I can’t say too much since I don’t know who else is being interviewed (I don’t want to influence what they say if they read this blog,) but OCLC is interested in researching libraries and librarians in relation to Social Software. I ended up as one of seven “experts” that OCLC is interviewing in preparing for a full survey that they’ll be doing (I assume) early next year. We had a great discussion covering a number of issues which lasted 1.5 hours. I must say that OCLC sounds very interested in this topic and the issues that surround it. I look forward to the results.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “IL2006: OCLC Social Software Interview”
Michael, our survey is actually going to be “in the field” very shortly! We are hoping to publish the report in early 2007. The OCLC Symposium at ALA will be on social networking as well.
Michael, our survey is actually going to be “in the field” very shortly! We are hoping to publish the report in early 2007. The OCLC Symposium at ALA will be on social networking as well.