LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Data from over 1500 librarian RSS feeds is collected and output via different categories. This feed contains the latest headlines from the user generated query: "internet librarian" IL2007 IL07 "IL 2007" "IL 07" -international Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:08:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/QqIKyrS_XZY/il2010.html The Internet Librarian 2010 Conference has opened up its call for speakers, so get your proposals in now! The conference takes place October 24-27, and the theme is Insights, Imagination & Info Pros: Adding Value. The deadline for proposals is March 27. (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:13:37 +0100 815966 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/02/review-peters-digital-reference-shelf-looks-at-microsoft-academic-search/ Back in October, 2009 (we believe it was during Internet Librarian), you might remember a ResourceShelf post where we first mentioned the relaunch (of a new, improved, and limited version) of Microsoft Academic Search. It was titled, “Here they Come Again? Microsoft Research Launches Academic Search Database (Beta),” and provide a quick overview of what the service offered along with a bunch of hyperlinks to illustrate a few points. Now, it’s February 2010, and reference review legend, Péter Jacso, has written a review of Microsoft Academic Search for his Digital Reference Shelf monthly column. Like all of Péter’s reviews they are nothing short of complete, loaded with examples. This review is now different. Here is how it begins (let’s consider this the summary): This second coming of a free academic database is much smaller than the earlier (very poor and withdrawn) version was, but it is far better in terms of both content and software, focusing on computer science and – to a limited extent on information science. It is a promising start by the Microsoft Research Asia group for extending it to many other disciplines. Access the Entire Review Source: Gale.com (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:10:04 +0100 814622 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/distlib/~3/fCQuWoUDHUE/registration-open-for-computers-in-libraries-2010.html Registration is now open for Computers in Libraries 2010, to be held in Arlington, VA, April 12-14.  I'll be reprising my Screencasting preconference workshop, and am looking forward to 1) incorporating feedback received from my last workshop at Internet Librarian, and 2) having a smoking-fast machine upon which to demonstrate this time :-).  I haven't been to CIL since 1994 (my first and only visit), and am really looking forward to it.  Hope to see you there! (Source: The Distant Librarian) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 814018 http://laurenpressley.com/library/2010/01/amplifying-scholarly-communication/ As I mentioned the other day, I’m trying to learn more about digital humanities. It’s a topic that I’ve assumed I’d be interested in (after all, I like most technology and one of my majors was philosophy), but I’ve always felt that I had kindof a nebulous grasp of the concept. Luckily, just as I’m trying to learn more about it, there’s been several interesting things happening in the digital humanities world, at least as far as the Modern Language Association goes. So I’ve been paying attention to some of the aftermath. As an aside… One thing I’m noticing about that very behavior is that it’s much more challenging for me than following a library related conference (for example, Internet Librarian, Computers in Libraries, or Code 4 Lib). Since I’m not part of the MLA or digital humanities community, I’m not familiar with the channels they use, which ones are the most important, or who the “big” names are. This type of knowledge about the library world makes it easy for me to do this type of following for our conferences. It makes me think a lot of reference librarianship. I need to find the librarian for this type of work who can tell me what channels to be tuned into for the best information!! Back on topic: In learning what I can about the digital humanities, I’m seeing a lot of interesting discussion about the impact of social networking on scholarship. It’s lovely! From the clear impact of Twitter (though this post has tons of other great stuff in it, too… I’m referencing that later) to story of Rosemary Feal, executive director of MLA, inviting her Twitter friends to a late-night gathering of MLA leaders to discussions of digital literacy being as essential as information literacy and critical thinking…. it’s really fun to see Twitter taking form in this community the way it has taken hold in library conferences and dialog. ... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:02:45 +0100 807707 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/CaX9Z0dzSrA/ Well, the cat is out of the bag at this point: I’m going to be a Trendster for LITA’s Top Tech Trends at ALA Midwinter 2010! And doubly cool, I’m with an amazing group of librarians, all of whom I admire. I’m honored to be included with them. From litablog: It’s that time again, folks; the semi-annual Top Technology Trends conversation is upon us. This year’s midwinter has us enjoying the history and chill of Boston, but like the last midwinter Top Tech discussion in Denver, you can participate from the warmth of your living room or from wherever you may be, a week from this Sunday. WHERE: Boston Convention Center (BCEC-162A/B), here at litablog.org, from ustream.tv, or via Twitter (#alamwttt) links to follow soon! WHEN: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. E.S.T. The start of the second decade of the century starts with five Trendsters who are new to the Top Tech Table: Amanda Etches-Johnson, User Experience Librarian at McMaster University Jason Griffey, Head of Library Information Technology at University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Joe Murphy, Science Librarian, Yale University Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian, Wake Forest University David Walker, Web Services Librarian, California State University System Join us for a fun and casual discussion, moderated by Gregg Silvis, LITA Top Tech Trends Committee chair. Similar Posts: Academic Library 2.0 Internet Librarian 2007 WANTED: TWO LIBRARIANS Finally the silence can be broken Editing LITA Top Tech Trends 2… (Source: Pattern Recognition) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:30:44 +0100 806309 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/8D_ZX8uu7RE/ … und Abschied von Roddy MacLeod von der Herriot-Watt University, der ihn 1994 mit konzipierte und füllte. Er geht jetzt in Ruhestand. In ResourceShelf ist eine Hommage an diesen Internet Librarian zu lesen, welcher an vielen Projekten mitwirkte. Der Newsletter, der laut MacLeod 30.000 Leser/innen hat, ist hier in der letzten Nummer, Nr. 178 zu lesen. (Source: netbib weblog) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:20 +0100 797524 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/8D_ZX8uu7RE/ … und Abschied von Roddy MacLeod von der Herriot-Watt University, der ihn 1994 mit konzipierte und füllte. Er geht jetzt in Ruhestand. In ResourceShelf ist eine Hommage an diesen Internet Librarian zu lesen, welcher an vielen Projekten mitwirkte. Der Newsletter, der laut MacLeod 30.000 Leser/innen hat, ist hier in der letzten Nummer, Nr. 178 zu lesen. (Source: netbib weblog) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:20 +0100 798534 http://www.alatechsource.org/library-technology-reports/opening-up-library-systems-through-web-services-and-soa-hype-or-reality Over the last few years, Web services and the service-oriented architecture (SOA) have become dominant themes in IT across many industries. Web-based computing, serviceorientation, and cloud computing increasingly displace the client/server approach favored by libraries in the past. In library automation, one major trend involves evolving or rebuilding automation systems to adopt this new approach to software. Purveyors of both open source and proprietary library automation products increasingly emphasize the ways in which they embrace openness, support application programming interfaces (APIs), or implement Web services. Libraries increasingly need to extract data, connect with external systems, and implement functionality not included with the delivered systems. Rather than relying on the product developers for enhancements to meet these needs, libraries increasingly demand the ability to exploit their systems using APIs, Web services, or other technologies. The demand for openness abounds, particularly in libraries that exist in complex environments where many different systems need to interact. As libraries develop their IT infrastructure, it’s imperative to understand the extent to which their automation products are able to interoperate and thrive in this growing realm of Web services. This report aims to assess the current slate of major library automation systems in regard to their ability to provide openness through APIs, Web services, and the adoption of SOA. --Marshall BreedingTopics Covered in this Issue Include: Why Should Libraries Care about Application Programming Interfaces? APIs: Basic Concepts Vendors and Products: Case Studies and Customer Responses API Hype and Reality Conclusions and resources About the Author Marshall Breeding serves as the Director for Innovative Technology and Research at the Vanderbilt University Libraries in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:31:45 +0100 797682 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/11/24/alas-american-library-association-new-social-media-task-force-gets-to-work/ Sean Fitzpatrick writes: Associate Executive Director of Communications and Member Relations Cathleen Bourdon kicked off the meeting, noting ALA’s deeply rooted drive as a non-profit to serve members–in social media as much as anywhere else. But she also noted the problem that’s ever-present when new initiatives are laid out, especially in the non-profit world: “Our ideas are pretty large,” she said, “but our budgets are pretty pathetic.” Budgeted for or not, though, social media is clearly part of ALA’s inevitable future. This task force, comprised of people from throughout ALA and its divisions, was created when ALA’s Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide Jenny Levine pointed out to unit managers that at ALA Annual this year, there were at least 10,000 instances of the hashtag #ala2009 on Twitter, Flickr, blogs, and other social media spots. “It’s not humanly possible to follow 10,000 tweets,” said Bourdon. Well, that’s not the point, I argued. The point, in my mind, is that if members are tweeting and blogging to this extent, then the social media present an opportunity to engage with them in a space where we’re not currently engaging–at least not in a strategic, comprehensive way. Source: ALA Note: While it is true that you can’t read 10,000 Twitter posts at once, you can review them over time or divide up the list. However, it’s likely you’ll have to use one of several tools to archive the tweets. Remember, the Twitter database is far from permanent. Two or three weeks after the tweet is posted, it’s gone. A tool that can help with this problem is TwapperKeeper that permanently archives tweets based on #hastags and allows you to download them into a database or spreadsheet. It’s a free service. Learn more here. Here’s an archive of tweets that Gary started at this year’s Internet Librarian conference that took place in October. ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:51 +0100 794693 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zcGn/~3/vR6Oj3BspCg/il09-surface-computer.html Internet Librarian 09. There were some incredible programs at IL this year. One presentation that was creating quite a buzz was by Kurt Will, University of Nevada, who presented about the Microsoft Surface units being used at the University of Nevada, Reno's Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. Read Jenny Levine's notes from the presentation on her blog, The Shifted Librarian, here. Here is a great demo of possiblities that MS put together. Sounds fun doesn't it?The M Word Blog teaches your library and non-profit tips, tricks and trends of the marketing trade (Source: The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 793269 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Why_I_Support_Library_101_And_so_should_you About two weeks ago, David Lee King and Michael Porter debuted their Library 101 video at the Internet Librarian 2009 conference. This video and acco (Source: pligg - all) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:11 +0100 790899 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zcGn/~3/2uNrmpqgF0M/is-mobile-marketing-right-for-libraries.html I presented a talk on mobile marketing at Internet Librarian and thought you might want to hear about it as well. I've been talking about MM for quite awhile and think there is some potential for  libraries to take advantage of it. The most popular tools of MM are Voice, Text - SMS, Mobile Web, Mobile Search: Mobile SEO, Mobile Advertising: Web banners on mobile sites, Mobile Publicity:  Target press, Social Networking, Proximity Marketing: Blue Tooth  and Apps.  I know everyone is really psyched about the iPhone and Blackberry apps. I am too but we've been experimenting with SMS texting because of the cost (we are doing campaigns for as little as $50 a month ) and because it can reach the greatest amount of users. We have 10 libraries that are experimenting with it to develop a communication marketing network with teens, parents, Spanish speaking customers, advocates, and niche groups. So far what we've discovered the toughest part is getting people to sign up. Once we get the sign ups, the rest is fairly easy as long as we have something of value to communicate.  Of course the reason why I'm so hooked on the idea is that it is two way street. We can communicate to our customers but they can also communicate back. In terms of evaluating services and developing new ideas, it doesn't get better than that. The other huge advantage for libraries and non-profits is that the system is just one big database that allows you to segment your audience from the tiniest niche to the largest groups. And it's easy to use since you work on an online site and send messages from your computer rather than your cell phone.  The way it works for customers is they text a keyword to a phone number (short code).  Here in NJ I'm starting a new advocacy campaign that will allow people to text in to get information about free cool stuff. Try typing “Champion” to 51684 and you'll be signed up for our champion campaign. ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 791044 http://lisnews.org/why_i_support_library_101_and_so_should_you About two weeks ago, David Lee King and Michael Porter debuted their Library 101 video at the Internet Librarian 2009 conference. This video and accompanying Library 101 website rippled through the librarian blogosphere, attracting both very positive and very negative comments. With this post, I’d like to share why I support them and encourage those who spoke out against it to consider re-examining their opposition. First, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: the video. Is the video production great? In comparison to your average YouTube video, I would say that it was certainly better than its budget would indicate. It’s not Hollywood, but for their monetary and time limitations, they made the most of it. I don’t think there are many librarians out there (even more so in this past year) who don’t know what it is like to create something when you are given a tiny (even non-existent) budget. And while that’s not something the video raises, I does bring out my empathy for it on that measure. Is it too long? For most people (including me), yes. As much as the costume and music format changes were amusing, it stretches the video to the point where the length overrode the core message of the lyrics. And as to the lyrics, well, it ain’t Bob Dylan. But if you actually read the lyrics, they push a broader picture of a library integrating technology into existing services. I don’t subscribe to the whole dire predictions of “evolve or die” (nor, for that matter, to the whole “Print is Dead” bucket of crap[1]), but I can understand the lyrics as they relate to libraries and library professionals that are resistant to technological integration. (I can think of a few colleagues within my own library system who are, in fact, resistant to using any sort of technology application beyond the automation system. I’m not grasping this out of the ether. ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:12:37 +0100 790794 http://www.lisnews.org/why_i_support_library_101_and_so_should_you About two weeks ago, David Lee King and Michael Porter debuted their Library 101 video at the Internet Librarian 2009 conference. This video and accompanying Library 101 website rippled through the librarian blogosphere, attracting both very positive and very negative comments. With this post, I’d like to share why I support them and encourage those who spoke out against it to consider re-examining their opposition. First, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: the video. Is the video production great? In comparison to your average YouTube video, I would say that it was certainly better than its budget would indicate. It’s not Hollywood, but for their monetary and time limitations, they made the most of it. I don’t think there are many librarians out there (even more so in this past year) who don’t know what it is like to create something when you are given a tiny (even non-existent) budget. And while that’s not something the video raises, I does bring out my empathy for it on that measure. Is it too long? For most people (including me), yes. As much as the costume and music format changes were amusing, it stretches the video to the point where the length overrode the core message of the lyrics. And as to the lyrics, well, it ain’t Bob Dylan. But if you actually read the lyrics, they push a broader picture of a library integrating technology into existing services. I don’t subscribe to the whole dire predictions of “evolve or die” (nor, for that matter, to the whole “Print is Dead” bucket of crap[1]), but I can understand the lyrics as they relate to libraries and library professionals that are resistant to technological integration. (I can think of a few colleagues within my own library system who are, in fact, resistant to using any sort of technology application beyond the automation system. I’m not grasping this out of the ether. ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:12:37 +0100 790838 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/rihlib/2009/11/05/library-news-notes-11609/ Rowland Institute at Harvard Library News & Notes November 6, 2009 Quote of the Week ““The question once was, ‘What can a library be?’ Today the question is, ‘What can a library do?’ Formerly it was a question of resources, of number of books, of wealth, of material. Now, it is rather a question of effectiveness, of vitality, of influence in the community.” —Springfield (Mass.) Public Library Director John Cotton Dana, 1898, in Chalmers Hadley, John Cotton Dana: A Sketch (Chicago: ALA, 1943), pp. 40–41. (Source: Judith Seiss) Also – from Highwire Press publishing symposium in DC (10/28/09 – OK, it’s last week): Question about open access rep at Harv – from publisher “Do the faculty like the policy that their bad version is published in Dash?” (Source: Bill Mayer) Also – A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere-Groucho Marx (Source: CliftonWiens) Internet Sites of the Week Books/eBooks Dream of a Universal Bookstore E-Readers May Not Solve Publisher Woes Yet E-readers: To be open or not to be open — that is the question (Source: Open Access Tracking Project) The Future of Reading (Source: beSpacific) Getting the best read on your smartphone (Source: Library Web) Harvard Square book stand back, despite lack of permit Kindle for the Academic Computers and Internet Bend Your Browser: Customize Firefox 3. ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:55:17 +0100 789724 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomMusingsFromTheDesert/~3/emruCzjYqso/internet-librarian-2009.html I'm doing things a bit differently this year - and a bit later, ah well. I'm not going to summarize everything I went to and everything that happened - there are plenty of places to read about the conference. Instead I'm just going to touch on highlights, things that worked well for me or made me groove. Your mileage, of course, may vary. Seafood, every day. 'Nuff said. The hotel I stayed at, where I will definitely be staying again. Meeting with my mentor Stephen for a nice chat about future possibilities. The Digital Library Practices track on Monday, especially the session on visualization and virtualization. (Not the same thing at all, but they got put together into one session.) I'm looking forward to trying out Graphviz, the open-source tool used by the UNReno folks. The book signing event Monday night! I really enjoy Paul Holdengraber's passion and humor, and his keynote interview with Erik Boekesteijn was great. (And thanks SO much to the Shanachies for all the streaming video they did throughout the conference!) Meeting my Drupal guru in person. At last! You rock, Cary. Having lunch - including buffalo artichoke hearts, nom! - with my most awesome book editor Rachel. Surviving my talk... and actually having folks attend it! (Thank you!) Rockin' Battle Decks. I haven't laughed that hard at a conference session in a really, really long time. (and there are too librarians in the desert! Ha!) Bluff the Internet Librarian at the closing keynote. Cracked me up - both the way the speakers presented it (quiz show style) and the amazing-but-real things used as the quiz items. Who knew?!? Last but far, far from least: Library 101. Really, Michael Porter and David Lee King are just amazing in their creativity, and if even a quarter of us can channel some of their energy and enthusiasm for libraries into our own arenas, we will KICK BUTT. (If you haven't seen their earlier video presentation "Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Library", go watch that too. ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:00 +0100 788874 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/11/unconferences.html Are you looking to host or try an unconference? I had a great time at the half day unconference at Internet Librarian and host at Monterey Public Library. Anyway, this slideshare from Allen County Library is excellent and shares the detail of how to organize one: Library Camp: How to run an unconference at your library Stephen (Source: Stephen) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 788505 http://abigailbordeaux.net/abs/2009/11/03/info-overload/ I enjoyed viewing the Librarian in Black’s presentation slides from her talk about information overload at  Internet Librarian 2009.  In her blog post about the talk, she alludes to the fact that some people seem to think information overload is a myth.  I certainly wouldn’t say that it’s a myth, but it does puzzle me when people refer to it like it’s something completely out of their control, as though they had no agency or free will when it comes to deciding how to allocate their attention.  It’s true that there are some “inputs” that we have to pay attention to whether we want to or not - such as our work e-mail.  But we do have choices as to how we decide to handle that e-mail, and other things, and fortunately that is what Sarah’s presentation is all about. A few items that particularly resonated with me: Schedule yourself (including unscheduled work and tasks) AB: I find it so helpful to block time on my calendar if I need to work on a particular project. It serves as a reminder to me as well as (usually) preventing people from scheduling meetings when I thought I had free time to Get Things Done. Committee work is work, but projects are work too, and they deserve recognition as such on my calendar. Weed, weed, and weed again AB: In my blog reading, in my wardrobe, and in my personal library, my approach is, “will I miss it if it’s gone?”  Sometimes this means unsubscribing or sending something to Salvation Army, and sometimes it means putting it in a “holding area,” where I can retrieve an item if I think of it and need/want it. I tend to be more brutal with feeds since they are still out there to pick up again if I want them or my interests change. Check when you want to [re. phone, texting, IM, twitter] AB: turning off my email notifier is one of the best things I’ve done to be more efficient. ... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 789332 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryGarden/~3/wKg6Sxo_2UI/ There is no shortage of continuing education opportunities for librarians. I think we naturally tend toward collaboration and harmony. Earlier this week, while many librarians were in Monterey, CA for Internet Librarian, I attended NJLA’s first Adult Services Forum. On the same day, David Lee King and Michael Porter launched their new video and multimedia collaboration project, Library 101. All three of these focus on something that I have been pondering a lot lately: how, why and in what format we provide services (to all our patrons). Those thoughts cannot be separated from my concern over the division that is created by the acceptance of technology in library service. Let me start by saying that I suffer from a serious case of technolust. I really love having new technology at my fingertips! But I also have a fair amount of restraint and often will wait to purchase something until (almost) all the kinks are worked out. However, I know that, just from my family and friends, most people are not yet comfortable with a wide range of technologies. As a librarian, I feel that it is important for the library to be a safe and comfortable place to expose people to web 2.0 (and beyond) and new ways of doing things. John Porcaro (JP) said during his presentation at the Adult Services Forum that he finds librarians are often ahead of the curve compared with other departments and professions when it comes to new technology. This is not the stereotype that people have of libraries and librarians. Just do a Google search on “libraries are dead”: 79,000 results! Not all these websites actually support that idea but some clearly do. The common thread is that unless we do something about the PERCEPTION of libraries, they will die. And isn’t that what we are ultimately fighting against? Both internal and external stereotypes of what libraries and librarians were, are and are going to be. ... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:31:59 +0100 787862 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/4-Je6e0_lNg/ Aside from my truly epic travel woes, all of which are pretty well documented on my Twitter stream, Internet Librarian 2009 was a great, great conference. I spoke twice, once as a part of a phenomenal mobile panel, and gave a cybertour on the Realtime Web. But it was all of the people and things that I was tangentially a part of that made the trip so exciting. Having an essay up as a part of the Library 101 project was exciting, and being able to be a part of the launching of that project in person was a bunch of laughs. In addition, I was bowled over by some of the thoughtful comments I received at IL2009. To have people that I respect and adore tell me that they think I’m doing good things, well, nothing could be better. I had multiple people tell me that they hadn’t seen me present before, but that they were impressed with what I did…seriously, I’m all choked up just typing this. Combine that with the massive outpouring of help that manifested when I began having travel troubles, and I don’t think that anyone, anywhere, has a better group of friends. From me, to everyone at Internet Librarian 2009: Thank You! And finally, because I’m a sucker for visualization, here’s a word cloud of the tweets from IL2009. Thanks to someone (who did this?) there’s an archive of all the tweets tagged #il2009, available not only for display on the web but as delimited text files! I grabbed the tab-delimited version, ground it up with TextEdit and removed the hashtag, along with dates, etc, and fed it to Wordle to see what the result looked like. Here it is….a pretty great representation of what people were talking about at IL2009. Similar Posts: Goodbye, 2008 Chillin’ in the ‘hill Head on over… Cool 1947 Film The Pictures, They Move! (Source: Pattern Recognition) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:34:37 +0100 788194 http://bsf.org.br/2009/11/01/library-101-e-internet-librarian-x-enancib-x-hashtags/ *o título alternativo não muito SEO-friendly para este post poderia ser “em busca de um modelo de divulgação da biblioteconomia”. Semana passado eu fiquei acompanhando no twitter os hashtags da conferência Internet Librarian (#il2009): uma sequência de coisas interessantes, outras nada interessantes, muitas replicações (RTs) descompromissadas, mas no geral, um bom volume de compartilhamento de informação entre os bibliotecários, e especialmente bom para aqueles que não estavam participando fisicamente do evento, bibliotecários ou não. Eu também havia perguntado no início da semana no twitter se não havia um hashtag para o Enancib, que é o encontro nacional de pesquisa em ciência da informação. Bom, não havia hashtag, mas mesmo assim eu tentei acompanhar os poucos tweets que foram publicados e que mencionavam o evento de alguma forma. Ok, então percebam a grande diferença entre uma conferência qualquer nos EUA (e lá existem essas conferências aos montes, ao longo do ano inteiro) e uma conferência anual considerada a mais importante no Brasil entre os “pesquisadores de informação”. No primeiro caso, existe um interesse intrínseco em se compartilhar informação, em promover a discussão em tempo real em uma esfera que extrapole a conferência física. Um bônus para aqueles que não podem atender ao evento, e eu por exemplo, que estou em outro país, em outro fuso-horário. E o segundo caso, onde não há qualquer notícias sobre o que acontece dentro da conferência (ou conclave). Conferência de pesquisadores de informação, diga-se de passagem, ênfase em informação, com tema central “responsabilidade social da ciência da informação”. O gancho que eu fiz entre o Internet Librarian e o Enancib foi somente em função dos dois eventos estarem ocorrendo simultaneamente, na mesma semana. ... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:14:57 +0100 789483 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/distlib/~3/BK2YKl-lBro/internet-librarian-days-2-and-3.html Didn't take many notes on day three, so I'm combining two days in this post.  Even so, it shouldn't be as long as the day one post.  I took these notes for myself, not necessarily for the blog, so they're most definitely not session reports - hopefully some useful links to explore. I started the day at the Summon-sponsored breakfast where we heard Peter Jacso speak mostly about how awful Google Scholar metadata is, and how whenever he points out a series of errors, Google immediately removes them from the database.  Some examples include a vast number of records with author:methods or author:password  He's just published an article under the title of "Google Scholar's Ghost Authors" in Library Journal.  Good speaker who reminded me very much of my late Grandpa Pival :-)Day 2 Keynote was an interview OF Paul Holdengraber, who hosts / moderates / interviews people for the Live from NYPL program - I want to search for audio of these - they should be great. (update: This lecture series is available in audio and video with transcripts AND Conversation Portraits in iTunes)  Start at http://www.nypl.org/LIVE .  Paul feels very strongly that the library should surprise people, not necessarily deliver only what people expect.First Session - Dreaming, Designing and using mobile platforms - mostly overview stuff in this double session - I left after the first half to go listen to the UMich session (below).  Tom Ipri's slides available at http://www.slideshare.net/Tombrarian/mobile-library-platforms. Also check http://lifeonterra.com/m and compare it to the traditional version at http://lifeonterra.com/.  This is a project of the University of Montana, introduced by Jason Clark. I think Jason mentioned this site makes use of something called meta viewport, which I want to further explore.Toby Greenwalt mentioned using a combination of Yaz + Z39.50 + PHP = mobile catalogue?  He also talked about using Shoutbomb for SMS alerts.  Red Laser, costs $1. ... