The library that I am working in at present does have a website and blog, but due to staffing levels, maintenance is not very regular and so the site seems a bit stale. The online information requires users to come to it, with no social networking tools being used to take the information to the people.
Five points from the article A-Z of Social Networking for Libraries will be considered against the backdrop of my current school library as an aid to helping us embrace a Web 2.0 ethos.
1. Active – in order to promote and keep content fresh, more staff time needs to be allocated to this. Perhaps, evaluating what tasks are really necessary and gaining time by reprioritizing current work patterns would help in gaining time for keeping up to date with library news.
2. Content – The library does currently offer research lists to assist students with assignments. The content comes from academic databases within subject areas. However these lists are buried deep within the library website. By redesigning the website and content in a variety of formats, the library could attract more users and accommodate more learning styles, as content at present is heavily weighted to readers.
3. Facebook – The library needs to develop a Facebook presence so that users can quickly be informed about new resources that have been purchased or new content that has been added to support subject areas. This presence would entail updates being maintained by several staff to ensure relevance and currency.
4. Help – The entire team needs to embrace the need and the practicality of engaging with social media to reach the school population. One method to employ could be to use some staff meeting time each week to discuss what is new and allocate specific tasks between staff members for updates.
5. Youth – Seeing as we are a school library, we need to stay current with our client group, the students, otherwise we run the risk of appearing outdated and lacking in relevance to their needs. We need to use the social networking tools of their generation in order to engage with them, so that they can see libraries are relevant to them.
Monday, December 12, 2011
OLJ TASK : The Library Minute videos
The 4 C's of social media - collaboration, conversation, communication and content creation are all focused on to varying degrees during the Library Minute videos.
In Study Spaces – the introductory video, the mood created is upbeat and chatty. The question is asked “How do you like to study” ? with the answer quickly being that the library has varied learning spaces that should accommodate different learning styles. This clip particularly relates to community and conversation.
The Social - aims to share new resources and new services. The question posed is “We want to know what you want” Options are suggested that users can implement such as in person, Face book, twitter and a suggestion box. This aims to develop conversation, community and co-creation of content and resources. It also allows for a variety of methods to do this, thus seeking to appeal to a variety of users.
Academic articles and Meet your subject librarian – both these provide more practical information, but still include short You tube clips that are humorous to add variety to necessary information. Again the user is invited to contact the library in person, phone or email. The emphasis is clearly on maintaining conversation, collaboration, community and content creation.
Books – how to find them – again provide practical information as do the podcasts and alerts.
The podcasts are listed and are easy to access and alerts also provide easy to access current updates on opening hours through to database alerts.
All of these are aimed at assisting users to optimally navigate and utilise their time with ASU library. Because so many options are available for communication needs and suggestions, the library ensures that the 4 C’s of Web 2.0 library are being developed.
REFERENCE
ASU Library Channel (Arizona State Library) http: //www.youtube.com/user/librarychannel
In Study Spaces – the introductory video, the mood created is upbeat and chatty. The question is asked “How do you like to study” ? with the answer quickly being that the library has varied learning spaces that should accommodate different learning styles. This clip particularly relates to community and conversation.
The Social - aims to share new resources and new services. The question posed is “We want to know what you want” Options are suggested that users can implement such as in person, Face book, twitter and a suggestion box. This aims to develop conversation, community and co-creation of content and resources. It also allows for a variety of methods to do this, thus seeking to appeal to a variety of users.
Academic articles and Meet your subject librarian – both these provide more practical information, but still include short You tube clips that are humorous to add variety to necessary information. Again the user is invited to contact the library in person, phone or email. The emphasis is clearly on maintaining conversation, collaboration, community and content creation.
Books – how to find them – again provide practical information as do the podcasts and alerts.
The podcasts are listed and are easy to access and alerts also provide easy to access current updates on opening hours through to database alerts.
All of these are aimed at assisting users to optimally navigate and utilise their time with ASU library. Because so many options are available for communication needs and suggestions, the library ensures that the 4 C’s of Web 2.0 library are being developed.
