Crafting the user centered library Cliff Landis its not enough to shove your bad services into a new space, we know our opacs suck so why are we cramming them into myspace and facebook why do you use emerging technologies in your library, not just bc everyone else is, doing it for service and outreach, get away from creating things for user and look for … Continue reading Crafting the user centered library – Cliff Landis
Ubiquitous computing and library future Michael Porter Libraryman Chris Peters – maintainit – small part of TechSoup, new cookbook coming out soon, definition a model of human computer interjection which information processing has been thoroughly integrated into everyday object sand activities when computing and info access happen when and where we need it, enabled by unobtrusive technology Moores law rfid an example of ubiquitous computing … Continue reading Ubiquitous computing and library future
Learning 2.0 and 1.8 users bridging the gap Rudy Leon & Colleen Harris Myths of nexgen users skilled online searchers ease with new gadgets always connected effective multi-taskers require constant simulation must be entertained learn by doing mythbusting they do use stuff but in a dummybox way, they don’t understand the info they are getting or who it works we need to build a mental … Continue reading Learning 2.0 and 1.8 users bridging the gap – Rudy Leon & Colleen Harris
After much preperation the time has finally arrived! This week I’m cohosting a Web 2.0 workshop sponsered by MOREnet and the Missouri State Library. The topic – They asked us to talk about using Web 2.0 tools in your library! Even better, my cohost and I created the whole thing using Google Docs. How else are two people going to edit a presentation at all … Continue reading Becoming 2.0 – What 2.0 can do you for you
I’m giving this presentation at the Mobius conference today, I wish I could say it’s somewhere exotic, but it’s just in at the Lake. Which means a lot of driving but no overnight stay for me. Connect with your patrons in the digital worldhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=connect-1212431802048663-8&stripped_title=connect-with-your-patron-in-the-digital View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. I’ll also be attending some sessions, I’m not sure what the wifi situation is but … Continue reading Connect With Your Patrons in the Digital World
The next couple of months will be a flurry of activity for me personally and professionally. First up personally, I’m moving, no new job, just leaving my house and moving into an apartment in a nearby time. I’ve been busying making phone calls, finding a place to live and packing. I had no idea I had so much “stuff”! 🙂 First up, professionally, I’m prepping … Continue reading Workshop Prep
