Pew on the Read Write Web
Pew on the Read Write WebOriginally uploaded by mstephens7. A recent Pew reports gathers some new data and previous publications for a scan of the current state of Web .2.0: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/189/source/rss/report_display.asp“Web 2.0” has become a catch-all buzzword that people use to describe a wide range of online activities and applications, some of which the Pew Internet & American Life Project has been tracking for years. As researchers, we instinctively reach for our spreadsheets to see if there is evidence to inform the hype about any online trend. This article provides a short history of the phrase, along with new traffic data from Hitwise to help frame the discussion.This would be a useful addition to your Internet Librarian conference notes for discussions in the Emerging Tech Committee, Innovation Work Group, or staff meeting.
Karen Coombs on Strategic Planning for a 2.0 World
Karen Coombs on Strategic Planning for a 2.0 WorldIn Library 2.0/Web 2.0
Planning for Now and Then, By Karen Coombs, LJ netConnect — October 15, 2006: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6375463.html
The growth of the read/write web has also influenced strategic directions. New technologies enable anyone to create and publish content to the web. Initially, users mostly published text. However, digital cameras, video cameras, GarageBand, Flickr, YouTube, and a host of other software allow ordinary people to create a variety of content and post it to the web. This dramatically changes the types of software that libraries need to support their computing facilities. For example, the University of Minnesota has made web log software available to faculty, staff, and students. In academic libraries, this technology makes it easier for faculty to self-publish and self-archive their materials, everything from books and articles to data sets and lectures. Libraries can help promote better scholarly communication by facilitating this process—providing systems and space to store content and education for faculty on how to produce and self-publish materials.
An Introduction to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)JISC Techwatch by Jane Dudman; 31 pages; PDF. Voice over IP (VoIP) is a telecommunications technology that transmits and delivers voice calls using the packet-based IP protocols and network technologies associated with the Internet. The technology has been considerably developed and refined in recent years and is gaining widespread public recognition and adoption through consumer solutions such as Skype and BT’s strategy of moving to an IP-based network. This adoption is beginning to spread into the F&HE domains with a number of institutions implementing VoIP and through work being undertaken by UKERNA. The technology offers opportunities for the development of new applications and educational services particularly through the potential for converging voice with other media and data. This JISC TechWatch report examines VoIP, its technologies, standards and issues, and, in particular, focuses on potential applications and uses in F&HE through development of new converged services to help facilitate distance and collaborative learning and assist those with disabilities. Source: JISC TechWatch
The hybrid library: from the users’ perspective
The hybrid library: from the users’'perspectiveA Danish report exploring user perspectives on the hybrid library is now available in English. A breakout session on this topic will be presented at the December CNI meeting in Washington, DC, and it will include a discussion of this report.69 pages; PDF. From the introduction:
The purpose of this project is to gather information on how the needs of the core users are fulfilled by research libraries through use of physical materials, electronic materials, and the library employees in the physical library. The investigation was meant to reveal how the users utilize these resources nowadays, and, on the basis of the qualitative data, suggest how the hybrid research library of the future can improve its services.The investigation focused on three key aspects of the hybrid library: 1. How the library’s web interface can be improved. 2. What role the library’s employees will have in the future. 3. What role the physical library should play.The project’s primary method is a field study, wherein the guiding idea has been to collect knowledge about the users’ information-searching in their customary environment. Source: The National Library [Denmark] and Copenhagen University Library
ResourceShelf’s Guide to Wireless “Mainstream” Media Sources (#2)
E-volution of Information Technology in Cultural Heritage Conference
UNESCO World Heritage Permanent Link: UNESCO World Heritage"A week-long conference on the E-volution of Information Technology in Cultural Heritage takes place in Cyprus from Monday, 30 October. The conference focuses on the exchange of knowledge in the areas of cultural heritage and information technology, especially e-documentation and computer graphics. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) seeks to protect and preserve the world's cultural and natural heritage considered to be of outstanding value to humanity; to this end UNESCO adopted the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1972. View the sites on the interactive map, or by country on the World Heritage List or check the sites on the World Heritage in Danger List" From UN Pulse
