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Archive for » April 16th, 2007«

CIL2007: Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets

16
Apr 2007
By Michael
Barbara Fullerton, 10-K Wizard, Sabrina Pacifici, LLRX.com, and Aaron Schmidt, North Plains Public Library

  • Simplify! But is it going to happen?
  • What’s coming

    • march of the treos
    • improved blackberrys
    • smartphones w/ 2 keyboards
    • google cell phone
    • text messaging
    • gaming on all levels
    • monitoring energy uses
    • storing information in a totally new format
  • 680, 700p, 700wx, 750, 755p
    • palm & Windows versions
    • colors
  • shredder scissors
    • five pairs in scissors in one
    • retro gadget
  • TI’s projector phone
    • DVD quality on the wall
    • not available yet
  • 5th Gen iPod
  • iCharge for iPod
    • charge w/ a 9-volt battery
  • nano batteries
    • flexible & see thru
    • one minute to charge
    • lasts 1000 cycles
    • 200 nanometers thick
  • iPhone
  • Cube World digital stick people
  • ID Pilot
  • Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset
  • collapsible chopsticks
  • jott.com
    • voice to text
    • phone or email sms
    • free
  • golan i.tech virtual keyboard
  • illuminated waterproof flexible keyboard
  • rear view computer mirror
  • Sony’s DVP-X810 DVD Walkman
  • plamsize micro copter
  • CRT’s are on the way out
  • Plantronics CS55 wireless convertible headset
  • Targus Wireless Multimedia Presenter
  • IBM Optical Transceiver
  • USB Missle Launcher
  • USB vision & posture reminder
  • QR Code
  • Google’s Dodgeball
  • Next generation robotic vacuum
  • Cordinator
  • Trillian
  • Belkin compact surge protector
  • Smallest MP3 player ever
    • 2gb storage
    • weighs less than headphones
  • Meebo
  • Pelican 760 LED flashlight
  • Sony HDR-UX7
    • HD Camera for consumers
  • USB Toaster (joke)

  • International AC Travel Adapter
  • Fireplace iPod dock
  • Clocky the alarm clock
  • Retro phone handset
  • Picknik Photo Editor
  • Chocolate gadgets
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CIL2007: Gaming & Libraries: Engaging Strategies

16
Apr 2007
By Michael
Jenny Levine, ALA & Aaron Schmidt, North Plains Public Library

  • http://theshiftedlibrarian.pbwiki.com/
  • Numbers
    • define gamer
    • define gamer
    • there are a lot of young gamers
    • not just teenage boys in the basement along
    • boomers 77 million
    • avg 21-year-old = 5000 hours
    • 33 avg age of gamer
    • online gamers = largest percentage is middle-ages women
  • Flickr photos of gamers
  • Nintendo Wii
  • gamers
    • see themselves as a hero on a quest
    • willing to experiment and keep trying
    • willing to seek expertise & ask for help
    • desire to collaborate
    • learn from mistakes & adapt quickly
    • thrive on fast decision making
    • have an inherent distrust of bosses
    • format agnostic
    • don’t want to be spoon-fed
    • are used to creating content
    • expect interaction, rewards, customization
  • engaging strategies
    • collection development
      • Mario Brothers Memorial Library
      • Gaming Target
    • support materials/services
    • reader’s advisory
      • what movies do you like
      • what tv shows do you watch
      • what games do you play
      • 10 YA novels w/ gaming plots
    • provide board games
    • GeoCaching
    • Open play
      • kids bring in their own gaming equipment
      • Support w/ a blog
        • lots of comments
      • free online games
        • reunscape
        • step mania
        • 4 librarians
        • good experience
      • “Game Pods”
    • Tournament Play
    • Bibliographic Instruction
    • Game creation
    • Participation Gap
    • lifelong learning
  • potential gaming groups
    • families
      • DDR
      • Mario Kart
      • Wii Sports

