[Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)

[Sharon Foster]

I gave them a point for each "library 2.0" feature that I could
[easily] find on their website: blog, whether the blog is "active,"
teen blog, contact information for the webmaster, contact information
for the teen librarian, Flickr account (extra point if there are
comments), Facebook account (extra point if there are comments), IM
reference (extra point if the librarian was online), online catalog (I
know, not technically 2.0, but...), email reference, online calendar,
ILL form, etc.


Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Technology Librarian
http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/






On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
>> Technology Librarian
>> http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Web 2.0 tools may save money. You cannot just say they will.
>> >
>> > Brian Gray
>> > mindspiral at gmail.com
>> > bcg8 at case.edu
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Robert L. Balliot <
>> > rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> So, conversely, if staff numbers are not streamlined
>> >> designing and maintaining a web 2.0 'tool' would save
>> >> money.
>> >>
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>> >> Bristol, Rhode Island
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