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internet librarian 2007 day one

Oct 29, ’07 4:08 PM

It has been a fast and great first day (plus preconference days!) at Internet Libraian 2007. You’ll have to go elsewhere for good coverage of today’s sessions because I was running around like a madman giving talks. Here are my presentations converted to PDF format. As always, if you have questions about any of it, give me an email at librarian [at] gmail.

→ Socialize Your Library
→ Games, Gaming & Learning with Jenny Levine. Jenny’s slides will be available at the Shifted Librarian Wiki

→ Online Outreach 2.0 with Sarah Houghton-Jan
→ WhoseSpace?

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online outreach: 2.0 marketing strategies for libraries

Oct 24, ’07 9:42 AM

where are people looking for phone numbers?

Here’s a slide from the presentation I’m giving with Sarah Houghton-Jan next week! We’re kicking off Monday, October 29th’s Public Libraries track at Internet Librarian which was assembled by Jenny and Michael. It is going to be fun, hope to see you there!

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COSLA ’07 fall meeting presentation

Oct 16, ’07 12:40 PM

I’m really honored to have given a talk at the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies meeting today.

To save COSLA the trouble, I’ve uploaded my presentation here:

The Read/Write Web Opportunity [silly large PDF].

It mainly is a bunch of pictures, so if you have any questions about, say, why there’s a picture of a small Italian alley, email me.

Thanks to COSLA for having me and being a great audience!

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COSLA '07 fall meeting presentation

Oct 16, ’07 12:40 PM

I’m really honored to have given a talk at the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies meeting today.

To save COSLA the trouble, I’ve uploaded my presentation here:

The Read/Write Web Opportunity [silly large PDF].

It mainly is a bunch of pictures, so if you have any questions about, say, why there’s a picture of a small Italian alley, email me.

Thanks to COSLA for having me and being a great audience!

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october presentations

Oct 3, ’07 3:06 PM

I still have to schedule time to carve a pumpkin! On Sundays I’ll be racing cyclocross. And here’s what I’m up to speaking-wise for October. Hope to see some of you around!

11 October – Florida Public Library Directors’ Meeting – Clearwater, Florida
-socialize your library: the read/write web opportunity

13 October – Oregon Educational Meeting Association Conference – Seaside, Oregon
-School Library 2.0: Meeting Kids on Their Own Terms

16 October – Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COLSA) Fall Meeting
-Your Patrons Were People of the Year. What Now?

27-31 October – Internet Librarian / Internet @ Schools
Workshops
-Social Tools for Your Library
-Games, Gaming, & Libraries with Jenny Levine

Sessions
-Get Your Game On: Gaming and Learning in the Library for Internet @ Schools
-Online Marketing for Libraries: Outreach & PR in a 2.0 World with Sarah Houghton-Jan
-MySpace and Facebook: Pros & Cons with Susan Herzog and Meredith K. James
-Gadgets, Gadgets, & Gaming! with Erik Boekesteijn, Jaap van de Geer, Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina Pacifici

On Haloween I get to moderate Track D: Games, Videos, & Libraries. Check out these great speakers I’ll be listening to:

  • Gaming & Libraries: Engaging Strategies
    Jenny Levine, Internet Development Specialist & Strategy Guide, American Library Association
  • World of Warcraft Versus Second Life
    Liz Lawley, Director, Rochester Institute of Technology, Lab for Social Computing & Mary Auckland, Independent Consultant
    Lori Bell, Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System &
    Cindy Hill, Principal, Hill Information Research Group & former Manager, Sun Digital Libraries & Research
  • Do You Need a Videographer?
    Nick Baker, Reference and Web Services Librarian, Williams College Libraries
  • Running a Gaming Program When You Can’t Tell the Difference Between an X-Box & a Game Cube
    Josh Weiland, Webmaster & unofficial gaming guru, &
    Maryann Mori, Teen Services Librarian, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
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a PDF of my 4/30 EI presentation

May 2, ’07 5:00 PM

Yesterday I gave a Education Institute webinar titled Facebook and MySpace: Pros and Cons for Libraries. Here’s a big honkin’ (10MB) pdf of my slides.

http://www.walkingpaper.org/ei.pdf

One of the questions that came up during the Q&A session was about curricular uses of MySpace (particularly in a high school setting) in which students can remain anonymous.

