Five weeks to a social library
Meredith Farkas' first update on her Five Weeks to a Social Library project was posted today. I'm fascinated by this project because it has that "do it yourself" notion that made Helene Blower's Learning 2.0 program so successful - will this one have the same spirit of wonder and accomplishment? Looks that way! Sounds like everyone really got into the blogging topic - I look forward to hearing more.
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It's all good - February 19, 2007 Author: Chrystie
More on Five weeks...
If you all haven't taken a look at the course material that has sprung up during the Five Weeks to a Social Library course, you should do that now. They're in the last week of the course now. The instructors, all amazing contributors to the library world, are: Meredith Farkas, Michelle Boule, Karen Coombs, Amanda Etches-Johnson, Ellyssa Kroski, and Dorothea Salo.
Their hope is that others can replicate this course, using the free materials, in their own libraries or organizations. Teach it at your library!
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LibrarianInBlack - March 14, 2007 Author: Sarah Houghton-Jan
Five weeks To A Social Library Presentation: flickr
Well now we’ve gone and done it. No more hiding the silly presentation jokes from the general public any longer. You see, Steve Lawson and I just finished our flickr presentation that was our contribution to the Five Weeks To A Social Library series that is in full swing right now. Even though we just gave our presentation this afternoon, you can already listen to it and view the entire archived presentation here. Wow! That was fast! Thanks Tom Peters! (Be warned that the video/slides will not work if you use Firefox, just IE.)
Thanks very much to all the organizers and also to everyone that attended. Steve ...
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Libraryman - March 8, 2007 Author: Libraryman Tags: Internet flickr 2.0 Presentations
The week that was.........
Here are the top 3 links I should have discussed over the last week. Coming in at the top:-1. Tagging: LibraryThing and Amazon. If you like tagging then you'll love this article by librarything owner Tim Spalding. 2. I loved the story of the patron in Alaska arrested and his laptop confiscated for using the libraries wi-fi after hours. Whats that about?3. About Five Weeks to a Social Library over on Meredith Farkas blog. This looks wicked, but I've just had no time to do it with a term paper to do.
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librarytwopointzero - February 28, 2007 Author: library2.0
Return to Reference
I was reminded today by an email from Meredith Farkas herself that the Five Weeks to a Social Library course is coming up quickly!! Soon I'll be trained in how to use OPAL for a live webcast. I'm wanting to use both PowerPoint and some co-browsing in my presentation, so that I can actually show how to create a wiki in real-time. For more information on Five Weeks..., see the course wiki.It also seems that some interesting developments may be in the works at the UNT-L regarding podcasting... stay posted for more details.This afternoon started out with a number of email reference questions that had to be dealt with immedi...
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geeky artist librarian - January 10, 2007 Author: Starrlett
Readings on Wikis
Daniel Figaro asked a great question his comment on a previous post.
“I am new to medical libraries but would like to read more about wikis. I listen in on CANMEDLIB and MEDLIB but have not seen any articles recently that cover topic. Any suggestions?”
I’m interested in Wikis but far from expert, so I put that very question to a librarian who is an expert, Meredith Farkas.
Says Meredith:
“Here are a few reading lists I’ve created in the past on the subject:
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=More_Readings
http://techessence.info/socialsoftware/wiki
and here is a wiki list that Karen Coo...
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davidrothman.net - January 11, 2007 Author: David Rothman Tags: Technology Wikis
IL2007, Day 2: Helene Blowers and Meredith farkas talk about learning
Meredith Farkas - building a foundation with Five Weeks to a social library
issue - lots of people don’t have access to continuing education programs
hands-on learning is important
online courses can be run cheaply
talked about Five Weeks to a Social Library: had 40 participants, all kinds of libraries
tools used:
drupal - it allows multiple blogs, all in the same place, and static content, too
blip.tv
opal
lessons:
playing with technology is essential to learning technology
reflective learning makes ideas stick
learning from peers can be more important than learning from a sage on the stage
online learning can ...
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David Lee King - November 1, 2007 Author: davidleeking Tags: Library 2.0
Meredith farkas is NOT the Annoyed Librarian
There's been some speculation in the comments of this blog, her blog, and even at some blogger dinners that Meredith Farkas writes the Annoyed Librarian. I want to state emphatically that this isn't the case. Meredith Farkas has no connection to the Annoyed Librarian, and that should be obvious to anyone who reads both of our blogs.Just because Meredith has taken up the AL's cause in the war over blogger anonymity or because the AL came in #1 on her library blog survey (even though no one actually voted for the AL) doesn't mean that she writes this blog.Just consider the stylistic differences between our blogs. I write unu...
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Annoyed Librarian - November 9, 2007 Author: AL
Intermediate/Advanced LibWorm-Fu (Power Searching)
We’ll start with the radio buttons, then move on to search operators that LibWorm understands.