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0100 787868 http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009.html As you know, I went to Internet Librarian 2009 and presented on Pop Culture.So, how'd I do?I will be posting here about IL2009, and tweeted at my Twitter/LizB account with the hashtag #il2009; in the meanwhile, here are what other people have to say about the presentation.Oh, and in one instance -- you can see and hear me talk about the book, Pop Goes the Library!Video by Elise J. Brown, Degrees of Shining Vlog, it's Internet Librarian 2009 - Seen & Heard - Day 1, Part 2. I'm about three and a half minutes in.The Librarian in Black posted, IL2009: Technology: The Engine Driving Pop-Culture-Savvy Libraries or Source of Information Overload. As you may remember, I had the privilege of presenting with Sarah Houghton-Jan;, the Librarian in Black; she was Source of Information Overload.Washington State Library posted Internet Librarian, Day 4 – Wednesday, Oct 28 2009 – #IL2009.Eclectic Librarian posted IL2009: Technology: The Engine Driving Pop Culture-Savvy Libraries or Source of Overload? (Source: Pop Goes the Library) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 788218 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/346 I’ll admit it: there’s almost nothing I like more than drama and action on the internet, and the past 24 hours or so have provided plenty. Yesterday afternoon saw the release of the much-hyped Library 101 video and its attendant website, which was largely, but not exclusively, lauded. Yesterday evening my FriendFeed brought me the white paper on open source ILS systems [pdf] by SirsiDynix VP of Innovation Stephen Abram, which has been largely, but not exclusively, criticized and ridiculed. (ILS, for my non-librarian readers, stands for Integrated Library System — basically the software that runs your public catalog and your backend record-keeping — cataloging, aquisitions, circulation, statistics, the whole works.) Along with 64 or so other people, I tuned in to the UStream broadcast of the Library 101 presentation yesterday, or at least the video part of it. My connection was a bit shaky, and while the video itself seemed to work fine, I couldn’t hear much of what the presenters were saying. I’ve watched a few things from Internet Librarian this year on UStream, and in general it is pretty great, so my thanks to the folks who set it up. Since then, a couple of people have said to me that they didn’t think it was really that great, or that they didn’t really understand it, or that they had some other reaction that was not entirely positive — and they felt that because their reaction wasn’t entirely positive, they couldn’t say anything. And that made me really, really sad. I read the white paper last night and participated in some of the early online commentary, and I’ve had several discussions about that with people, too, and today I read Stephen Abram’s blog post on the subject, where he seems to be quite hurt by the pileup of criticism. Reaction has so far not been terribly sympathetic. ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:47:48 +0100 788099 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/rihlib/2009/10/30/library-news-notes-103009/ Rowland Institute at Harvard Library News & Notes October 30, 2009 Quote of the Week “The real point of honor is not to be always right. It is to dare to propose new ideas.” P.G. de Gennes (Source: materion) Internet Sites of the Week Books/eBooks E-Books: Formats and Future See also: The E-Reader Explosion: A Cheat Sheet (Source: inkyelbows) Is Book Sharing Really a Threat to Publishing? (Source: Digital Koans) Latest battle in book price wars A Look at the Vook Making your bookshelves Google searchable (Source: Erika McNeil) Most People Use the Web to Talk to People Nearby Safari Books Online 6.0: A Cloud Library as an alternate model for ebooks (Source: John Dupuis) Serving Literature by the Tweet (Source: nytimesbooks) Why you probably should NOT buy an e-reader this year (Source: Library Web) Computers and Internet The Apple Momentum (Source: Eric Rumsey) Augmented Reality Shows Recovery.gov Funding Near You (Source: John Reaves) Become a PowerPoint Power User (Seen on Twitter: “Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.” Celebrating 40 years of the net (Source: ScienceSoWhat) Compile Software from Source Code Create an RSS Feed for any website (Source: Robin Good) EFF opens the “Takedown Hall of Shame” Firefox 3.5. ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:15:13 +0100 787541 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahniwa/~3/lZmX84PtOqY/ Notes from Internet Librarian 2009 – #IL2009 October 30th, 2009 by Ahniwa Posted in For Libraries, Technology and Resources, Training and Continuing Education | Edit | No Comments » I just returned from the Internet Librarian Conference (and sunny Monterey, CA) yesterday, and my brain is definitely still trying to absorb new ideas, concepts, and nifty web tools. All the same, it’s safe to say that it was the best conference I’ve attended so far in my young library career. Luckily for those who couldn’t attend this year, there are numerous options for viewing content online (and my own extensive notes will follow after the cut). First off, a lot of the slides are available on the Information Today site. Use IL2009 to get in. Elise Brown, who I got to meet and chat with at the Searcher’s Academy pre-conference, was the official vlogger covering IL2009, and she took some cool video that you can check out via YouTube. Some of the best moments of the conference were also covered live via UStream (and now available to watch at your convenience). Check out the keynote speakers, for sure. Vint Cerf, VP and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, was amazing (as was his interviewer, Paul Holdengraber). On day two, Paul Holdengraber (Director of Public Programs at the NYPL) had the tables turned on him and was in turn interviewed. My notes from both sessions are included below. One of my other favorite events was the Battle Decks, in which librarians have to try and create a cohesive presentation within a tough time limit and with slides they’ve never seen before. Some of the slides were crazy, but all the Battle Deck contestants did a great job, and many were hilarious! For a more text-based approach, check out the bloggers who planned to write about their experiences via the Infotoday Blog. I know the Librarian In Black did quite a bit of blogging, many of which are excellent synopses of the sessions she attended. ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:12:39 +0100 787850 http://www.rss4lib.com/2009/10/internet_librarian_thoughts.html I attended my first Internet Librarian conference this past week in beautiful Monterey, California. While my blog posts were infrequent, I soaked up a lot of good information from the presenters. Wednesday morning's session with a panel of three 'born digital' students was fascinating. Why I found it easier to grok this generation's approach to technology from hearing it from their mouths, rather than reading Pew Internet reports or the work of danah boyd, I'm not sure. I was pleased to hear the members of this panel state how they understood the differences between 'any old online resource' [my phrasing] and the 'good stuff' [again, my words] libraries provide. I was entertained and a bit amazed at what I understood to be their attitude about technological innovation: that the speed of evolution in how we communicate and interact with the world around us is normal and unending. It makes me feel older than my years to hear eloquent and thoughtful high school students hold forth on the normalcy of technologies that I find, frankly, amazingly innovative and cool. I was struck by one of the participants' statements that "twitter is dead"; amended by the youth librarian who helped convene the panel, who added "twitter was never alive." The fact that this quote was repeated many times in the following minutes and hours on Twitter struck me as entertainingly ironic Mobile devices and mobile computing were a focus of the conference as well. It seems that there is tremendous energy in libraries toward making services and functions available to the handheld devices. In not too many years, mobile devices will be the de facto standard of internet access, the one everyone has -- not a computer. (This will be especially true in the developing world, which will bypass landline networking much as large swaths of the world have bypassed landline telephony. ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:48:36 +0100 788711 http://laurenpressley.com/library/?p=978 I am very excited about Michael Porter and David Lee King’s Library 101 project! If it’s new to you, get started with the video: In addition to the video, there is a skills list and a collection of essays. (David and Michael kindly asked me to contribute one, so if you’d like to read mine, it’s here.) This is a huge project, that no doubt took monumental levels of planning and organization to pull it all off in time for the unveiling presentation at Internet Librarian. It’s also a great example of how using tools that are available in the mainstream you can have a massive, collaborative project spanning the globe. If you are a fan, too, say it on Facebook! (Source: lauren's library blog) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:34:06 +0100 787841 http://www.rss4lib.com/2009/10/presentation_at_internet_libra.html I joined my colleagues, Karen Reiman-Sendi and Mike Creech, in presenting about my library's web site redesign at Internet Librarian 2009 this past week. The presentation, titled "Designing for Content-Rich Sites," was streamed live; an archived copy is available on UStream: If you want to follow along, the slides are on SlideShare. (Source: RSS4Lib) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:19:04 +0100 788712 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogjunction/~3/Ek8J5SAoc54/ As always, the Internet Librarian conference has surfaced current work and wisdom from our brightest colleagues. I’ve enjoyed all of the updates conveniently collected on the conference wiki and cruised some of the presentations posted on slideshare. And sorry this is late, but earlier this month folks gathered in Salt Lake City for 2009 LITA National Forum “Open & Mobile” and I wanted to highlight the many LITA 2009 Presentations available for download. If you attended either of these conferences, please share your thoughts and surface the highlights. In this time of tight budgets, were looking to you to spread the wealth of your experiences! (Source: BlogJunction) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:48:27 +0100 787861 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/10/29/review-almost-5000-tweets-from-interent-librarian-2009/ The archiving of social media may become a big issue. How will it be archived? Who, if anyone. will the info be of value to? Will different services require differnt protocols to archive and retrieve? Privacy concerns? These are just a couple of the many issues that need to be discussed. Would a business researcher find a searchable archive of Tweets useful if they were compiling a report about what was said about a project over time. What about the very long term. If social media lives up to what’s predicted, what resources will historians use to review this period of time? Again, things to think about. Another thing to consider is either local or web-based archiving When it comes to Twitter just finding and accessing a tweet from a few weeks ago can be a challenge. We did a search using Twitter’s own search engine and limited our query to results from the month of September. We were unable to find a single result for words Chicago or video. As far as Internet Librarian 2009 goes, Gary was in attendance and on Monday wanted to test out a free service named Twapper Keeper. It creates a permanent* archive of public tweets based on a hashtag, in this case, #il2009. According to the FAQ, the site is updated every five minutes and if you need to make a change you can contact the provider of Twapper Keeper. We’ve asked the provider of Twapper Keeper a few questions, one of them is if we’re seeing every #il2009 tweet or just selected tweets. If/when we get a response, we will post it here. You can review tweets in various sized groups from 100 at a time to “all of them” on one page. If you’re looking at all of them on a single page, you can search by using control-find. Another feature of Twapper Keeper is the ability to export the material. An API is also available. So, here’s the page containing nearly 5000 Twitter tweets from #il2009. ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:01:34 +0100 786633 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2009/10/28/october-28th-stream.html Posted lisacarlucci: see "good brands report" for companies demonstrating innovative ideas – @nic221 "innovation smoothies" #il2009. Posted grrb: Pecha Kucha: What if you have a space for Things You Tried But Failed At on performance evaluations? #IL2009. RT @kenleyneufeld: #library101 has launched. Check it out and RT. http://libraryman.com/library101 [shifted] Posted karen_from_ohio: Tools to Test the Accessibility of Web 2.0 Resources http://bit.ly/3bGZcs #il2009. Posted htomren: I enjoyed these slides, wish I had seen the talk RT @cpdblibn #il2009 http://bit.ly/nic-pres cool innovation slides and sources. Posted cpdblibn: #il2009 "lean into your discomfort" – change doesn’t happen with out discomfort. Posted kristenyt: Are any other academic librarians doing 23Things-style training for non-library univ staff? Just started at UofS, would love advice. #il2009. Posted lizhubert10: Proud that I’ve been doing 23 things for my community for three years! #IL2009. Posted gershbec: Good idea – gave specific recommendations for who to follow in Indiana who has job info #il2009. Posted gershbec: Enjoyed that speaker’s approach – find a specific need that your community has and build a 23 Things (education) program around it #il2009. Posted hagman: Greatly amused by the #il2009 take on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me’s Bluff the Listener game, "Bluff the Internet Librarian". Posted info_detective: @kristenyt I created this (lo-fi) site last year. It’s aimed at students, but sort of same blpk #il2009 http://blogs.ubc.ca/yourlife2point0/. ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:07 +0100 786452 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-11.html The last section I attended was on adapting technical services for the digital age. The presenters were all from academic libraries, but I thought there would be many things that would translate to public libraries. The first presenter spent a lot of time discussing what had been the catalysts for change. The most important things I gleaned from this presentation were that the skill sets needed for quality technical services do not change, even as the medium changes. The presenter also mentioned that technical service employees need to be positive and open to change to cope with all of the transition. One specific issue he highlighted is the need to adapt to non-MARC metadata. He did not mention RDA, but clearly the current discussions about that system, factor into the need for non-MARC metadata. The second group of presenters discussed the ways that they had changed technical services at Cal State-Northridge. They discussed the need for a workflow analysis among the tech services staff. The results of this were eliminating duplicate tasks, eliminating unnecessary tasks, leveraging technology, maximizing staff expertise, providing cross-training, and aiming for “one touch” handling. The speakers really emphasized staff buy-in. I was able to take a great deal from this section of the presentation. It gave me some ideas on how to hold a workflow analysis for my own department and ways to get workflow analysis from the branches, as well as from my centralized staff. I would have liked more practical information, but I did find value in points about gaining staff buy-in and the necessary positive attitude for staff, as well as the ways that I, as a supervisor, can cultivate that attitude. (Source: PLA Blog) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:46:05 +0100 786568 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-10.html Marketing on the Cheap. I’ve become really fascinated with marketing efforts on the part of the library. I think this is an area that has traditionally been neglected, because of the assumption that everyone knows the library is there and what it has to offer. With the technological changes, and changes in perception of libraries, there are needs to market that we are not just a place of dusty books. OCLC has produced a paper called “From Awareness to Funding” which illustrates some of the concepts that should be emphasized when marketing the library, which include seeing the library as part of the community infrastructure, like police or fire departments, seeing the library as a necessity, rather than a nice thing to have, focusing on the future, rather than the past, etc. The full report can be found here: http://www.oclc.org/reports/funding/default.htm. Something I’ve noticed is that single adults with no children are a market that would join the library, but there is no advertising directed toward us. When I started working for the public library, my single thirtysomething friends were all astonished that one could rent DVDs in the library. I know people cut back on spending by canceling subscriptions to audible.com, but were totally unaware that audio books, including playaways, were available at the public library. With the current budget crisis, one of the speakers emphasized the need for library support marketing, in addition to library use marketing. She mentioned that her community had defeated a number of library bonds, and they realized that they could not simply market a few months before an election. Thus, they are gearing up now for support marketing for the 2012 elections. There were a few specific suggestions, which included having a plan with specific goals and including Web 2.0 in the plan, considering policies on access, content creation, monitoring, measuring return and a schedule. ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:33:00 +0100 786569 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/10/28/library-101-is-now-live/ Congrats to Community Organizer, Librarian and Web Junction guy, Michael Porter (aka Libraryman) and Librarian/Author David Lee King, on the launch of the Library 101 Project. The event took place at Internet Librarian this afternoon in Monterey, CA. At the moment (the site will grow), you’ll find a music video featuring the Library 101 song, the Library 101 (now you’ll see where the 101 comes in), a link rich essay with the 101 Resources & Things to Know (RTK) as a working librarian. From the Web Site: We both believe that if library staff read this list and used some of the tips and resources it contains that libraries and library staff will be closer to making it through and succeeding during the social and technological change we are seeing today … and will see more of in the coming decades. You’ll also find essays about being a librarian during this time by many well-known info pros including: + Sarah Houghton-Jan + Helene Blowers + Kenley Neufeld + Stephen Abram + Roy Tennant + Maurice Coleman + Cindi Trainor + Rachel Vacek + Michael Sauers + Meredith Gorran Farkas + Loriene Roy + Susan Hildreth + Tony Tallent + Lauren Pressley + Beth Tribe + Brenda Hough & Cindi Hickey + and of course the site creators, Michael Porter and David Lee King Library 101 is a great idea. This educational effort that should be required reading for all librarians. Yes, there is a lot to read and numerous resources to explore and learn about but keeping current is essential these days. In fact, helping people keep current and learn about new resources is also why Gary and Shirl spend time updating this very site just about seven days a week. We hope to see a constant stream of new content on the site. That will get people to return on a regular basis and that’s important. Finally, look for Library 101 to become an essential resource in library and info science programs. ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:22:36 +0100 786480 http://www.libology.com/blog/2009/10/28/library-101.html The Library 101 video debuted today at the Internet Librarian conference.  Created by Michael Porter (a.k.a. Libraryman) and David Lee King, the video is a foot-tapping, library-rocking tour-de-force.  Clear the next eight minutes in your schedule, put on some headphones, and enjoy: Click here to view the embedded video. The Library 101 website not only has the video, but also a collection of essays by prominent library supporters, as well as a “101 Resources and Things to Know” page that provides a great overview of just what they are striving to communicate. To settle any bar bets, as well as disclose a connection:  I am in the video.  I first appear at the 30 second mark (though all you see is my arm and notebook computer), but show up later in full frame. My using the computer for the “1″ and “0″ was the solution to a problem:  when the call went out for pictures of library people holding sheets of paper containing the magic numbers, I was on vacation in Branson, Missouri.  No printer.  I could probably have found a Kinkos, but it wouldn’t have gone over well with my family because, you see, I was on vacation.  Drawing the numbers might have worked for someone with artistic talent; not for me. I really like my idea of using the computer… it fits the theme of the video: So, I hope you watched and enjoyed the video… Michael and David deserve some serious positive feedback for their ideas and efforts. (Source: LibrarySupportStaff.Org) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:19:38 +0100 787411 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-9.html The second session was on how technology can either drive initiatives or result in information overload. The first part of the session was led by Lizzy Burns, author of Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect with Your Community. Lizzy defined pop culture as anything your community is interested in and uses. She pointed out that if your community is texting, but the library demands that staff lock their cellphones in their offices/lockers for the day, we are not relating to our community. She also pointed out that while we may allow users to watch TV shows on hulu, we aren’t truly doing our jobs if we don’t advertise that resource to people who may not be aware of it. Her last point emphasized the need for trendspotters, preferably a committee of people, both comfortable and uncomfortable with technology, to keep the library ahead of trends. She used a great example of not being afraid to be betamax (the video cassettes that were supposed to better than VHS, but lost the popularity war way back in the 80s). What she meant by this was that betamax set the stage for the concept of watching TV and movies when you wanted to, which is a concept we continue today, though the technology has changed. This idea repeated the theme I’d heard earlier in the week that technology is going to continue to change, but the needs it meets will not, so changing technology is not a reason not to start using these tools. Sarah Houghton-Jan followed with a presentation on how to avoid information overload. She offered 10 tips: 1) General organization. 2) Filter your input. 3) Use RSS and Twitter wisely. 4) Use “interruptive” technology wisely (i.e. turn off your phone when you need to focus, don’t set your e-mail to alert you every time one comes in, don’t be available on IM if you don’t want to be). 5) Manage your phone and keep work and home calls separate. ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:05:06 +0100 786570 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-8.html This morning, I began my sessions with the awesome title “Selling Tech to Power”. It was a group of tech savvy decision makers advising people on how to persuade administration of the benefits of using new technologies. The first speaker, Danis Kreimeier, Director of the Napa City-County library, pointed out that directors have a large number of people to report to as well, including city/county governments, Friends groups and other donors, etc. She offered a number of questions to ask oneself before beginning any initiative. What problem are you trying to solve? Whose problem is it? Is it sustainable (i.e. if you leave, is someone else going to be able to run it?) Where does it fit into the library’s goals and objectives? She also gave a strategy script for communicating to those in power: 1) Tell people where you are headed. 2) Give facts and statistics to support the project. 3) Give the actions you are proposing and show that you have thought them through. 4) Describe how it fits with other plans and strategies (i.e. green initiatives). 5) Take advantage of existing assets and resources. 6) Tell them how and when you’ll know it is successful. 7) Show your passion! Invite them to join you. Danis said that she had used this script for 18 months in submitting proposals to the board and had yet to be turned down. The second speaker, Fred Cohn, Assistant City Manager of Monterey, pointed out that technology projects are no different than other business projects. He also offered the point that when times change, we cannot keep doing the same things and expecting different results. He then emphasized the importance of marketing, which he defined as identifying and meeting needs. His primary pieces of advice were to be careful of perspective and make sure you are meeting the community’s needs and interests, not just your own and to see yourself as part of a broader organization. ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:52:12 +0100 786571 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/zym7bX8TIaQ/il2009webservices.html IL2009: I Wanna Be 2.0 Too: 10 LOLcat Laws of Web Services for Smaller, Underfunded Libraries This was my first session this year at Internet Librarian, focusing on some of the free/cheap online or otherwise digital services that any library can provide. You can view my PowerPoint on Slideshare (and below). 10 Lol Cat Laws Of Web Services For Smaller Underfunded Libraries Il2009 View more presentations from Sarah Houghton-Jan. IL2009 (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:36:24 +0100 787026 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomMusingsFromTheDesert/~3/LTI_TUX16Zs/iti-authors-on-parade.html ITI Authors On Parade at #il2009 Originally uploaded by libraryman The booksigning event at Internet Librarian was a blast - what a great bunch of folks to be a part of! Thanks to Libraryman Michael Porter for the photo op... and for buying one of everyone's books! (Source: Random Musings from the Desert) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:29:00 +0100 787048 http://wanderingeyre.com/2009/10/28/the-librarian-and-her-tribe/ In preparation for a major writing project (more later), I have been reading a lot of books on collaboration in the era of the Internet and the ways this mindset has influenced… everything. I am currently in the middle of Wikinomincs. I know this is something I should have read ages ago, but there is no time like the right now and so, I read. I have felt, as I have read these books, The Wisdom of Crowds, Crowdsourcing, The Starfish and the Spider, and Tribes, that these books were talking about me, my tribe, my experience. I have been a lurker in my librarian tribe of late, due to my family obligations, but I still think about librarians and libraries quite a lot. In conjunction with all this ruminating on the way collaboration has changed everything, I have also been thinking about organizational culture and professional organizations. You know, like ALA and libraries in general. I have been thinking about how librarians share information and how we resist change or jump in depending on the technology or who is proposing the change. I have been thinking of all the ways librarians share knowledge, collaborate on projects, and have embraced technology in ways that are wonderful and amazing. And speaking of amazing… David Lee King and Michael Porter are launching a new website today called Library 101 that is a great example of all the things I have been pondering. Open, free access to information? Check. Information in multiple formats? Video, music, essays, and resources? Check, checkity, check. Making professional learning and sharing fun, informative, and cooperative? Yep. Library 101 looks like a fantastic project. I can not wait to see the content, hear the music, and see the community grow. It goes live, live at Internet Librarian at 2 pm PST. –Jane, loves her librarian tribe (Source: A Wandering Eyre) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:40 +0100 786884 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/distlib/~3/3QKDT1-IPbA/internet-librarian-day-one-recap.html I thought I'd try something new this year by not bringing my laptop to the sessions.  I figured maybe I'd pay more attention, and I think it's working for me.  I've still got the Wi-fiPhone for checking email from time to time, but for the most part I'm listening and writing down what ideas I can catch.  With that in mind, here are my thoughts and observations from day one of Internet Librarian 2009.Surprised to go through the program and not find any sessions specifically on ebooks.  I predict that will not be the case next year!The opening keynote was an interview with Vint Cerf, who does not like to be called the Father of the Internet.  Very bright guy (no surprise there); I didn't know he was a VP at Google.  Paul Holdengraber, Director of Public Programs at NYPL conducted the interview, and did a fantastic job.  A random quote  from Vint I jotted down, "Our culture is trending towards abstraction and brevity." (Books I have to read: Born Digital by by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser and Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan (I know, I know).The first session I attended was Roy Tennant's Digital Library Landscape.  He delivered a real wake-up call to libraries.  "We're in serious trouble if we do nothing, and serious trouble if we keep doing what we've traditionally done."  "Libraries are in imminent danger" because surveys (OCLC) have shown that people think only of BOOKS when they're asked to think of libraries, but "Google and Amazon are eating our lunch" when it comes to books.  Most of our OPACS are no more advanced than a card catalogue on wheels. He described a process where he went from a blog post, through Worldcat, then to his local public library to learn that a recommended book was on the shelf.  But he wants to go that last step and have the library deliver to his door - that would make libraries more relevant to their users. ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 786300 http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2009/10/tag-cloud-of-tweets-for-internet.html amp apps awesome bit books cerf cloud com conference decks digital getting going google http idea info internet keynote librarian library library101 libs live love ly marketing mobile monterey people please presentation quot really search session site social students talk thanks tweets twitter users ustream via vint web work www created at TagCrowd.comTags: il2009 | web manager | internet librarian (Source: Blog on the Side - Darlene Fichter) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 786488 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/10/library_101.html OK, I have to admit that I love Michael Porter and David Lee King. They truly let their passion for libraries show in all of their work and they bring fun to the party all the time and they share willingly and openly. So I am giving a plug for the video they produced, wrote, promoted, sang in, and more. I was there for the premiere day (or at least the much requested second viewing since I was moderating the Pecha Kucha session) at Internet Librarian. As they say on their new rich site: Library 101 "Have you seen it? Have you heard the song and seen the music video? Have you read any of the 23 essays from some of the greatest minds in Libraryland (and David King and Michael Porter [and me too])? Have you looked at the carefully selected list of 101 hyperlinked resources that share critically important things to think about and know in order to ensure a vibrant future for libraries, even as technology changes the information access and community landscapes? Well you should go check it out!" These two dudes are awesome. Stephen (Source: Stephen) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 786992 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-7.html The last session I attended this afternoon was on Mobile Marketing. I went because the blurb in the catalog talked about how effective mobile marketing could be with Latino/Latina populations, as well as with teens. Two of our branches have large Latino/Latina populations and we’re always trying to reach teens. The presenter was Nancy Dowd from the New Jersey State Library. They are in the midst of a pilot program with text messaging, involving 10 branches. They selected text messaging as a relatively affordable and quick means of beginning mobile marketing. The branches that were most successful were those with staff who really enjoyed communicating. One benefit of text messaging over, for example, e-mail newsletters, is that it is easy to target information to specific users. To join a group, one texts to the number and uses keywords for specific groups. Thus, all messages for teens, or parents of young children, or anime lovers, and only messages for those specific groups, go out to them. The New Jersey system partnered with a group called GoldMobile to handle the legal issues (the necessary disclaimers about the cost of text, and how to unsubscribe, etc.), as well as marketing help and training. For texting, one uses a short code, which is quite expensive. Working with GoldMobile allowed the branches to share a short code, thus cutting down on the expense. This project costs approximately $50 a month for each branch. One example of how the texting has been used has been to advertise to Spanish speaking parents that there are Spanish-speaking librarians through more traditional means, and as part of that, asking them to sign up to receive texts. Another is to remind teens of upcoming events, even minutes before they start, as well as getting feedback during the presentation itself. Nancy noted that in order for programs like these to work, one needs a compelling reason for people to sign up (either meeting a need, or an opportunity to win a prize). ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:04:36 +0100 786572 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-6.html I attended a session on Mobile Services, led by groups from two universities, Penn State and the University of Houston. Both of these libaries had done pilot programs with handheld devices. Penn State had sought to adjust to budget cuts and subsequent changing in staffing levels by experimenting with closing service points and having librarians do “roving reference” with the use of handheld devices. They tried four different devices and set out to see if the concept would work. They determined that it did, with the caveat that it illustrated wireless dead spots in the libraries, and people had some difficulty with typing on the small devices. They also determined that is was sometimes essential to be able to have voice communication (e.g. to be able to call someone staffing a desk). They moved on from this pilot to institute the use of the iPod Touch for similar services, on which they are still experimenting. Penn State also worked with Sony, who donated 100 Sony Readers to the library. These were pre-loaded with material purchased from the Sony website, circulated, used in three different English courses, and used for students with visual and learning disabilities. Overall, this project was quite successful and they have an ongoing relationship with Sony to work on different licensing issues, as well as updated technology. Sony was motivated to do this because it gave them feedback on their product, as well as, of course, advertising. The librarians at the University of Houston also used the iPod touch, but they used it for subject liason librarians, rather than for reference. One of the benefits of this was, for instance, the librarian for Spanish language could bring her iPod on a book-buying trip to Guadalajara. Despite the fact that I work for a public library, I could see some benefits to utilizing similar technology. We do have staff who attend that same book-buying trip to Guadalajara. ... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:50:47 +0100 786573 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-5.html I attended a Cybertour on Connecting with the Millennium Generation, led by Mary Ellen Bates, of Bates Information Services. This talk was a 15-minute presention on how the “digital generation” sees information. It was fascinating. Mary Ellen discussed the fact that the “digital generation” doesn’t e-mail and sees websites that aren’t collaborative as both boring and useless. For them, Facebook is the web, so if you want them to see it, you’d better put a link on Facebook. Moreover, if they don’t find the information they want with a certain tool, they blame the tool and go somewhere else, rather than seeking training. Also, they believe in their own ability to evaluate information and to determine what is authoritative. Mary Ellen then offered several ways to lure millennials into the “Info Lab” (her new term for library, since it connotes activity). She suggested acknowledging the user’s expertise – do not phrase it as trying to teach them, but instead focus on the collaboration (e.g. offer “here is what other people have tried”) and accept that they learn by trial and error. I was particularly intrigued by the advice to sneak information to millennials, much as the speakers yesterday suggested sneaking Web 2.0 tools by staff members. I took from that that no one likes condescension and people respond best to being involved in learning and trying new things, rather than being told how to do something. Pardon the digression, but Mary Ellen did emphasize encouraging self-learning, as well as peer-to-peer learning. Other specific recommendations were comment-enabled OPACs, becoming Amazon.com like (in offering the “people who bought this book also bought . . .”), internal wikis, mashup tools, and personalization. ... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:32:04 +0100 786574 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarian-2009-meredith-hammons-4.html Day 2: I tried to vary it up a little more today. The first session I attended was the keynote presentation, in which Erik Boekesteijn interviewed Paul Holdengraber, the Director of Public Programs for the New York Public Library. This presentation was very exciting and engaging. Paul is the founder, curator and voice of “Live from the NYPL.” He states his purpose as “oxygenating” the library, to challenge people and encourage thought. Some of his more innovative programs include a debate between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Christopher Hitchens, author of “God is Not Great.” Paul calls these debates “cognitive theater” since they draw people in and create thought. He talked about wanting to make the private experience of reading into a public experience. His advice to people doing library programming is to get to know your audience and give them something that surprises them. He discussed how he did not particularly like seeing gaming at libraries, due to the fact that he wanted to see libraries give people what they cannot get elsewhere. I found his talk fascinating and would have enjoyed hearing more about the programs he has done and strategies for encouraging participation. Now I am sitting here, trying to figure out who in the local area of San Mateo County would make for an exciting debate. (Source: PLA Blog) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:28 +0100 786575 http://plablog.org/2009/10/internet-librarians-tuesday-morning-keynote-address-pc-sweeney.html Today’s (Tuesday October 27, 2009) keynote address at Internet Librarian in Monterey was entitled “Library of Desire.” Unfortunately, they never really got to dive very deep into the subject matter specifically. They did float around the subject in a very interesting way and the number of amazing and thought provoking ideas that emerged was immense. Some of the best quotes were; “The universe is made of stories not atoms” “Don’t just give people what they want, give them something that surprises them and better yet, yourself!” “it’s a bloody struggle to make what I do work; resistance can be tremendous, but your passion can make a difference” “The way I did it was by doing it” But, there was much more to take away and I’m not doing the presentation any justice. So I’m linking the video for you to see and now you can spend some time watching the whole video and getting inspired to oxygenate your library! IL2009 keynote day2: Library of Desire (Source: PLA Blog) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:56:59 +0100 786576 http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/and-so-the-library-evolves/ What does this photograph and this beach at Asilomar have to do with libraries, you might ask?  It’s from a place that I find irresistible.  Taken during a conference I find irresistible–a conference that keeps me coming back for more. Ever since Joyce Valenza and Doug Johnson wrote their intriguing article in School Library Journal, I’ve been pondering what the 21st century school library can or does look like. In listening from afar in to the keynote address at Internet Librarian West (brilliantly entitled “Libraries of the Future: Places of Desire”) by NYPL librarian Paul Holdengraber  I heard him give the key answer to my question–that he wants libraries to be irresistible. And that’s all you could want for a school library–for it to be irresistible to the students and teachers you have at your campus–whether that means read-alouds, book groups, online presence, twittering, facebooking, gaming events, a beautiful space, etc.–whatever the means, the end goal is making the library an irresistible learning hub. And it’s not just because that will help us be more viable, or help us “survive” budget cuts–or any of those fear-based things.  It’s because it’s what we are here for.  We’re here to offer services in the best way we can that invite our customers/students in and engage them in learning and creating. Rereading Chris Brogan’s much commented upon post about services public libraries offer, he pushes the envelope for public library services, like offering geotagging of sites outside the library, for example.  Many readers chimed in with their ideas, praise, kudos, or wishes for their libraries. At Internet Librarian West today, I followed tweets discussing ways to take libraries mobile. ... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:16:33 +0100 786863 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/10/27/webcast-vint-cerf-talks-to-info-pros-at-internet-librarian-conference/ Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf, was the keynote “interview” at the Internet Librarian 2009 conference in Monterey, CA. The event took place on Monday, October 26, 2009. Cerf was interviewed by Paul Holdengräber, the Director of Public Programs at the New York Public Library. Access the Video via Ustream Source: Info Today (via Ustream) (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:46:10 +0100 786003 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/nF2Q8hKDeQU/ Here are the slides from the massive Mobile panel at Internet Librarian 2009, starring: me, Toby Greenwalt, Michael Sauers, Krista Burns, Jason Clark, and Matt Benzing. Similar Posts: The Pictures, They Move! Del.icio.us Libraries Libraries and Mobile Devices: Public Policy Considerations Haiku for Libraryman Academic Library 2.0 (Source: Pattern Recognition) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:17 +0100 786359 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/fHmHpm3xURk/3355 Woo Hoo!! Just what Flickr has been misssing – the ability to tag people who appear in the photos! I was looking at pictures from Internet Librarian and a change in Flickr popped out at me – there is now a small link on the right hand side of the page that lets you list people who are in the picture you’re viewing! Check it out: Awesome new feature!! (Source: What I Learned Today...) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:57:27 +0100 787039 http://www.rss4lib.com/2009/10/il2009_keynote_vint_cerf.html I'm recording my mostly unedited notes from Internet Librarian 2009 here. Vint Cerf was interviewed by Paul Holdengraber -- the conversational format made for an entertaining and informative session. I'll comment on one particular point below (where Vint talks about cloud computing); the rest is presented in raw form. Business interests don't like the idea of the web from a copyright perspective: every time you look at a page, you *copy* it. How should we rethink copyright in the internet age? Copying and distribution is very inexpensive. We still want people to be able to make money and protect work. Creative Commons does this very well. We need flexibility to have free content and paid content. Email started out as a tool of convenience for programmers. Quickly moved to commercial world through 80s. Commercial email died when it was connected to the Internet (as opposed to proprietary, closed, systems). What is impact of email, in terms of attention span, interruption. Kids multitask a lot -- and they may be training their brains to do so more effectively than we can, because they are learning to do it earlier. But we tend to spend less time reading and thinking before acting. We aren't necessarily paying enough attention to problems, issues, as we did in the past. (Cites conversation with Henry Kissinger, who posited this.) What does it mean to be attentive in an age of distraction? "Power corrupts; Powerpoint corrupts absolutely." Brevity is the enemy, in a sense, of careful thinking and analysis. Tell us about 'bit rot'. Vint is concerned that, as we build more digital archives, the archives will not be meaningful if the applications are not available to render those bits. Old files may be perfectly valid, but not interpretable. It's not just a question of preserving the bits. You can't just preserve the software; it's often proprietary. And it's not just the software, but the operating system. ... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:09:39 +0100 786543 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eclecticlibrarian/~3/YxxOtu81xiE/ Yesterday was my first time touching California soil (I had previously spent some time in LAX, but I don’t think that counts), and I have to say, Monterey is as beautiful as everyone says it is. Also, the Crown & Anchor is a fantastic place to gather with friends who arrived and left through the evening last night. Good times. I arrived too late this morning to get a seat at the opening keynote session with Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, so I stood in the back and listened for most of it. Look around and you’ll probably find some good write-ups, and it was streamed live and the recording is available on Ustream. Pay attention to the Ustream channel to catch more of IL 2009! This afternoon, I will be co-presenting on some of (IMHO) the best tools for collaboration using cloud computing resources. We have our presentation posted on Slide Share already, if you’re interested (and that way, you don’t have to be there and see how nervous I can be when speaking in front of a group of people who are probably smarter than me). Collaborating In The Clouds View more documents from Rachel Vacek. 0 people like this post. Like  Technorati Tags: cloud computing, il2009, Vint Cerf (Source: eclectic librarian) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:49:11 +0100 786082 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davidleeking/~5/oXYuY4F5LR8/ssplayer2.swf Tweet Like You Mean It! Twitter Strategies For Tweeps View more documents from David King. I am one part of a 3-person preconference session at Internet Librarian 2009 that’s focused completely on Twitter! Here’s my part of the session – enjoy! Share: (Source: David Lee King) Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:31:43 +0100 786055 http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2009/10/web-managers-academy-mind-map-of-what.html Just a quick map of what topics are of the most interest.Created with bubbl.us.Tags: il2009 | web manager | internet librarian (Source: Blog on the Side - Darlene Fichter) Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 785418 http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2009/10/web-managers-academy-internet-librarian.html What do participants want to know? analytics apps assess attractive best buy-in change cms collaboration committee contribution decisions design device federated feeds fresh friendly ideas integration intranet levels manage meta-tagging migration mobile needs participate partnering picture promotion redesign resistance retain rss search seo sharing staff staffing statistics study tips tools training usability user web created at TagCrowd.com (Source: Blog on the Side - Darlene Fichter) Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 785419 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/10/southern_califo_1.html I have just finished a presentation to the Southern California SirsiDynix Users Group hosted by Cerritos College in Oakland. It was a fun time and the weather here is awesome before heading to Internet Librarian in Monterey. Here are my PPT's: Innovation and Libraries: What is at the Heart of Libraries? Stephen (Source: Stephen's Lighthouse) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:33:33 +0100 786658 http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/2009/10/pop-goes-library-at-internet-librarian.html Are you going to the Internet Librarian 2009 Conference?Then you have two chances to meet me, you lucky person, you!First, on Monday, October 26? I'll be at a Meet the Authors program.Second, I'll be giving a presentation on Wednesday October 28 with Sarah Houghton-Jan, Digital Futures Manager, San Jose Public Library author of LibrarianInBlack.net, called Technology: The Engine Driving Pop Culture-Savvy Libraries or Source of Overload?Technology often drives pop culture trends like iPhone mania and texting addictions, and it can also be used to improve all kinds of library services when we embrace the idea that information technology is everyone’s job. By establishing a tech-friendly atmosphere, libraries can harness the latest real-world and web-based techno tools to engage customers in an ongoing discussion to identify and meet the pop cultural & life-learning needs of their communities. Find out how to use trendspotting, experimentation, and continuous training to create a technological sandbox at your library and hear about creative strategies and practical, imaginative solutions from the field for you to use in your community. Then hear how to deal with information load through ten principles including organizational techniques, how to filter your input, time and stress management, managing overload in different media: email, RSS, interruptive technologies, the telephone, print media, multimedia, and social networks. Come away with a plan for tackling your own mound (physical or virtual) of overload!Stop by, say "hi." Tell me I sent you.cross posted at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy (Source: Pop Goes the Library) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 786415 http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/10/20/defining-a-vision/    In their article in School Library Journal, Things That Keep us Up at Night, Joyce Valenza and Doug Johnson have  given us much food for thought.   