    • 20- and 30-somethings
      • DDR
      • Guitar Hero
      • Halo

    • middle-aged women
      • DDR

    • greatest generation men
      • WWII games
  • Nintendo DS handheld
    • Built in Wireless
    • Brain Age
  • Communal Experience
  • Further Reading
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CIL2007: Millennials and the Library

16
Apr 2007
By Michael
Marshal Breeding, Vanderbilt Library

  • Generations
    • Silent Gen
    • Baby boomers
    • Gen X
    • Millennials
  • Millennial characteristics
    • inate ability for tech
    • frenetic multitasking
    • comfortable w/ diverse types of digital media
    • highly interactive style of working
  • The Millennials are coming
    • creative, organized, independent
    • impatient, skeptical, sometime arrogant
    • status and authority don’t impress them
  • Contrast of Generations charts

  • approach to study and learning
    • “they do it all while studying”
    • 85% also listen to music
    • also…
      • tv
      • movie
      • im
      • chat
  • shaping collections for millennials
    • content
      • digital/immediate
    • discovery
      • more like the web
    • access
      • anytime/anywhere
  • consistent with existing trends
    • doesn’t conflict w/ needs of library users from previous generations
    • in tune w/ strategic direction most libraries have
    • a matter of degree
  • an urgent need
    • boomers and genx are happier w/ traditional content & modes of service
    • millennials will move on to non-library info if not satisfied
    • a lot at stake
  • content of collections
    • Ms comfortable w/ content in diverse media
  • multimedia
    • graphics over text
    • music & audio
    • video
    • Ms love to remix
  • collection possibilities
    • e-journals/e-books
    • podcasts of lectures
    • video libraries of stock footage
    • news archives
    • datasets: census/GIS
  • access to collections
    • best opportunity for impact
    • building collections well underway but how best to provide access
    • how to respond to their prefs
      • immediate
      • mobile
      • flexible
      • intuitive

  • heightened user expectations
    • expectations set by web
    • sophisticated web skills
    • low tolerance for clunky interface
    • confident in their abilities
  • problems with status quo
    • doesn’t meet expectations of current generation
    • too many interfaces
    • overly complex
    • not always intuitive

    • different locations for different types of information
  • Best library OPAC: A Card Catalog card on the screen?
  • Best we can do?
  • common tools for access to local collections
    • library opacs
    • links to aggregators/publishers
    • cross linking via OpenURL
    • journal finding aids
    • metasearch engines
    • all loosely coupled
  • Metasearch
    • inherently problematic
    • not immediate
    • relevancy ranking difficult
    • lake of deep results
    • interim solution
  • Change Underway
    • widespread dissatisfaction

    • movement to break out of current mold
    • decoupling of the front-end from the back-end
  • working toward the next generation of interfaces
    • redefinition of the library catalog
    • more comprehensive information discovery environments
    • better info delivery tools
    • more powerful search capabilities

    • more elegant presentation
  • comprehensive search service
    • more like OAI
    • problems of scale diminished
    • problems of cooperation exist
  • web 2.0 a good start
    • more social and collaborative
    • tools and tech that foster collaboration
    • blogs, wiki, tagging, social bookmarking, user rating, user reviews
  • Supporting technologies
    • web services
    • XML APIs
    • AJAX
    • Microformats
    • Opensearch vs SRU/SRW
  • replacement OPACs
  • expanded discovery and delivery tools
  • library developed solutions
  • redefinition of library catalogs
    • question traditional notions
    • no longer enough to provide a catalog of just print
    • digital resources can’t be an afterthought
    • multiple interfaces less tenable
    • work toward equal footing for digital and print
  • interface expectations
    • millennials are used to the Web
    • used to relevancy ranking
    • must be fast
    • rich visual information
    • facted browsing
    • navigational breadcrumbs
    • ratings and rankings
  • appropriate organizational structures
    • LCSH v FAST
    • Full MARC v Dublin Core
  • OCLC perceptions: Where do your users start?
  • Library Discovery Model
    • Library as search destination
    • non-library nterfaces
    • web services are an essential enabling technology
    • libraries lag behind in implementation of service oriented architecture
  • global arena
    • google, yahoo
    • google scholar
    • ask worldcat
    • wikipedia
    • google library print
  • local v global

