Library 2.0

Library of Congress iTunes. Blog. Twitter. YouTube. iTunes. Yeah, we speak Web 2.0. You nation’s Library has millions of stories to tell, so we’re trying to tell them as many places and to as many people as possible–whether on our own website or elsewhere. And now you can add another biggie to the list: iTunes U. For those who don’t know, iTunes U is an area of the iTunes Store offering free education audio and video content from many of the world’s top universities and other institutions. (The iTunes application is needed to access iTunes U, and is a free download from www.apple.com/itunes.) The Library’s iTunes U page launched today with a great deal of content, with much more to come. (Link opens in iTunes.) A nice bonus, for those in the know, is that the content is downloadable and even includes materials such as PDFs. So as long as people keep finding new ways to get information, we’re going to keep finding ways to get it to you! (Source: LISNews.org)

Professor Brian Fitzgerald of QUT Law School has been appointed to the new Government 2.0 Taskforce, announced Monday 22 June 2009. The Terms of Refe (Source: pligg - all)

WebJunction members, partners and staff are gearing up for ALA Annual in Chicago and while the sour economy is dampening travel budgets, there’s still a sweet line up for those attending. And WebJunction will be blogging with conference updates, session highlights and more for those of us who are watching from afar. The events below showcase WebJunction partnerships with many organizations, including CLENE, ARSL, REFORMA, OCLC, and spotlights a multitude of WebJunction members from Emerging Leaders to Movers and Shakers! If you are attending, you’ll want to print out the one-pager posted in our Conferences area or stop by Booth # 3923 if you need more details onsite. If you’re a WJ member presenting at ALA, you’re invited to post your slides here: http://www.webjunction.org/conferences and we’ll help share your resources with those that can’t attend. Saturday, July 11 Creating a Culture of Learning in Your Library Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick Conference Center Rm: 10 a/b How much time does your library spend on “training?” Statistics show that most learning takes place on the job or with a co-worker, yet as trainers we spend an inordinate amount of time preparing for and delivering classroom training. In this CLENE session you will learn why you need to get your staff out of the classroom and instead focus on creating a culture of learning in your library. ...

New Report: Analysis of Student Interest in Library 2.0 Emphasizes Factors for Success and Failure. From an ARL Description: ACRL has released Infor (Source: pligg - all)

There is a new book from colleagues in the School of Education here at Sheffield University: Davies, J. and Merchant, G. (2009) Web 2.0 for Schools: (Source: pligg - all)

For the last few months I have been suffering from a writer's block of sorts that has made it impossible for me to write a blog post of any length or substance. I have done other writing, just no blogging so it is a true blogger's block. This has never happened to me before and I have spent the last few weeks honestly trying to figure out the cause is behind this blockage.It is not a lack of ideas. I have lots of ideas for posts, they come to me at odd moments and usually when I am nowhere near a computer (or even a piece of paper and pen to jot down a quick outline). Lately, however, when I finally sit down to write a post one of three things seems to happen:1. I start writing and suddenly I feel as if it has already been said before. What seemed like a brilliant blog post when I thought of it, now feels like it is just rehashing the same conversations that we have been having on libraryland blogs for the last few years. Is it possible that we have blogged to death the whole Library 2.0 movement? I am pretty sure we have. If we have, what is the next big discussion topic on the horizon?2. I start writing on a timely topic but I don't have time to finish and by the time I go back to polish it off it is no longer relevant or timely. My responsibilities at MPOW have increased greatly since I was promoted to Programming Coordinator, my son is older and involved in activities that require me to be the chauffeur, our older home is undergoing some renovations, and I have begun doing a lot more speaking engagements once more . All of these factors leave me with no time for sustained thinking or writing. I used to blog late at night, but lately my brain is exhausted by that point and when I do write it is mostly gibberish (trust me on this).3. I start writing and feel like I am writing too much about MPOW and all the awesome things we do here. ...

