Library 2.0 – a new participatory context

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Kim Holmberg, Isto Huvila, Maria Kronqvist-Berg, Outi Nivakoski ja Gunilla Widén-Wulff

KIRJASTO 2.0: Muuttuvan osallistumisen kulttuuri

ISBN 978-951-692-747-6. Nid. 206 s. Hinta 37 euroa.

Kirjasto 2.0 = kirjat & kamat + ihmiset + radikaali luottamus

Sähköisen sosiaalisen verkoston käyttäjät ovat yhteydessä toisiinsa ja osallistuvat verkkoympäristön muokkaamiseen. Sitä kutsutaan Web 2.0:ksi. 

Kirjasto 2.0 hyödyntää sosiaalisen verkon tekniikoita ja verkkopohjaisia työkaluja. Kirjasto 2.0:ssa luodaan ja jaetaan sisältöjä.  On sanottu, että Kirjasto 2.0 on taso, jossa kirjastojen käyttäjä määrää miten ja milloin hänellä on pääsy palveluihin, joita hän tarvitsee ja haluaa. 

Tämän teoksen kirjoittajat ovat Åbo Akademin Informaatiotutkimuksen oppiaineen Kirjasto 2.0 -tutkimusryhmän jäseniä. Ryhmää johtaa professori Gunilla Widén-Wulff.

Library 2.0 – a New Participatory Context research project participates in ASIS&T Annual Meeting in a panel “New Modes of Information Behavior Emerging From the Social Web“. Panel is chaired by Gunilla and among panelists are also Isto, Outi and Maria. Other presenters are Hazel Hall from Napier University and Helena Francke from the EXAKT project. The panel is sponsored by ASIS&T SIG-USE.

I participated recently the tenth Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference in Croatia. Even though the conference is not explicitly a library 2.0 conference, the both notions, ‘library 2.0′ and ‘libraries in the digital age’, are essentially related. They are related to libraries and digitality.

As I already wrote elsewhere, library 2.0 was not mentioned in a high number of presentations, but many aspects related to the phenomenon were more or less explicitly mentioned quite frequently.

It has been noted in many occasions that we are the last generations who bother to make a real distinction between the digital age and the pre-digital age as the coming generations don’t have any first-hand experiences of the pre-era. I assume that the same can be safely applied to library 2.0 discussion. When library is library 2.0 there is no sense to make a point of library 2.0. This does not, however, make the issues discusses in the context of library 2.0 any less relevant. What is needed, following the reasoning of Peter Ingwersen, is that we develop approaches and tools to cope with the problems related to the new things (whether they are user created tags or something else). And what is more important, there is the other side of the coin: the opportunities.

A new year and new challenges! Among many things the project group is in the process of writing a book, trying to define Library 2.0 into a broader context. Based on the Library 2.0 definition presented in their article What is library 2.0? (Holmberg, Huvila et al. Journal of Documentation, 2009 to appear), the book pictures the seven building blocks that Library 2.0 consists of: interactivity, users, participation, libraries and library services, web and web 2.0, social aspects, and technology and tools.

We think all of these perspectives are important for a Library 2.0 compliant service. At the same time all these perspectives are tightly bound together and overlapping and we have realized that the writing process is really a learning process where the project members must define what they mean by the concepts all the time. The seven building blocks constitute the main chapters of the book and they all sound fairly easy at a first glance – but the problems occur as soon as you start to write. How do you write about library services without going too deeply into users? Or how are you able to keep technology and tools separated from web and web 2.0? Of course you can’t but the main issues behind the perspectives are brought into attention. It is also a challenge to find the balance between the theoretical and practical level of the book. But aren’t problems there in order to be solved? And we hope this kind of book will have a wide target group among library and information specialists, in the education and research, and among everyone interested in the future of the library!

NORSLIS (Nordic Research School in Library and Information Science) gave a course on Public libraries and the Nordic welfare state – the changing role of public libraries in Uppsala September 29 – October 3. Maria Kronqvist-Berg and Outi Nivakoski participated in this course and presented their subprojects. Outi is studying opinions and trends in library blogspace and Maria is studying the context and stakeholders of public library 2.0.

The course was very well-organized and the lectures gave insight into the research on public libraries role concerning both historical and contemporary perspectives. There were lectures on, for example, the public library as a meeting place, social capital and public libraries and how to use discourse analysis in public library research. The senior researchers who gave the lectures were Michael Buckland, Ilkka Mäkinen, Kerstin Rydbeck, Ragnar Audunson, Frank Huysmans, Andreas Vårheim, Laura Skouvig och Svanhild Aabø.

