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tfitzger | 1 May 02:04

Re: Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders

I've tried Pot 3.0.  It links you directly to another's higher
consciousness . . .

Terence

> I don't think Web 2.0 is a fad, but it's clear the *term* has jumped
> the shark when the media starts talking about powerful marijuana as
> "Pot 2.0":
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18310976/
>
> Of course, everything will change when we have Pot 3.0, the Semantic Pot.
>
> Tim
>
> On 4/30/07, Ron Peterson <ronpeterson39401@...> wrote:
>> I don't think catching up is a real goal.  We should be looking past
>> the technology and trying to come up with ways to use it to anticipate
>> and meet the needs/goals of our users.  Do users really want to be
>> involved in the creation of services and products?  Don't they want to
>> use them?  I think libraries are trying to catch up to what some of the
>> web is doing in creating participatory environments -- and succeeding.
>> But I also think a lot of people are putting podcasts and blogs on their
>> website without any thought as to what value they provide to people.  So
>> I think we really need to give serious thought to what we are trying to
>> accomplish.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Mark Costa <markrcosta@...>
>> To: Web4lib@...
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John Fereira | 1 May 02:20
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Re: Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders

At 04:46 PM 4/30/2007, Ron Peterson wrote:
>I don't think catching up is a real goal.  We should be looking past
>the technology and trying to come up with ways to use it to anticipate
>and meet the needs/goals of our users.  Do users really want to be 
>involved in the creation of services and products?  Don't they want 
>to use them?  I think libraries are trying to catch up to what some 
>of the web is doing in creating participatory environments -- and 
>succeeding.  But I also think a lot of people are putting podcasts 
>and blogs on their website without any thought as to what value they 
>provide to people.  So I think we really need to give serious 
>thought to what we are trying to accomplish.

I am glad someone else is asking these questions.

I was on a conference call a couple of weeks ago with a few people 
and we were discussing design criteria for a new project I am getting 
involved with.  One of the participants mentioned a really good book 
and an interview with Craig Newmark of "Craigslist".  Apparently a 
question that he's often asked in interviews is "Why don't you have 
advertisements on your web site?"  His answer?  "Because our users 
didn't ask for them"

John Fereira
jaf30@...
Ithaca, NY
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Patricia F Anderson | 1 May 02:41
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Re: Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders

I agree very much that this is a great discussion! I restrained myself 
from leaping in right away so that I could hear some other ideas and 
perceptions.

I am speaking as someone who has spent much of my career in mid-curve -- 
eyes forward, and hands reaching back to bring others along. I am 
functioning kind of as an emerging technologies librarian, however I know 
perfectly well that there are many others who are farther out on the edge 
than I am.

Initially, when the phrase "Web 2.0" first came out, I revolted against 
it. You see, I remember the beginning of the web, and my grad school 
mentor, Manfred Kochen, was one of the people who predicted its coming and 
fought for it throughout much of his career. The whole concept of "Web 
2.0" seemed to me to simply be saying that we are now closer to reaching 
the original goals of creating the web in the first place! I didn't get 
why we suddenly started saying that, oh, this was different or cooler, 
when actually we are still bootstrapping ourselves along to goal #1 -- 
empowering the little.

Now, as someone who is embedded in a Web 2.0 environment, teaching Web 2.0 
tools, techniques, methodologies and resources, I have grudgingly and 
later wonderingly come to realize this is indeed a Sea Change. I now find 
that normal databases (like Pubmed) and normal search engines (like Google 
/ Yahoo) seem flat to me. They're missing something, something that has 
become intertwined with my current mental models of search.

I use PubMed, and get as cranky as if I was given a lemon meringue pie 
with just meringue and no lemon. It is fluffy and flavorless, with no zing 
-- where is the context? Where is the sense of who is reading what, who
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Marian Dworaczek | 1 May 15:46
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Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information

The May 1, 2007 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic
Sources of Information" is available at:

                     http://library2.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM

The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of
Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources of Information: A
Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of
electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials,
periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected
works. This edition includes 2,470 indexed titles. Both the Index and 

the Bibliography are continuously updated.

Introduction, which includes sample search and instructions how to use the
Subject Index and the Bibliography, is located at:

                     http://library2.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM

This message has been posted to several mailing lists. Please excuse
any duplication.

