The Calvert Library has recently held some family gaming nights with a Wii. From the flickr photoset it looks like everyone had a great time.
(On a related note, if your library has a flickr account be sure to fill in your profile and include things like where you’re located and a link back to the library’s Web site. I would have loved to link back to the library’s site in this post but I didn’t want to guess as to which one Google listed was the right one.)
The invitations have been sent and it looks as if I’ll be presenting two sessions at Computers in Libraries 2008. They are:
Track C, Tuesday, April 8: Social Software: 2.0 Tools, Tricks & Tales
11:30-12:15
C202 Libraries a-Twitter & del.icio.us
Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission & Christa Burns, OCLC Member Services Coordinator, NEBASE
Aysegul Kapucu, Reference/Instructor Librarian, Athena Hoeppner, Electronic Resources Librarian, & Doug Dunlop, Cataloger/Metadata Specialist, University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries
In early 2007 librarians discovered the latest in micro-blogging: Twitter. The point of twitter is to answer the question "What are you doing now?" in 140 characters or less via the Web, client software, IM or SMS. The first presentation shares the ups and downs of Twitter along results of several librarian- and library-based Twitter experiments. The second presentation discusses the use of social bookmarking for library instruction, research consultations, and collaborative resource guides using del.icio.us. They share experiences, address technical issues, barriers to participation, training requirements, and satisfaction.Track B, Tuesday, April 8 : Content Management
1:30-2:15
B203 Creative Commons (CC): Copyright Alternative?
Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission
With the debate over copyright raging, with some calling for the end of the "all rights reserved" regime, and [for] libraries feeling like they’re caught in the middle, just what are the alternatives? CC is the most respected alternative available today with its idea of "some rights reserved" as set by the content creators themselves. Sauers talks about the principles of Creative Commons, shows how you can easily apply it to your intellectual property today, and how you can use CC to find material that you can legally reuse in the creation of new content.
No word yet on a delivering my RSS pre-conference. I’m still waiting to hear back on that one.