They are earnestly  concerned about the survival of school librarians and libraries if we don’t evolve to meet the current demands that technological and societal changes regarding information use have wrought on our profession. One of the most fascinating points they make is that “We have no textbook for what 21st century school library practice looks like.”  And obviously if we have no “textbook” or guide for that, principals, superintendents and other curriculum administrators don’t either. I’m sure AASL and other professional organizations have been working on gathering this model, conferences like Internet Librarian (Schools)  have also been on the forefront of this mission, and journals like School Library Journal provide a vision.  But what I’d like to know from you, my readers, is what does a 21st century library or librarian look like to you?  What’s the facility like?  Is there a facility at all?  What does the librarian do?  What skills does he/she have?  What tools does he/she use?   Share an anecdote, list qualities, point us to some fabulous library webpages–or anything that says 21st century librarian.  I hope whether you are a librarian or not, you will contribute to building this picture. (Source: Not So Distant Future) Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:31:40 +0100 784812 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davidleeking/~5/DoVdk9L8LcA/TS-278180.mp3 Michael Porter and I like to make videos. Music videos. Music videos about libraries! Remember our last one? Well … we have a new one coming out called Library 101! We plan to debut it at Internet Librarian 2009 (during our presentation about making videos on October 28), and we are pretty stoked about it, too! Why, you ask? Well… The music rocks harder than last time We have turned up the video production a few notches (Michael is turning into quite the video producer!) We have a website complete with essays from some amazing people We found a sponsor (thanks, Information Today!) But most important – the message. Library 101 tells a story. A story about the evolution of libraries and librarians. Historically, we grew and evolved to a certain point. Some of us are continuing to evolve, others are not quite there yet but are working to get there. The goal of our song, our video, the website and essays? To inspire you to grow, to evolve, and to change your communities! Michael does a great job of explaining Library 101 on Maurice Coleman’s regular T is for Training podcast. Take a listen. And more importantly, take a listen and a look on October 28 – I will post the video as soon as it goes live, so stay tuned! Photo by libraryman Share: (Source: David Lee King) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:49 +0100 782903 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/w1ZSfMJI-pw/over-idealen-teleurstelling-en-de.html The Revolution Will Not Be Televised door mallox Het draadje van 2009 (voor zover er nog sprake is van draadjes) onder mensen die echte bibliotheekvernieuwing een warm hart toedragen is misschien wel teleurstelling. Teleurstelling over de nauwelijks veranderende status quo (ondanks alle veranderingen). Teleurstelling over het niet willen wijken van de gevestigde orde. Teleurstelling over de geringe impact van het nieuwe web op de mentaliteit van collega's. Teleurstelling over schijnveranderingen. Afgelopen woensdag kwam Klaas Jan Mollema naar Middelburg om, onder het genot van bier en biefstuk, met mij te bomen over de wereld van informatie, de opvattingen van moderne jonge studenten, de dilemma's van de opleiding IDM, bibliotheken, interessante bibliotheekprojecten, de vergrijzing van de beroepsgroep én over de onmacht van de generaties bibliothecarissen/informatiespecialisten die na de babyboomers zijn gekomen. De thema's waren allemaal even interessant maar dat laatste onderwerp bleef toch het beste hangen bij mij. Ondanks (of dankzij) het aantal pilsjes dat we toen al hadden weggenipt. KJ en ik waren het er over eens dat het voor de leeftijdsgroep tussen 18 en 40 (vergeef me de krampachtige poging nog heel even bij de jongeren te blijven horen) niet eenvoudig is om veranderingen in dit tijdperk, in deze branche, gestalte te geven. Ondanks het feit dat er over een jaar of vijf een gigantische uitstroom van personeel op gang zal komen is op dit moment (en in de jaren ervoor) de belangrijkste constatering dat de generaties voor ons niet van wijken weten en dat hen dat niet kan worden verweten bovendien. De posities zijn al lang geleden ingenomen en zullen de komende vijftien jaar niet, of niet zonder slag of stoot, worden prijsgegeven. Nu zou dat op zich geen probleem hoeven te zijn. Er zijn immers legio bibliotheekmanagers die zeer veranderingsgezind zijn. ... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:20:00 +0100 782691 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/XJuMGH9imcg/google-wave-de-eerste-verkenning.html Eergisteren liet een collega uit het Noord-Oosten van Nederland mij weten dat ze me een uitnodiging voor Google Wave had gestuurd. Reuzespannend! Toen ik de uitnodiging gisteren tegen middernacht zag binnenrollen staakte ik mijn andere activiteiten meteen en ik opende de account. Ondanks het feit dat ik al een paar screenshots had gezien in de afgelopen weken, viel de interface me een beetje tegen. Het lijkt misschien nog het meest op een gepimpte maar uitgeklede versie van Gmail. Jan Klerk (die net in Londen zit voor Internet Librarian) en Lukas Koster bleken ook een uitnodiging te hebben ontvangen en waren ook online. Dat stelde ons in de gelegenheid om Wave een beetje te verkennen. Mijn eerste indruk: Wave lijkt nog het meest op chatten binnen webmail, maar dan op steroïden. Je ziet je gesprekspartner letterlijk typen en je kunt, als je dat wilt, op dezelfde plaats meetypen. Gadgets, video's, bijlagen of Google Maps voeg je in een handomdraai toe aan de conversatie. Dat voelt dan weer een beetje als het uitwisselen van bestanden en het samen surfen binnen een videoconference. De interface is sober en overzichtelijk maar de navigatie binnen Wave is zeker niet intuïtief. Het kost je wel een paar sessies voordat je doorkrijgt waar je het beste kunt klikken zonder verwarrend over te komen op je chatpartner. We hebben gisteren nog maar een fractie van de mogelijkheden benut waarschijnlijk. Daarom vind ik het nog te vroeg voor een oordeel. Mijn veronderstelling dat Wave wellicht vooral 'buzz' is trek ik nu wel al terug. De huidige interface is waarschijnlijk nog niet de definitieve maar bevat wat mij betreft veelbelovende elementen als het gaat om communicatiegemak. Nu eerst nog even wennen. Zie ook: Bright T-zine Recruitment Matters frEdSCAPEs Lifehacker @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:30:00 +0100 782692 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/u1dMG61aPfQ/il2009program.html The Internet Librarian 2009 Conference program is available on mobile devices through a site set up with Mosio, the creators of Text a Librarian.  A great feature is that you don’t have to download or install anything to make this work–a nice change of pace from other library conferences’ mobile sites.  To use the site, you have two choices: Go to http://mos.io/il2009 or text INTLIB to 66746 I’ll be speaking at the main Internet Librarian Conference and will also be speaking at the partner Internet@Schools West Conference too.  Below is where you’ll be able to hear me: Monday 10/26, 2:15-3:00PM: B104 2.0 Too: Web Services for Underfunded Libraries Tuesday 10/27, 11:30–12:15PM: S202 Trying Not to Filter: Internet Filtering Technologies Update Wednesday 10/28, 11:30AM–12:15PM: D302 Technology: The Engine Driving Pop Culture-Savvy Libraries or Source of Overload? (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:44 +0100 782866 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Information_Today_Mobilizes_with_Mosio39s_MobileMicro_for_Internet_--- The service is now being used in nearly 100 public and academic libraries across the country. Internet Librarian Mobile was built using Mosio's Mobil (Source: pligg - all) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:23 +0100 782396 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/FqiRo4N_p_w/3332 Wow, how did 10 days go by since my last post? Anyway, I’m still here. It’s not that life has taken me away from my blog, it’s that writing my book and all of my presentations has taken me away from blogging. So a quick update. I’m doing great. The new job is great, the book is coming along, the Library Mashups book is selling great and the book signing is coming up at Internet Librarian in Monterey later this month. For those who will be going, I can’t wait to hang out with some librarian friends! Working from home is great, but it can get lonely some times Now, I must run and give a webinar on open source software for libraries for the Tampa Bay Library Consortium. (Source: What I Learned Today...) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:25 +0100 781805 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/fKqcaDLt7jM/il2009blog.html The Internet Librarian 2009 Blog is up now!  If you’re attending and blogging, check it out for instructions on getting your “Blogger” ribbon for your name badge. And read all about LibCamp Monterey, a free un-conference two days before the main conference starts, and being held at the Monterey Public Library.  If you can make it a day early, this would be a great chance to discuss the issues that matter to you and learn more from your colleagues!  If you need more info on Internet Librarian 2009, check out the: Conference website Conference wiki Conference program (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:44:56 +0100 778679 http://www.onlineinsider.net/2009/09/28/justifying-social-media/ I’m putting the finishing touches on my slides for my talk on Evaluating, Recommending and Justifying 2.0 Tools. One thing I touch on is how to convince management to let you introduce social media into your workplace, since in some organizations it is blocked. I didn’t expect the Washington Post to be one of them. I was really astonished this morning to read in PaidContent that WaPo has issued Social Media Guidelines that banned reporters from having individual, personal accounts on sites like Twitter. PaidContent has the entire text of the guidelines, which seem extremely onerous to me. (Source: ONLINE Insider) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:04 +0100 777825 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechsourceBlog/~3/hEAj2M8o3CM/anticipating-libcamp-monterey-at-internet-librarian-2009.html Internet Librarian and Computers in Libraries are two of my favorite library technology conferences.  All of the programming focuses on the application of technology in libraries, they have great keynote speakers, and feature shorter "Cybertour" presentations in the exhibit hall--quick, 15-minute introductions to whet attendees' appetites.  This year, the organizers of Internet Librarian are trying something new and different: before the conference begins, attendees and anyone else who signs up on the wiki have a chance to attend LibCamp Monterey, a half-day "unconference" on library technology.  I had the opportunity to catch up recently with organizer Amy Buckland about LibCamp and what attendees can expect.  She and co-facilitator Jenica Rogers are very excited about the event.Cindi Trainor: How will this event differ from the other Internet Librarian events?  Who can attend? Amy Buckland: This event is open to anyone who can make it to Monterey Public Library by 9am on October 23rd, and is able to sign up on the wiki (http://www.infotodaywiki.com/index.php/LibCampMonterey) - space is limited folks! It differs from other IL events because there are no set presentations - we will decide who will talk about what the morning of the camp. For those who are unaware of the "rules" of unconferences, they are: Whoever comes is the right people. (So don't fret about attendance.) Whatever happens is the only thing that could have. (People will go off on tangents, follow them, it will likely be interesting.) Whenever it starts is the right time. (If a session runs long because people want to keep talking about something, that's okay.) When it's over, it's over. (If there is awkward silence in a room because no one has anything to say, move on to the next topic. ... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:02:57 +0100 777058 http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2009/09/14/four-days-in-topeka-record-library-101/ Last Thursday I left sunny (yes, it was sunny!) Seattle to head to Topeka, KS and record both the audio AND the video for the new library/technology song/video porject called “Library 101″ with David (Lee King). So how did it? Well, did set up on Thursday in David’s basement, we recorded audio on Friday, then recorded video (in that basement) Friday, late into the night. Then on Saturday moved to another location (a church gym in fact) to set up some special backdrops and lighting and do some more video shooting. It’s hard to quickly describe all that we did, and all the careful thought and planning that went into that. Suffice it to say that it was a HUGE amount of effort this was the physical culmination of months of research, conversation and collaboration (on top of several thousand dollars of materials, software, production and travel expenses). So, you know, no pressure! Still, we managed to pull it all off, despite it being brutally hot and crunched for time. Sure, we had to recruit assistance from David’s family (huge thanks to Nathan for his long hours of assistance, L. for painting nails black for the punk scene and D. for doing our eyeliner…yes, eyeliner). And we couldn’t have don it without our friend Jen Waller, who drove in from a trip she was on to spend time with family in Oklahoma. But we did it! We got our audio recorded (even the screaming punk part and the silly, funky boy band part or the song) and all 6 sets and two dozen plus costume/wardrobe changes were successfully filmed during the lip synch sections. While the editing still awaits, we are feeling grateful to have been able to get so much done in such a tight time and are so looking forward to getting the message of Library 101 out there to Libraryland at large. Watch for the video launch in October, coinciding with a live session at Internet Librarian in Monterrey next month. ... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:00:05 +0100 774574 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/bMP7YzxN9jU/internetlibrarian.html The Internet Librarian conference is a’coming!  Watch a short preview video from the Shanachies on the conference website. Will you be there?  I most certainly will!  Starting with my first Internet Librarian conference several years ago, I said at the time that it was “the best conference I’d ever attended.”  