    • how to lib collections relate to global realm
    • will mass digitization replace local collections
    • global arena excels at discovery
    • local arena focuses on delivery
  • multi-layered information discovery
  • google v libraries
    • unfounded concern
    • google based on discovery
    • libraries specialize in delivery
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CIL2007: Heat Up Your Browsing with Firefox a.k.a. Pimp Your Firefox

16
Apr 2007
By Michael
Jessamyn West, Librarian.net



I’m going to sit back and watch. All the information from Jessamyn;s presentation can be found at http://librarian.net/talks/cil2007/.

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CIL2007: Setting up the New Stuff: Planning and Implementing Library 2.0

16
Apr 2007
By Michael
David Lee King, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

  • Why, What, Who, how, and When
    • Why should we set up new services

      • example: library myspace set to private
      • example: last updated six months ago
      • example: flickr last uploaded to in 2005
      • example: blog, about says “latest news”, not updated since Jan 2005
      • meet changing customer needs
      • stay culturally relevant
      • keep digital space up-to-date
    • What services should you set up?
      • lots to choose from
      • think through goals
      • what should the end result look like?
    • Who does the work
      • patrons
      • staff
    • How to make this happen
      • admin and management
      • staff time
      • do we have
        • the equipment
        • willing participants
        • can we make willing participants
        • skilled staff
    • when to roll it out
      • like, yesterday
      • seriously, some things don’t take a lot of time
        • blogs, flickr, youtube, IM
        • 5 minutes, tops
      • depends on you

  • Content, container, and customer
    • Content
      • conversational tone
      • create often
      • reuse content…
      • Inviting participation
        • Just ask
        • Paper Cuts blog: 52 Questions

    • Container
      • just the basics or fancy-schmancy?
    • Customer
      • contacts
        • friending in different services

      • comments
        • answer them
        • quickly
        • default to “comments on”
        • edit if needed

      • creators
        • decide about customer content
          • actual content
          • comments only

        • who’s in charge of content babysitting
          • doesn’t have to be the Webmaster
          • Definitely not the admin
  • some specifics
    • Blogs
      • mylibrary.blogspot.com or mylibrary.org/blog
      • free or purchase
      • what to name it
      • default design or integrate
      • reasons for the blog
        • what’s new at the library
        • new books
        • library news
      • who’s in charge
      • who writes
      • who answers questions
      • Tricks
        • make sure to link to your stuff
          • catalog
          • events
        • flickr for images
          • saves storage space
          • reuse content
          • pic in two places, more comments
        • consider customer and staff training
        • staff needs
          • a little posting training
          • writing for the web training
          • basic HTML (imbedding images from flickr)

    • Flickr
    • MySpace
      • decisions
        • name/age/sex
          • “you don’t have to tell the truth”
        • design/skin
        • reason for the page
        • make use of multimedia
      • tricks
        • musical artist account if you podcast

        • reuse content
        • customize additions
          • catalog search box

        • link to your content
      • staff needs
        • who’s in charge
        • who does comments
        • who writes content

    • YouTube
      • decisions
        • downloadable video?
        • channel design
        • reasons for the videos
          • current what’s up at the lib
          • what’s new/library update vids
          • videos of events
          • training
          • new books
        • youtube specific account stuff
        • who’s in charge
        • what goes in profile
        • tagging
        • allow comments
        • staff or customer content
        • everything in blogs above…
      • tricks
        • channels: link to other relevant content
        • provide link back to library page
        • embed video on your Web site!
      • staff needs
        • training
        • equipment
  • Final thoughts

    • Goals are good!
    • Plan for participation
    • You don’t have to be an expert

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CIL2007: Web 2.0 and What it Means to Libraries

