LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Web 2.0 interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:08:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32361 "Today, with digital networks and social media, stories now are open-ended, branching, hyperlinked, cross-media, participatory, exploratory, and unpredictable. And they are told in new ways: Web ... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0100 674621 http://lisnews.org/piece_web_2_0_faces_security_update Ryan Naraine notes at ZDNet's Zero Day blog that Adobe is pushing out security updates for AIR, the Adobe Internet Runtime. AIR technology undergirds programs such as Twhirl, Spaz, and more that might be involved in alternative library outreach online. (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:05:56 +0100 674454 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=4811 State: Florida The University of Miami Libraries seeks a creative, innovative individual to provide leadership in the content, technology and effective user interfaces of the Libraries web presence and promotes user-centered resources, digital services, and technologies designed to enhance the user experience. UNIVERSITY: The University of Miami is one of the nation’s leading research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical campus. The University comprises 11 degree granting schools and colleges, including Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Marine and Atmospheric Science (www.miami.edu). THE LIBRARY: The University of Miami Libraries (www.library.miami.edu) ranks among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a combined collection of approximately 3 million volumes, 48,000 current serials, and over 33,000 E-journal titles. The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the heart of the campus and serves as the central library for the University. Other University of Miami libraries include the Paul Buisson Architecture Library, the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, and the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library, the Marine and Atmospheric Science Library, and the Louis Calder Memorial Library. The campus also has an independent Law library. The Libraries provide support and services for approx. 10,100 undergraduates, 5,100 graduate students, and 10,000 full and part time faculty and staff. The Libraries has a staff of 37 Librarians and 86 support staff and is a member of ARL, ASERL, CLIR, NERL, OCLC, RLG, and SOLINET. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:01 +0100 674360 http://infobib.de/blog/2008/11/19/%e2%80%9cleitfaden-fur-web-20-in-der-offentlichen-verwaltung%e2%80%9d-von-bitkom/ Web 2.0 für die öffentliche Verwaltung : Grundzüge, Chancen, Beispiele und Handlungsvorschläge (PDF) heißt eine Broschüre, die von BITKOM zusammen- und zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Sieht zumindest auf den ersten Blick nach einer ganz netten Einführung aus. Und wer praktisch etwas machen möchte, kann sich dann ja an den 13 Dingen ausprobieren. [via Bibliothekarisch.de] Share This (Source: Infobib) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:11:34 +0100 674401 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/458245253/ Letztes Wochenende hat Beat Döbeli auf der Veranstaltung Web2.0, WEB3.0 – Wo steht die Schule? einen Vortrag zum Thema Web 3.0 - Was erwartet uns da? erwartet. Ziemlich witzig sein einleitender Text zu diesem Vortrag, anscheinend hat es ihn etwas überrascht, dass er der Referent sein wird, im Programmheft stand “Referent angefragt”. Rasch versuchte ich bei anderen Teilnehmenden einen Blick in deren persönliches Tagungsprogramm zu werfen. Das Ergebnis machte mich nur noch nervöser: Dort stand ebenfalls mein Name. Ich konnte mir das nicht erklären, ich war ja selbst gekommen um zu erfahren, was Web 3.0 sein könnte! [via Hosi1709] (Source: netbib weblog) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:24:40 +0100 674531 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/458244379/ Letztes Wochenende hat Beat Döbeli auf der Veranstaltung Web2.0, WEB3.0 – Wo steht die Schule? einen Vortrag zum Thema Web 3.0 - Was erwartet uns da? erwartet. Ziemlich witzig sein einleitender Text zu diesem Vortrag, anscheinend hat es ihn etwas überrascht, dass er der Referent sein wird, im Programmheft stand “Referent angefragt”. Rasch versuchte ich bei anderen Teilnehmenden einen Blick in deren persönliches Tagungsprogramm zu werfen. Das Ergebnis machte mich nur noch nervöser: Dort stand ebenfalls mein Name. Ich konnte mir das nicht erklären, ich war ja selbst gekommen um zu erfahren, was Web 3.0 sein könnte! [via Hosi1709] (Source: netbib weblog) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:24:40 +0100 674510 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/18/sociology-contexts-crawler/ Contexts Crawler Contexts Crawler is a human-powered crawler scanning the internet with the sociological imagination turned on. … The Contexts Crawler offers catchy & concise snapshots of what sociology is and what sociologists are doing. Essentially a weblog Source: American Sociological Association (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:02:40 +0100 674222 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/457617400/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Custom Flip Mino HD, originally uploaded by jblyberg. Hotter than hot. Did you know you could do a custom skin on a Mino? Very nice example of Darien Library doing just that with the library logo. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:03:56 +0100 674089 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/457510461/ I had breakfast with Meg Canada last weekend, while finishing my teaching duties in St. Paul. She shared with me a post she wrote at her blog called “How Librarians can be the Ultimate Community Managers.” Meg writes: What is a Community Manager? My friend, Connie Bensen introduced me to the concept at my first social media gathering. I know she has collaborated on the wikipedia definition, and as a librarian herself, and I hope she agrees with my assertion. Community managers help shape online spaces by representing organizations through starting and/or contributing to discussions. They are social media mavens and power users. Community managers solve problems, offer the best customer service, and give organizations a human face. I’ll be adding this to the list of emerging LIS jobs. How are we training new librarians to be Community Managers? Did you ever think that might be a role you’d play? Later she tape into that important bit about the ongoing conversation: Not enough of us tweet outside our community or seek out our users in other social media. Some success with MySpace and Facebook is promising, but we can’t just friend and fan eachother. We need to connect with our patrons, customers and users in online communities. Historically we may not be known for savvy communication skills, but here’s another opportunity. Gathering community input is also a key role of librarians. As we plan services, build new facilities, and evolve into our 21st century selves, libraries have to listen to what our community needs. Let’s face it Gen x and y aren’t attending community meetings at the library. The meetings are happening online. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:19:19 +0100 674091 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/18/new-online-issues-in-science-and-technology-librarianship-fall-2008/ Direct to New Issue Theme: Web 2.0 Articles include: Science Experiments: Reaching Out to Our Users by Maureen Nolan, Lori Tschirhart, Stephanie Wright, Laura Barrett, Matthew Parsons, and Linda Whang, University of Washington and Dartmouth College Web 2.0 as Catalyst: Virtually Reaching Out to Users and Connecting Them to Library Resources and Services by Norah Xiao, University of Southern California An Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial in a Web 2.0 World by Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino, California Polytechnic State University Chat Widgets for Science Libraries by John J. Meier, The Pennsylvania State University Making Research Guides More Useful and More Well Used by Michal Strutin, Santa Clara University Geospatial Technology Support in Small Academic Libraries: Time to Jump on Board? by Carrie M. Macfarlane and Christopher M. Rodgers, Middlebury College Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview by Eugene Barsky and Kevin Lindstrom, University of British Columbia Refereed Articles Dissertation Citations in Organismal Biology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Implications for Collection Development by Jonathan Nabe and Andrea Imre, Southern Illinois University Electronic Resources Reviews DOE Data Explorer: The Data by Meredith Ayers, Northern Illinois University Book Reviews The MLA Essential Guide to Becoming an Expert Searcher Reviewed by Thomas Harrod, University of Maryland Digital Literacy: Tools and Methodologies for Information Society Reviewed by Jane Duffy, Dalhousie University Tips from the Experts Nanotechnology by Charles F. Huber, University of California, Santa Barbara Viewpoints An Old Fogey Looks at the Reference (R)Evolution by Linda Shackle, Arizona State University (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:20:11 +0100 673936 http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/search-engine-optimization/ Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide is a document that first began as an effort to help teams within Google, but we thought it’d be just as useful to webmasters that are new to the topic of search engine optimization and wish to improve their sites’ interaction with both users and search engines. Search engine optimization is often about making small modifications to parts of your website. When viewed individually, these changes might seem like incremental improvements, but when combined with other optimizations, they could have a noticeable impact on your site’s user experience and performance in organic search results. If you are a webmaster, you’re likely already familiar with many of the topics in this guide, because they’re essential ingredients for any webpage, but you may not be making the most out of them. From teachers or an information professionals point of view, understanding this guide is also important. It’s a level of understanding that can be used by us to help guide our own student’s interaction with the online world. They need to know about search optimization - because the world is often more about marketing than it is about altruistic sharing of information! Posted in Information Literacy, Search, Web 2.0       (Source: heyjude) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:30:57 +0100 674000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LibraryClips/~3/456820304/johnt Phase I Knowledge and Innovation Network at Warwick Business School Building Web 2.0 Enterprise: McKinsey Global Survey Results - The McKinsey Quarterly - web 2.0 enterprise survey - Information Technology - Management On narrative capture and drought « Brad Hinton - plain speaking The personal stories are what gives meaning to the problems the report is supposed to identify and inform policy about. On communities of practice - an example « Brad Hinton - plain speaking "Tapping Communities of Practice," Feature Article, October 2008 Green Chameleon » Justification by Faith or Works? Kerrie Anne's Fridge Magnets: Of KM Metrics, Whales, Hermit Crabs and other things ChiefTech: Tips on collecting data for social network analysis (SNA) ChiefTech: Book Review: Enterprise 2.0 Implementation Enterprise 2.0 as a corporate culture catalyst | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com If you build it will they come? « Matt’s Musings Delta Knowledge: Enterprise 2.0 & it's effect on Organisational Culture On culture, group dynamics, and adoption of Web 2.0 tools « Matt’s Musings Implementing enterprise 2.0 in the real world » Column Two acidlabs » Enterprise 2.0 - Identify problem. Determine solution. Then tools. (Source: Library clips) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 674203 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2008/11/snappyfingers---question-and-answer-search-engine.html There are times when you want to know something about a subject, but you're not entirely sure which questions you should be asking. This is where SnappyFingers  comes into its own. Type in something that interests you and see what questions (and answers!) this engine comes up with. For example, I tried Web 2.0. The questions with answers that it returned for me were, for example, 'What is Web 2.0?' 'What is Web 2.0 interaction?' 