PLA 2008 Day 1: What Does it Take to be Good at Reference in the Age of Google?
Speaker: Joseph Janes
Title: What Does it Take to be Good at Reference in the Age of Google?
Aside - Sorta humorous - moderator asked us to turn off our cell phones… in THIS session about emerging trends in the age of google! Hee. Probably should have said “put cell phones on mute.”
“we can find things they [...]
Above and Beyond Customer Service
Something cool happened in my library a couple days ago. Take a peek at this picture, and let me explain the scene:
This elderly couple (you can’t see him, but there’s a man sitting down in the pic with the woman) came to the library with a specific task in mind - to look at some [...]
Library Camp Kansas 2008: Final Session
We came back together at the end of the day to share… here’s what I heard:
hearing each other’s idea talk
sharing between public and academics
felt like they had to choose…
Had a wonderful experience hearing what academics are doing… “they are so way out there… compared to a little public library”
More timely topics at this unconference [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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