16
Apr 2007
By Michael
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project

  • “I adore librarians”
  • Ask a Ninja: What is Podcasting
  • The Starting Point
    • Tim O’Reilly & John Battelle
    • The Web as platform
      • netscape v google
      • doubleclick v adsense
      • akami v bittorrent
    • harnesing collective intelligence
    • data is the next “intel inside”
    • software above the level of a single device
    • rich user experiences
  • Changes
    • cashing – peer to peer
    • britannice – wiki
    • personal sites – blogging
    • evite – upcoming.org
    • doubleclick – adsense
    • ofoto – flickr
    • taxonomy – folksonomies

    • etc
  • Web 2.0 meme map
  • 6 hallmarks of the Web 2.0 world that matter to libraries
    • The Internet has become the computer
      • # of computer users is indistinguishable from # of Internet users
      • Broadband availability up
      • Internet users # up
      • wireless connectivity up
      • people go online from more places
      • # of people accessing internet from libraries has doubled in past 4 years
      • broadband turns the internet into a destination
      • broadband intensifies people’s internet use and it becomes more serious
      • broadband makes video a big part of the internet experience
      • broadband make people’s internet use more social
    • Tens of millions of Americans, especially the young, are creating and sharing content online
      • 55% of teens have profiles on social networking sites
      • 20% of adults have profiles on social networking sites
      • SN Profiles: Switchboards for social life
      • Teen girls more likely to use all SN features
      • 51% of young adults have uploaded photos / 37% of adults

      • 39% of teens share their own creations / 22% of adults
      • 33% of teens are tech support for their families & orgs / 13% of adults
      • 25% of kids / 33% college students / 12% adults have blogs
      • 27% of teens / 14% adults have their own Web site
      • 26% teens / 9% adults have created mashups
      • 19% teens / 9% adults have an avatar to interact with others

      • 15% teens / 8% adults have created videos
    • Even more internet users are accessing the content created by others
      • Long Tail audience
      • 46% of young users read blogs
      • 44% of young adults seek info in wikipedia
      • 14% of young users download podcasts
    • many are sharing what they know and what they feel online and this is building conversations and communities
      • 33% of young adults have rated a product, person, or service online
      • 32% of young adults have tagged content
      • 25% of YA have commented on videos, also blogs & photos
    • tens of thousands are contributing their knowhow and processing power
      • 40% of users participate in peer-to-peer
        • grid computing
        • open source movement
    • online Americans are customizing their online experiences
      • 40% of YA customize news and other information pages
      • 50%+ of YA on specialty listservs
      • 25%-33% of YA get RSS feeds
  • 5 issues libraries and all online participants must struggle to address – Pam Berger – http://www.infosearcher.org/
    • Navigation
      • transitioning from linear format to nonlinear in format
    • Context
      • learning to see connections
    • Focus
      • practicing reflection & deep thinking
    • Skepticism
      • learning to evaluate information
    • Ethical behavior
      • understanding the rules of cyberspace
  • The Machine is Using Us

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CL2007: The WiFi Situation

16
Apr 2007
By Michael

WiFi in the rooms is $10 a day through T-Mobile unless you’re running Vista. If you are running Vista, T-Mobile is offering free access through the end of the month. Find the right link on the T=Mobile home page for the free access.

In the main ballroom, and I assume in the other conference rooms, there is free WiFi! Just look for the SSID “CIL1″

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CIL2007: Pre-conference Day

16
Apr 2007
By Michael

Not much to tell as I’m already as tired as if I’m on day four. My session went well but as usual I had too much material for the time allowed. I did do an audio recording of my session but I’ve not yet secured permission to distribute it. I’ll work on that tomorrow.

I ended up trying both Wii bowling and Guitar Hero after Jenny and Aaron’s session on gaming. There is video evidence of this but I have not yet secured a copy of said evidence. In the mean time, here’s a video I too of David Lee King battling Aaron Schmidt in Guitar Hero. (I don’t remember who won.)

I went out for dinner (sushi for me) with Louise, Jenny, Amanda and Aaron and most of us ended up meeting up with many others including Meridith and Jessamyn at the hotel bar.

Tomorrow, the sessions start. NO real plans just some intentions when it comes to attending particular sessions so you can be a surprised as I am when I post.

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