REFERENCE
ASU Library Channel (Arizona State Library) http: //www.youtube.com/user/librarychannel
Useful image - Library 2.0 meme
This is a great diagram to help pull allteh facets of what Library 2.0 needs to include :
It can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonaria/113222147/sizes/o/
Saturday, November 26, 2011
INF506 MODULE 1 : Web 2.0, Social networking and the social life of information
Still feeling lost about del.icio.us, twitter and RSS feeds - but improving with facebook. My attitude towards FB has definitely improved since starting this subject. I now feel more confident and keen to check in on what new comments are being posted for this subject and also to have friends to catch up with in my personal life. Kind of still wondering how FB can be applied to a a library setting and is it worth it for a school library?
The readings are helping me get more of a grip on the importance of social networking for a library. At this point I think that blogging, clouds and wikis would be good to implement into our library for building interactive communication between parents, students , teachers and our library. From listening to the Charlene Li podcast, I believe that our library needs to become more transparent and reachable - using social media tools. At the moment, I think we have become too cut off. Our initial readings are impacting my perspective on where our library is at and where we need to go in terms of accessibilty and equity to our client group. This is a huge shift in my knowledge, but I do are the attitudes of other team members of not letting go of the past - the way things have worked so far and also restrictions by IT staff in letting us incorporate some of the SN tools into our library website.
The Charlene Li podcast was very long and I found I needed to break it up, take notes and listen to it twice to start taking it in. Once I got into it, there was a lot I could apply to the library setting. Her comments on how SN is re-writing how business is done really resonated because I fear we are becoming stuck with what was a successful model and now we have to update our attitude and work practice in how we present and interact with the current students and teachers - all who are into facebook, twitter, using RSS, following blogs. Sadly, the library is not part of that at the moment. I want to learn how to fix this by doing this subject.
I also really liked the You tube clip about how we are changing in how we communicate. It was interesting about why I liked this and I think it is because I liked the background music and the quick snatch information headlines. This appealed to two senses and helped it stick in my mind. Something to bear in mind when preparing information presentation to the school community. The clip really had a quite profound effect on my view of how important social media now is to a great percentage of our society.
USEFUL REFERENCES
Web 2.0 and folksonomies in a library context
http://www.mendeley.com/research/web-20-and-folksonomies-in-a-library-context/ -
"Libraries have a societal purpose and this role has become increasingly important as new technologies enable organizations to support, enable and enhance the participation of users in assuming an active role in the creation and communication of information".
Charlene Li podast - http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/11/charlene-li-the-impact-of-social-media-in-your-organisation.php
Youtube Social media clip in module notes
The readings are helping me get more of a grip on the importance of social networking for a library. At this point I think that blogging, clouds and wikis would be good to implement into our library for building interactive communication between parents, students , teachers and our library. From listening to the Charlene Li podcast, I believe that our library needs to become more transparent and reachable - using social media tools. At the moment, I think we have become too cut off. Our initial readings are impacting my perspective on where our library is at and where we need to go in terms of accessibilty and equity to our client group. This is a huge shift in my knowledge, but I do are the attitudes of other team members of not letting go of the past - the way things have worked so far and also restrictions by IT staff in letting us incorporate some of the SN tools into our library website.
The Charlene Li podcast was very long and I found I needed to break it up, take notes and listen to it twice to start taking it in. Once I got into it, there was a lot I could apply to the library setting. Her comments on how SN is re-writing how business is done really resonated because I fear we are becoming stuck with what was a successful model and now we have to update our attitude and work practice in how we present and interact with the current students and teachers - all who are into facebook, twitter, using RSS, following blogs. Sadly, the library is not part of that at the moment. I want to learn how to fix this by doing this subject.
I also really liked the You tube clip about how we are changing in how we communicate. It was interesting about why I liked this and I think it is because I liked the background music and the quick snatch information headlines. This appealed to two senses and helped it stick in my mind. Something to bear in mind when preparing information presentation to the school community. The clip really had a quite profound effect on my view of how important social media now is to a great percentage of our society.
USEFUL REFERENCES
Web 2.0 and folksonomies in a library context
http://www.mendeley.com/research/web-20-and-folksonomies-in-a-library-context/ -
"Libraries have a societal purpose and this role has become increasingly important as new technologies enable organizations to support, enable and enhance the participation of users in assuming an active role in the creation and communication of information".
