Library 2.0

I have been playing Yahoo Pipes recently. I have taken the feeds from our library's blogs and podcasts and created a single feed with them: All MVCC Library Feeds. I don't know how many subscribers I'll actually get with this, but it was easy, so I figured it doesn't hurt. If there were a few people who subscribed to several of our feeds, they may want to subscribe to all them in one place. (Source: Everyone's Blog Posts - Library 2.0)

In a long interview on the state of the semantic web, Tim Berners-Lee (if you don’t recognize the name, you should really read this) briefly discussed DataPortability, the ability to move information freely and easily from one site to another: “So, first of all, are they going to let people use the data? I think, the push now, as we’ve seen during the last year, has been unbearable pressure from users to say, ‘Look, I have told you who my friends are. You are the third site I’ve told who my friends are. Now, I’m going to a travel site and now I’m going to a photo site and now I’m going to a t-shirt site. Hello? You guys should all know who my friends are.’ Or, ‘You should all know who my colleagues are. I shouldn’t have to tell you again.’” “So, the users are saying, ‘Give me my data back. That’s my data.’ That was one of the cries originally behind XML, it was a desktop application. Don’t store it in a format which I can’t reuse. So, now it’s, ‘Give it to me using the idea of standards. If you do that, then I can do things with it.’” (around 42 minutes into the interview) Libraries are still playing catch-up in the social data area. We are starting to implement tagging and book recommendations, but we are not all that far along with implementing things. What this quote reminds me is that we should also be keeping an eye towards making it easy to export data out of our systems. Easy to use formats (like xml) and open standards and interfaces should become the norm for libraries. This isn’t suggesting that we open all our data… it is not our place to provide patron reading or personal information. ...

Take note of the “New Feature: Text this to your cellphone” line above. Adam Brin of Tricollege Libraries explained that the “text this to me” feature he built to send location information about items in the library catalog as text messages to a user’s cell phone is being used as many as 60 times a [...] (Source: MaisonBisson.com)

I wonder if most people get that Library 2.0 doesn't just mean that the library bends and moulds itself to the requirements of the users, but also me (Source: pligg - all)

Em jeito de desabafo e com a semana de trabalho a acabar… fica aqui o vídeo da conferência " Academic Library 2.0 - sponsored by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Berkeley Division”. É bom ouvir as experiências de outros, mesmo de longe, conseguem tornar válidas as nossas ideias, as nossas lutas por tornar as bibliotecas mais próximas dos utilizadores recorrendo a novas tecnologias de edição de conteúdos, de produção de informação, de colaboração. Tecnologias que estão disponíveis para utilização nos catálogos on-line (opac), na difusão de informação bibliográfica, no trabalho de bibliotecário de referência, na divulgação da actividade da biblioteca, na consulta aos utilizadores… Enfim, em tantos e tantos domínios que poderíamos ir trabalhando, ousando experimentar, e assim contrariar o síndrome, tão presente nas bibliotecas, de só apresentar o trabalho completo-acabado-perfeitinho!Atenção, vale mesmo a pena tirar uma horita para ver a apresentação de Meredith Farkas (distance Learning Librarian Norwich University). (Source: :: rato de biblioteca ::)

The Australian Library Journal is editing a special issue on web 2.0 and the library and information science profession. The issue is being put together by a couple of folk responsible for the recent Beyond the Hype Symposium in Qld. Guest Editors: Helen Partridge and Clare Thorpe Contact: Helen Partridge Email: h.partridge at qut dot edu dot au IMPORTANT DATES: Full papers due: May 5 2008 Authors receive reviews: May 26 2008 Final papers due: June 30 2008 Anticipated publication: August 2008 The Australian Library Journal has been published since 1951. Published quarterly, it contains a wide coverage of Australian library issues, including research. It is the acknowledged flagship publication of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The journal is available through subscription. ISSUE FOCUS This special issue is seeking papers on any aspect of web 2.0 and the library and information profession. Web 2.0 technology such as wikis, blogs and social networking sites are revolutionizing libraries and the library and information profession. This special issue will provide a forum to identify, share and develop the issues relevant to the role and future of within the ever-changing library industry. Submissions are invited to discuss current web 2.0 technology projects and issues. Papers that critically and objectively explore the role of web 2.0 technology within the library and information profession are especially welcome. Contributors to the special issue may like to consider the following questions to guide the development of their submissions (please note this is not an exhaustive list): How is web 2.0 being used in the many different library and information science contexts? What are the challenges (i.e. ethical, legal, financial) in using web 2.0 within service design and delivery? What skills and knowledge are needed by librarians and information professionals if they are to successfully meet the challenge of using web 2. ...