RADIO BUTTONS
There are three radio buttons beneath LibWorm’s search field, any words, all words, and exact phrase.
any words
By default, any words is selected when you first load the main page of LibWorm in your web browser. Having this radio button selected tells LibWorm that your search results must contain at least one of the words you’re searching for. With the search below, you’re telling LibWorm you’d like to see results that contain either OPAC or sucks.
all words
The all words radio butto...
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davidrothman.net - February 15, 2007 Author: David Rothman Tags: Technology Search How to LibWorm
Application Deadline: Five weeks to a Social Library
I just wanted to remind folks that December 1 is the deadline for applications to participate in the Five Weeks to a Social Library course. You can find the application instructions here.
We have gotten an incredible number of applications for the course from people all over the world — from all different types of libraries and points in their career (from students to library directors). I wish we could accept everyone who wants to take part, but there are only 40 slots for the course. If you don’t get accepted into the program, you still can participate in the course on your own. Please consider starting your ...
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Information Wants To Be Free - November 29, 2006 Author: Meredith Farkas Tags: social software free the information! online education
OPLIN 4cast #45
This week’s 4cast:
1. Get On Out There & Socialize
Five Weeks to a Social Library describes itself as “the first free, grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries.” They’re currently in week four, but Meredith Farkas (the Chairperson) has been keeping track of the highlights on her blog, Information Wants To Be Free. Meanwhile, Robert Doyle (Illinois Library Association) recently gave an interview discussing the negative atmosphere surrounding social networks, especially in the eyes of some legislators.
Highlight...
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The OPLIN 4cast - March 6, 2007 Author: OPLIN Managing Editor Tags: social network websites DRM Library 2.0 mashups Yahoo! Pipes open source
Five Blogger Heroes
Walt Crawford started this discussion about a blogger heroes meme. Dorothea Salo took up the gauntlet and gave us her list. Which bloggers are my heroes??? Read on and see. I choose these five bloggers because they all had some type of impact on my choice to return to school or my decision to blog (and to keep blogging). It is tough to pick just five because there are so many others that I admire in addition to these.
Joy Weese Moll from Wanderings of a Student Librarian - I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Joy’s experiences in library school. This blog helped inspire me to bite the bullet and actually go to libr...
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Life as I Know It - April 6, 2007 Author: Jennifer Tags: blogging
'Wired' on Learning 2.0
Wired has a nice writeup today on the Learning 2.0 project developed by Helene Blowers at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County...
Recognizing that librarians need to know how to participate in the new media mix if libraries are to remain relevant, 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.
They created blogs and podcasts, tried out Flickr, set up RSS feeds, learned about wikis, uploaded video to YouTube, played with image generators and Rollyo, and explored Technorati, tagging and folkson...
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Library Laws - Library Laws... are meant to be broken - March 29, 2007 Author: Tom Boone Tags: Library 2.0 Web 2.0
Making connections
As a first time IL attendee, the conference experience for me has been all about making connections. And that has happened in more ways than one. Yes, there are the mental connections - I’ve had the opportunity to meet with librarians in the U.S. and Canada who are trying out social networking tools and they’re talking about the huge impact these tools are having on their communities. But there are also the personal connections. Meeting these librarians and hearing about the work their doing is inspiring! The other thing is that IL is big enough to have really great speakers and leaders in the profession but small enou...
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BlogJunction - October 31, 2007 Author: Zola Tags: Conferences IL2007
Proposing an online course for NASIG
Last week, Valerie Bross, co-chair of this year’s NASIG Continuing Education Committee (CEC), asked for proposals for CEC funding for the coming year. I decided to submit a proposal for creating a pilot online course focusing on best practices and case studies for e-resources management. I don’t know yet if it will be accepted or if it will emerge with a different focus, but I am excited about the possibility of helping to provide an excellent, inexpensive, dynamic, topically relevant online course for the benefit of NASIG.
The landscape for developing an online course has changed quite dr...
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Family Man Librarian - September 25, 2007 Author: Steve Tags: family man librarian
Why You Should Fall to Your Knees and Worship a Five-Weeks Librarian
Hey you! . . . Yeah, you!
I’m going to tell you what I think you should do right now. Then I’m going to tell you why you should do it.
What you should do:
Find the email address of one of the following librarians:
Dorothea Salo
Meredith Farkas
Amanda Etches-Johnson
Elyssa Kroski
Michelle Boule
Karen Coombs
Tom Peters
Heather Yager
and drop an Amazon or other convenient gift certificate their way.
Why Should You Do It?
Especially if you are a techie librarian, they did you a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig favor at great expense to themselves and for no pay. I’m not going to rah-rah about how important social ...
