A Change of Course: Redefining Libraries and the Delivery of Local Information Online.

FIRST AN INTRODUCTIONA brief walkthrough of what the BHKN is and why we do it.

The Changing Landscape of the Public Library

“Unparalleled collectors of local information”

Repurposed Library Role

“Rather than worrying quite so much about competing with search engines and whatever technologies follow them, we may be better off concentrating our energies on knowing and serving our local communities.” From “Fit Libraries are Future Proof by Steven Bell American Libraries, October 2010.

Question:

How has your work as a librarian transitioned?

Libraries are talking about this

Virtual ALA Conference - Competing in the Information Marketplace: http://journalismthatmatters.org/biblionews/

David Lankes http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2011/Florence-DLL.pdf

ALA is talking about this

Knight Community Foundation, Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for Networked World, July 2011.

KN Librarian Aggregation Process

Identify Issues • City, County, School BoardAggregate Information

• News stories• Government

Documents• Websites• Data Sets

Arrange Content on Site

•Blogs•Resource Pages

Marketing

Question:

Who are potential partners for information in

your community?

Infrastructure for an Individual Library: use of existing resources

• Diigo• Google Docs

• Google Maps

• Content DM• Computer with

Internet• Scanner

Community Issues

Community Indicators

Community ArchivesHardware

What We Can Do For Our

Community

Black Hills Knowledge NetworkWhat does it do?

MEET THE BLACK HILLS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK TEAM

How does the Rapid City Public Library fit in?

Community Issues

Community Archives

Government and Citizenship Content

Work & Economy Content

Education & Training Content

Black Hills Knowledge Network

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Black Hills Knowledge Network vs. Other Databases

Question:

In your community what type of content would be of

value to your users?What already exists that

could be aggregated, indexed or centralized?

WHAT ELEMENTS OF LIBRARIANSHIP ALIGN WITH BHKN.

What changes, what stays the same and what is redefined.

organizational needs

staff time

collaborative online workspaces

lifelong learners

physical, digital & cultural artifacts

content creation & aggregation

connect and engage

national trends

track & evaluate

Question:

If you were to do this type of work, what changes would

you need to make and what resources do you need?

ResourcesWebsites• www.blackhillsknowledgenetwork.com• www.knightfoundation.org• www.diigo.com/user/rcgovernment• drupal.org/• www.wikidot.com

Books & Publications• Re-Imagining Journalism by the Knight Community Foundation • Pollyanna Principles by Hildy Gottlieb, 2009.• Strategic Visions for the 21st Century Public Library, ALA, 2011Presentations• David Lankes http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2011/Florence-DLL.pdf

Videos• Pollyanna Principles: http://www.youtube.com/user/PollyannaPrinciples#p/u/6/xgMBK39SoE0• Virtual ALA Conference - Competing in the Information Marketplace:

http://journalismthatmatters.org/biblionews/