Laura B. Cohen, bibliotecaria de la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York y autora del blog Library 2.0: An Academic’s Perspective, se jubila el próximo mes de marzo. Como homenaje a su labor en el campo de la Biblioteca 2.0 quería comentar un brevísmo artículo que publicó el pasado verano en American Libraries (August 2007, pp. 47- 49) condensando sus ideas/flotador para que los profesionales de la información y bibliotecarios podamos mantenernos a flote un entorno tan cambiante como el nuestro. En el artículo hace referencia a la Biblioteca 2.0, en particular a cómo las herramientas de la Web 2.0 cambian necesariamente las relaciones entre bibliotecarios y usuarios y afectan a la propia infocultura. También explica las razones por las que se decidió a escribir su conocido Manifiesto del Bibliotecario 2.0: por un lado la preocupación por que las bibliotecas puedan quedarse rezagadas ante tanto cambio y, por otro, la certeza de que este reto abre nuevas oportunidades para los profesionales del ramo. Laura Cohen colgó el Manifiesto en su blog en noviembre de 2006 y declara estar muy orgullosa de los comentarios que ha generado hasta la fecha. Hace unos días, el 5 de febrero, anunció en el propio blog que se jubilaba y el blog ha quedado sin actualizar desde entonces. A pesar de ello, os recomiendo releer el Manifiesto, que considero de gran interés. P.S. Si alguien está interesado en el artículo de American Libraries, puede pedírnoslo a: MadridIRCarrobastate.gov (Source: SEDIC - Blog)

We’re not going to geek out here but we need to talk about: –Documents, –Virtualizing XP, –Restorable/Disposable Computing, –andLinux Read on and discover today’s mystery word. Spolier alert: this is a choose-your-own mystery word adventure. –Documents Here we beg the document engineering question. Do most people need all the features that Microsoft Word offers? Most users think they need to “buy” software to be able to effectively design their documents. This is highly unlikely. We know most patrons do not know about free or open source software. Most people would be fine typing their paper in something as simple as Notepad or a free Word Processor like AbiWord. AbiWord has most of the features you need. If our patrons truly need to do advance document engineering, Word may or may not be the best candidate. As for writing the paper, could we suggest to our users that 2-steps make a better writing process? First: pure, simple, hacking, away at the keyboard to produce their work of literary greatness. In Microsoft Word, there are far too many distractions to take you away from the task of writing. I’m sure you’ve played the Font Game, (Hmmmm, Times New Roman is starting to look dated…What about Verdana? Oh too modern). Possibly you have tweaked and re-tweaked your headers, footers and page numbering too? I usually do this when my forehead starts bleeding from trying to think of that elusive word while re-writing and re-writing and re-writing. Or maybe that’s just me. Next, the intrepid writer can port their new literary work to a piece of software that will allow them to create a document with formal page margins, headers and footers, a cover page, image, sections, and tables. (Most email systems can be thought of as the first step in document creation too. Unless you’re constantly checking your email. ...

Ellen Jennings Ellen Jennings joined Library 2.0. Leave a Comment for Ellen Jennings. (Source: pligg - all)

Timothy shares his library orientation presentation, made on Google Docs with images from Flickr. Meredith asks if any libraries are assessing their use of social technologies. Annoyed Librarian on deprofessionalisation: “Many librarians want to turn libraries into community centers, but there’s one interesting thing about community centers that a lot of excitable librarians haven’t noticed. Community centers don’t need librarians. They don’t need people with “advanced” degrees in libraries or information or whatnot. They just need people to staff the cafes and plan stuff.” Micheal Lorenzen on teaching with Wikipedia. Jessica Hupp lists 25 useful social networking sites for librarians. Lee LeBlanc on online vs offline education: “What I’m tired of is hearing outdated opinions about how horrible all online education is. That’s just not true.” I’ve taken a couple of online courses, and I have to say I found them hard - I sometimes had problems hearing the lecturer or my classmates; we often spent time dealing with the technology instead of communicating; and the lack of visual cues made class discussion harder (face to face, you can see if someone wants to talk, and speak up if no-one does. Online we often sat politely in silence wondering if someone was going to speak). And yet: I enjoyed both courses more than most others I’ve taken, and I got my best grades in these courses. A product of the content/the lecturer? I don’t know. I still feel as though the online courses weren’t as good as the face-to-face, but my performance suggests that they may have been. (Source: VALIS)