The research project Library 2.0 – a new participatory context at Informations Studies, Åbo Akademi (http://library2pointoh.fi/about/) is looking for a Doctoral student. The post is part of an Academy of Finland funded project.

The goal of this project is to deepen the understanding of the interactive information source called Web 2.0 focusing on knowledge, experience, collaboration, and creation of new contents. The project aims to develop the skills needed to manage the new information platform (Library 2.0) and foresee the development of needed competencies in the information society.

The main task for the doctoral student is to do research towards a doctoral dissertation with the aim to finish the doctoral degree in 4 years. There are two sub-project themes that are possible but also other perspectives or contexts may be discussed.

• Collective quality of Library 2.0 services in the context of university libraries
• Mapping opinions and trends from library blogspace

The tentative start date of the post is 1.8.2008, and the post has currently granted funding until the end of 2010, with the possibility of extension depending on further external funding.

The applications with a letter of introduction containing contact information, CV, publication list and 1/2 A4 describing your research interest should arrive before 15th of May 2008 to project leader, professor Gunilla Widén-Wulff (gunilla.widen-wulff(a)abo.fi)

Questions and enquiries:
Gunilla Widén-Wulff
gunilla.widen-wulff(a)abo.fi
+358-2-215 4576

Welcome to the symposium Library 2.0 – a participatory future? and to the workshop.

We have been excited to receive so many registrations and from so various areas of expertise. We are delighted to welcome you all to Turku and to the first symposium arranged by the Library 2.0 research project. We wish you all have two days of interesting presentations and mind opening discussions and also some time for networking and relaxation.

Before we start the workshop and the symposium we have a couple of updates to the information about the events and the timetable.

Registration to the workshop and to the symposium will be before the workshop (-10.00), during the break (11.45-12.15) and before the symposium (-14.15).

An additional break has been added to the afternoon of the first day. This short break will be between the second and the third presentation on the afternoon.

The evening reception at Turku City Library will start an hour later than previously scheduled. We will meet at the Library at 19.00.

The symposium dinner will be at Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova and the dinner is included in the symposium fee. If you haven’t done so already in your registration, please contact us about any special diets you wish for or if you are not attending at the dinner.

We are looking forward to see you all next week. Welcome!

A symposium and a workshop organized by Library 2.0 – a new participatory context –research project at the Information Studies department of Åbo Akademi. The symposium gathers library 2.0 and web 2.0 experts from the Northern Europe to discuss the various aspects of library 2.0 and social media and their both practical and theoretical implications for libraries, information service and library and information science research. Invited presentations will given by a group of internationally renowned speakers, including Prof. Aira Lepik (Tallinn University), Kari A. Hintikka (University of Jyväskylä), Mats Hernvall (Copenhagen Digital Library) and Dr. Kimmo Tuominen (Library of Parliament). 

The pre-symposium workshop gives an overview of Library 2.0 phenomenon and techniques using a combination of demonstrations and hands-on exercises. The workshop is aimed at librarians, information specialists and others interested in library 2.0 and web 2.0. Workshop is organized by Isto Huvila and Kim Holmberg (Åbo Akademi). 

Time: 3.-4.4.2008

Place: Information Studies, Åbo Akademi, Tavastgatan 13, Åbo

Price: 50 € (symposium including 2 coffees, 1 lunch and a dinner)
           30 € (workshop including refreshments)                                           
           80 € (symposium+workshop)

Registration: www.library2pointoh.fi/registration
Deadline 14^th March 2008, thereafter on increased participation fee.