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The Other Librarian - March 22, 2007 Author: Ryan Deschamps Tags: library2 slowlibrary lookbacks Library School conferences Community Development Networking Professional Development GTD
Stars Are Stars
Walt Crawford had a foggy notion, Steve Lawson egged him on, and Dorothea Salo kicked it into gear. Now I’m going to ride with it: my five biblioblogger heroes.
Karen G. Schneider — I am very vocal about my undying affection and admiration for Karen. She’s the writer I most frequently have in my head when I’m writing, hoping that someday I can be somewhere close to as witty and wise as she always is. On her own blog, in comments on other blogs, in magazine pieces, and on the email lists I’ve been on with her, I am always laughing out loud and nodding my head when I read what she’s writte...
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the goblin in the library - April 6, 2007 Author: josh Tags: general library community
Top Technology Trends: New Experts!
While this might be old news for some, I’m thrilled to welcome the following new experts to the Top Technology Trends’ panel:
John Blyberg
Karen Coombs
Meredith Farkas
Jeremy Frumkin
They join continuing panelists:
Marshall Breeding
Sarah Houghton-Jan
Clifford Lynch
Eric Lease Morgan
Andrew Pace
Karen G. Schneider
Roy Tennant
This information will be updated on the LITA web site soon.
John Blyberg:
John Blyberg is the Head of Technology and Digital Initiatives at the Darien Public Library in Darien, CT. Previously, John worked as the Systems Administrator and Lead Developer at the Ann Arbor District Librar...
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LITA Blog - June 11, 2007 Author: Jennifer Ward Tags: Top Technology Trends
My CIL Impressions
I’m going to try and say alot of things over the next week or so, but I thought I’d summarize some key thoughts for now.
Meh. It was a conference. It was a good conference even. But sitting through the good and average in terms of presentations, I realize that I want conversations that matter more and more. I think I want to hear more of and about the unconference world, because I think libraries need that much, much more — especially where Library 2.0 stuff is concerned.
Nothing really changed my thinking in any significant way. This is a bit of a shame, because I’m always on the ...
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The Other Librarian - April 21, 2007 Author: Ryan Deschamps Tags: conferences Professional Development rants technology
This blog could be your life
Our band could be your life (real names’ll be proof)
-The Minutemen, “History Lesson Part II“
In his comment on Meredith Farkas’ post “A model for the future of online learning“, about the Five Weeks to a Social Library experience, Joshua Neff wrote, “You guys are seriously punk rock.”
Which might sound like a funny thing to say about an online learning course for librarians. But he’s right: Five Weeks had the DIY spirit and work ethic, the “here’s three chords, now form a band” approach to education, and a very blurry line between “performer&...
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See Also... a library weblog by Steve Lawson - April 6, 2007 Author: Steve Lawson Tags: Blogs and blogging
Michelle Boule is an emerging leader!
Michelle Boule by Etches-Johnson
I want to wish a hearty congratulations to my good friend (and “wing man”) Michelle Boule, for being chosen by LITA to represent them in the ALA Emerging Leaders program. There are few people in this profession with such passion and enthusiasm as Michelle, and she is someone who is really willing [...]
Michelle Boule by Etches-Johnson
I want to wish a hearty congratulations to my good friend (and “wing man”) Michelle Boule, for being chosen by LITA to represent them in the ALA Emerging Leaders program. There are few people in this profession with such passion and ent...
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Information Wants To Be Free - November 3, 2006 Author: Meredith Farkas
Meredith farkas Has Gone Too Far!
Just when I thought we'd settled once and for all that Meredith Farkas isn't the Annoyed Librarian, she has to go and write like an annoyed librarian. She's complaining about the ALA again, this time about how damned expensive it is and how the conferences cost a bundle and don't do anything worthwhile and asking why we can't have "virtual" participation and stuff like that. Ahh, these kids today. You can read the whole post, but here's the concluding paragraph:"So my generation is alternatively skeptical of what the ALA can offer us and passionate about working to improve the profession. If participation continues to mean...
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Annoyed Librarian - November 14, 2007 Author: AL
Carnival of the Infosciences #66
Ladies and jellybeans! Alligators and crocodiles! Friends, robots, cybrarians, lend me a fiver ’til next payday! And get out your tickets for the latest edition of the Carnival of the Infosciences!
Submitted for your approval:
Abigail Bordeaux sends in her reaction to a WWII-era article on “Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees” in a post entitled “Oh Really?”
In “Citizen Preservation, a vision for the future,” James Brunskill offers a “discussion of the idea of bringing web2.0 to the world of digital preservation.”
Connie Crosby points us to a post by Michael...