'What is Mobile 2.0?' and so on. Summaries include a small amount of text and a link through to the original source. A search for Martin Luther King came up with questions/answers about his birthday, where he studied, names of his family members and so on.I'd like to see more detail, such as when the page was last updated. It's unfortunate that it doesn't yet recognise phrase searching, so my "battle of hastings" search didn't really work very well. You also need to be quite careful about the search term(s) used - Librarians by itself didn't really cut it. However, it's early days for this engine, and is one that's worth watching. (Source: Phil Bradley) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673787 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/17/social-media-leads-the-future-of-technology/ Social Media Leads the Future of Technology From Facebook to smartphones, advances in technology are changing the way we work and communicate. Professor David Yoffie led three experts in a recent panel discussion on “The Technology Revolution and its Implications for the Future” at the HBS Centennial Business Summit. Key concepts include: A lot of growth potential remains worldwide. The sticking point for business is spanning the gap between the physical and digital worlds. For example, it remains difficult to figure out consumers’ specific intent on the Web. What people want most of all is technology that is simple to use, said one panelist. Source: Harvard Business School (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:52:52 +0100 673648 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/infoisland/~3/456583544/ There is an article on web 2.0 tools, social networking and investment information. Second Life and our project on Investing InfoIsland are highlighted. the story: http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=43&issue=20081114 The section it ran in – note the art…(and picture of Maxito Ricardo) http://www.investors.com/editorial/InvestmentTools.asp (Source: InfoIsland.org) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:42:49 +0100 674336 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/456499880/ The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and the Emory University Libraries have announced the formation of a Zotero software development partnership. Here's an excerpt from the press release: A team of librarians, information technologists and faculty members led by Connie Moon Sehat, Emory Libraries' new director of digital scholarship initiatives, will extend research capabilities of the software in collaboration with Zotero's main development team. Sehat is a former co-director of Zotero and CHNM. For Dan Cohen, who is associate professor of history at George Mason University and director of CHNM, a relationship with Emory exemplifies the powerful opportunities for institutional cooperation offered by digital media. "The Center for History and New Media and the Zotero Project are lucky to now have the resources and experience of Emory on their side," says Cohen, "and the continued insight and direction of Connie Sehat. We look forward to what will undoubtedly be a tremendously productive collaboration." Cohen oversees Zotero with Sean Takats, assistant professor of history at George Mason and CHNM's acting director of research projects. This relationship marks a significant step forward for the future of the Zotero project. "Partnering on the development of open source software with CHNM, an established center of excellence in the digital humanities, allows the Emory Libraries to create value for the research community while sharing the risks in developing innovative software," says Rick Luce, Emory University vice provost and director of libraries. Already a powerful research tool, Zotero allows users to gather, organize and analyze sources such as citations, full texts, web pages, images and other objects. It meshes the functionality of older reference manager applications with modern software and web applications, such as del.icio. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:45:41 +0100 673986 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/11/17/chnm-and-emory-university-libraries-establish-zotero-software-development-partnership/ The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and the Emory University Libraries have announced the formation of a Zotero software development partnership. Here's an excerpt from the press release: A team of librarians, information technologists and faculty members led by Connie Moon Sehat, Emory Libraries' new director of digital scholarship initiatives, will extend research capabilities of the software in collaboration with Zotero's main development team. Sehat is a former co-director of Zotero and CHNM. For Dan Cohen, who is associate professor of history at George Mason University and director of CHNM, a relationship with Emory exemplifies the powerful opportunities for institutional cooperation offered by digital media. "The Center for History and New Media and the Zotero Project are lucky to now have the resources and experience of Emory on their side," says Cohen, "and the continued insight and direction of Connie Sehat. We look forward to what will undoubtedly be a tremendously productive collaboration." Cohen oversees Zotero with Sean Takats, assistant professor of history at George Mason and CHNM's acting director of research projects. This relationship marks a significant step forward for the future of the Zotero project. "Partnering on the development of open source software with CHNM, an established center of excellence in the digital humanities, allows the Emory Libraries to create value for the research community while sharing the risks in developing innovative software," says Rick Luce, Emory University vice provost and director of libraries. Already a powerful research tool, Zotero allows users to gather, organize and analyze sources such as citations, full texts, web pages, images and other objects. It meshes the functionality of older reference manager applications with modern software and web applications, such as del.icio. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:40:22 +0100 673943 http://stlq.info/2008/11/istl_fall_2008_n55_now_availab.html .: The #55 Fall 2008 issue of Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship is now available for viewing. Details, as seen in an e-mail circulating today: CONTENTS Theme: Web 2.0 Science Experiments: Reaching Out to Our Users by Maureen Nolan, Lori Tschirhart, Stephanie Wright, Laura Barrett, Matthew Parsons, and Linda Whang, University of Washington and Dartmouth College Web 2.0 as Catalyst: Virtually Reaching Out to Users and Connecting Them to Library Resources and Services by Norah Xiao, University of Southern California An Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial in a Web 2.0 World by Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino, California Polytechnic State University Chat Widgets for Science Libraries by John J. Meier, The Pennsylvania State University Making Research Guides More Useful and More Well Used by Michal Strutin, Santa Clara University Geospatial Technology Support in Small Academic Libraries: Time to Jump on Board? by Carrie M. Macfarlane and Christopher M. Rodgers, Middlebury College Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview by Eugene Barsky and Kevin Lindstrom, University of British Columbia Refereed Articles Dissertation Citations in Organismal Biology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Implications for Collection Development by Jonathan Nabe and Andrea Imre, Southern Illinois University Electronic Resources Reviews DOE Data Explorer: The Data by Meredith Ayers, Northern Illinois University Book Reviews The MLA Essential Guide to Becoming an Expert Searcher Reviewed by Thomas Harrod, University of Maryland Digital Literacy: Tools and Methodologies for Information Society Reviewed by Jane Duffy, Dalhousie University Tips from the Experts Nanotechnology by Charles F. Huber, University of California, Santa Barbara Viewpoints An Old Fogey Looks at the Reference (R)Evolution by Linda Shackle, Arizona State University (Source: STLQ) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:30:15 +0100 673659 http://enmarchaconlastic.educarex.es/2008/11/17/el-rincon-de-ciencias-de-la-naturaleza/ El Rincón de Ciencias de la Naturaleza se lanza en marzo de 2007 con la finalidad de proporcionar información y recursos a los profesores de Ciencias de Secundaria y Bachillerato, principalmente, aunque en la medida de lo posible atiende las áreas de Infantil, Primaria o Formación Profesional. La semana pasada ha sido elegido como Finalista de los premios Navegantes de Hoy en la categoría Mejor Iniciativa en Software Libre. Tenéis hasta el 30 de noviembre para votar por nuestro Rincón. Está compuesto por varias secciones: Profesores: esta sección está dedicada exclusivamente a los docentes que tienen acceso a material, noticias, contenidos que les pueden ser de utilidad para su actividad docente. Recursos: dedicada a recopilar todo tipo de recursos que pueden ser útiles al profesor en su quehacer profesional. Se organizan en: Nuevos Enlaces:categoría a la que se van incorporando los nuevos enlaces Enlaces: zona en la que se encuentran todos los enlaces, comentados y categorizados según el currículo oficial, pero que cuenta, además, con un buscador para localizar un enlace de forma más rápida. Web 2.0: ya que se trata de un tema de actualidad y de gran interés general, en esta categoría se dan a conocer aquellas noticias, herramientas, eventos en torno a este movimiento en la red y que pudieran ser interesantes de cara a una posible aplicación en el aula y/o en las áreas de Ciencias. Vídeos Educativos: zona a la que se incorporan, desde servicios externos de alojamiento de vídeos, aquéllos que son espectaculares, útiles o aplicables en el aula. Están clasificados por materias en vídeos de Física, de Química, de Biología o de Geología. Descargas:como su propio nombre indica, aquí se encuentra todo material que es susceptible de ser descargado por parte del usuario. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:18:49 +0100 673464 http://jintan.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/neues-logo-fur-zukunftswerkstatt/ Mit vielen Interessen und Hilfe können wir das Projekt Zukunftswerkstatt bis jetzt sehr gut fortführen. Der Flensburger Künstler Nori Abassi hat für Zukunftswerkstatt ein ganz tolles Logo gemacht. Damit sind wir mit dem Projekt wieder ein Schritt weiter gegangen. Ich schreibe momentan zusammen mit zwei anderen kompetenten Projektmitgliedern auf dem Projektblog von Zukunftswerkstatt, die viele neue Ideen, möchten wir auf nächsten Bibliothekartag verwirklichen und euch zusammen mal in der zukünftigen Bibliotheken “spielen“. Schaut ihr mal bitte auf unserem Blog an, wir freuen uns sehr über jede Unterstützung und neue Ideen. Bibliotheken gehen Spielen - Spielen Sie mit!        (Source: Bibliotan) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:48:08 +0100 674234 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/davidleeking/~3/456040473/ A couple posts ago, I suggested that libraries stop friending other libraries and to focus instead on their local community. (aside - If you need/want to connect with other librarians, that’s great - make your own personal account for that). Now, on to how? What are the different ways one can friend others in popular social networking sites, and how can you find and attract friends in each? That’s a bit more difficult, and takes a bit more work. I’ll take a couple of posts and give some pointers (and would love for you to join in and suggest your own idea,s too!). Here are some general ideas that work for most of the new social networking tools: Setting goals (have I mentioned this one enough?). You need to figure out what you want to achieve with your twitter/facebook/etc account. Do this first! Focus on a target audience - it might help to focus on a target audience, rather than to focus on a generic “patron.” Be human, instead of a stuffy organization. @Zappos and @Timbuk2 do this well in Twitter - when you send them a question or comment about their product, you generally get a real, live person replying, being helpful, answering questions, etc. (hmm… that sorta sounds like a reference librarian). Good content rules! Make interesting posts/tweets/updates Advertise/promote it! Think business cards in the library, articles in the library newsletter, etc. Link to it on your website, and explain what it is and why I should care. Find out where people who use these tools hang out, and go there. And post flyers, pass out cards with your social networking info on it, etc. in those establishments (I’m thinking bulletin board in a coffee shop here). Teach classes on the tool. Show attendees how to set up an account, and how to follow the library. Instant followers! Even better - do the same thing at a local chamber brown bag lunch or other business oriented gathering. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:43:38 +0100 673981 http://weblog.ib.hu-berlin.de/?p=6272 “Das meiste, was heute im Bezug auf Interaktivität auf Nutzerseite im Internet passiert, ist unnötiger Blödsinn. Wir müssen das überwinden. Das Web 2.0 braucht dringend einen höheren Zweck.” Dies jedenfalls meint der Omni-Vordenker Al Gore und bei pressetext.at wird eine Pressemeldung daraus, auf die wir selbstverständlich sofort und sehr gern hinweisen: Al Gore fordert sinnvollere Nutzung interaktiver Internetmöglichkeiten (Source: IB Weblog) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:02:57 +0100 673410 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32344 "The wonderful Web 2.0 is a famously slippery concept to define. The very ambiguity of the term is Escheresque, self-referential to its ever-changing meaning. As Tim O’Reilly, CEO of O’Reilly Med... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100 673342 http://www.cilip.org.uk/training/calendar/bydate/April09/Web20inreallife.htm UKeiGFind out how 2.0 applications are being used in libraries and information centres, and what actually works. Blogs, wikis, RSS? YouTube, podcasts, Slideshare? Flickr, Connotea, LibraryThing? Facebook, Second Life, Twitter?This workshop will look at the reality of 2.0: what is useful and what is destined for Gartner's 'Trough of Disillusionment', never to be seen again. The workshop will start with a brief overview of Web 2.0 and what it means. It will then look in more detail at how 'stuff' can be used as sources of information, as a means of enhancing services to users, and raising the profile of information services.The areas covered will include: Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds Shared authoring tools Start pages e.g. iGoogle, PageFlakes, NetVibes Social bookmarking services Using YouTube and Flickr as information resources and to promote your group or organisation "Presentation" sites such as Slideshare and Authorstream Social networking sites e.g. Facebook To Twitter or not to Twitter. There will be a heavy practical element to the workshop so that participants can explore Web 2 and try out the technologies for themselves. There will be extensive notes and exercise sheets to guide participants through the day, and all the information and presentations will be available electronically (Source: CILIP – Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:29:17 +0100 673495 http://www.cilip.org.uk/training/calendar/bydate/April09/SearchingtheInternetGoogleandBeyond.htm UKeiGWith the major search engines claiming coverage of over 20 billion web pages in their databases, it is becoming increasingly difficult to locate relevant information. Most of us head straight for Google when we want to search the Internet but Google is not the only search tool. This workshop looks at recent developments at Google and the alternatives, especially the new kids on the block and Web 2.0 'stuff'.Karen Blakeman will take you through the best of the search engine world and highlight how they can be used to significantly improve your results. By the end of the day, participants will have a vital toolkit to help them search more effectively, including key search tools, comparisons, top tips and essential search techniques.Topics to be covered include: different types of search tools and how they work making the most of Google and new features alternatives to Google advanced search techniques to help you track down the so-called "hidden web" image, audio, video and news blogs, RSS, wikis and Web 2.0 resources setting up your customised search engine tracking down pages that have disappeared. Delegates will have ample opportunity to test out advanced search techniques and to compare different search engines. A significant part of the day will be taken up with practical sessions; exercises will be provided but delegates are free to try out searches of their own.This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience. The techniques and approaches covered can be applied to all subject areas. (Source: CILIP – Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:28:54 +0100 673496 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/456546263/case-study-in-open-notebook-science.html Jean-Claude Bradley, From ONS to Peer Review: our JoVE Article is Published, Useful Chemistry, November 13, 2008. Our article "Optimization of the Ugi Reaction Using Parallel Synthesis and Automated Liquid Handling" is now published on the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). I am very pleased with this because it showcases some interesting approaches to communicate science that were not possible not so long ago. First, and foremost, this demonstrates that lab notebook pages and blog posts can be used to support claims made in a peer reviewed article. ... When providing a reference for a melting point or spectrum, nothing is more relevant that the lab notebook page where the specific batch of product was obtained and characterized. Second, we have demonstrated that it is possible carry out research under Open Notebook Science conditions, write an article openly on a wiki, post it on a pre-print server (like Nature Precedings) and finally publish it in an peer reviewed journal. ... Third, this is a good example of the use of video to enhance the communication of a protocol for a chemical reaction. ... Finally, JoVE is an example of an Open Access journal with some Web2.0 capabilities, like the ability to leave comments and label them as agreeing or disagreeing with the authors. The final article can now also serve as a location for continuing the scientific conversation. (Source: Open Access News) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673604 http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/2008/11/istl-web-20-special-issue.html Yes, Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship has a special web 2.0 issue (i55, Fall 2008). Much amazingness ensues:Science Experiments: Reaching Out to Our Users by Maureen Nolan, Lori Tschirhart, Stephanie Wright, Laura Barrett, Matthew Parsons, and Linda WhangWeb 2.0 as Catalyst: Virtually Reaching Out to Users and Connecting Them to Library Resources and Services by Norah XiaoAn Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial in a Web 2.0 World by Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino Chat Widgets for Science Libraries by John J. Meier Making Research Guides More Useful and More Well Used by Michal Strutin Geospatial Technology Support in Small Academic Libraries: Time to Jump on Board? by Carrie M. Macfarlane and Christopher M. Rodgers Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview by Eugene Barsky and Kevin LindstromAn Old Fogey Looks at the Reference (R)Evolution by Linda Shackle (Source: Confessions of a Science Librarian) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673585 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ouseful/~3/455146527/ Early last week, Google announced a Google Flu trends service, that leverages the huge number of searches on Google to provide a near real-time indicator of ‘flu outbreaks in the US. Official reports from medical centres and doctors can lag actual outbreaks by up to a couple of weeks, but by correlating search trend data with real medical data, the Google folks were able to show that their data led the the official reports. John Naughton picked up on this service in his Networker Observer column this week, and responded to an email follow-up comment I sent him idly wondering what search terms might be indicators of recession in this post on Google as a predictor. “Jobseeker’s allowance” appears to be on the rise, unfortunately (as does “redundancy”). For some time, I’ve been convinced that spotting clusters of related search terms, or meaningful correlations between clusters of search terms, is going to be big the next step towards, err, something(?!), and Google Flu trends is one of the first public appearances of this outside the search, search marketing and ad sales area. Which is why, on the playful side, I tried to pitch something like Trendspotting to the Games With a Purpose (GWAP) folks (so far unreplied to!), the idea being that players would have to try to identify search terms who’s trends were correlated in some “folk reasonable” way. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:40:46 +0100 674117 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/deakialli/com/~3/455023257/ Acabo de toparme con la página en Facebook de la Biblioteca Nacional Española, todo parece indicar que puede ser cierto, si nos fijamos en la información publicada por el momento, no tendríamos por qué dudarlo, pero después del tema del Twitter de Milagros del Corral, una ya no sabe que pensar. Si es cierto, podríamos estar, esta vez sí, en el ansiado y prometido nuevo rumbo de la Biblioteca Nacional, como afirmaba la Jefa de Información de la BNE en el desmentido a El Pais sobre el tema Twitter: “Tenemos muchas ideas en nuevas tecnologías y estamos poniendo en marcha un gran proyecto para hacer una verdadera Biblioteca Digital, pero de momento no hemos pensado en un blog”. Si es mentira, estaremos ante otra puñalada a la fiabilidad y seriedad de la Web Social, y los que felicitaron a Milagros del Corral ante su supuesta actividad microbloggera, tendrán que seguir esperando. Yo por si acaso, ya me he hecho fan, lo que me mosquea es ser la única… ¿Alguien se anima a conjeturas? ¿Y tú que opinas, realidad o mentira? ¿habrán tomado nota los técnico de la BNE del último artículo de Didac Margaix en el EPI? (Source: Deakialli DocuMental) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:00:25 +0100 673574 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pandia/vfbc/~3/454938257/974-top-20-web-design-and-development-resources.html The latest issue of Website Magazine presents a top 50 list of websites that are popular among web designers and developers. Anyone working withing the fields of online information dissemination and Internet marketing need to know something about the arts of setting up and designing web sites, so these resources may also be of interest to the readers of Pandia. The list is partly based on web statistics gathered by Ranking.com. Here are the top 20: about.com (All round information site. The reason it has been included here is most likely the Web Design subsite) w3.org (World Wide Web Consortium, info for web site coders) mashable.com (Web 2.0 blog) Webdeveloper.com (Articles, resources and discussions on web coding, programming and graphics) apache.org (The Apache Software Foundation - web server software) oswd.org (Open Source Web Design, for free web design templates) oreillynet.org (Publisher covering web software and tools) devshed.com (Open source web developer tutorials) netmechanic.com (HTML, SEO and web design tools and help) webreference.com (Help and reviews for web designers and developers) tamingthebeast.com (They are probably referring to tamingthebeast.net, a site covering internet marketing, web development, affiliate programs and ecommerce) webmonkey.com (Web developer tutorials, references, blogs and code libraries) web-source.net (Guide to web site design and development) weberdev.com (Guides to PHP, MySQL and more) devx.com (Web programming resource) pageresource.com (Web development tutorial and information site) irt.org (Articles, FAQs, software etc on web coding and design) webdesign.org (Popular guide to web design) killersites.com (Web site design how to guides, also for beginners) smartwebby.com (Commercial web design tools) To see them all, sign up for the free Website Magazine and look at the November issue. Manage PPC Better - Just $199/mo. (Source: Pandia Search Engine News) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:30:20 +0100 673446 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/454909175/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Shanachies are in Perth, originally uploaded by sirexkat. The Shanchies are visiting Australia! Follow them at: http://www.shanachietour.com/ (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:43:28 +0100 673282 http://edwards.orcas.net/blog/archives/000432.html I've been meaning to blog about this for a while, but I've fallen out of the habit, unfortunately. Nonetheless, I had to blog about this ... I re-joined CLA (California Library Association). Registered for the Annual Conference in San Jose. Then, earlier today, I gave my first conference presentation. "Privacy Concerns of Social Networking" was the title I thought up at the time when I submitted the proposal to talk about the issue of online information and Web 2.0. I had 45 minutes during a prominent lunchtime lecture, but people showed up and even stayed. I took what would be considered a hard-line stance: there are myriad privacy issues with social networking, it's not the end of privacy and libraries/librarians have a role to play in pushing back against Yes, I believe it. But it's the start of a conversation (I hope!) and I don't have solutions. I have suggestions, though ... look & see (PDF). So ... the presentation was ... okay. I knew what I wanted to say, I didn't have the best flow with the slides, but I didn't