Contact: Ms. Katarina Grönqvist tel. +358-2-2154564  and kgronqvi@abo.fi

Program

 Thursday 3rd April 2008

10.00         Workshop: Library 2.0 – a practical introduction
                  Isto Huvila and Kim Holmberg

14.00         Coffee
14.15         Introduction
                  Professor Gunilla Widén-Wulff, ÅA
14.30         Web 2.0 and the collective intelligence
                  Researcher Kari A. Hintikka, University of Jyväskylä
15.15         From editors and authors to users and spammers -
                   a look beyond the hype of web 2.0
                  Lars Iselid, Umeå University Library and Iselid info
16.00         Cognitive authority and Web 2.0
                  Dr. Kimmo Tuominen, Library of Parliament
16.45         Information service 2.0 in a library 2.0
                  Dr. Isto Huvila, ÅA
18.00         Evening reception at Turku City Library
                  Library director Inkeri Näätsaari
20.00         Symposium dinner

Friday 4th April 2008

9.15           Shared values: Relationship marketing and Library 2.0
                  Professor Aira Lepik, Tallinn University
10.00         Coffee
10.30         Library 2.0 in Second Life
                  Researcher Kim Holmberg, ÅA
11.30         Lunch
13.00         TBA
                  Manager Mats Hernwall, Copenhagen Digital Library at
                  Copenhagen Public Libraries
14.00         Concluding discussion: theory, practice and future research

Åbo Akademin Informaatiotutkimuksen oppiaineen Library 2.0 – a new participatory context –tutkimusprojektin järjestämä seminaari ja työpaja. Seminaari kokoaa asiantuntijoita Pohjois-Euroopasta keskustelemaan kirjasto 2.0- ja web 2.0-ilmiöistä sekä niiden vaikutuksista kirjastojen ja tietopalveluiden toimintaan ja informaatiotieteellisen tutkimukseen. Seminaarissa esitelmöi joukko kansainvälisesti tunnustettuja asiantuntijoita mm. professori Aira Lepik (Tallinnan yliopisto), Kari A. Hintikka (Jyväskylän yliopisto), Mats Hernvall (Kööpenhaminan digitaalinen kirjasto) ja YTT Kimmo Tuominen (Eduskunnan kirjasto).

Seminaaria edeltävässä työpajassa esitellään kirjasto 2.0 ilmiötä ja tekniikoita demonstraatioiden ja harjoitusten avulla. Työpaja on suunnattu kirjastonhoitajille, tietoasiantuntijoille ja informaatioalan ammattilaisille sekä muille kirjasto 2.0- ja web 2.0–aiheista kiinnostuneille. Työpajan järjestävät Isto Huvila ja Kim Holmberg (Åbo Akademi).

Aika: 3.-4.4.2008

Paikka: Informaatiotutkimus, Åbo Akademi, Hämeenkatu 13, Turku

Hinta: 50 € (seminaari sis. 2 kahvitaukoa, 1 lounaan ja päivällisen)
           30 € (työpaja sis. taukotarjoilun)
           80 € (seminaari+työpaja)

Ilmoittautuminen: www.library2pointoh.fi/registration
Viimeinen ilmoittautumispäivä 14.3.2008. Tämän jälkeen korotettu osallistumismaksu.

Yhteyshenkilö: Katarina Grönqvist tel. +358-2-2154564  ja kgronqvi@abo.fi

Seminarium och workshop ordnade av forskningsprojektet Library 2.0 – a new participatory context vid ämnet Informationsförvaltning vid Åbo Akademi. Seminariet samlar experter från Nord-Europa för att diskutera fenomen kring bibliotek 2.0 och  web 2.0 samt om hur de påverkar verksamheten vid bibliotek och informationstjänster samt den vetenskapliga forskningen. Seminariet uppträder en mängd internationellt uppmärksammade specialister som t.ex. professor Aira Lepik (Tallinn universitet), Kari A. Hintikka (Jyväskylä universitet), Mats Hernvall (Köpenhamns digitala bibliotek) och YTT Kimmo Tuominen (Riksdagens bibliotek).

Under workshopen presenteras Bibliotek 2.0 fenomen och tekniker med hjälp av demonstrationer och övningar. Workshopen är riktad åt bibliotekarier, informations specialister och yrkesidkare samt alla andra intresserade av bibliotek 2.0 och web 2.0. Workshopen ordnas av Isto Huvila och Kim Holmberg (Åbo Akademi).

Tid: 3.-4.4.2008

Plats: Ämnet Informationsförvaltning, Åbo Akademi, Tavastgatan 13, Åbo

Pris: 50 € (seminarium inkl. 2 kaffe/te, en lunch och en middag)
        30 € (workshop inkl. förfriskningar)
        80 € (seminarium+workshop)

Registrering: www.library2pointoh.fi/registration
Deadline 14.3.2008. Var efter en förhöjd registreringsavgift.

Kontakt: Katarina Grönqvist tel. +358-2-2154564  och kgronqvi@abo.fi