at gmail.com
> > bcg8 at case.edu
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> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Robert L. Balliot <
> > rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:
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> >> So, conversely, if staff numbers are not streamlined
> >> designing and maintaining a web 2.0 'tool' would save
> >> money.
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