The RESEARCHING LIBRARIAN
The RESEARCHING LIBRARIAN: WEB RESOURCHES HELPFUL FOR LIBRARIANS DOING RESEARCH Created for the new or experienced librarian needing to perform research, this site includes links to citation and full-text databases, funding information, online journals, statistics and statisticalmethods, useful tools, current awareness links, and a discussion board.Searchable. URL: http://www.researchinglibrarian.com/
INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2006: Patron Outreach
INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2006: OPAC -Improving User Experiences
INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2006: FLICKR & Libraries
INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2006: Podcasting & Vidcasting
IL 2006: Podcasting & VidcastingBy Sarah Houghton-Jan IL 2006: Podcasting & Vidcasting (a two-part session) Greg Schwartz, Jeff Humphrey, David Free, Sean Cordes, and David King IL2006From: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/10/il_2006_podcast.html
INTERNET L IBRARIAN 2006: MySpace & Facebook
INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2006: RSS & JAVASCRIPT COOKBOOK
IL 2006: The RSS & Javascript Cookbook: Creating One Stop By Sarah Houghton-Jan IL 2006: The RSS & Javascript Cookbook: Creating One Stop Paul Pival and Meredith Farkas IL2006This was an immensely useful presentation. For me, a light-coder (just like Meredith and Paul), who is looking at a massive website redesign, I felt inspired and empowered to do some of the things I had in my head, but didn't quite know how to do. Free tools are great, and librarians who show other librarians useful free tools are even better. Thank you Paul & Meredith! From: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/
INTERNET LIBRARIAN INTERNATIONAL 2006: L2.
 Internet Librarian International 2006: L2 TrackIn Internet Librarian International 2006 Internet Librarian International 2006: London, EnglandOriginally uploaded by mstephens7. It was standing room only in this mornings Web 2.0/Library 2.0 Session featuring Phil Bradley, Brian Kelly, and Paul Miller. I moderated the lively hour of L2 discussion and insights. My favorite slide was Phil Bradley's, in response to all the discussion about semantics and buzzwords. It simply said: "I don't care" I LOLed and Phil proceeded to detail how the web and how libraries are changing, as did the other esteemed folks. Jenny blogged the entire session here: http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/10/16/20061016_ili_setting_the_stage_for_20.htmlMore later... must sleep. We have another full day of conference tomorrow!
IFLA helps launch information network for African librarians
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) “Librarians from across Africa have launched an information exchange network to promote access to, and more effective use of, government information for democratic and economic development on the continent, following a workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…. Papers and presentationsfrom the workshop can be viewed here.” http://www.uneca.org/disd/events/2006/wsis-library/main.htmlThanks, Sally. CW.
Power of Video Games for Learning
Flickr
Flickr Explained for LibrariansPosted on Thu, Oct 19 2006 1:25 PM on The Shifted Librarian blog.
Internet Evolution: Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"
This October 2006 report looks at "Web 2.0," a "catch-all buzzword that people use to describe a wide range of online activities and applications." It provides an overview of Web 2.0 and some of the concepts (such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts) that have been associated with the trend, and statistics showing the rise of services such as Photobucket, Wikipedia, and MySpace. From the Pew Internet & American Life project. URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/189/report_display.aspLII [Permalink] Item: https://blogs.uct.ac.za/horde/util/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Flii.org%2Fcs%2Flii%2Fview%2Fitem%2F22764&Horde=407526a0a007daa2ce3823b5de04463b
Reinventing Ourselves as Internet Librarians
Greg Notess " Reinventing Ourselves as Internet Librarians" From The Shifted Librarian
Real-world Information Delivery
- Graham Spooner showed a comic he made with the Comic Strip Generator :-) http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/
- Barbara Peacock, Nedbank (South Africa)
Centralised Information - Andrew Lewis Shock, Horror, Computer Games are good for public libraries
http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/onlinelibrary.htm & http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/library_policies.htm
From The Shifted Librarian
Wikis and Social Software
Setting the Stage for 2.0.
Setting the Stage for 2.0 - Phil Bradley: wants things to make his life and his job easier, doesn't care what you call it.
