A new approach to defining library 2.0

An article has just been published in the newest issue of the Journal of Documentation that attempts to answer the question “What is library 2.0?” from the perspective of library professionals.  (For those without access to the journal you can check out a related presentation here.) Researchers from Åbo Akademi University in Finland used a [...]

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Upcoming “librarian 2.0″ presentations

Some upcoming presentations have now been added to the blog (see the Resources page for a complete list of presentations): Partridge, H. (2009) Becoming librarian 2.0. Paper to be presented at the CAVAL People in the Information Profession Conference, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, 15-16 October 2009. Partridge, H. (2009) Librarian 2.0: The most adaptable to [...]

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Competencies for the social networking literate librarian

Recently another conference paper discussing ‘librarian 2.0′ competencies has been made available online via the E-prints in Library and Information Science archive (E-LIS).  The paper, “Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians: Exploring Considerations and Engaging Participation” by Joe Murphy and Heather Moulaison, was presented earlier this year at the 14th National ACRL Conference, and discusses some [...]

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Twenty-one reasons for librarians to find time to learn about new technologies…

Recently EDUCAUSE Australasia 2009 took place from 3-6 May in Perth, Western Australia.  One of the presenters there was Kathryn Greenhill, a librarian working at Murdoch University Library who also maintains her own blog.  She presented a paper titled “Why Learning about Emerging Technologies is Part of Every Librarian’s Job”, which you can read by clicking [...]

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