Context Voice is the new name for uberVU's web API, they recently released a new version (1.1) and I've updated my PHP library accordingly and writt (Source: pligg - all)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } No, you may not have a friendly chat with library staff, originally uploaded by sirexkat. Kathryn Greenhill writes: Spearwood Library has been remodelled. They have added a half wall so that staff and patrons cannot make eye contact or see each other. It felt really dehumanizing to stand on one side of the barrier, centimetres from someone in a building built on service and not be able to smile or say hello. This is the first thing users see when they enter the library. I guess it is there to solve some perceived “problem”. Anyone want to have a guess what and how else it could have been solved? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tara Hunt Whuffle Factor`, originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. This book is on my summer reading list – great graphic! (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } visit our faceboo page for specials, originally uploaded by Librarian by Day. Nice thought – What specials could libraries feature on their Facebook pages? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

They set up a transformation team to get to where they wanted to be - Library 2.0. These were mainly staff from "the ranks", not senior managers. The (Source: pligg - all)

Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies at Ohio University "This report discusses Ohio University’s recent experiences in conducting an environmental scan of student behaviors related to emerging and social technologies. The report also details the local research with students as a case study of potential value for other institutions undertaking similar work." (source; ACRL / via ResourceShelf, 23/06/09) (Source: pintiniblog)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mobile Catalog QR tag, originally uploaded by hblowers. Just posted by Helene Blowers. I want to know more about this – and HOW could anyone think of cutting the budget for a state that has so many innovative libraries like CML??? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

Vagabondages signale la présentation suivante: Une bibliothèque de recherche 2.0 en 8 services (Perrine Helly) "En partant d'une liste de services qu'une bibliothèque spécialisée peut proposer à ses usagers chercheurs ou enseignants-chercheurs, cette présentation tente de faire le tour des outils web 2.0 utiles pour la valorisation de l'information scientifique et technique sur le web." View more documents from Perrine Helly. (Source: pintiniblog)

"Les blogues représentent un premier pas vers le Web collaboratif et émergent encore même si l’on parle de la fin de l’ère du blogue. Ils émergent à un autre rythme et sous d’autres formes, notamment avec les collectifs de blogueurs et le micro-blogging à la Twitter. [...]" Lire la suite dans ce billet de BiblioFusion (La bibliothèque comme média : Blogues de la “communauté bibliothèque” au Québec) (Source: pintiniblog)

The problem that I see is a lack of computer access and a lack of people who are knowledgeable enough to get this information across to the students. (Source: pligg - all)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Teen Central, Staff Only, originally uploaded by mstephens7. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

Fin mai avait lieu (à l'université de Poitiers) une conférence intitulée "Wikipedia et les encyclopédies collaboratives : censurer ou former?". Les vidéos des interventions sont disponibles ici. (source: affordance.info, 21/06/09) Voir notamment: <span class="mceItemObject" style="width:320px;height:260px"><span name="movie" value="http://uptv.univ-poitiers.fr/web/data/flvplayer.swf?file=http://chronos.campus.univ-poitiers.fr/flv/wikipedia-fayolle.flv&width=320&height=260&image=http://uptv.univ-poitiers.fr/web/data/vignettes/s069103756.gif&usefullscreen=false" class="mceItemParam"></span><span name="quality" value="high" class="mceItemParam"></span></span> Wikipedia et les encyclopédies collaboratives : censurer ou former ? - Wikipedia : principes, objectifs et perspectives Intervenant(s) : Julien Fayolle. Date de publication : 27/05/2009 Durée : 00h 42min 33s <span class="mceItemObject" style="width:320px;height:260px"><span name="movie" value="http://uptv.univ-poitiers.fr/web/data/flvplayer.swf?file=http://chronos.campus.univ-poitiers.fr/flv/wikipedia-dempure.flv&width=320&height=260&image=http://uptv.univ-poitiers.fr/web/data/vignettes/s064175509. ...

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Kamaria visits Italy, originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. The Libraryloft writes: The loft is taking teens on a Virtual Vacation! Teens learned tips and tricks in using Photoshop and transported themselves to exotic locations. Great idea! Hey libraries – how else are you encouraging teen creativity this summer? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

Bibliobsession 2.0 signale deux expériences d'Opac "enrichis" et de méthodologie dans le billet suivant: Le collaboratif et la médiation se développent dans les catalogues des bibliothèques (Source: pintiniblog)