- Paul Miller "Bringing Libraries to Searchers"
- Brian Kelly “ Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 : Addressing Institutional Barriers"
From The Shifted Librarian
Disappearing web pages: responsibilities
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006From: Don Osborn dzo@bisharat.netWhen I was in Niger and in China I made a great deal ofuse of the internet for research for articles for reference (writing, courses). This is a little risky because things get moved and sites disappear. But usually one can track down online material, or at worstlook it up on the Wayback Machine http://www.archive.orgRecently, however, I ran into difficulties on the UNIFEM site, a public information site, and a scholar's personal site. None of the material I referenced from any of these three was to be found anywhere despite all sorts of search angles, nor was it available in Wayback. Wayback is a great resource (learned about it on H-West-Africa a few years ago), but it doesn't archive everything and it's hard to imagine how it will keep up with webpage production. Nor does it archive certain file types - no PDFs, for example. I'm not sure how widespread a problem this is, but I'm surprised that organizations presenting substantive information online would not take steps to assure that that continues to be available in one form or another. Even an individual scholar would also, I think, want to assure that what they have gone to the trouble to post online retains its value by remaining somewhere other scholars can continue to access it. It occurs that in the case of organizations, various site reorganizations often lead to things being discarded because they are considered out of date, or because the folks doing the reorganizing have entirely different agendae (and don't appreciate how info in a location may become a resource to some number of users). This may have been the case with the UNIFEM site, which went to its own URL from a subdomain ofUNDP. As I searched in vain for the article I had used online, I found four other webpages (2 HTML & 2 PDF) whose creators had also thought enough of it to post a reference and link - all of which are now as useless as my reference. As for scholars with personal sites who move on or publish what they had weblished, they may not appreciate that material they have posted online may betaken seriously and referenced for other work. There are many ways to manage content as situations change. In the case of online drafts that are superseded by published articles one cannot or prefers not to retain online, deleting and forgetting about it is not ideal (at least replace removed content with an explanation and forwarding reference). So as not to leave this as a mere complaint, shouldn't there be some standard of conduct, as it were, for weblishing and maintaining content - such that at least there is a forwarding note and message on the fate of material that is removed from a website (as simple as a page with the removed pages' titles and defunct URLs ( so search engines find them)? I've seen diverse guidelines for authors of web content, but don't recall any clear and compelling statement of standards or responsibilities (yes maybe that is the word) formaintaining knowledge content online. From: H-NET List for African History and Culture [mail to:H-AFRICA@H-NET.MSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Patrick Wurster Sent: 04 September 2006 14:17 To: H-AFRICA@H-NET.MSU.EDUSubject: Academic & Research Content Online: Responsibilities to Maintain?: query Thanks Sally. CW
electronic sources for researchers, and their "disappearance"
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 From: Gretchen Walsh, African Studies Library, Boston University gwalsh@bu.eduDon Osborn's query and comments touch on some truly important issues both for academic research and for teaching students how to do research. H-Africa has had some good discussion on the necessity of accuracy and authority in online information resources (e.g.,Wikipedia) but permanence of resources is also essential. It is difficult enough to do historical research when only one library in the nation may have a copy of the book needed, and when one has to check a fact, confirm a page reference, etc., one has to go through the interlibrary loan process again. When the resource online disappears completely, as in the cases Osborn describes, the effect is devastating. Many of us have had this experience. I've also seen bibliographies on student papers that do not provide enough information for anyone to find the resource - this is a combination of both the potential disappearance of the site, and the lack of citation skill on the part of the student. A short article in the July 7, 2006 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education ("Hot Type" P. A20) describes another aspect of the problems with online publication. The article refers to Gutenberg-e, a digital publishing collaboration between the Electronic Publishing Initiative of Columbia University and the American Historical Association ( http://www.gutenberg-e.org). It caught my eye because one of the authors mentioned was a graduate student at my university whose book on Mozambique was published in Gutenberg-e last year, and another book mentioned in the article is Helena Pohlandt-McCormick's work on Soweto. The Chronicle article focuses on the problem of acceptance of electronic publishing among the academic establishment. For instance, few academic journals have reviewed the works in the Gutenberg-e project. There is another concern: permanence, similar to the problem of Osborn's disappearing web pages and pdf files. Libraries subscribe to services providing online access to journals. However, they are paying only for access to those journals. If a library decides to drop a subscription to a print journal, it retains (or at least has the right to retain) possession of the past issues it has paid for. If a library decides to drop a subscription to an online full-text journal subscription, it no longer will have access to any of the past issues. Even more seriously, if the provider decides to drop a journal it once offered, the library no longer has access to any part of the run. I recall one case where a provider dropped one journal and substituted another title which it felt would be more useful -- without consulting the subscribers. Electronic access to information and scholarship is a powerful and beneficial tool. It can also lead to the end of academic life as we have known it. We must allbe aware of the dangers as well as the benefits andwork to prevent disaster. From: H-NET List for African History and Culture [mail to:H-AFRICA@H-NET.MSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Colleen Vasconcellos Sent: 15 September 2006 18:38 To: H-AFRICA@H-NET.MSU.EDU Subject: : Responsibilities to Thanks to Sally Schramm for this. CW.
