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Comment on Fostering services for the early adopters by When To Jump On The Bandwagon« Life as I Know It

[…] There is much talk of late about new technologies, new social software, and new tools that can be utilized to expand library services. The discussions that are taking place around these innovative ideas are wonderful – and the fact the people feel free to share their experiences with others in the library world is even better. I spend a great deal of time reading about these ideas and how people incorporate them in their library. However, I often wonder about when it makes sense to adopt some of these technologies. As such, I really connected with a post by Librarian Kathryn on the blog librariesinteract.info – Fostering services for the early adopters. […]

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Andrew said:
Very interesting. I like to think of myself as an early-adopter, having set up my first blog six years ago, and chatting in online channels since back in 1993 when only the truly geekiest of netizens were into it.

I’m currently interested in how wikis are going to develop over the next couple of years. Could they form the basis of true information democracy, and if so, is this a Good Thing and should we embrace it? Or is there too much scope for abuse by people with an agenda who would pervert information resources with their own controversial views (such as the infamous “Martin Luther King” google search, where a white supremacy group made their site the most searchable).

Incidentally, I recently had a look at a wiki that had been set up by an Australian academic library, and I have to admit, my first impression was “This is crap. There’s hardly any content on this, nobody uses it, and the information available on it is questionable anyway.”

I’d be curious to re-visit it in a year’s time, and notice the difference.

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Comment on Fostering services for the early adopters by Understanding early adoption « The Other Librarian

[…] I am currently in a discussion about following early adopters sparked from Kathryn Greenhill’s article. Unfortunately after getting in the discussion (not before), I decided to get a better understanding of what Everett Rogers was doing with his Diffusion of Innovations. I then realized that I was bandying about the “early adoption” phrase without having a clear understanding about how diffusion studies are done and what they represent. […]

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Peta Hopkins said:
This article has spawned some discussion over at “Life as I know it” — too bad it didn’t happen here, but never mind — you can check how it is progressing…

When To Jump On The Bandwagon

Read what Ryan Deschamps “The other librarian” and Karen Schneider “The free-range librarian” had to say.

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Peta Hopkins said:

A pertinent comment from web4lib discussion list–
“If we are early adopters of technology, we have to remember that not everyone will join us, but some will along the way. When a subject becomes important to someone, they will learn to join in with the band.” –
Darla Grediagin on wikis in libraries.

Read her full comment.

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