Academic Librarian 2.0

Meredith FarkasNorwich University

Our Profession•Time of rapid change

•Technology is a part of everyone's job these days

•What did library school prepare us for?

•Many are accessing library remotely

•users have different expectations of the library than 10 years ago

Is this us?

Do we do this?

How approachable are we?

Academic Librarians 1.0

•Enforce policies no matter what

•Don't trust users

•Don't keep up with emerging technologies and ideas

•Focus on statistics over meeting needs

•Believe fixing technologies isn't their job

•Don't leave the library

Academic Librarians 2.0...

Embrace

Question everything

Enable Patrons

Communicate effectively with patrons

Get out of the library and join the universty

Listen, Listen, Listen to everyone

Avoid Technolust

Get Away from the Culture of “No”

Know how to fix tech

Encourage Colleagues

Are Enthusiastic and Patient

Have Project Mgmt Skills

Evaluate Needs of ALL Stakeholders

Compare and Critique Technologies

Market ideas effectively

Build their Network

Keep Up

Develop your keep-up strategy

•Determine what topics are most important to your continuing ed.

Develop your keep-up strategy

•Determine what topics are most important to your continuing ed.

•Choose your filters

Filters

•Professional journals

•Blogs

•Podcasts

•Webcasts

•Conferences

•People

Develop your keep-up strategy

•Determine what topics are most important to your continuing ed.

•Choose your filters

•Find tools to help you keep up

Tools for Keeping Up

Tools for Keeping Up

Tools for Keeping Up

Develop your keep-up strategy

•Determine what topics are most important to your continuing ed.

•Choose your filters

•Find tools to help you keep up

•Accept that you can't keep up with everything

So, who would you rather be?

Librarian 1.0 Librarian 2.0