March 11 - Rapid City Public Library, Rapid City, SD, Social Web Workshops 12 - South Dakota Library Association Spring Forum, Rapid City, SD, Keynote (Social Web) and closing (Observations from the day) 14 - South Dakota Library Association Spring Forum, Brookings, SD, Keynote (Social Web) and closing (Observations from the day) 19 - Library Camp Kansas, Manhattan, KS 20 - University of Nebraska Council of Libraries (UNCL) Staff Development Day, Lincoln, NE, Social Networking & Library 2.0 April 6 - Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, Gaming Preconference (attending) 7 - Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, Moderator for Track A 8 - Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, C202: Libraries a-Twitter & del.icio.us 9 - Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, eBooks & eInk Cybertour 10 - Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, RSS Postconference 17 - Nebraska Library Commission, Lincoln, NE, Get Your Game On! The How and Why of running a gaming tournament in your library 24 & 25 - 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (attending), Peter Kiewit Institute, University of Nebraska Omaha 25 - Lincoln City Libraries Staff Day (unconfirmed), Lincoln, NE, Library Signage May 7 - Prarie Area Library System (PALS) Day, Starved Rock State Park, Il, Reference 2008 20-23 - NLC Workshops, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE, Topics TBA 28 - NLC Workshop, Lincoln, NE, XHTML 29 - NLC Workshop, Lincoln, NE, CSS Map via Dopplr (Source: Travelin' Librarian)

Well it was an interesting day. I discovered how little I know about TexShare and and TexSelect. Maureen Sullivan - our Facilitator has done a wonderful job keeping us on track and trying to understand the complexity of this group.  When I say complexity everyone that is here except the schools have access to all of TexShare options.  In my groups the others have been surprised at the limited access schools have. When we talk about the basic TexShare package for Schools we need to clarify that it is the “Ebsco basic TexShare” package. Until the Statute changes School access to Texshare will be limited.  That also goes along with LOT(Library of Texas). So what would be our possibility of either getting the Legislature to change the statute - allowing TexShare to manage its own membership options. Along those same lines how do we go about getting the “rules” for LOT changes to include schools?  Or the possibility of a pilot for LOT for schools?  Z39.50 access to school library catalog databases.  Which might move us away from Auto-Graphics, again making access to MARC records to ALL schools with limited cost if we can get our IT people to open certain ports and get our Z39.50 servers operational. Our meetings are supposed to be like a thinktank more than an action oriented meeting.  Maybe though we now have some possible talking points - all of which at this point don’t cost massive amounts of money. Speaking of money - so when the City population is counted - our students are counted - so when we are paying for “School” databases are we paying for those “constituents” being charged twice for the same content?  hmmm… Good news 6866 schools are signed up for our “FREE” databases! info for LOT - http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lot/ Thoughts??? - David… (Source: TASLA Blog)

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Sydney Dinner with Michael Stephens Originally uploaded by andrewandlisa2153 Thanks everyone for a great first day of presentations. I really enjoyed talking with the attendees in the morning session and the staff of Macquarie University Library in the afternoon. I caught a nasty bug on the plane that has taken a bit of wind out of my sails, but I’m feeling better now. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

via Des Bibilotheques 2.0 (i'm so glad I can read french)a fantastic library website, that includes:visual searchRSS feed for new items, Meebo chatTop5 databases (great idea!)blogsand so much more...Bright, colorful and intuitive.so cool.Chapeau La Mediathèque ESC Lille!cheaters can view the english version of the site heretechnorati tags:library-20, library2.0, library 2.0, libraries, policies, customers (Source: rambleonsylvie)

This week’s 4cast: 1.  It Ain’t Your Grandma’s Library. Libraries are offering more and more services inside and outside of their walls, allowing them to better serve their communities in creative and practical ways. Public Transportation Meets Public Library (LAist) Theater and Library Plan Playreading Activities Together (LISNews) Edibles Between the Stacks a Grand Success (Payson Roundup) Westport Country Playhouse and Westport Public Library Host PlayClub (NorwalkPlus) 2.  Does Being a Librarian Still Mean What It Used To? Across the globe, the library profession seems to be undergoing harsh scrutiny from administration, raising the question of whether or not today’s librarians perform work that is less complex than their predecessors. Librarians Demoted (Wausau Daily Herald) Demoting Librarians (Annoyed Librarian) Library Locking Out Workers; All Branches to Close (Times Colonist) Libraries Body Cuts 100 Jobs (The Bookseller.com) 3.  Libraries Do It For Free. And have for generations.  ‘Nuff said. Libraries Are FREE (Stephen’s Lighthouse) Libraries Are FREE 2 (Stephen’s Lighthouse) “FREE LOVE” (TrendWatching.com) Free! Why $0.00 Is The Future Of Business (WIRED) 4.  2.0 PR Materials for Libraries. WOW your users with Webware.com.  It’s a great source for adding spice to your presentation, graphics and web pages.  Here are some recent posts (which are also available by RSS) that will make your PR materials stand out.  Webware also reviews new software, offers new widgets to make you more productive, and writes about technology trends that could be requested by your customers. Make Your Own Flash Presentations with Flypaper and GoldMail Toonlet: Yet Another (Good) Comic Strip Builder Netdisaster Adds Led Zeppelin and Acid Urine to Any Web Site FotoFlexer Now Offering Pro Service, Free to Users (Source: The OPLIN 4cast)