Review and Evaluation of WiFi in Public Libraries
Report outlines WiFi future for libraries A recent report from the MLA and WiFi specialist RegenerateIT anticipates that by 2009 half of all libraries will offer some form of WiFi (wireless technology). The report estimates that there are currently about 23 per cent of library services delivering WiFi with 42 per cent of library services planning to offer WiFi in the next financial year. You can download a pdf of the report Review and Evaluation of WiFi in Public Libraries. http://www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets//W/wifipubliclibraries_10230.pdfPosted on 5th October 2006 on: Designing Libraries, who are at http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/Thanks to Sally Schramm who sent me this. CW
FinePrint a review
Electronic documents are a great tool but there are times when you just need printed copies. FinePrint installs itself as a printer in your Windows system and will intercept print jobs and put up to 8 pages of output on 1 sheet of paper, though this is often unreadable (at least for me - I didn't pay for the Steve Austin upgrade when I had laser vision surgery). I find that 2-4 pages per sheet and printing in duplex saves on paper, reduces printing time, saves on toner and makes documents more portable. It's great for web pages without printing views that use those narrow columns. You can also edit the jobs and remove / reorder jobs and pages. MS Office and some other applications have a version of this capability now but none are as robust as FinePrint's. I have been using it since 2000 and have been very happy with the product. -- Lon Miller Permalink http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001456.phpFinePrint Software$50Available from FinePrint
Microsoft's Instant Answers: a review
5 great blogs covering Internet searching, search engines, and search tools for searchers, researchers and librarians
Frequently Asked Questions About Instant Messaging
Frequently Asked Questions About Instant Messaging Questions and answers from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) about "Instant Messaging (IM)... an electronic messaging service that allows users. ... to exchange text messages with connected parties in real time." Topics include how IM differs from email, current best practices for capturing IM, and archiving of IM content created by government agency employees when the IM is a federal record. URL: http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/initiatives/im-faq.htmlAnnotation from Lii.org
Email Archiving: What's Right for Your Enterprise?
This May 2006 article discusses factors a company should consider when selecting an email archiving strategy in light of the fact that emails have "become an important source of evidence in many of today's high-profile court cases." Features evaluations of in-house and off-site systems. From a company that provides "information on the Windows platform for Windows computing managers." URL: TOO LONG, SEE LII ITEM LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22715
Ebooks: a beginner's guide
http://books.guardian.co.uk/ebooks/story/0,,621837,00.htmlEbooks on the net The Guardian's [UK] selection of links to the best ebook sites: publishers, news, stores and libraries.
Public Libraries & the Internet
Public Libraries & the Internet
8 studies conducted that track the level of involvement, key issues, trends, and other aspects of public library Internet use.
http://www.ii.fsu.edu/plinternet/
- Public library Internet connectivity;
- Public Internet access workstation availability;
- Internet connectivity bandwidth;
- Internet-based service and resource availability (e.g., databases, training, digital reference);
- User training provision;
- Costs and issues associated with Internet connectivity (e.g., funding for technology infrastructure, e-rate, maintenance and upgrades of technology, staff skills requirements); and
- Community impacts and benefits to Internet access.
- Case studies which explored successfully networked public libraries (SNPL)
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