keep my head in my notes and I made eye contact. Interesting comment section (someone thought that privacy as we know it is dead, one mentioned the USA PATRIOT Act and one asked about age verification practices (in connection with COPPA). I had an attack of flop sweat and forgot my words on occasion, but I'm told that it was otherwise a good job. But then my day got even better when I HAD LUNCH WITH ZOIA HORN!!! *squeeing and jumping around commences* It was lovely. She is lovely and as the young people used to say, quite fierce. Truly an honour and pleasure to talk with her and hear her story from her lips. Truly excellent day. (Source: Confessions of a Mad Librarian) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673490 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/research-informaticsorg.html Research Informatics.orgFor Clinical and Translational Research InformaticsHealth Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:03:00 +0100 673300 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/clinical-informatics-wiki-clinfowiki.html Web 2.0 technology for clinical decision support- ClinfowikiHealth Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:01:00 +0100 673301 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=23151 Government in 3D: How Public Leaders Can Draw on Virtual Worlds Source: IBM Center for the Business of Government This report is an example of how Web 2.0’s “teen toys” have become a serious work tool. It explores how cutting-edge government organizations are using 3-dimensional virtual worlds on the Internet to conduct training, recruit new employees, and educate the public. It also provides a guide to how virtual worlds have become a fast-growing social phenomenon that believe that, by the end of 2011, fully 80 percent of all active internet users will be participating in 3-D virtual worlds. + Full Report (PDF; 3.1 MB) (Source: Docuticker) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:30 +0100 673001 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/15/new-google-services-could-burden-networks-benefit-scholars/ New Google Services Could Burden Networks, Benefit Scholars Yesterday Google unveiled three new services — two that may make campus-network administrators groan and one that could prove to be a boon to researchers in a number of disciplines. The search giant’s voice- and video-chat offerings could encourage more campus-network users to switch from low-bandwidth communication technologies — instant messaging, e-mail, social networks — to chat applications that consume considerably more network resources. Voice and video chatting have been available for some time, of course, through Skype, Apple’s iChat, and other applications. But Google’s search and e-mail functions are widely used, and the software is easy to install and use, so more people may be drawn in. Source: Wired Campus/Chronicle of Higher Education (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:08:02 +0100 672974 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/15/taxpayer-group-announces-government-spending-transparency-web-site/ Taxpayer Group Announces Government Spending “Transparency” Web Site The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU) today joined with the online resource Sunshine Review in the next major step toward building a collaborative community of advocates for government “transparency.” NTU has integrated its Show Me the Spending Web site with Sunshine Review’s Wikipedia-like site that enables people to find and share information about whether state and local governments are effective, accessible, and responsible with tax dollars. Now, anyone from think-tank staffers to taxpayer activists can edit the site, available at www.showmethespending.com, to reflect transparency news and updates from their respective states. Source: National Taxpayers Union (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:56:28 +0100 672977 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/deakialli/com/~3/454271310/ La semana pasada estuve por Castilla La Mancha impartiendo un curso y un seminario sobre Web Social en Bibliotecas. Uno organizado por Anabad Castilla La Mancha y la Universidad de Albacete, y otro para el personal de las bibliotecas de la Universidad de Valladolid. Aunque entre viaje y viaje se pierden un montón de horas muertas, lo cierto es que siempre es gratificante conocer a colegas interesados en aplicar las tecnologías de la Web 2.0 en los servicios bibliotecarios y si algo tienen en común la gran mayoría de todos a los que he conocido esta semana es un profundo convencimiento en que la biblioteca tiene la imperante necesidad de adaptarse a los nuevos usuarios. Agradezco a Antonio Casado Poyales, presidente de ANABAD-CLM y a César Salinero, Director de la Biblioteca Universitaria de Valladolid, su confianza e interés en acercar la Biblioteca 2.0 en sus centros. Por cierto, la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Albacete tiene blog y la de Valladolid también, BlobUVa,  y además cuenta con toda una bibliotecaria 2.0 entre su personal: Carmen, bibliotecaria de la Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Valladolid, que no sólo mantiene un espacio de la biblioteca en Facebook, un tablón en Twitter, un album en Flickr y una cuenta en Slideshare… y seguro que habrá más. (Source: Deakialli DocuMental) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:47:27 +0100 673160 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/453969278/ Mit der Frage, ob es wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften 2.0 gibt, befasste sich am vergangenen Dienstag eine Diskussionsrunde in Madrid. Auch in Spanien läuft in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften die Diskussion über kooperative Modelle der Qualitätssicherung im Publikationsprozess und Open Access. Eine “2.0″ Zeitschrift ist mehr als eine Zeitschrift, die 2.0 Methoden und Ansätze nutzt. Via EPI - El profesional de la información (Source: netbib weblog) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:02:52 +0100 673530 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/453979638/ Mit der Frage, ob es wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften 2.0 gibt, befasste sicham vergangenen Dienstag eine Diskussionsrunde in Madrid. Auch in Spanien läuft in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften die Diskussino über kooperative Modelle der Qualitätssicherung im Publikationsprozess und Open Access. Eine “2.0″ Zeitschrift ist mehr als eine Zeitschrift, die 2.0 Methoden und Ansätze nutzt. Via EPI - El profesional de la información (Source: netbib weblog) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:02:52 +0100 673075 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/15/streaming.html 7 Things You Should Know About Ustream (source: Educause)"Ustream is an interactive web streaming platform that lets users broadcast their own channels on the Ustream network or on a third-party website such as MySpace or Facebook. Ustream offers a platform for users to host events, promote their own shows, or set up interactive conversations with participants across the globe. Ustream’s broadcasting model offers an attractive new way for Internet broadcasters to connect with audiences, allowing dialogue between users and opportunities to build connections across the globe. Ustream gives faculty free, easy-to-use options for streaming video to geographically disparate audiences, and the service also introduces new frontiers for authentic assessment in the classroom." (Source: pintiniblog) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:18:48 +0100 673176 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/crossing-digital-divide.html Crossing the Digital DivideHealth Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:01:00 +0100 673302 http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/social-media-makeover/ Yesterday I wrote a reply to a question about my blog - BUT my answer should have been more thorough! Jacinta, a post-graduate student, and learning about Web 2.0, wrote to ask me who the webmaster of this website is. I wrote a quick email reply, that was basic, therefore totally inadequate! The answers are easy. A blog is just that – something written by the blog owner. It is not a website that has a webmaster. So Heyjude is my blog, written by me. Same with all the blogs that are linked in my blogroll. That is what Web 2.0 is all about!! Anybody can do anything!! Yes, I am actually the webmaster of my own blog - using an online hosted platform called WordPress! Good for me! What I also should have explained is that WordPress can be deployed in a number of different ways for self hosting and multi-user platforms for blogging and website content management systems. Edublogs is an excellent example of a entrepreneurial deployment of WordPress in multiuser format by Australian guru James Farmer, who serves the education blogging community with his excellent services as well as creating an income stream for himself. We are lucky to have this service available to us all. But WordPress itself is a powerful product. I chose WordPress.com for this blog just because it is robust, secure, and because the support services and forum are excellent. There is no downtime, and none of the little glitches that we have experienced in our Edublogs blogs. But a fast growing trend is the adoption of WordPress for “CMS projects” where WordPress is being leveraged in building-out entire sites that are not necessarily blog-centric. I did that in a very small way for Judy’s Web 2.0 Notes, and Simply Books. So I am particularly chuffed that I did that, especially when I found out that Gordon Brown’s No.10 Downing Street website was re-launched using the WordPress platform. So while WordPress is primarily a blogging application, No. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:33:15 +0100 672991 http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2008/11/14/fdr-20/ The Huffington Post reports that when Barack Obama becomes President, he’ll do weekly fireside chats–but he’ll be posting them to YouTube. The very idea of having a 21st century, wired, Web 2.0 President thrills the socks off of me. I’m already getting updates to the President-elect’s transition team’s blog in my aggregator. YouTube fireside chats just add to the awesomesauce. (Source: the goblin in the library) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:22:30 +0100 672620 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Edtechpost/~3/453183398/ Inevitably, when we discuss “loosely coupled” approaches with educational institutions, the conversation inevitably turns to “security and authentication” issues. But really, often what is meant is “those nasty web 2.0 tools won’t single sign-on to my [monolithic, obscure] campus login system, so what are we to do?” The last time I was in this conversation, Brian Lamb made the simple but inspired observation that a huge portion of the problems single sign-on “solves” could be more easily handled with just a simple password recovery process, and challenged the educators in the room to think about how easy it was to retrieve a lost password on their current institutionally provisioned systems (any misstatement here is my own, Brian please correct me if I got this wrong). There was widespread murmuring to the effect that he had a point. But which raised this question - can someone point me to what the best practice is for recovering a password? Asking for username comes with one set of problems, asking for email address another. I’m sure someone’s already looked at this extensively - lazyweb, help me out! - SWL Tags: authentication, loosely coupled, passwords single sign on (Source: EdTechPost) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:03:43 +0100 672986 http://infobib.de/blog/2008/11/14/e-lis-mit-e-prints-30/ E-LIS - the open archive for Library and Information Science wird vom 17. bis zum 21. November nicht zur Verfügung stehen, da ein Upgrade der Repository-Software E-Prints ansteht. Unter den Features von E-prints 3.0 wird u.a. aufgelistet: Time saving deposits Import data from other repositories and services Autocomplete-as-you-type for fast data entry Gerade Verbesserungen für Autoren sind dringend notwendig gewesen. Wie das ungefähr aussehen wird, kann man auf dem Demo-Server ausprobieren. Die Nachricht ging über verschiedene Mailinglisten, aber auf der E-Lis-Seite selbst kann ich keinen Hinweis entdecken. Share This (Source: Infobib) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:08:20 +0100 672797 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/11/14/digital-new-zealands-coming-home-memory-maker-users-remix-media-to-create-digital-videos/ Digital New Zealand has released its Coming Home Memory Maker, which allows users to remix historic digital media. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: The Memory Maker is an interactive online video remix tool, that lets people mix historical film footage, digitised photographs and objects, and music/audio clips into a 60 second video that can then be saved, shared, and embedded on other sites. