CILIP has now had some time to consider how it wants to get involved with Web 2.0 technologies, and has produced a Draft Council Paper and is seeking comments and suggestions. I've taken a look at what they've send and it all looks very positive to me, so this is my take on what they've said, but it's certainly worth visiting the article directly.
It's pointed out that CILIP has been engaged in social networking for many years, and the 2009 Umbrella conference has been designed to be blog and twitter friendly.
The conclusions they have come up with are:
Take the message to channels that are being used and glean information from them, instead of expecting all members and stakeholders to come to them. [I think it's absolutely crucial to do this - the mantra that I always use is 'Go to where the conversations are'.]
CILIP needs practical knowledge of a minimum set of technologies to include all the basics of Web 2.0 such as blogs, RSS and so on. [Again, vital to do this, but they also important to realise - which they may - that this list is going to be changing all the time, so I'm pleased to see the emphasis on technologies rather than tools.]
CILIP should try things out, and document what fails. [This is one of the delights of Web 2.0 stuff; trying is more important than failing and failing leads to useful information, particularly when it can be communicated to others.]
CILIP recognises that things will go out of fashion, and needs to work out how to 'decommission' CILIP presence when/if it's no longer being maintained.
CILIP should not be reluctant to try out services that are not perfect - this is now the world of perpetual prototypes. [Recognition of almost eternal beta is important, with an understanding that 'beta' now means something different.]
Utilise Twitter as the current hot topic and use CILIP hashtags to encourage use. [Hopefully not as long winded as #cilipumbrella however!]
Create a channel aggregating dashboard, rolled out to all CILIP staff. [I think this means something like Netvibes RSS feeds]
Encouragement of these technologies by enthusiasts, and developments of services on-the-fly.
I'm pleased to see all of these draft statements, which echoes and develops what both Brian Kelly and myself talked about at the April Council meeting. I'll be interested to see how this develops from words into actions next!
It's pointed out that CILIP has been engaged in social networking for many years, and the 2009 Umbrella conference has been designed to be blog and twitter friendly.
The conclusions they have come up with are:
Take the message to channels that are being used and glean information from them, instead of expecting all members and stakeholders to come to them. [I think it's absolutely crucial to do this - the mantra that I always use is 'Go to where the conversations are'.]
CILIP needs practical knowledge of a minimum set of technologies to include all the basics of Web 2.0 such as blogs, RSS and so on. [Again, vital to do this, but they also important to realise - which they may - that this list is going to be changing all the time, so I'm pleased to see the emphasis on technologies rather than tools.]
CILIP should try things out, and document what fails. [This is one of the delights of Web 2.0 stuff; trying is more important than failing and failing leads to useful information, particularly when it can be communicated to others.]
CILIP recognises that things will go out of fashion, and needs to work out how to 'decommission' CILIP presence when/if it's no longer being maintained.
CILIP should not be reluctant to try out services that are not perfect - this is now the world of perpetual prototypes. [Recognition of almost eternal beta is important, with an understanding that 'beta' now means something different.]
Utilise Twitter as the current hot topic and use CILIP hashtags to encourage use. [Hopefully not as long winded as #cilipumbrella however!]
Create a channel aggregating dashboard, rolled out to all CILIP staff. [I think this means something like Netvibes RSS feeds]
Encouragement of these technologies by enthusiasts, and developments of services on-the-fly.
I'm pleased to see all of these draft statements, which echoes and develops what both Brian Kelly and myself talked about at the April Council meeting. I'll be interested to see how this develops from words into actions next!
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I wrote a long comment here about CILIP 2.0 etc, but it wouldn't let me post it, for some reason, so I pasted it into the CILIP Council blog comments: http://tinyurl.com/lzrm98
Any thoughts?
Check out the discussion on that blog on CILIP 2.0, including comments from Phil...
Matthew Mezey
(News Editor, Library and Information Update magazine)
Posted by: Matthew Mezey | July 16, 2009 at 02:56 PM
Thanks very much for posting this Phil - the council paper will certainly make interesting reading.
Posted by: Katharine | July 16, 2009 at 06:07 PM