And each year it seems to get better.  The library brain power present is astounding.  Nowhere else (except perhaps at the sister “Computers in Libraries” conference) have I ever seen so many brilliant people and ideas in one place.  See you there! And be sure to take a look at the the other videos on the Shanachie site to see what the Shanachies have been up to on their European tour of libraries. (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:56:27 +0100 772156 http://nnlm.gov/scr/blog/?p=3037 The NN/LM SCR is pleased to announce the recipients of the YR04 Professional Development Award: Tiffany M. Billmeier, Clinical Data Specialist University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA Clayton Crenshaw, Web Services Librarian University of North Texas Health Science Center Library Internet Librarian 2009, San Jose, CA Jonquil D. Feldman, Associate Director for Public Services University [...] (Source: Network News) Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:01:14 +0100 771494 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zcGn/~3/oxAp-AQOwxM/il-2009-is-almost-here.html Have you registered for Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey October 25 - 28? If not, there is still time. Il 2009 has a special feel to it that is impossible to describe. It's cutting edge, exciting and makes you feel as though you are standing in the middle of change and that you are part of it all. I'll be giving a pre-conference workshop on the 25th. So many people have asked to learn about the story bank I spoke about last year that I've put together this workshop as a follow up. If your library s facing funding problems, then this workshop is sure to help you. I'm also presenting on the mobile marketing pilot we are conducting here in NJ as part of the Mobile Trends and Practices track that includes sessions on Dreaming, Designing, & Using Mobile Library Platforms; Putting Your Library on a Mobile Phone and When Students Go Mobile. See the whole write up for the conference at the Information Today site. 'Our Dutch Friends will be there s well. Here's a little video from Jaap and Erik:Internet Librarian Conference 2009 from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.The M Word Blog teaches your library and non-profit tips, tricks and trends of the marketing trade (Source: The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries) Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0100 771926 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/AFAl2L_Z_4E/ Incredible article in Wired this month on the Good Enough Revolution, which explores and explains a set of emergent economic principles that I think are equally applicable to information seeking. There’s a degree to which we really need to start looking hard at economic models in library and information science…I think they can really inform the creation and distribution of the services that we offer. Check out this quote, for example… …it happens to be a recurring theme in Good Enough products. You can think of it this way: 20 percent of the effort, features, or investment often delivers 80 percent of the value to consumers. That means you can drastically simplify a product or service in order to make it more accessible and still keep 80 percent of what users want—making it Good Enough… At the OITP panel I was a part of at ALA, I think that Eli and I shocked a few people in the audience when we asserted that quality of information doesn’t matter. That isn’t to say it NEVER matters…I want my doctor and my lawyer to have the best information possible. But for the vast majority of information need, good enough is good enough. Think about the services in your library, and the amount of effort and resources poured into making your services as good as they can possibly be. What if good enough is really enough, and instead we should be expanding our range of services instead of seeking perfection in any single one? How does that change the way libraries operate?Similar Posts: Amazon, Zappos, and Libraries Joe Janes Keynote, IL2007 More Fun with Michael Gorman From Rick Anderson… WANTED: TWO LIBRARIANS (Source: Pattern Recognition) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:40:37 +0100 770037 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seealso/~3/2Dolf7oFIZc/new_lsw_zine_in_time_for_internet_librarian.html Putting out Codslap! has been so much fun, I want to do it again. So the Library Society of the World Ministry of Underground Publications is once again accepting submissions for the second ever LSW zine. I enjoyed handing them out in person at ALA Annual, so let’s make Internet Librarian our goal this time. IL2009 is October 26 through 28, or just about exactly two months from today. Deadline for submissions is October 1 and I expect I will have to be pretty strict about that in order to get everything ready in time. I won’t be going to Internet Librarian this year, so I’ll be looking for a few people to volunteer to print 10-20 copies each to bring to Monterey. I’ll handle the mail order only this time. Internet Librarian is merely a convenient date for publication and distribution: there’s no need to make contributions that “go with” Internet Librarian. So far I already have excellent submissions of photography and OPAC poetry (and if that doesn’t make you want a copy, I don’t know what will). I’d love to get submissions that are (1) short-to-medium length; (2) original (both in the sense of not published before and not already done-to-death); and (3) fun to read. “Fun” doesn’t have to be satirical or “humor writing”–I’d have fun publishing and reading some heartfelt stuff about working in libraries. But it does mean that I don’t want something that reads like it should be published in the Journal of Excruciating Library Minutiae. I’m the editor, my decisions are final, if you don’t like it, start your own LSW zine. (No, really. Please do start another LSW zine! That would be really cool. We could trade each other copies. ... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:17:32 +0100 768545 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/08/22/nelinet-internet-librarian-2009-conference-discount/ NELINET, OCLC’s New England regional network, is offering $200 off the regular conference price at the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference on October 26 - 28, 2009 at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, CA. - Costs*: Internet Librarian (October 26 - 28, 2009) - $279.00 - Internet@Schools (October 26 - 27, 2009) - $169.00 - Combo Conference (Internet Librarian and Internet@Schools) - $279.00 *This is savings of $200.00 off the regular registration price. Registration Deadline To receive the NELINET discount, registrations must be received no later than Monday, September 21, 2009. No refunds or cancellations can be made after Wednesday, September 23, 2009. You can get this and other discounts by joining one of the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems. Special libraries are welcome! For more info on joining MRLS: http://mblc.state.ma.us/mblc/regional/index.php For more info on the NELINET Internet Librarian Conference Discount: http://www3.nelinet.net/node/590 For more info on the Internet Librarian Conference: http://www.infotoday.com/il2009/ Posted by Rich (Source: J's Scratchpad) Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:59:41 +0100 766596 http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2009/08/02/library-101-draft-lyrics/ Thought it might be nice to get a sneak into the new Library 101 song that David and I are working on as it evolves. We’ve been doing a lot of back and forth this week on the music and lyrics and fell pretty close to having things on track. So with that, here is a little peeky peek at the first full draft of the lyrics!: “When libraries first started out, we weren’t quite the dream, See we were useful but were private clubs, that played host to a scene, Intellectuals, rich folks, lawyers and deans, But you can’t keep the people down, that’s what 101 means Now for generations libraries, have been at freedoms core, But now tech is making giant leaps, and we must do more. There’s a cry for tech that lets all in, and helps us evolve. And without that many libs with die, problems must be solved. Chorus 101- our parts make a sum that will be the key to what is to come 101’s how we get the job done, evolve and make your Library 101! As technology keeps marching on, change has become a must. Basic 101 for libs has changed, we have to adjust. Improve dig-i-tal con-tent ac-cess, or our info dreams die. Become InfoGoogleDonalds “No!’, man we’ll tell you why. Chorus 101- New basics have come, our role cant succumb to evo-lu-tion (yeah that would be dumb) 101 we’re beating the drum, Librarians, learn your Library 101! Bridge 1 (In a very simple, raw punk rock style. Shouted/barked lyrics) LIBRARIES! YOU ARE GREAT! NOW CHANGE, MATE! NOT TOO LATE! NOW NOW NOW DONT HESITATE 101’s YOUR *beeping* GATE THERE’S STILL TIME TO EXTRICATE ALL YOUR WEIGHT CAN’T CULMINATE IN FAILURE. CO–MMUN—I—CATE!!! NOW NOW NOW ITS NOT TOO LATE! 101 101 LI-BRAR-Y 101 101 101 LI-BRAR-Y 101 *howls, screams, oy, oy, oy, etc* *cymbals crash, things fall over, feedback, annnnddd, back to the real song* See your library needs to evolve, an ex-pan-ded brand. ... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:43:57 +0100 761106 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/xc6noyJiUsA/ Just found an awesome new reference tool…LyricRat is a site that will take a snippet of lyrics that you give it, and then tell you the song, album, artist that the lyrics are from. My favorite bit? If you tweet a lyric to @lyricrat, they will reply with the song and a link to the lyricrat site! So very cool, and easy to use. Huge fan of services like this that provide a service in an almost completely transparent way: no sign up, no log in, no barriers. Similar Posts: I have no idea how I missed this… When the president talks to god links for 2006-01-13 Gmail hack Joe Janes Keynote, IL2007             (Source: Pattern Recognition) Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:09:36 +0100 760842 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davidleeking/~3/D1ZbhrBXZGM/ Read all about it here! Or just read this … remember that song/video Michael Porter and I created last year? Well… we’re at it again – with Library 101! Here’s what Michael says: “Getting into this video is actually really easy. Simply take and share a picture of YOU posing with a 0 and a 1! (Tagging it with library101 on flickr will be really helpful). We even have the flickr group linked above [ok, I linked it here] where you can put your 101 pictures. So c’mon! Do it and get just a little bit famous! Your family and friends will love finding you pop up in the video (and maybe even your coworkers?)! Put your kids in it! How about the family dog!? And you know grandma loves the library too, riiight? The most interesting your submission the more it will be featured, so get creative! Look for the song and video in October of 2009 (debuting at a special “Connecting Through “Lights, Cameras & Action” session at the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterrey, California).” Now all Michael and I have to do is this: write words for the song Create and record the music Somehow fly Michael to Kansas to record the song and shoot some video Get Michael back to Seattle so he can video edit like a madman collaborate on a multimedia presentation for Internet Librarian like you’ve never seen before… Whew! I’m already getting psyched! Pic courtesy of Libraryman Share: (Source: David Lee King) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:51:06 +0100 756495 http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2009/07/17/new-songvideo-announcement-and-call-for-participation/ You, yes YOU are officially invited to be in our new, inspiring, yet lovably goofy nerdcore music video, “Library 101″!!!! Hundreds of librarians, technologists and library lovers are already signed up to be in our next big video and we now need YOU join in as well! And it is EASY to do! More info can be found here, but please read on for more details: Our previous song and video, "hi-fi sci-fi library" was a big hit in Libraryland and beyond in 2008 and now we are at it again. (pssst…you can watch that video below). Getting into this video is actually really easy. Simply take and share a picture of YOU posing with a 0 and a 1! (Tagging it with library101 on flickr will be really helpful). We even have the flickr group linked above where you can put your 101 pictures. So c’mon! Do it and get just a little bit famous! Your family and friends will love finding you pop up in the video (and maybe even your coworkers?)! Put your kids in it! How about the family dog!? And you know grandma loves the library too, riiight? The most interesting your submission the more it will be featured, so get creative! Look for the song and video in October of 2009 (debuting at a special “Connecting Through “Lights, Cameras & Action” session at the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterrey, California). Click on these two pictures to get your own "1" and "0" to print out and use as a prop in the picture of video you send in for the "Library 101" video! Join in the library fun with us!! (Be sure to use the large size!:) Here is the "1": Here is the "0": Finally, here is that link to the song and video that David and I made last year called “hi-fi sci-fi library”. ... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:18:02 +0100 757374 http://blog.nekls.org/index.php/archives/576 I’ve been following the ALA action via twitter (#ALA2009) and Facebook.  Today, danah (Zephoria on twitter) blogged about the perception of hand-held technology at meetings.  How are laptops and phones and nettops being used during meeting and conferences?  It’s an interesting post, but the discussion is very thought provoking. I heard danah speak last year at the Internet Librarian Conference - she is a social media researcher “and Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.” danah boyd’s blog Apophenia - I want my cyborg life (Source: NEKLS Technology Weblog) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:17:25 +0100 755607 http://wlaweb.blogspot.com/2009/07/want-to-catch-up-on-technology-come-to.html Registration is open for WiLSWorld 2009, scheduled in Madison on July 28th-29th at the Pyle Center at UW-Madison, with a great lineup of plenary and breakout speakers. See more information and register here.The opening day keynote is Joan Frye Williams, a successful librarian, consultant, vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator, and user of library services. Since 1996, she has been an independent consultant specializing in innovation, technology, and the service needs and preferences of non-library "civilians." Her many clients include libraries of all types and sizes, library consortia, state library agencies, professional library associations, library boards, library vendors, and architects. Joan is best known as an acute—and sometimes irreverent—observer of emerging library trends, issues, and practices. She is an internationally recognized library futurist and designer of innovative library services.Our second day keynote is Karen Schneider, Community Librarian at Equinox, the support and development company for Evergreen open-source library software. She is a writer and librarian who has published over 100 articles and two books. Schneider's technology writing has been recognized in a variety of venues for being both lively and learned. From 2005 through 2007 she contributed to ALA Techsource. From 1995 to 2001, as the Internet Librarian columnist for American Libraries, Schneider consistently ranked in magazine surveys as AL's most popular author. Schneider is an enthusiastic speaker, presenter, and educator who in 2000 was named by PUBLIB as one of the top ten speakers in librarianship.Other speakers include Andrew Nagy, Senior Discovery Services Engineer for Serials Solution and the Lead Developer of VuFind; Dorothea Salo, Digital Repository Librarian at the UW-Madison; Tasha Saecker, director of Menasha Public Library. (Source: The WLA Blog) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0100 755809 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Mobile_Libraries_Internet_Librarian_2009_Net_Initiatives_For_--- As information professionals, academic librarians must quickly adapt their reference services and library instruction to these new means of informati (Source: pligg - all) Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:00:20 +0100 754319 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/L5_dEvjKLvQ/joseph-janes-to-discuss-future.html "The final installment in the series of ALA President Jim Rettig's ALA Connections Salons will be an online discussion with Joseph Janes, associate professor at the information school of the University of Washington. Janes will be joined by his students at the University of Toronto to discuss the future of ALA, libraries and librarianship. The discussion will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT Friday, June 19. Janes was the founding director of the Internet Public Library and writes the 'Internet Librarian' column for American Libraries magazine. He has co-authored eight books on librarianship, technology and their relationship and is the 2006 recipient of ALA's Isadore Gilbert Mudge award for distinguished contributions to reference librarianship. Janes is also a member of the ALA Committee on Accreditation. Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) Coordinator Tom Peters will begin the hour with an interview with Janes. Following the interview, participants will be free to ask questions and engage with Janes and with one another to discuss other ways ALA can make connections." (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:54:18 +0100 746681 http://mlcnet.org/blog/index.php/archives/496 Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. is happy to offer reduced rates to the Internet Librarian 2009 Conference.  If you register for CIL 2009 through MLNC, you’ll receive the special rate of $279 for the full 3-day conference.  Discounts are also available for the Internet@Schools conference and a combination of both events.  The complete conference schedule including a list of pre-conferences is available at http://www.infotoday.com/il2009/. To receive your discount, you must return your registration with payment directly to MLNC using the form at http://www.mlnc.org/il2009.pdf no later than Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Contact Deb Ehrstein (deb@mlnc.org, 800-969-6562, x816) with questions or for additional information. IMPORTANT NOTE: Payment must be made to Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC), NOT to MLC. (Source: MLC Blog) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:13:01 +0100 746558 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/YvL_KLffW_c/internet-librarian-2009.html Internet Librarian 2009 - October 26-28 2009 - Monterey, California. Full program available"Find Out at I L 2009" from Kaygraphic on Vimeo. (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:02:27 +0100 742515 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/distlib/~3/F0wUkW5FABg/registration-and-program-for-internet-librarian-2009.html The program for Internet Librarian 2009 is now available, as is registration.  The opening keynote is to be given by Vint Cerf!After taking a year (or two?) off, I'll be back this year, presenting a screencasting workshop on Sunday morning.  Dates of the conference (held in Monterey, CA) are October 26-28, with two days of workshops available on the 24th and 25th.  Following my prediction about this being the year of the mobile library, there's a whole track on Tuesday dedicated to Mobile Trends and Practices. (Source: The Distant Librarian) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 742241 http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2009/05/30/get-well-soon-chris/ Before you read this, if it is the first you have heard the news it will come as quite a shock. It was very unexpected and while it isn’t good news by any stretch, things are starting to look a little better than they were last week. Here’s what is happening: Last week, Chris Peters, a very dear friend of Libraryland, employee at techsoup and MaintainIT, author, former Washington State Library and Gates Foundation US Library Program employee and all around good person, very unexpectedly had a stroke at his home in San Francisco. He has been receiving intensive care and observation for almost a week now. Happily, things are starting to look better. In fact, I very unexpectedly just got off the phone with him shortly after getting a text message from him (which had me very nearly squealing with excitement I must confess). His text and call demonstrate that, all things considered, he is functioning very well. It was a such huge relief to hear his voice and have a conversation with him! His parents and his sister are at his side now and he is in good hands. And it even looks like Chris will be up and around enough in the not too distant future to share more info himself and reply to well wishes. In the interim we wanted to let folks know what happened and that he is doing better. It would also be nice if you folks out there in Libraryland would send him good wishes. At this point we don’t have an address to share that you can send cards (or cookies, assorted treats or amazon gift certificates) to. I’ll definitely share that here once we have it. Until then, it would be good to drop him a good wish on his facebook page, in comments here or via an email. If you can view it, his fb profile is here and his email is chrispeters72**at s i g n ** gmail dot com. You might even consider sending @cpetersc a message on Twitter. ... Sun, 31 May 2009 03:07:22 +0100 741325 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/qN16feY1RAc/ I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about something I’m calling “proactive reference.” The way I’m thinking about it, proactive reference is the monitoring of the real-time web (Twitter, Friendfeed, Seesmic, etc) by librarians who answer questions relating to their area or specialty, whether subject or geographically based. Public librarians who answer questions by searching for mentions of their city, county, or library, and Academic libraries who monitor for mentions of their university are two examples, but are many more possibilities. I’m doing a bit of it now, just to see how effective it is at marketing the library’s services and such. Is anyone else out there actively monitoring these communication channels right now? My instinct is that this is going to be a HUGE market in a very short time, and that libraries should dive in fast and get used to it.Similar Posts: Afternoon Adventures With Dungeons & Dragons Library of the Future Joe Janes Keynote, IL2007 Reference as Help Desk Help me build a new library             (Source: Pattern Recognition) Sat, 23 May 2009 03:32:07 +0100 738958 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/zSJQLl6YE70/running-windows-7-on-a-frankenbox.html Dan Giancaterino (Internet Librarian, Jenkins Law Library) reports on his experience installing and running Windows 7 on his Win7 specs-not friendly "Frankenbox" (part Compaq, part Dell desktop with 512 MB of RAM and an old Pentium 3 processor running at... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 738867 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/04/internet_librar_6.html Watch ths video in case you're considering planning for IL 2009 in Monterey. Find Out at I L 2009 "A super enthusiastic, over-the-top promo for the next Internet Librarian. Featuring attendees of IL2008. Brought to you by IL2008 presenters, Kay Gregg and Sean Robinson. Voice Over by Erik Mollberg." Internet Librarian 2009, Oct. 26-28, 2009 SLA and IL are my two favourite conferences and I attend a whole bunch of conferences! Stephen (Source: Stephen) Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 724351 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/04/youtube_surfing.html OK, this is what you get when you surf YouTube in your downtime: The Dewey Decimal Rap Catchy tune . . . You'll be humming it all day. Wooohahahahaha! Blame the rapper, Scooter Hayes, from New Hanover County Public Library. And the scarier thing is that my own YouTube rap, Stephen Abram sings Eminem (NSFW) broke through 2,090 views today. Never, and I say never, do Karaoke around Internet Librarian / Computers in Lbraries folks. They know how to post and take video secretively. Stephen (Source: Stephen's Lighthouse) Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:33:00 +0100 722968 http://www.betabib.org/2009/04/02/computers-in-libraries-2009-del-3/ Tredje och avslutande dagen. Glöden falnar något. Jag är glad att jag inte gör någon post-conference. Efter en natts sömn är jag fortfarande ganska nöjd med gårdagens presentation. Jag har fått fortsatta positiva kommentarer och frågor från folk här på konferensen. Keynote Inledande keynote var Michael Edson från Smithsonian Institution. Han pratade på temat Digital Strategies & Knowledge Commons. Ett väldigt bra anförande om hur begränsad åtkomst är en barriär för innovation. Public domain borde vara regel istället för undantag och biblioteken bör vurma för och veta mer om olika licensmodeller som gpl och cc. Som exempel på hur företag kan tjäna på att bidra till open commons nämndes bl a IBM som genom att bidra har fått tillbaka utveckling som de aldrig kunnat genomföra själva till samma pris. “Free and open seems to beat closed and proprietary” Som exempel på commons nämndes bl a National institution of health, Flickr commons - som har utbyte med Wikimedia commons vilket lett till en högre användning av bilder. Smithsonian deltar i Flickr commons och genom det har en bild som visats 8 gånger på en månad på Smithsonians webbplats visats 2000 gånger via Flickr. Genom att nå ut med sitt data får det större och oväntad användning. Hmmm, låter precis som vad vi behöver göra med vårt katalogdata. Som skinande exempel lyftes MIT Open Courseware fram. Ett initativ som gjort att MIT:s anseende och externa bidrag ökat pga ökad synlighet. CIL 2009 Michael Edson PowerPoint View more presentations from edsonm. Dagens spår var: Search & Search Enginges, New Worlds: Mobile, Virtual & Games, Content Management, Learning och 2.0 Planning & managing. Jag fokuserade på Search & Search Engines spåret. ... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:01:49 +0100 721908 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/7O2Fy2qwFqY/ This is from the proposal. It frames what we’ll be investigating: “I believe that this has been one of the most transformational and viral activities to happen globally to libraries in decades.”   Stephen Abram., Stephen’s Lighthouse, February 5, 2008 The genesis of Learning 2.0 began with an article by library futurist Stephen Abram. “Helene Blowers of PLCMC took the article “Things You (or I) Might Want To Do This Year” by SirsiDynix’s Stephen Abram and distilled it down to 23 things that she wanted her staff to understand through hands-on experience,” Hastings noted in a 2007 Library Journal article. Blowers recognized “that librarians need to know how to participate in the new media mix if libraries are to remain relevant,” In Wired magazine’s online companion, Hanly (2007) reported the plan was to include all staff in learning. “Blowers challenged her 550 staffers to become more web savvy. Using free web tools, she designed the program and gave staff members three months to do 23 things.”  Since 2006, libraries around the world have offered variations of the “23 Things” for their staff based on the all-staff inclusive learning program developed at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenberg County. At last count, program creator Helene Blowers, now Director of Digital Strategy at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, reported in School Library Journal “the program had easily reached more than 500 libraries in 15 countries in just two short years” (2008b). ... Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:03 +0100 720562 http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2009/03/internet-librarian-2009-submit-presentations-now.html The Internet Librarian 2009 Conference (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 718617 http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/03/22/what-will-the-future-of-print-look-like/ I just finished an interesting article in Fortune Magazine(the print version, I might add) about the e-reader technologies for magazines. There are several ventures considering various types of e-readers that would download magazines onto tablets or paper-thin devices. The article raises several questions, with which I concur, such as whether or not readers would want to purchase another separate device just to read magazines.  Seems like it would be a much more reliable business venture to create magazines readable on the Kindle or iPhone. As the article also questions, I wonder if consumers would actually pay for an e-magazine in the first place, when currently you can get so much magazine content online for free, which makes me wonder how periodicals would change their financial paradigm. After reading the article, though I love all things tech, I realized I would really miss magazines that you can touch, hold, and browse through.  E-reading seems so much more purposeful than the way I read magazines.   A page loads one at a time , and its not something you can “flip” through, or tear a page out and post it on your bulletin board, or read by the pool and get the pages wet.  For purposeful journal reading, such a device might work well–but for magazine “browsing” that many readers do, it seems ill-suited. All of which brought to mind a very prescient speech I heard Molly Ivins give at the University of Texas.  She described the real difficulties facing print newspapers and wondered how they could remain financially viable, and the perils for our society if they do not. I think in this economic market we are going to see some real shifts, and we really do need to consider how to support those media that are significant and important to education and our society. The economy may be the tipping point that Malcolm Gladwell writes about that will finally drive changes from print to online. ... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:16:17 +0100 718476 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/279 It is customary at this time each year to write a blog post congratulating the people who have been named as this year’s Library Journal Movers & Shakers. And if you move in the circles I do, it’s also customary to note and link to all the M&S you are friends with or whose blogs you read or who you saw give a presentation once. I’d like to do all of those things, and so I congratulate the winners, with shouts out to Jenica Rogers-Urbanek, whose writing and thinking I’ve admired for years; Jason Griffey; Karen Coombs, who once reassured me that yes, the OPAC did indeed suck; my gracious session presenting partner from Internet Librarian 2008, Sarah Houghton-Jan; Michael Porter; fellow Rad Refista and excellent silkscreener (and apparently pie baker) Lia Friedman; LSW Meebo Room denizen and whacky perl script generator Dave Pattern; Lauren Pressley; Lori Reed; Jamie Markus, who is here at our very own Wyoming State Library and who ran the Get on the Bus program; and Dorothea Salo. Some of these people I’ve met; others I just know from online, and I’m kind of bowled over that I know so many in this great group of people — and I’m particularly pleased that my nomination (with able seconding from Steve Lawson) of Dorothea Salo got her on this year’s list. (I hadn’t quite thought through the implications of the my mythological allusion when I wrote up the nomination, and I fervently hope that neither Dorothea nor open access meet such an end.) Librarianship is a small world, and some days I feel it’s all just a circle of people all boosting each others’ PageRanks and otherwise virtually scratching each others’ backs. That is not necessarily a bad thing — I’ve certainly benefited from it. But I’m also happy to read about the work of Movers & Shakers I don’t know. ... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:00:29 +0100 716511 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomMusingsFromTheDesert/~3/6dk8FKV1Vro/internet-librarian-call-for-speakers.html I know I'm late out of the gate, but you still have ten days to submit a proposal to Internet Librarian for the 2009 conference, "Net Initiatives For Tough Times: Digital Publishing, Preservation & Practices." You know you want to! (Source: Random Musings from the Desert) Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:40:00 +0100 715776 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/distlib/~3/7E1qmbWd1-Q/internet-librarian-2009-call-for-speakers.html Internet Librarian 2009 (October 26-28 in Monterey CA) has just posted its call for speakers.  The deadline is March 27. (Source: The Distant Librarian) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 715169