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:19:13 +0100 673181 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/453018793/ Digital New Zealand has released its Coming Home Memory Maker, which allows users to remix historic digital media. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: The Memory Maker is an interactive online video remix tool, that lets people mix historical film footage, digitised photographs and objects, and music/audio clips into a 60 second video that can then be saved, shared, and embedded on other sites. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:17:15 +0100 672984 http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/infoesfera/message/9108 Desde el blog Tecnologías de la Información EIB queremos unirnos a esta campaña surgida desde la Web 2.0, pues los ámbitos académicos no podemos estar (Source: infoesfera en Yahoo! Grupos) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:39:25 +0100 672640 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ouseful/~3/452852671/ In an article in the Guardian a couple of days ago - UK universities should take online lead, it was reported that “UK universities should push to become world leaders in online higher education”, with universities secretary, John Denham, “likely to call” for the development of a “global Open University in the UK”. (Can you imagine how well that call went down here?;-) Anyway, the article gave me a heads-up about the imminent publication of a set of reports to feed into a Debate on the Future of Higher Education being run out of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:47:41 +0100 673241 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/nov/14/doris-lessing-golden-notebook-internet Graeme Allister: The Nobel laureate's classic novel is the focus of an exciting new web project (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:30:00 +0100 672423 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LibraryClips/~3/452676961/ The other day I posted on Knowledge flow networks and Post-KM : enterprise 2.0, facilitation and complexity, these along with an older post include how I think KM and enterprise 2.0 can come together. In this post I pointed to a post by Tom Davenport on recognising the difference in the planned and outcome KM approach compared to the enterprise 2.0 emergent approach (with sharing, learning, connections happening along the way). He also concurred with Andrew McAfee saying there is an element of facilitation and gardening, this is the part I call KM 2.0. I think KM 2.0 is a layer on top of enterprise 2.0. Samuel Driessen’s post pointed me to a comment by James Dellow on Tom’s post. Samuel disagreed with James that enterprise 2.0 is only about technology, saying it’s also about the people and the networks. It’s all semantics at the moment, sure enterprise 2.0 is a technology that allows connections, network effects and emergence that we didn’t have previously, but we all know without participation and management 2.0 values it’s nothing. When we talk about enterprise 2.0 we often also mean the culture, adoption and human part of it, we assume a new style of bottom-up work. The last thing we want to do is stifle the potential of the tools with a top-down approach. I think KM 2.0 comes in to make sure enterprise 2.0 is left alone and emergence can happen, but then comes in to guide and facilitate, to make sure it’s adaptive in the best possible way. Anyway this leads me to some descriptions of this movement by James Dellow in an article in the Image & Data Manager Magazine Sep/Oct 2008. Lately James writes a lot about Intranet 2.0, and is even seeking a publisher for a book on this subject. James offers various ways or choices in implementing Intranet 2.0 into your organisation. 1. Tactical Social Computing 2. Enterprise Web 2.0 3. Enterprise 2. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:52:37 +0100 672392 http://enmarchaconlastic.educarex.es/2008/11/14/arranca-evento-blog-espana/ Mañana viernes comienza Evento Blog España en Sevilla y  se prolongará a lo largo del fin de semana hasta el domingo 16 de noviembre en el Centro de Congresos del Barceló Gran Hotel Renacimiento, situado en la Isla de la Cartuja (Sevilla). El objetivo del encuentro es ser la gran cita de los blogueros y de la Web 2.0 en habla hispana. Evento Blog España aporta en 2008 un lema: ‘el encuentro de la web participativa’. El Congreso se basa en 4 ejes fundamentales: conferencias, mesas redondas, presentación de proyectos y ofertas de ocio. Programa del Evento Más información Compártelo! (Source: En Marcha con las TIC) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:44:48 +0100 672308 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Superpatron/~3/hkeKMPIz5a8/wednesday-nov-19-2008-got-20-a-panel-discussion-on-libraries-and-web-20-wayne-state-university.html Please save the date for an excellent opportunity to learn about how local information professionals are using Web 2.0 technologies in their institutions. Got 2.0? A Panel Discussion on Libraries and Web 2.0 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Bernath Auditorium Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Reception to follow in the Community Room The panel is free and open to the public and will feature: Moderator: Mike Sensiba, Next Gen Librarian, WSU Panel Presenters: Annette Healy, Librarian, Science & Engineering Library, WSU Alicia Biggers, Senior Data Research Supervisor, Ford Motor Company Paul Neirink, Digital Resources Specialist, Reuther Archives Eli Neiburger, Associate Director, IT & Product Development, Ann Arbor District Library -- Heidi Blanton-Hansen Wayne State University ASIS&T President (Source: Superpatron - Friends of the Library, for the net) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673293 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/452417325/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } LPL Flashdrives, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library. 512K Thumb Drives, Friends of Lester Public Library Fundraiser, $15.00 each, comes in pink, black, green, red, and blue. Purchase at the circulation desk. Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:57:34 +0100 672239 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThoughtsAndExperiments/~3/452399791/ Mobile Device Setup - Zimbra :: Wiki Configuration settings for over the air synch of zimbra with supported devices (tags: calendar zimbra activesync) Mobile collaboration tools for enterprise messaging for mobile devices This is the overview page for the phone compatability for mobile devices including things like motorola razr through the zimbra mobile edition. (tags: zimbra email framework internet mobile networking web2.0 example ajax)        (Source: Thoughts and Experiments) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:30:27 +0100 672201 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/452352664/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Library Services Hierarchy, originally uploaded by herzogbr. Take a look: http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/13/what-is-necessary-what-is-possible Not that any of this is rocket science, or isn’t discernible by anyone else that works in a library. I think I did this as an exercise to illustrate patron-centricness. When it comes to library services, everything we offer should be addressing a need from “up the chain.” Offering services just because we can, or because it’s something being pushed on us from “below,” doesn’t justify that service. If a service doesn’t address a patron need, then should we really be offering it? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:12:33 +0100 672176 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/452331893/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } youtube contest for high school students, originally uploaded by pollyalida. Good example of generating interest and promotion about “Ask a Librarian.” Hey Tampa folks, you should have told me about this last week. I’ll add it to my talks. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:05:29 +0100 672177 http://ia310807.us.archive.org/2/items/DerNetbib-podcastAusgabe64/Netbib-Podcast-Augabe-64_64kb.mp3 Die Themenübersicht Vorklang Jetzt pressierts aber - um mal einen schönen alten Ausdruck wieder in die Welt zu setzen: Der Netbib-Podcast 64 kommt mit etwas Verspätung, dafür aber mit randvollen Themen und wie versprochen als Schwerpunkt die Frage, ob man anonym bloggen soll oder nicht. Darüberhinaus waren wir in der letzten Woche sehr Web2.0-lastig: So gings unter anderem über die Frage ob man RSS-Spielereien in Katalogen braucht, ob Bibliotheken RSS-Feeds anbieten sollten und die Lektion 05 von 13 Dinge ging online. Falls Sie also noch einsteigen möchten in den Kurs, der Sie mit einigen nützlichen Web-Applikationen bekanntmacht - noch ist Zeit dazu. Themen der letzten Woche 01:25 - Erstes Weblog einer bayerischen-öffentlichen Bibliothek in Straubin gestartet 02:57 - Service erweitert in der Stadtbibliothek Giessen 04:20 - Wofür werden Mahngebühren verwendet? 06:26 - Enjoy the Pain 08:14 - Müssen bzw. sollen Bibliotheken RSS-Feeds anbieten? Schwerpunktthema 10:12 Anonymes Bloggen - ja oder nein? Podcast online hören Medium: MP3 Link: MP3 Podcast für DSL-Benutzer herunterladen Podcast für DSL-Benutzer im Ogg-Vorbis-Format herunterladen Podcast für Modem-Besitzer herunterladen Podcast abonnieren (Source: netbib weblog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:57:44 +0100 672166 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/13/ariadne-oct-08.html Au sommaire, notamment, du dernier n° d'Ariadne (n° 57, octobre 08):Articles:- Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What Institutions Can Do to Ease Open AccessLeo Waaijers writes about copyright, prestige and cost control in the world of open access while in two appendices Bas Savenije and Michel Wesseling compare the costs of open access publishing and subscriptions/licences for their respective institutions.- Implementing e-Legal Deposit: A British Library PerspectiveRonald Milne and John Tuck summarise progress towards implementation of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 which extended provision to non-print materials. Particular reference is made to the British Library.- A Bug's Life?: How Metaphors from Ecology Can Articulate the Messy Details of Repository InteractionsR. John Robertson, Mahendra Mahey and Phil Barker introduce work investigating an alternative model of repository and service interaction.- OAI-ORE, PRESERV2 and Digital PreservationSally Rumsey and Ben O'Steen describe OAI-ORE and how it can contribute to digital preservation activities.Comptes-rendus:- Embedding Web Preservation Strategies Within Your InstitutionChristopher Eddie reports on the third one-day workshop of the JISC-PoWR (Preservation of Web Resources) Project held at the University of Manchester on 12 September 2008.- iPRES 2008Frances Boyle and Adam Farquhar report on the two-day international conference which was the fifth in the series on digital preservation of digital objects held at the British Library, on 29 – 30 September 2008.Critique d'ouvrage:- Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web ServicesRalph LeVan looks at a comprehensive work on how to consume and repurpose Web services. (Source: pintiniblog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:31:00 +0100 672737 http://www.slaw.ca/2008/11/13/interesting-content-on-the-digital-consumer-experience-and-amazing-artwork/ For my must read of the week, I recommend FEED: The Razorfish Consumer Experience Report . Came across it yesterday. Its stated mission is to help people to gain a better understanding of how technology affects today’s digital consumer experience and explore the emerging trends that will shape those experiences for years to come. It talks about the rise of search as a primary mode of navigation, the widespread adoption of Web 2.0 features and technologies, and how the increase in mainstream social media usage have fundamentally altered the consumer landscape. The main point is that for brands to remain relevant in this environment, they will need to adapt to both emerging technologies and shifting consumer behaviour. This leads to a discussion of the need to act less like an advertiser and more like a like publisher, entertainment company or party planner, and the need to rethink the way you create relationships (or conversations) with consumers before it’s too late. Next up is a practical discussion of the the trends and techniques for doing some of these things, including using widgets and RSS feeds, Twitter, social media participation and “micro-interactions”. Captivating content for any that are interested in the above, but even if the above puts you to sleep, you need to look at this publication for its artwork. Yes, as the editor of various publications I probably get more excited about such things than most people, but this is the most amazing publication artwork I have seen in a long long time. Just a totally brilliant use of colour and graphics in a variety of layouts. My only complaint, the labels and text on many of the charts are just too small (and it’s not just my tired and aging eyes). So when do you think we will see law firm marketing content that looks anything like this? (Source: Slaw) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:45:41 +0100 672702 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015122/ Seehaus, Stefan and Lemm, Fabian (2008) Verbesserung des Taggings in Lycos iQ, in Lewandowski, Dirk and Maaß, Christian, Eds. Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, chapter 6, pp. 163-189. Logos-Verlag. (Source: E-LIS) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:02 +0100 672078 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015121/ Niehues, Philipp and Schulz, Diana and Schäfer, Vanessa and Omelan, Bianca (2008) Analyse der Fragensituation bei Lycos iQ, in Lewandowski, Dirk and Maaß, Christian, Eds. Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, chapter 5, pp. 129-162. Logos-Verlag. (Source: E-LIS) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:02 +0100 672077 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015101/ Guratzsch, Konstantin and von Mach, Sonja and Otte, Jessica and Pientok, Joël (2008) Untersuchung der Qualität der Antworten bei Lycos iQ und deren Einbindung in die algorithmische Suche, in Lewandowski, Dirk and Maaß, Christian, Eds. Web 2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, chapter 4, pp. 92-140. Logos-Verlag. (Source: E-LIS) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:02 +0100 672075 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015057/ Gammer, Olga and Meissner, Heidi and Preckel, Magdalena and Oehlert, Robert (2008) Vergleich der Relevanz von Treffern bei algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, Social-Bookmarking-Seiten und Frage-Antwort-Diensten, in Lewandowski, Dirk and Maaß, Christian, Eds. Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, chapter 3, pp. 55-81. Logos-Verlag. (Source: E-LIS) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:02 +0100 672072 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015056/ Bergen, Anneliese and Krause, Tina (2008) Qualitative Laboruntersuchung zur Anwendung von Social-Software Systemen, in Lewandowski, Dirk and Maaß, Christian, Eds. Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, chapter 2, pp. 13-37. Logos-Verlag. (Source: E-LIS) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:02 +0100 672071 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015038/ Maaß, Christian and Skusa, Andre (2008) Suchmaschinen: Status Quo und Entwicklungstendenzen, in Lewandowski, Dirk and Maaß, Christian, Eds. Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, chapter 1, pp. 1-12. Logos-Verlag. (Source: E-LIS) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:02 +0100 672070 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/452013810/ Fascinating article in SLJ from David Loertscher: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6610496.html Last year, when I thought of revising my book Taxonomies of the School Library Media Program (Hi Willow, 2000), I realized that I had pushed the traditional model of school libraries about as far as it could go. We don’t need a revision. We need a reinvention. Experts say that the rank and file of any profession can’t re-create itself because it’s too enmeshed in the status quo. We’re more hopeful. What has to happen for school libraries to become relevant? If we want to connect with the latest generation of learners and teachers, we have to totally redesign the library from the vantage point of our users—our thinking has to do a 180-degree flip. In short, it’s time for school libraries to become a lot less like Microsoft and a lot more like Google. With this notion in mind, I collaborated with two of my colleagues, Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan, Canadian educational consultants, to develop an idea we’re calling the school library learning commons. This is great! The learning commons taken to the school media center. Loertscher continues and offers some advice for “flipping:” (emphasis mine) Thinking differently—and creatively—is never easy. Here are some exercises to help you make a 180-degree switch. Resolve to think like a patron rather than a provider, a customer rather than a store owner. For example, right now your library is probably open throughout the school day. Imagine what it would mean to students and teachers if it were open 24/7, 365 days a year. Let’s say each student is currently allowed to check out two books. What if each child could check out an unlimited number of books or download digital or audiobooks to their Kindle or iTough device anytime they wished? In some schools, students only get credit for reading books in the Accelerated Reader program. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:33:28 +0100 672178 http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/itbloggingsection/2008/11/your-online-ide.html Just like your real life identity, your online identity is something which must be given significant consideration. Online user names identify you and coordinate your online life - they exist on the interwebs as a record of your activities, and will likely stick around long after you are bored visiting those sites. Think of these user names as your brand. Greg Schwartz (of Louisville Free Public Library) did a great presentation at Internet Librarian 2008 on branding. Greg makes two very important points about your online identity: Keep in mind what it will look like to your next employer (who will likely Google your name prior to an interview). Realize that you do not own your online identity. Greg also offers Six Tips on Managing Your Online Brand which are simple steps to aggregating your identity into a brand, and joining the online conversation. Branding: Not Just for Cows AnymoreView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: management reputation) Once you've selected a user name to represent your brand, check out Where is Your Username Registered - a site which aggregates over 60 social network and Web 2.0 sites and checks to see if your user name is available. I ran a search for my brand - jambina. (Click the thumbnail below to see a snippet.)   Most of the "taken" services are actually me, but I see some (like YouTube) which I did not register for (online branding fail on my part...)So what is your brand? (Source: Blogging Section of SLA-IT) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:40 +0100 672587 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/451893090/ Kathryn Greenhill reports on Liz Wilkinson, University of Auckland, presenting at the LIANZA 2008 conference:  I was very impressed with an information literacy package she had helped to design. Te Punga uses online graphic novels and simulations to introduce students to the library catalogue. I was even more impressed with her philosophy behind the design - and I have tried to capture this in this movie, Information Literacy: Seven ways to think outside the box. She was very gracious about being filmed with no rehearsal time, and I’m very grateful to her and the University Of Auckland for allowing me to use her words and screenshots from Te Punga in the movie. Here are her main points: 1. Literacy beyond text 2. Student centred, not library centred 3. Outside experts 4. Involve students 5. Use students’ environments 6. Learning by doing 7. Make students feel at home How are we addressing these important points in our university libraries? I can identify good examples for all 7 above from some of my travels and visits to various university libraries this year. Which ones have you tapped into? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:37:25 +0100 672180 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/451888224/ Via Andrew Finegan from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, comes another example of taking the library to the users. The books are read and passed on to others - great idea. Is anyone doing this in the States? http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/wheelbarrow_library_service.html The vehicle As it takes its cargo of books to sunbathers, paddlers and beach walkers, our all terrain wheelbarrow skims along the sand like a jet powered hovercraft . It is orange and is decked out with flags, bells and a horn. You won’t be able to miss it! What’s on offer Beach goers of all persuasions are invited to rummage through our barrow and select a book to read while they enjoy the beautiful summer weather on the City of Port Phillip’s foreshore. The wheelbarrow collection includes crime novels, romance, Victorian gothic, sci-fi, history, travel books and capital ‘L’ Literary fiction. The barrow even has picture books for the beach kids. How it works The best news is we don’t need the books back. When they’re finished, we’re simply asking readers to pass them on to another reader or a suitable home. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:29:18 +0100 672182 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001812.html I mentioned Raymond Yee's book on mashups a while ago and signaled that a fuller review would follow from my colleague Ralph LeVan. This has now appeared: Ralph reviews the book positively in the current issue of Ariadne. I can’t imagine a more comprehensive book on mashups. This book would make a great textbook for a class on the topic. If you are a developer of mashups, this book must be in your reference library. However, if you’re looking for a gentle introduction to the topic, it may be more than you want. [News and Reviews: 'Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services', Ariadne Issue 57] Raymond is the originator of the useful and widely used phrase "gather, create, share" to characterise personal information use. Quick Bookmarks: del.icio.us  Digg   Google  Reddit   Furl (Source: Lorcan Dempsey) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:42:08 +0100 672446 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/451793159/ Brenda Hough writes: The MaintainIT Project is happy to announce the latest Cookbook! ”Planning for Success” http://www.maintainitproject.org/cookbooks/planning-for-success It’s a free online resource with current ideas and best practices for planning, building, and managing your library’s computer technology. Librarians around the country have contributed their knowledge on topics ranging from security solutions and strategic maintenance practices to community building experiences involving Web 2.0 tools and vital partnerships. And the Cookbook is FREE. Cookbook topics include: - Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - Evaluations and Metrics - Talking with non-techies - Standardizing your IT infrastructure - Leasing computers - Disk-cloning in libraries - Remote desktop software - Hiring the right techs - Selecting and configuring a firewall - Gaming in Libraries - What to Consider When Evaluating and Implementing Web 2.0 Tools in Your Library - And more!! Thanks to everyone who contributed to all three Cookbooks. These resources reflect the impressive work you all do, and we’re so happy to share them with everyone. Don’t forget to check out the FREE webinars MaintainIT offers, too: http://www.maintainitproject.org/events) (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:22:08 +0100 672183 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WowWouterOverHetWeb/~3/451744495/development-of-local-tagging-guidelines.html O wee, een prachtige Schots accent. Lijkt mijn achilleshiel te worden deze ochtend. Op dit grappige geluid dreig ik weg te dwalen. Maar Gillian Hanlon presenteert een verhaal over web 2.0 initiatieven bij Schotse bibliotheken. Het initiatief is te vinden op de Scottish libraries across the Internet shared website, Slainte 2.0, .Interesant is dat ze uitlegt dat in dit project er gewerkt wordt aan regels voor gebruikers voor het taggen. Instructies voor iets dat in het wezen van zijn aard intuïtief, en persoonlijk moet zijn en leidt tot folksonomies. Iets dat tegenovergesteld is aan inhoudelijke onstluiting met thesauri. Maar het verhaal gaat verder, ze praat inderdaad over het ontwikkelen van regels voor taggen. Tag in meervoud en niet enkelvoud. Gebruik kleine letter geen hoofdletters. Dat soort flauwe dingen.Ze laat de fotostream van de library of scotland zien, waarin –oh hoe ernstig- de tags war naast wars voorkomen. En wwi, ww1 worldwar1 en worldwari naast elkaar voorkomen omdat die vervelende gebruikers dit aan hun mooie foto's toevoegen. Afschuwelijke toestanden in het oog van een bibliothecaris. Eigenlijk kunnen we maar beter die hele fotostream afsluiten. Gillian wil dus