Via from John Kirriemuir: Now – how do we get every library to install one of these… http://silversprite.wordpress.com/2006/11/03/how-cool-is-this/
Monthly Archives: November 2006
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This weekend in my LIS753 class we were able to visit second Life and the Second Life Information Island/Library 2.0. I logged in and walked around while the class watched on the big screen. We encountered some folks in a training session, a couple of librarians and visitors to the island. It was fascinating. The discussion that followed was lively. I hope to do more with SL in future classes. Understanding the virtual experiences that some folks are seeking out and the worlds they are building are important parts of the information landscape. Here’s an article as well via Dr. […]
I’ve been lax in my duties announcing this blog: http://www.rusq.org/ I’m happy to be serving on the Editorial Advisory Board for Reference & User Services Quarterly, the official journal of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. Its purpose is to disseminate information of interest to reference librarians, information specialists, and other professionals involved in user-oriented library services. This Web site serves as an online companion to the print edition. This summer I worked with the folks at ALA to get the blog going. I’m pleased with the result. Watch for more content as each issue […]
Run, don’t walk to: http://jennimi.wordpress.com/2006/11/07/asist-2006-poster-session-so-lets-talk-about-tagging/ June Abbas and I had a wonderful, engaging and interactive poster session in which we pulled folks in to have discussions with us (pro and con) about the new phenomenon of “tagging”. We believe it was highly successful and fun – well, we had visitors for 2 hours after the session officially ended, so I hope that says something. Is tagging useful? Is it here to stay or a fad? Why are end-users motivated to tag, or not? How can we ascertain a person’s context or intent behind using particular terms? For instance one participant […]
My LIS753 students all get weblogs to try the medium and post their thoughts on technology and libraries. If I had my way, students starting the program at Dominican would automatically get a blog and wiki sponsored by the school. In general, I’d like to see more LIS students trying the waters of biblioblogging. These notes from Michael Habib are fascinating and are helpful for thinking about blogging: http://mchabib.blogspot.com/2006/10/why-robert-and-maryam-scoble-gave-me-t.html “Pick a niche you can own (be different)” Maryam pointed out that Robert always says that there are two types of bloggers. One type has a desire to change things and […]
One Day in History Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I was impressed with this blogging iniative in the UK while Jenny and I were there for ILI2006. http://www.historymatters.org.uk/output/page96.asp “Read the nation’s diaries and find out what we did on the 17 October 2006.”
Just storing this link: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/08/19/research_on_soc.html If you are interested in scholarly research on social networking, take a look.
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Tamara writes, referencing a slide in our Technology Training PPT from ILI2006: Can you explain the concept of a “Gadget Garage”? I’m not sure what that is! On a tour of Princeton Public Library when our Roadshow was on the East Coast this summer, Janie Hermann showed us a cabinet in their technology training room filled with gadgets and devices. “This is the gadget garage,” she said. I saw an ipod, digital camera, video camera, etc. In training sessions for staff and public, the training librarians would pull out the gadgets and let people play and experiment. This is a […]
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6388635.html A reader writes in about a staff member blogging about the library: “She discusses work, of course, including other staff and problem patrons using some pretty stiff language, and I’m afraid she’s seriously going to offend someone and the library is either going to get pulled into a lawsuit or a union problem. The blogger writes at home on her own time, and the library doesn’t have a policy in place preventing staff from speaking publicly about the workplace, but I think this is a ticking bomb. What should I do?” The answer is rather good, and includes this: […]