Karen Coombs on Strategic Planning for a 2.0 World

Karen Coombs on Strategic Planning for a 2.0 World
In Library 2.0/Web 2.0
Planning for Now and Then, By Karen Coombs, LJ netConnect — October 15, 2006:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6375463.html

The growth of the read/write web has also influenced strategic directions. New technologies enable anyone to create and publish content to the web. Initially, users mostly published text. However, digital cameras, video cameras, GarageBand, Flickr, YouTube, and a host of other software allow ordinary people to create a variety of content and post it to the web. This dramatically changes the types of software that libraries need to support their computing facilities. For example, the University of Minnesota has made web log software available to faculty, staff, and students. In academic libraries, this technology makes it easier for faculty to self-publish and self-archive their materials, everything from books and articles to data sets and lectures. Libraries can help promote better scholarly communication by facilitating this process—providing systems and space to store content and education for faculty on how to produce and self-publish materials.