dolgraag afspraken maken over het toekennen van tags. In de praktijk komen er ook wel eens vragen over richtlijnen voor het taggen.Ik ben helemaal verbaasd over dit verhaal. Ik val van mijn stoel. Ik ga wat anders doen.Lunch bijvoorbeeld. (Source: WoW! Wouter over het Web) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672666 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WowWouterOverHetWeb/~3/451865316/elco-van-staveren-kb-catalogus-20-fobid.html De bibliotheek kantelt. Niet te verwarren met de banken want die vallen om. Het kantelen slaat op het digitaliseren van de collecties. Elco van Staveren zijn presentatie gaat over het toegankelijk maken van de KB collectie.Volgens Elco staan we aan het begin van het ontstaan van de digitale bibliotheek vergelijkbaar met de eerste auto's die meer op koetsen leen dan huidige auto's. Hij geeft zelf aan dat hij ook niet helemaal gelukkig is met de huidige website van de KB.Uit klanten gebruikersonderzoek komen heel veel aanwijzingen voor de verbetering van de KB website. Ze hebben daarom een klantenportfolio ontwikkeld. De KB is er voor toevallige bezoekers, Wetenschappelijke onderzoekers en Cultureel wetenschappelijk geïnteresseerden. Voor de eerste groep gaan ze een algemene zoekfunctie voor de volledig KB bieden. De tweede een "mijn bibliotheek" omgeving met open en geliciënseerde bronnen, en voor de laatste groep vooral de KB specials.Sinds maart 2008 zit er daarom een algemene zoekfunctie op de homepage. In beta. Dat laatste is voor de KB een grote stap. Via deze algemene zoekfunctie op de homepage leren ze de volgende dingenVoorzichtige conclusies• Meeste gebruikers op afstand• Meeste doorklik naar lenen• 10% klikt door naar een online boekhandel• Gebruikers lezen niet maar beginnen meteen met zoekenIn januari gaat wordt het simpele zoekscherm uitgebreid met klikboxjes om in elk geval materialen aan te geven waar naar gezocht kan worden. Waaronder ook vacatures en de website zelf. Dit alles met doel om relevantere resultaten te kunnen geven.Resultaten worden dan getoond in verschillende tabbladen per materiaalsoort, met daarnaast mogelijkheden om verder gaan met clusters.Elco geeft een duidelijke sneer naar de commerciële bibliotheek systeemontwikkelaars die duidelijk te veel achterlopen bij de huidige ontwikkelingen op ICT en Web 2.0 gebied. Hij grijpt daarvoor ook terug op de presentatie van Marshall Breeding tijdens Ticer. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672662 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/451313892/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } MT 015, originally uploaded by Russ and Lori. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:59:05 +0100 671782 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/google-flu-trends.html Google Flu TrendsGoogle just released a new application called Google Flu Trends. According to Google, they have identified google search terms related to the flu and use that data to track search activity, claiming to be able to identify flu outbreaks sometimes up to two weeks ahead of other surveillance methods. It will be interesting to watch this over time for accuracy. They are starting with the Flu, but will no doubt release other disease tracking apps.Health Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:18:00 +0100 672611 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library&diff=251456723&oldid=prev Public libraries ← Previous revision Revision as of 00:52, 13 November 2008 Line 80: Line 80: ==Public libraries== ==Public libraries== - The earliest example in England of a library to be endowed for the benefit of users who were not members of an institution such as a cathedral or college was the [[Francis Trigge Chained Library]] in [[Grantham]], [[Lincolnshire]], established in 1598. The library still exists and can justifiably claim to be the forerunner of later public library systems.The beginning of the modern, free, open access libraries really got its start in the U.K. in 1847. [[Parliament]] appointed a committee, led by, William Ewart, on Public Libraries to consider the necessity of establishing libraries through the nation: In 1849 their report noted the poor condition of library service, it recommended the establishment of free public libraries all over the country, and it led to the Public Libraries Act in 1850, which allowed all cities with populations exceeding 10,000 to levy taxes for the support of public libraries. Another important act was the 1870 Public School Law, which increased literacy, thereby the demand for libraries, so by 1877, more than 75 cities had established free libraries, and by 1900 the number had reached 300. <ref> {{cite book|title=The History of Libraries in the Western World|Author=Harris, Michael H.|year=1984|city=London|Publisher=Scarecrow Press}}</ref> This finally marks the start of the public library as we know it. And these acts led to similar laws in other countries, most notably the U.S. + The earliest example in England of a library to be endowed for the benefit of users who were not members of an institution such as a cathedral or college was the [[Francis Trigge Chained Library]] in [[Grantham]], [[Lincolnshire]], established in 1598. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:52:52 +0100 671769 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/13/blurb-internet-publishing Your typical Silicon Valley startup is run by a rarely washed teenager with borderline Asperger's Syndrome, who's never heard of profit but wants to sell for billions, right? That makes Blurb very atypical. Eileen Gittins, its chief executive, is female, for a start; and stylish.She's also been through the whole web 1.0 boom and bust, where she first ran Personify, an e-commerce marketing and analytics company that grew to 120 people but wasn't profitable. She was then was on the board of Verb, which did contextual search. Gittins is evidence of the saying in American business: you don't get really smart until you've gone bust twice.With Blurb, she's doing something smart: disintermediating a section of publishing (specifically, though she doesn't use the phrase, "coffee-table" - high-quality photographic - books) and making a physical product on which the company is certain to make a profit. It's a publishing company with nobody from mainstream publishing: "We're from Kodak, Apple, Google, Yahoo," Gittins says. The idea for Blurb came in her time after Verb, when Gittins, a former Kodak executive, returned to her love of photography: she compiled a photographic essay about people in and around Silicon Valley. In 2003, she wanted to produce 40 copies as gifts. The quotes for publishing it were horrendous; not only that, but there was the huge delay in getting the printing scheduled. Which got her thinking. What if you created a company that would handle the printing using a print-on-demand model? You'd generate the book on your computer with some software, upload a file with all the relevant data, and it would be passed to the printing company, which could do a run of one, or 10, or 10,000. Later that year, Apple launched iPhoto, its photo organisation program - which also included a "design a photo book, get it printed by Kodak" element. Validated, Gittins saw a potential business. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:07:13 +0100 671671 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/451166622/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DevLearn08 staging area, originally uploaded by leeleblanc. TTW Contributor Lee LeBlanc writes: Today is the first day of DevLearn 2008 in San Jose. The elearning theme is not only valuable for someone in my position but this aspect of the changing nature of learning environments is fascinating and one libraries should watch (perhaps even participate in). More updates about this conference later. I’m being very conscious of my time here. I just read a very interesting blog post about how people are attending conferences these days -and not really attending them by being (kinda) un-present. Consumed, was the thought, about being the first to twitter/blog/flickr etc the moment things happen and essentially missing what’s being taught in the moment. San Jose is a beautiful city too! www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.918 (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:19:07 +0100 671736 http://www.outilsfroids.net/news/instant-boss-le-patron-qui-vous-veut-du-bien OutilsGestionDuTemps - OutilsKnowledgeWorkerVous arrive t-il de procrastiner, c'est à dire de reporter au lendemain ce que vous pourriez faire le jour même? Non bien sûr, pas vous.Bon, au cas ou je me permets tout de même de vous recommander le petit logiciel (257ko) qui me permet d'avancer au quotidien. Il n'est pas du tout web 2.0 et ne donne pas non plus dans le crowdsourcing mais il fait très bien ce pour quoi je l'ai choisi : il me fait bosser!Instant Boss repose sur une méthode simplissime : ten + two, c'est à dire 10 minutes de travail pour 2 minutes de repos. L'idée de départ c'est que si l'on renâcle à se lancer dans une matinée de travail intensif, il en va tout autrement lorsqu'il s'agit de 10 minutes. Qui pourrait refuser de bosser 10 minutes?Instant... (Source: Outils Froids) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:07:08 +0100 671626 http://marlenescorner.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/12/bibsdeuxpointzero.html Merci aux étudiants du Master 2 Métiers des archives, des bibliothèques et de la documentation de l'Université de Provence de m'avoir accueillie ce matin pour leur parler de bibliothèques et web 2.0. Juste quelques impressions : - Les fils RSS, c'est vraiment pas encore rentré dans les moeurs, même des jeunes. Nous avons encore du boulot de sensibilisation de ce côté là.- La différence entre blogs et wikis (et le reste des sites web) est de plus en plus floue dans les usages : on peut utiliser blogs et wikis comme des sites web, juste parce que c'est plus facile, pas forcément pour leurs caractéristiques de blog ou de wiki (c'est d'ailleurs ce que je fais pour mes supports de cours) - et c'est pas facile à expliquer.- Ca les a bien fait rire quand je leur ai proposé de devenir fans de la page de la BU de droit et d'éco sur Facebook :-)J'ai mis mon support sur Slideshare. (Source: Marlene's corner) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:19:11 +0100 671774 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/450804934/ The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has released Omeka 0.10b. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: Omeka 0.10b incorporates many of the changes you asked for: an unqualified Dublin Core metadata schema and fully extensible element sets to accommodate interoperability with digital repository software and collections management systems; elegant reworkings of our theme API and plugin API to make add-on development more intuitive and more powerful; a new, even more user friendly look for the administrative interface; and a new and improved Exhibit Builder. While the changes are extensive and represent a next-to-last step forward toward a 1.0 release in early 2009, existing users of Omeka should have little trouble switching to 0.10b. New users should have even less trouble getting started. Meanwhile, visitors to Omeka.org will find a new look, a more intuitive information architecture, easily browsable themes and plugins directories, improved documentation and user support, and new ways to get involved in the Omeka community. (Source: DigitalKoans) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:36:31 +0100 672405 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iwr_blog/~3/450740240/story01.htm Salvatore Reina, Programme Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, UK is this weeks speaker. Salv is a track keynote speaker on day one of the conference. Day 1: Track 1 - Web 2.0 after the buzz, Innovators under the spotlight - who... (Source: IWR Blog) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:51 +0100 672319 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32425 "There is no official standard for what makes something ’Web 2.0’, but there certainly are a few tell-tale signs. These new sites usually feature modern web technologies like Ajax and... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:21:00 +0100 671287 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/449882819/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Crowd, originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. Teen Read Week at ImaginOn. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:51:48 +0100 671197 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/450095750/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Danny Strzyzewski, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library. Lester Public Library writes: Calling all Veterans! In honor of Veteran’s Day, November 11, the library would like to honor our local servicemen and women. We are asking that anyone who is or has served in any branch of the military bring in a framed photo to be displayed in the library during the entire month of November. Please include the following information to be displayed with the photo: Name, Rank, Branch of Service, when and where served. Photos will be displayed in the reference area of the library and will be returned at the end of the month. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:50:04 +0100 671198 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-social-network-analysis-within.html Using Social Network Analysis within a Department ...[J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec] - PubMed ResultHealth Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:42:00 +0100 671585 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/development-of-grid-like-applications.html Development of Grid-like Applications for Public H...[J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec] - PubMed ResultHealth Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:39:00 +0100 671586 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/449658654/ Jens Bang Petersen / Musikbibliotek.dk / Gentofte Bibliotekerne writes to fill me in on somehting we discussed in the Next Generation Libraries panel at ILI in London - taking the library to users! Hello Michael We talked briefly at ILI2008, where I told you I was one of the librarians that visited the beach with a mobile ‘library’ this summer. You can see a small video made by the local newspaper/tv-station here: http://pola-dk.qbrick.com/index.aspx?cid=43&mid=631 and an article here:http://www.villabyerne.dk/article/20080802/ARTIKLER/670743420/1048 This is our take on the library on the beach: very informal with books, comics, magazines that we do not need delivered back, and therefore we lend out without a return date. Deliver back when you have read the book. And if they do not deliver back – well we earned some goodwill. But we wanted to keep it simple, no computer equipment and the borrowers did not need to bring a card. The other library in Denmark who did were more formal, they worked it from a caravan with registration of who borrowed what. Who knew we could take the library to the beach? Any US libraries doing this? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:48:05 +0100 671200 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/evidence-based-medicine-and-changing.html Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Healthcare. Summary - Institute of Medicine: "#Institute of Medicine's Report released August 11, 2008. Common themes are listed below. Note the third item from the bottom, "Shift to a culture of care that learns." This is a theme I see over and over again in many types of industries and organizations. This, I believe is the key to success, fostering a culture that learns.# Increasing complexity of health care# Unjustified discrepancies in care patterns# Importance of better value from health care# Uncertainty exposed by the information environment# Pressing need for evidence development# Promise of health information technology# Need for more practice-based research# Shift to a culture of care that learns# New model of the patient-provider partnership# Leadership that stems from every quarter"Health Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:48:00 +0100 671587 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/enhancing-promotional-strategies-within.html Enhancing promotional strategies within social mar...[Health Promot Pract. 2008] - PubMed ResultThis article, indexed in PubMed and in process may be interesting in terms of health education using social software. We will keep an eye on it.Health Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:34:00 +0100 671588 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/dr-sms-dna-india-health-information-at.html DNA - India - Health information at your fingertips - Daily News & AnalysisInteresting article from Daily News and Analysis (DNA). The Kozhikode district in India is using SMS to locate the nearest healthcare facility. According to the author, Don Sebastion, people are tech savvy and even those who cannot speak English can text in English. The use of a PIN code and software can locate a geographic region, so that people in emergencies can be directed to the nearest facility. Seems like lots of possibilities here for other uses.Health Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:09:00 +0100 671589 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/11/with-friends-like-these If you haven’t already, read David Lee King’s post about Web 2.0 and friending. It might be hard to swallow at first, but he’s absolutely right. His main point: When your organization decides, say, to create a Facebook page … who are you trying to connect with? Me? I don’t live in your neighborhood. Another library on the other side of the world? They’re not going to use your services. He’s right in that libraries aren’t implementing Library 2.0 tools to connect with other libraries - we need to focus on connecting with our patrons. Any library service (be it a newsletter, a storytime, a flickr collection, or an rss feed) should be directed to the patrons. Those are the people (we hope) who will benefit from it. Friending other libraries is safe and tempting, but is slightly counterproductive (we don’t want it to look like these are library-only tools). But I also agree with David (and commenters) in that it’s important to connect with other librarians professionally, and to keep up with what other libraries are doing - there are a lot of good ideas out there that we can adapt for our own libraries. Hmm. I’m guilty of this myself, but I’m going to keep in mind moving forward. (Source: herzogbr.net blog) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:57:09 +0100 671049 http://infobib.de/blog/2008/11/11/flickr-und-delicious-in-der-bibliothek-der-fh-hannover/ Die Bibliothek der FH Hannover nutzt jetzt Delicious und Flickr. Delicious wird für die “Virtuelle Teilbibliothek” eingesetzt. Als Beispiel sei hier die Virtuelle Teilbibliothek Maschinenbau genannt. Siehe auch hier. Und hier geht’s zum Delicious-Account der Bibliothek. Flickr kommt momentan zum Einsatz für Bilder aus dem Nachlass Wilhelm Meier. Dort gibt es eine Diashow mit hübschen Bilder vom Bau des jetzigen Fachhochschulgebäudes 1958. Siehe auch hier. Hier geht’s zum Flickr-Account der Bibliothek. Das ist übrigens mein Lieblingsbild aus der Sammlung. Bei Interesse würde ich die einzelnen Schritte und Überlegungen beim Einsatz der Dienste genauer darlegen. Falls Interesse besteht, bitte einfach im Kommentarfeld melden. Share This (Source: Infobib) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:04:23 +0100 671380 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WowWouterOverHetWeb/~3/450097404/mogelijkheden-voor-het-online-monitoren.html Corporate CommunicatieView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: feeds communicatie2.0)Vanmiddag mocht ik voor onze afdeling communicatie een presentatie geven over het monitoren van je organisatie in de web omgeving. Tot nu toe werd een knipselkrant geproduceerd met behulp van Lexis Nexis Publisher. Deze module hangt weer samen met het bibliotheek UKB abonnement op Lexis Nexis Academic. Vandaar dat we als bibliotheek mochten aanschuiven bij communicatie om eens te zien wat de mogelijkheden waren.Mij was gevraagd om te laten zien wat er zo al mogelijk is met bestaande onlines tools als Google News, Blogsearch en dat soort bronnen, en dan de RSS feeds die je kan genereren van deze bronnen. We hadden ons zelf meer tijd voor de presentatie gerekend dan we uiteindelijk konden krijgen. Ik denk dat ik hier en daar wat te snel ging. Ik raakte in elk geval niet de juiste snaar met mijn publiek toen ik inventariseerde dat slechts een handvol van de aanwezigen een blog als MarketingFacts volgt. "Ik lees de Adformatie eens per week, en dan ben ik helemaal op de hoogte". Voor mij was de vraag bedoeld om een inschatting te maken van Web 2.0 bekendheid. Maar zo bleek, daar hadden ze vorige week een workshop over gehad. Ik kon dus heel snel de eerste slides overslaan.Nadat ik allerlei voorbeelden had laten zien van wat er allemaal zoal mogelijk is met nieuwsbronnen op het Web en feeds, kwam de vraag naar voren of ze dit nu allemaal voor zichzelf moesten gaan doen. Hoeveel tijd dat wel niet ging kosten? Je raakte hier aan de spanning over de vraag wat je voor jezelf moet regelen, of er voor de groep van communicatiemedewerkers als geheel geregeld moet worden. Of dat ook niet kon? Ik merkte zelf ook wel dat die vraag me ook al tijdens het maken van de presentatie bekroop. Sommige feeds wil je gebruiken om gegevens te genereren puur om een cijfermatig beeld voor de impact te krijgen. ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671232 http://infobib.de/blog/2008/11/10/finanzkrise-und-bibliothekwesen/ Auch Mark Buzinkay macht sich Gedanken über die Finanzkrise und die Folgen für das Bibliothekswesen. Dabei ist vieles, das auf der Stelle einleuchtet. Eingehen werde ich hier jedoch auf ein paar der weniger offensichtlichen Punkte: 3. Das Finanzmanagement wird nun endgültig professionalisiert. Veranlagung von Geldern, oft nicht mit dem heutigen Risiko-Bewußtsein durchgeführt, ist Schnee von gestern. Das bedeutet aber auch, dass die Betriebswirtschaft in Bibliothekskreisen weiter an Bedeutung zunehmen wird, zumindest auf der Führungsebene. Das wird auch Auswirkung auf die Profile künftiger BibliotheksleiterInnen haben. Kann ich mir nicht vorstellen, halte ich auch nur begrenzt für sinnvoll. Welchen Einfluß hat denn die Führungsebene einer Bibliothek tatsächlich auf ihr Budget? Mit ein bißchen Lobbyarbeit beim Träger kann man es ein wenig hochschrauben. Es geht aber doch hauptsächlich um die Verwaltung eines relativ festen Budgets. Um dabei nach innovativen und effektiven Wegen zu suchen, ist meines Erachtens kein BWL-Schwerpunkt im Studium notwendig. Die Führungsebene zumindest von wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken sollte erst einmal bibliothekatische Kernkompetenzen abdecken. Wenn dann noch Luft bleibt für BWL: gerne. 5. Könnte also die Krise eine Chance für Open Access sein, endgültig den Durchbruch zu schaffen? Das scheint mir nicht abwegig, zumindest bei jenen Zeitschriften, die über eine gute Qualität verfügen. Für die Bibliothek würde das bedeuten, zumindest einige gute Quellen als Alternative zu nicht mehr leistbaren Zeitschriften unentgeltlich anbieten zu können. In einigen wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken ist das bereits Realität. Das dürfte sich noch weiter verstärken. Im Prinzip ja, aber… leider bestehen etliche Wissenschaftler darauf, genau diese und jene Information haben zu wollen. Für Haus- und andere Studienarbeiten trifft die Vermutung sicherlich zu, für die Forschung nur sehr begrenzt. ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:36:45 +0100 671381 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/448629016/ The Association of Research Libraries has released Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication by Nancy L. Maron and K. Kirby Smith, plus a database of associated examples. Here's an excerpt from the press release: In the spring of 2008, ARL engaged Ithaka’s Strategic Services Group to conduct an investigation into the range of online resources valued by scholars, paying special attention to those projects that are pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional formats and are considered innovative by the faculty who use them. The networked digital environment has enabled the creation of many new kinds of works, and many of these resources have become essential tools for scholars conducting research, building scholarly networks, and disseminating their ideas and work, but the decentralized distribution of these new-model works has made it difficult to fully appreciate their scope and number. Ithaka’s findings are based on a collection of resources identified by a volunteer field team of over 300 librarians at 46 academic institutions in the US and Canada. Field librarians talked with faculty members on their campuses about the digital scholarly resources they find most useful and reported the works they identified. The authors evaluated each resource gathered by the field team and conducted interviews of project leaders of 11 representative resources. Ultimately, 206 unique digital resources spanning eight formats were identified that met the study’s criteria. The study’s innovative qualitative approach yielded a rich cross-section of today’s state of the art in digital scholarly resources. The report profiles each of the eight genres of resources, including discussion of how and why the faculty members reported using the resources for their work, how content is selected for the site, and what financial sustainability strategies the resources are employing. ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:35:24 +0100 671023