Bon, je vais encore leur faire de la pub ; mais c’est plus que mérité : Allez voir le site de l’ESC Lille !! Pas d’OPAC : mais l’intégration d’AquaBrowser dans le site web Poser vos questions par chat via Meebo Des univers Netvibes à tire larigo Les bib’ présentées sous forme d’avatars et connectées à MyZiki La promotion/formation de l’utilisation de RSS comme médiation à l’info Impressionant ! Chapeau les filles ! Et donc creusons : Comment elles ont fait ? 1. Y’a de l’argent ? Sans doute. Mais très honnetement, le chat via Meebo, les univers Netvibes : chacun d’entre nous peut le mettre en place rapidos - mais … 2. Y’a une révolution de la culture professionnelle ! — Pourquoi on fait pas de chat Meebo, nous ? Parce que y’a personne pour y répondre !! Parce que y’a personne pour chatter ! — Pourquoi on n’a pas d’univers netvibes par département ? Parce que, à part un ou deux geeks par bibliothèque : tout le monde s’en fout et n’y comprend goutte ! Alors le miracle de l’ESC Lille : c’est d’avoir réussi à changer les mentalités ou à recruter des vrais, purs, durs : bibliothécaires 2.0 Et quand je pense qu’il y en a qui vont aller y faire leur stage : je suis jaloux ! (Source: Des Bibliothèques 2.0)

Kristin Kristin joined Library 2.0. Leave a Comment for Kristin. (Source: pligg - all)

Nicole Engard on Brewster (Internet Archive) Kahle’s speech at Code4Lib. Kyle at TameTheWeb on putting virtual reference in the user’s pocket (via cellphone): also a guest post by a librarian, Joe Murphy, who has done just that. I’m still not convinced of the value of 160-character reference transactions, but for short simple questions there’s clearly a role for SMS (me, I need more than 160 characters just to say hello). Dorothea Salo on (among other things) why writing works better for her onscreen. Connie Crosby on whether wikis belong in law firms. Freakonomics on whether social networking is good for society. There’s an interesting suggestion that people might form more homogeneous friendships if they form them online, “cut[ting] themselves off from serendipitous encounters with those who are superficially different from them, ethnically, socio-economically, and even in terms of musical taste.” If anything, I’ve found the opposite: I’ve met people online who I could not (or would not) have become friends with in real life. Infonatives on ten brainless things an online academic library can do. Chris Wilson at Slate points out that most edits on social-media sites are actually performed by a small percentage of users. Yep. While it’s true that a large percentage of those who go online have participated in the read/write web, most of them haven’t done so to any large degree, in spite of the rhetoric. (Source: VALIS)

Phil Bradley recently posted a list of Library 2.0/Web 2.0 books. There are a lot. I’ve recently read several of them,  and I’ve been left wanting more. Not because the writing was bad or the content was bad or wrong or anything like that, but because none of them really told me much that I don’t already know. Sure, I picked up a few things, but overall I’ve read four books that basically told me the same things (blogs, wikis, RSS, podcasts, gaming) in slightly different words, with slightly different emphasis. Again, I want to stress that it’s not that the content was poor; more that I felt I knew 80-90% of it, and so would anyone who reads the same sort of blogs as I do. Clearly, then, the books are targeted at a different audience, one more comfortable offline, but (presumably) interested enough in learning about new technologies to read a book about them. A target audience of outsiders, not insiders. So that’s my problem: I’d really like to read a book that was written for people who already have some basic knowledge, who don’t need to read a two-page explanation of what a blog is*.  Does anyone have any suggestions? The books I’ve read would all make useful reading for your non-blog-reading colleagues/managers. I’m thinking they’d be good to pass to a busy manager, to give them a brief idea of what you’re talking about when you discuss these technologies. The books:   Phil Bradley: How to use Web 2.0 in Your Library Meredith Farkas: Social Software in Libraries Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk: Library 2.0 Susan Gibbons: The Academic Library and the Net Gen Student The first three do a good job of summarising the state of play in the sort of subjects that the authors write about on their blogs. I found the third gave an interesting and clear summary of the authors’ model of Library 2. ...