john-23things

Great process. Great introduction to the state of the web 2007 & the impact of new services on Libraries. Here's 10 more things that could be next, & it would be great if some of them were:

1. Creation of an OPML format blog subscription list of critical (authoritative, relevant) Library 2.0 blogs, so that interested professionals (all of whom now have Bloglines accounts) can subscribe and stay current with one click (or at least one import!). ALA established basic and advanced reading lists in April 2006. I wonder if they're still being updated? Anyhow. OPML files are lists of multiple feeds. Save the file to your desktop then import it into Bloglines.
   
2. Corresponding culture change (or at least culture-tweak) which says that reading work-related feeds at work is appropriate / useful.
   
3. Continued blogging by staff members to build their 23 things blogs into nationally-recognised forums for the discussion of Library 2.0. Let's interact in the blogosphere outside the county, raise our profiles, and participate.
4. Participation in other forums, whether the Ning Library 2.0 group or elsewhere.
   
5. Continued monitoring by all interested staff of the services evaluated in this program, and of the new services that come along behind. Read Library Clips!
   
6. Space on the Intranet for these staff to share ideas / chat about Library 2.0
   
7. Formation of a staff committee to integrate Library 2.0 into HCL operations.
8. Development of a social customer catalog that allows customers to review, rate, tag their titles / suggest read-alikes etc, and allows other customers to see that information. Think HIP meets Amazon meets Library Thing. Yummy.
   
9. Development of a Library 2.0 area on the staff intranet to link to critical resources.
10. Space on the Library's website for customers to build communities around shared interests or resources. Ning, or Del.icio.us, hosted and sponsored by HCL.
11. OK... one extra. How about podcasts of our bookclub discussions? We could record them pretty easily (MP-3 player and a good line-in mic?) and make them available for download & subscription. Our discussion questions could feature in the show notes. We could establish a forum to share our bookclub experiences with home-bound patrons and with other librarians.
    

I'm excited to observe (and participate on the periphery of) this period of professional self-examination / redefinition, & I can't wait to see what's next.