Copenhagen Public Libraries Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Putting Library 2.0 into Practice Tagging in the Physical Library Instant Messenger Reference Thor Dekov Buur developer Copenhagen Public Libraries

Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Tagging  Inspired by Opening the Books  Easy and cheap to make  Your design  User’s design?

Copenhagen Public Libraries Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Tag in use  Easy to apply  Only one or two tags per title  Tags can be removed

Copenhagen Public Libraries Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Why Use Instant Messenger?  We don't want to loose kids, teens and young people and IM is widely used by these groups  We can be visible for IM-users all the time  You can change your status  no more phones ringing non stop

Copenhagen Public Libraries Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Road blocks  A new techonology can be hard to learn  IM is often considert as pure fun  How much time will it take?  (Identify the road blocks at your library)

Copenhagen Public Libraries Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Choose a client  Easy to use (for staff and patrons)  Privacy / security  Integration on website  One application per account or one application to rule them all?

Copenhagen Public Libraries Internet Librarian International 2006 London October 2006 Session A102 October 16, Final words  It's free (as in beer and maybe as in freedom)  Go ahead, it might be a succes!