Library Camp Kansas 2008: 2.0 Session
what is 2.0?
1.0 - one way street, static page2.0 - back and forth, interaction
this conference is a good example - it’s all about us, vs 1.0 conference that’s focused elsewhere
how does 2.0 work in an academic library?
ex - comment cards from users, blog posts are the comments and the library’s response to the comment - [...]
Library Camp Kansas 2008, session 1: Marketing and Outreach
tag - libcampks08
Potential Questions to Discuss:
- what do you want to talk about? Find out about? Discuss?- what are the biggest challenges facing your team/institution?- staff buy-in - getting folks to market “in the trenches” with patrons/users- what are your biggest assets?- what do you wish you had time/money/energy resources to do?- range of different [...]
Library Camp Kansas 2008: 2.0 Session
what is 2.0?
1.0 - one way street, static page2.0 - back and forth, interaction
this conference is a good example - it’s all about us, vs 1.0 conference that’s focused elsewhere
how does 2.0 work in an academic library?
ex - comment cards from users, blog posts are the comments and the library’s response to the comment - [...]
Library Camp Kansas 2008, session 1: Marketing and Outreach
tag - libcampks08
Potential Questions to Discuss:
- what do you want to talk about? Find out about? Discuss?- what are the biggest challenges facing your team/institution?- staff buy-in - getting folks to market “in the trenches” with patrons/users- what are your biggest assets?- what do you wish you had time/money/energy resources to do?- range of different [...]
I’m a Mover and Shaker!
I was just named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for 2008 - how cool is that!??! For those that are interested, here are some links to the Movers & Shakers lists:
My write-up (I hope they correct my name soon - in the subheading, they smushed my middle and last names together so it reads [...]
Not Using Swift for Computers in Libraries
The Computers in Libraries conference (an awesome conference, by the way) is experimenting with Swift, an “online community platform for conferences.” That’s great! It’s always fun to see a cool conference experiment with fun tools.
However, I’m opting out. Why? Read the Terms of Service document (found via Jessamyn’s post). There’s some language there that I [...]
Final Thoughts on SXSWi2008
I had a great time attending my first SXSWi conference! As you can tell from the notes I’ve been posting the past few days, there was a lot to do at this conference. Here are my final thoughts about the conference, the sessions, and why I think everyone reading my blog should attend SXSWi 2009! [...]
SXSWi2008, Day 4: Closing Remarks
Title: Alternate Realities
Speaker: Jane McGonigal
Showed “The Lost Ring” - video preview of a game - you can find hundreds of screenshots of this video in flickr, looking for hidden clues
She focused on the game designer’s perspective on the future of happiness
Question - are you in the happiness business?
Our primary product soon will be happiness… (think [...]
SXSWi 2008, Day 4: Life After the iPhone
I thought this session was supposed to be about this (from the SXSW summary of the panel):
“The iPhone may be the most disruptive technology of this decade. The countless ubiquitous computing tools available to User Experience professionals mean convenience and usability headaches. With boundaries blurring between web and mobile, how will the UX discipline change? [...]
SXSWi2008, Day 3: Pimp Your Non-Profit
Moderator said agencies don’t like to work with non-profits - because we’re passionate about what we do. How funny.
Work with management to make sure the important stuff is written into job descriptions, or it won’t get done - extremely important!
Reproducible - if you create a cool techie thing and then leave - can someone else [...]
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