IL2006 Day 2: RSS & JavaScript Cookbook: Rip, Mix, and Burn

Paul Pival and Meredith Farkashttp://paulandmeredith.pbwiki.com - their presentation
What’s wrong with traditional subject pages?

not often updated
not easy to add content if you don’t know html
no academic field is static, so perhaps a static web page isn’t the best tool for a subject guide

Dynamic content:

lives elsewhere, but is pulled onto the page
updated as content is updated elsewhere

JavaScript:

used [...]

IL2006 Day 2: MySpace and Facebook

Aaron Schmidt - MySpace Invaders
Teens like what I’d consider to be ugly, gaudy pages.
Teens know the bad stuff on MySpace….
Libraries…

Hold a MySpace Tips and Tricks class
Class for Parents
Historic figure/book character project - nwhat song would they like, who would they friend, etc
MySpace bulletins - effective event invitation

Your library myspace:

be authentic
give up control (let teens [...]

IL2006 Day 1: Perfuming a Skunk, or there’s More than One Way to Skin an Online Catalog

Nanette… Champaign Public Library
First step: user survey on the website

what do you currently use
What types of enhancements would they like to see?
etc

Results? most came to use the online catalog, many ONLY came to use catalog - and many thought it was clunky.
Goal setting:

integrate online catalog into website
focus on ease of use

planning:

study what other libraries have [...]

IL2006 Day 1: Synergy for Better Services: IT and Library Cultures

Kathryn Deiss - Content Strategist, ACRLMatt Gullett, Technology Education Librarian, PLCMC
New technologies are changing possibilities and roles for both IT and library cultures and for library customers.
The players/actors: IT, Librarians, Customers…
Gave some definitions of organizational culture
Discussed definition of “we” - sometimes it’s IT, sometimes it’s MLS holders. It needs to be both!
Historic common ground - [...]

IL2006 Day 1: Creating Synergy between your Website and Catalog

Glenn Peterson, Hennepin County Library
OPAC Developments 2006:

ILS Customer Bill of Rights - blyberg.net
patREST - Blyberg developed this
NCSU/Endeca catalog
NGC4LIB - new listserv discussing next-gen catalogs
Catalog search everywhere! Amazon, Google, MySpace

Glenn mentioned these trends:

Go to userscripts.org - amazon and B&N scripts… add it to firefox
Personalized Google pages… include live search to catalog, Library news..
Myspace library search right [...]

IL2006 Day 1: Technology Competencies: a path to training

Sarah Houghton-Jan - Librarian in Black spoke about technology competencies (and she’s writing a book on this. Cool).
Tech competencies are a list of things staff need to know…
How will competencies help?

job descriptions
evaluations
reveals training needs
addresses feelings of inequity
help staff adjust and handle change

Create a purpose statement. Why are you doing this?

this will help guide planning
explains process [...]

IL2006 Day 1: Public Library 2.0: Emerging Technologies and Changing Roles

This is the lead-off to the Public Libraries’ Futures track.
Jenny Levine gave a “where we are” with library 2.0. She pointed out that in this year’s IL2006 program, the “new things” like podcasting, RSS, social software, etc are appearing in many of the sessions.
Michael Stephens spoke next - he gave an example of how you [...]

IL2006 Day 1: Grabbing Attention: Keeping Pace with Readers & Technology

Keynote speaker - J. A. Jance, an author of mystery books!

She talked about her life and why she started writing books
She’s terribly bitter about her first husband…
Her first PC was a dual-floppy Eagle…
She gets immediate feedback from her readers because of the web
In her book, The Edge of Evil, the main character starts a [...]

For a Future Videoblog Presentation

Some videos I’ll be showing as examples in a couple of upcoming videoblog presentations:
David Lee King - Sidewalk Art
Steve Garfield - I Can’t Open It: Progresso Soup
Michael Verdi - Experiment 2
One in the Hand - Speed Dialing/Shortcut Keys
Unirunner - Double Kick Consistency
Orlando Public Library - Anything Goes (poetry readings)
Kenton County Public Library - Student Help

Library Appears in This Is Broken

I subscribe to the This Is Broken blog, which focuses on customer experience. It usually reports examples of bad customer experiences, and makes a comment or two about the experience. Sorta interesting.
Anyway, Denver Public Library appeared! According to the post: “I received an email from the Denver Public Library notifying me that a book was [...]

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