At CiL there was:
and this:
some of this:
a side of this:
with just a dash of this:
Translation: It’s all about the friends. And Twitter.
Tag: cil2007
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Disconnect
Does anyone else see the disconnect between having a physical message board at Computers in Libraries?
People still leave notes? Really?
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Future of OPAC
Tim Spalding, Librarything:
“The library is the most fun you can have with your pants on.”
“You are not better for being a mall…you can’t leave a mall”
Fun-ability
- Focus on the OPAC, the website and the opac are not seperate things.
- Allow inbound links
- Link outwards: Why wouldn’t you link to commercial service?
- Link Around: ubiquitous hyperlinks..everything is a first level entity. Everything is massively linked, and this is where serendipity comes in.
- Dress up your OPAC (syndetics): someone needs to create a free database of covers
- Get your Data out there: including RSS, but people don’t want YOUR content, peope want THEIR content. How do you tell people what you are reading from your OPAC? OMGWTF: LibraryThing sharing data with OPAC, including tags and recommendations.
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Podcasting with a Purpose
Rachael Clemens, Cal State Fullerton
Focused on NURS 505, a nursing class with 40% of the students as distance ed
Modules developed:
Welcome
What is peer review
and 10 others that I couldnt’ get because she swapped the slide too fast. 🙁
Created PPT? Huh? *shudder*
Tools used: audacity, quicktime pro, sound recorder, digital recorder, Camtasia,digital camcorder, mediasite
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Cool Tools for Webmasters
Yahoo Pipes
Google MyMaps
Yahoo Design Pattern Library
What Is my IP?
The Rasterbator
Web developer/web accessibility toolbar for Firefox
Zamzar
Gliffy
Firefox: Linkify
Firefox: Link Checker
Pixer.us
Trailfire – Web Tours
Myxer
MyBlogLog
CrazyEgg
ManyEyes
Google Webmaster Tools
Open source web design
Gvisit
LastFM
Open Source Federated Search
DBWiz – Simon Frasier University
Keystone ILS – Index Data
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Pimp my Firefox with Jessamyn West
Presentation and handouts available at librarian.net
Firefox is open source, standards, compliant, cross platform
NB: Jessamyn is a great speaker…you can get some from the presentation, but she’s great in person
Demos how to install a Firefox add on: Google Favicon
Adding a keyword to a search field, allowing you to search the form/site from the address bar using only a keyword
Greasemonkey! Does as sorts of fun scripty stuff including removing ads and pressing buttons for you.
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Organization 2.0
Our heirarchical organizations may not survive the web 2.0/library 2.0 shift.
2.0 tech is changing the way we think about when we work, where we work, and how we work
We have become more distributed in our tools, more collaborative, etc…but not in our expectations or work hours.
Organizational change: nothing is more difficult. it is fundamentally about making choices and changes, and both are scary
Org. Structure
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Past structures are not effective in present or future work processes
Younger the staff, the more comfortable they are with tech, collaboration, more uncomfortable with top-down
Small, agile groups move faster than large bureaucracies
Leadership & Followership are Critical Success Factors
85/15 rule: process & Structure problems beat people problem hands down
- Form follows function
- Functions Change quickly
- Form drives behavior
- Reporting relationships create loyalty (who you report to is the most important aspect)
- Collaboration decreases as distance increases (more than 50 feet apart)
Stability signals staleness and death
Clarity dissolves conflict
Authority and power is increasingly associated with the people that know and understand the 2.0 principles
2.0 Leadership
Make the invisible, visible
Make the intangible, tangible
Most of the time, most of the people do what they do best.