*************************************************
*Marian Dworaczek
*Monographs Coordinator
*University of Saskatchewan Library
*E-mail:  marian.dworaczek@...
 *Home Page: http://library2.usask.ca/~dworacze/
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Jonathan Bloy | 1 May 17:23
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Use of social bookmarking sites

I've been using http://del.icio.us/ for personal things for a while now.
The other day I got to thinking it might be useful in conjunction with
our website and/or intranet (for librarian recommended web links).  So
that brought up the question...

How are other libraries using social bookmarking sites for their patrons
and staff?

--
Jonathan Bloy
Web Services Librarian
Edgewood College
Madison, Wisconsin
http://library.edgewood.edu/
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Ryan Eby | 1 May 17:33
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Re: Use of social bookmarking sites

There was a lightning talk at code4lib 2007 by Ed Corrado about using
del.icio.us to add information to subject guides. You can see an
example page here, which includes sites tagged by the subject
specialist:

http://www.tcnj.edu/~library/moulaison/ItalianStudies.html

You can watch the lightning talk here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6365628404758326745&hl=en

Ryan Eby

On 5/1/07, Jonathan Bloy <JBloy@...> wrote:
> I've been using http://del.icio.us/ for personal things for a while now.
> The other day I got to thinking it might be useful in conjunction with
> our website and/or intranet (for librarian recommended web links).  So
> that brought up the question...
>
> How are other libraries using social bookmarking sites for their patrons
> and staff?
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Bloy
> Web Services Librarian
> Edgewood College
> Madison, Wisconsin
> http://library.edgewood.edu/
> _______________________________________________
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Thomas, Susan Elaine | 1 May 17:34
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New E-book reader

A new e-book reader prototype is in the works.  It is referred to as the
Turnover by Plastic Logic.

See their website for details.  www.plasticlogic.com

It looks like it has the potential to be the "ipod" for e-books.

Susan E. Thomas
Head of Collection Development
Schurz Library
Indiana University South Bend
(574) 520-5500
suethoma@...
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Havens,Andy | 1 May 17:37
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RE: Office 2007 and XP

I've been using Office 2007 and XP at home for about 8 weeks now and
have XPerienced no problems. The new interface is (dare I say it?) kinda
cool, and the new version of Powerpoint is, frankly, much improved over
the last major version. Even Word has some new features that I enjoy,
including (and this made my whole week) the ability to designate "paste
special / plain text" as the default method of pasting text... which is
what I do with text 99.5% of the time.

Enjoying MS Office upgrades gives me cognitive dissonance... 

- A 

Andy Havens 
email: havensa@... 
phone: 614.764.4326 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Neal Bogda
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:17 AM
To: web4lib
Subject: [Web4lib] Office 2007 and XP

Is anyone currently using Office 2007 on the XP operating system?  If
so, have you encountered any "issues" with it?  Our library may have to
move to Office 2007 before moving to Vista...

Thanks,

Neal Bogda
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Leslie Johnston | 1 May 17:45
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Re: Use of social bookmarking sites

I keep up a del.icio.us site where I archive and annotate 
articles/reports/sites related to digital initiatives to help keep 
our staff informed of activities in the community:

http://del.icio.us/uva_digital_library

Leslie

At 11:23 AM 5/1/2007, Jonathan Bloy wrote:
>I've been using http://del.icio.us/ for personal things for a while now.
>The other day I got to thinking it might be useful in conjunction with
>our website and/or intranet (for librarian recommended web links).  So
>that brought up the question...
>
>How are other libraries using social bookmarking sites for their patrons
>and staff?
>
>
>--
>Jonathan Bloy
>Web Services Librarian
>Edgewood College
>Madison, Wisconsin
>http://library.edgewood.edu/
>_______________________________________________
>Web4lib mailing list
>Web4lib@...
>http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/

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Suzanne Chapman | 1 May 17:50
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Re: Use of social bookmarking sites

I use it on a site I made for information about our library usability  
studies ("Recent Links of Interest" section):

http://www.lib.umich.edu/usability/resources.html

It just feeds in the most recent 5 things I've tagged for the site.

-Suzanne

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Suzanne Chapman
Interface & User Testing Specialist
Digital Library Production Service
University of Michigan
301 Hatcher North
734.615.7617 | suzchap@...

On May 1, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Bloy wrote:

> I've been using http://del.icio.us/ for personal things for a while  
> now.
> The other day I got to thinking it might be useful in conjunction with
> our website and/or intranet (for librarian recommended web links).  So
> that brought up the question...
>
> How are other libraries using social bookmarking sites for their  
> patrons
> and staff?
>
>
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