The basic idea is to have students use MySpace as a tool to get their content on the web. In doing so, they can create profiles for many other things besides themselves. Here are some ideas:

  • Characters from a novel, or different novels. Blog posts and listing “likes and dislikes” must be made in the voice of the characters, and the characters must interact through comments. Maybe even dialog from the book should be expressed in the students own language.
  • A historical figure. Same deal applies.
  • Elements of the periodic table. Get creative with listing body type and the “About” section.
  • Math equations. Students must use the blog posts to help teach others about the equation. When completed, the class will have created an online reference source.
  • Same goes for parts of speech, vocabulary words, inventions, etc.

Do teachers ask students to do similar projects on paper? You bet. Might students forget the fact that their doing *school work* when completing projects framed in a social networking setting? I think there’s a pretty good chance. Some students might not care if their teacher thinks they’re slacking, but when their online reputations are at stake they might step it up. I’m sure they’d like to link to the funny and useful profile of the quadratic equation that they created.

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InfoTubey Award Winners

Apr 20, ’07 10:21 PM

Tuesday night at Computers in Libraries was the First Annual InfoTubey Award ceremony. I was on the panel of judges that looked at the videos submitted and presented an award at the ceremony. While there were plenty of great videos (and well over 60 institutions submitted) these were the best examples of great library marketing.

I was really excited to present an InfoTubey to Nick Baker of Williams College Libraries. Not only was his “The L-Team” video amazing, he’s also the force behind “March of the Librarians.” Why does he not have a videoblog?!

Here are the rest of the winners, and one acceptance speech via YouTube.

What’s Up? – Arlington Heights Memorial Library
The Adventures of Super Librarian – McCraken County Public Library
What Are Your Three Reasons? – New Jersey State Library
Seneca Library Holiday Song – Seneca College Markham Library (InfoTubey Acceptance Speech)

Enjoy.

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another portrait at CIL

Apr 17, ’07 8:40 PM

I certainly wasn’t going to make the request, but Derik Badman illustrated another portrait of me at Computers In Libraries this year! I look a bit more sinister compared to last year which may or may not be accurate. The Bauhaus like primary colors really do it for me!

Actually there’s one that includes the back of my head too. My better side?

Derik writes a webcomic titled Things Change that I’ve subscribed to since last year. He spins a good yarn.

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better than a bookmark

Feb 12, ’07 12:31 PM

I don’t think I’ll ever look at a bookmark suggesting book titles in the same way again! Check out this video from the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

This video injects the humans and humanity of the library into the library’s marketing. So much more than a static list of titles could ever do. Not that those lists don’t have their place, but this type of marketing makes a personal connection. And we all know by now that people like connecting with others, and the web is now a big part of this for many people.

This video appeared in my box as a submission for the 2007 InfoTubey Awards. There will be an awards ceremony on Tuesday the 17th of April at Computers in Libraries 2007. I get to co-host the event with Bill Spence on Info Today and Rebecca Jones of Dysart & Jones Associates. We’ve received some great submissions so it’ll be an entertaining show!

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the sun sets on hawaii

Nov 13, ’06 12:50 AM

the sun is setting in the sky
The Hawaiian Library Association isn’t a huge organization, but what it lacks in numbers it makes up for in enthusiasm. Especially the student members! They seemed very eager, willing, and able to make great contributions to the field.

The conference had many techie presentations, but what impressed me most was the evening session of the first day – the “Second Annual HLA Anime Fest.” With such a large Japanese population, I imagine that manga and anime is in really high demand over there, so this session was entertaining and educational on a practical level. During the session, it struck me that actually sitting down to watch some anime is so much more effective than listening someone talk about it. Plus, how can you beat freshly popped popcorn, candy, and drinks? The group watched Hikaru no Go (yes, a cartoon about Japanese chess), Bleach (not yet released in the US), and Azumanga Daioh (very cute and funny).

For reports on the tech stuff at the conference, check out Moving at the Speed of Creativity written by conference presenter Wes Fryer. He’s one sharp guy and there’s all sorts of great education stuff on his site.

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