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<\/p>\nFor this module, I watched the lecture and had a lot of thoughts spark (see page of notes pictured below).<\/p>\n
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For this reflection blog I wanted to expand on some of the things I took notes about. Specifically as they relate to these 2 questions: How do these ideas connect with real-world library service? What assumptions are challenged, and what possibilities are sparked?<\/em><\/p>\n This lecture covered many of the ways that the Hyperlinked Library model is not just about integrating emerging tech and new online trends. It was focused on the ways that hyperlinks and people too. This is statement that I have already heard and read before in the course but each time it continues to stand out. This is such an important piece of the hyperlinked puzzle that I feel sometimes gets overlooked in this world of trying to keep up with trends in tech. It’s so easy to look at all the new tools emerging and see the trends in internet and tech use and focus on the statistics and clever features and how it can be beneficial for the system\/organization but I find that these conversations can get lofty pretty quick and forget the why of it all. Why do we have to keep up with the new tech? Not\u00a0just<\/em> because it’s new, right? Shouldn’t we be keeping up with it because it will help library users and staff engage more with the services and supports the library offers? Shouldn’t it be that if a new trend is not fitting the needs of the community we recognize that and move on to something that will? I know this sounds very broad but that’s the headspace I’ve been in recently, thinking very big.<\/p>\n How does this connect to real life library service? In the lecture Michael mentioned YouTube vloggers and that got me thinking about how we see a lot of \u201cbooktok\u201d content out there right now but most if not all of it is consumptive (i.e. promoting buying all the books you read instead of borrowing from friends or the library). In the spirit of the hyperlinked library and partnerships and outreach, can we get these booktok influencers working directly with the library to make borrowing books more fun and trendy? Maybe it\u2019s just my algorithm but I am seeing lots of library accounts making funny videos and getting a lot of engagement but how much does that translate to actual patrons using the library? Could connecting the influencers to the libraries help?<\/p>\n Are summer reading programs #hyperlib? I have done summer reading challenges through my library all my life and for the past few years through the Santa Cruz Public Library it has been online through Beanstack. At my home public library (Multnomah County in Oregon) it is still on paper for all ages which requires the need to come into a library branch. My initial assumption was that the Beastack system is more hyperlinked due to the online aspect of it, but after reflecting on the materials of this module I think both are engaging in the model equally as I know that the choices to stay on paper for Multnomah County and to move the challenge online for SCPL came from feedback from the library patrons. They are both user centered in the end, and both pull in partnerships from the community to make it happen every year.<\/p>\n As I continue working through the summer reading challenge this year I’m going to keep thinking about how it falls under participatory service and community engagement. 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