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the goblin in the library - March 5, 2007 Author: josh Tags: carnival of the infosciences
Kudos and apologies: One more Friday p.m. post
I don’t believe I’ve posted anything about Five Weeks to a Social Library. Not that I’ve been involved in this remarkable exercise, other than commenting on a couple of blog entries and following the set of blogs and the retrospective posts on the blogs of the founders, but…
I suppose “this remarkable exercise” is a giveaway: Congratulations are in order to Meredith Farkas, Michelle Boule, Karen Coombs, Amanda Etches-Johnson, Ellyssa Kroski, and Dorothea Salo. And, to be sure, Tom Peters and Heather Yager. The first group conceived something audacious, planned it, and made it work–...
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Walt at Random - March 23, 2007 Author: walt Tags: Writing and blogging Cites & Insights
The Worst Part of Distance Education
Ever since Five Weeks to a Social Library took place, I have been seriously thinking about what it could mean for distance education. Obviously, I’m extremely interested in the current state of online education - and why it just doesn’t seem to be ready for prime time yet. I will admit that my experiences in a distance program over this past spring semester really highlighted the problems and issues that can make online classes so frustrating. Adding to this were some thought provoking blog posts from a couple of people involved in creating the Five Weeks experience - Meredith Farkas’ Two Models for the F...
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Life as I Know It - July 13, 2007 Author: Jennifer Tags: online education distance education
IL2007, Day 2: Promoting Play Through Online Discovery: Lego Building
Meredith Farkas:
issue - lots of people don’t have access to continuing education programs
hands-on learning is important
online courses can be run cheaply
talked about Five Weeks to a Social Library:
had 40 participants, all kinds of libraries
tools used:
drupal - it allows multiple blogs, all in the same place, and static content, too
blip.tv
opal
lessons:
playing with technology is essential to learning technology
reflective learning makes ideas stick
learning from peers can be more important than learning from a sage on the stage
online learning can be developed on the cheap
Helene Blowers:
Lego Building: L...
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David Lee King - October 30, 2007 Author: davidleeking Tags: Library 2.0 Tech Training Web 2.0
4Cast #87: Library 2.0, LTR, Social Media, Gaming
This week’s 4cast:
Co-Opting Library 2.0
Technology brings challenges, of course, but how much 2.0 does a library really need? Are important issues being ignored for the sake of all that is L2-centric?
Library 2.0 Debased (Blyberg.net)
The Essence of Library 2.0? (Information Wants to be Free)
Has Elvis Left the Building? (David Lee King)
Are Librarians Culturally Self-Aware? (Loose Cannon Librarian)
Library Technology Reports
Meredith Farkas of Information Wants to be Free, shares some hand-picked ALA Library Technology Reports and two projects of note:
Changing the Way We Work (ALA...
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The OPLIN 4cast - January 29, 2008 Author: editor Tags: Second Life library funding trends librarianship web services Ning Facebook Library 2.0 games blogs Web 2.0 social network websites Flickr 4cast
code4you?
In Value in the online world, Meredith Farkas mentions the need for a conference “that sort of fits into the big space between something like Internet Librarian and something like Code4Lib.” She goes on:
We need a conference for librarians who are tech-savvy enough where most of Internet Librarian is a review, but who would feel totally over their head at a Code4Lib. There are a lot of us who fit into that category. We also need online conferences. We aren’t all in the position of being able to travel all over the country several times a year, so it makes sense to develop online alternatives. And technolo...
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See Also... a library weblog by Steve Lawson - July 13, 2008 Author: Steve Lawson Tags: Conferences code4lib internetlibrarian meredithfarkas
Making Our Careers Happen
Meredith Farkas has a great post on Making things happen!, talking about Five Weeks to a Social Library and other projects.The NEWLIB-L list also had a little flurry of discussion recently about library internships, and a couple of people mentioned their success in simply approaching libraries at which they were interested in interning. (This, of course, often works better at smaller, less bureaucratic institutions -- and when a prospective intern has a very specific picture of what they can offer an organization, what projects they could work on, and what they want to accomplish.)This is a profession in which we do have t...
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The Liminal Librarian - February 22, 2007 Author: Rachel
Notes From The Campaign Trail - Part Two
Editor’s Note: Here is the second post in a series from Scott Walter, ex-ACRLog blog team member, in which he shares his learning experiences as a candidate for ACRL office.
Access to high-quality continuing professional education has come through in every study of the Association as a key member benefit, and it is something that ACRL does very well.
Turns out, there’s a problem. It costs a lot.
At meeting after meeting, this is what I heard: I love ACRL continuing education programs, the content is excellent, the speakers are expert, but, golly, I only have so much money for professional development, and couldn’...
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ACRLog - May 18, 2007 Author: StevenB Tags: Professional Development Just Thinking walter professional_development acrl
