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online community building for library staff Chrystie Hill | itgirl National Library of Australia  August 2008 connect > create > learn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
pubs   community builders
 
documents  community builders
 
capital & networks  community builders
What are my friends doing?
individuals  community builders
something is wrong . . . . .
 
 
 
................... library landscape
 
 
“  it’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before ”
[u] Here’s what I’m  doing.
[u] What are my friends doing?
[us]
Blogs Wikis Podcasts Mashups Social Networks RSS [23,000 or so tools]
where is the library?
Uh-oh.
 
 
 
“  I wish we could call FEMA. this feels like a natural disaster to me ” -library director Jackson County, OR
 
“  librarians have made retrieval and accuracy a god—disregarding what users’ preferences are ” -associate university librarian OCLC Environmental Scan 2003
library = books
“  stop making it feel like church ” - 47 year old from the UK OCLC Perceptions Report 2005
 
 
 
 
 
“  we are building community daily in a manner we never would have imagined a year ago ” -Teen Services Librarian Seattle Public Library
................... building community
www.webjunction.org
vision relevant, vibrant & sustainable libraries in every community
mission build & facilitate collaborative environments where library staff  connect create & learn
Content Courses Conversation Thriving Community Social Experience Liferay Liferay Plateau / Providers Member/Partner Generated
 
Your  My WebJunction Page  is where you keep track of the activities, interests and contributions within the WebJunction community. Your Activities Your Friends Your  Discussions Your Groups Your Courses & Bookmarks Account Info, Affiliations, & Shopping Cart
Public Profile
New Catalog
Contributions Insert text Or upload  documents, media,  images
Groups Quickly create groups around the topics and events you care about,  without  site admin help
behind the scenes at ‘the WJ’
secret hand signal
funders
 
 
mission build & facilitate collaborative environments where library staff  connect create & learn
connect
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What are  our  friends doing?
create
 
 
 
 
learn
What is your greatest challenge in the coming year?
What was your greatest achievement last year? Adding Netlibrary (e-books) Staying sane! Keeping the  internet  running for the patrons. I've been able to encourage use of our library by our  Spanish  speaking patrons.  We implemented public classes to  teach computer use .  I am the new  director  of my library. Completing the Capstone  Synchronous Training  program
 
 
 
 
“  the web is changing libraries can change too ”
 
 
 
 
 
 
National Library of Australia  August 2008 [merci] [email_address] librariesbuildcommunities.org webjunction.org facebook/chrystiehill flickr/chrystiehill friendfeed/itgirl twitter.com/itgirl

Connect, Create, and Learn (Canberra, ACT)