Charlene Li podast - http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/11/charlene-li-the-impact-of-social-media-in-your-organisation.php
Youtube Social media clip in module notes
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Useful info for types of social media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/2564571564/sizes/m/in/photostream/
INF506 assessment 1
DEFINING SOCIAL NETWORKING
Social networking involves online communication in which many users can contribute to conversation and /or the publication of information on a topic of common interest within a forum that best supports the purpose. This can utilise various forms of media such as videos or photos or the publication of information in written form. Participating in online communities enables users to share knowledge, interests and relationships and contributes to the development of information which can be shared by many and also increases the sense of community as our society embraces the use of the World Wide Web to serve our various needs.
NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES I USE
Up until now, I believed that I used very few social networking tools. However, after initial readings in the subject modules, I realised that I regularly use email in my work and initiated and maintain a school library blog. In my personal life I use online banking, shop online, skype with family members and sometimes dip into You Tube for information and for fun. Since establishing a face book account for this subject, I have also realised that it is a valuable tool for maintaining relationships.
EXPECTATIONS FOR INF506
When enrolling for this subject, I anticipated that I would learn how to use face book and raise the profile of our library. In reading the subject content and learning outcomes, I am feeling positive that I will learn about the various forms of social networking and then be able to develop a more prominent and current format for our school library. I am also looking forward to learning about how to accurately incorporate social media developments into our policy.
Social networking involves online communication in which many users can contribute to conversation and /or the publication of information on a topic of common interest within a forum that best supports the purpose. This can utilise various forms of media such as videos or photos or the publication of information in written form. Participating in online communities enables users to share knowledge, interests and relationships and contributes to the development of information which can be shared by many and also increases the sense of community as our society embraces the use of the World Wide Web to serve our various needs.
NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES I USE
Up until now, I believed that I used very few social networking tools. However, after initial readings in the subject modules, I realised that I regularly use email in my work and initiated and maintain a school library blog. In my personal life I use online banking, shop online, skype with family members and sometimes dip into You Tube for information and for fun. Since establishing a face book account for this subject, I have also realised that it is a valuable tool for maintaining relationships.
EXPECTATIONS FOR INF506
When enrolling for this subject, I anticipated that I would learn how to use face book and raise the profile of our library. In reading the subject content and learning outcomes, I am feeling positive that I will learn about the various forms of social networking and then be able to develop a more prominent and current format for our school library. I am also looking forward to learning about how to accurately incorporate social media developments into our policy.
Monday, April 18, 2011
ETL 503 RESOURCING THE CURRICULUM - Reflections on readings and assignment 1
It has been ages since I blogged, so feel a trifle rusty...but I know that maintaining this blog will stand me in good stead for the final subject of this course.
This subject has been really interesting and is directly helping me in my work in the library. One of the reasons that I wanted to do this course was to learn about the reasons why I do some of the things that I am expected to do in my role.Up until this assignment we have read about collection management, selecting resources to support teaching and learning, focussing on selection aids and tools and criteria. In my job, I have really just been expected to order resources according to staff and student requests, catalogues that float past, booksellers and materials to support the curriculum.
However, I did not understand why I was selecting resources or the precise 'how-tos'. This subject has helped me achieve a greater understanding of what I should be looking for ie varied resources, varied formats and focussing on only what is needed and not buying 'just in case'. The one stand out message I have got from this is that the learning and teaching needs are paramount. Practically speaking, the learning I have gained is impacting already on my selection decisions and I feel more confident about rejecting some materials which I probably woud have purchased once before. No more just in case purchasing. It also helped me when I had a few fairly pushy book sellers. Armed with selection criteria in mind, I was able to decide much more quickly what I would purchase, thus not losing time as I tried to evade sales which I previously have felt pushed into.
Still a bit hazy about the difference between collection management and collection development. Will keep revisting this until I really get it.
However the assignment was relatively enjoyable...it was good to have to find new resources to support a poorly resourced subject area and by sheer chance I was already working through a real life scenario with this. Fortunately I have received some positive feed back from the staff member with whom I was collaborating, so that was a lovely experience. I just hope that the theory that needed to be addressed comes across in my essay, because I know what I am doing in real life. Using selection criteria has really helped me decide which resources to acquire and in conjunction with the ALIA/ASLA statements about resource provision, I am now very much more aware of provididng equitable access to all users, bearing in mind individual and curriculum needs.
Buying the Kennedy text has been very useful as has owning 'Learning For the Future'. I also found the statements by ALIA/ASLA very beneficial as a support for this subject.
This subject has been really interesting and is directly helping me in my work in the library. One of the reasons that I wanted to do this course was to learn about the reasons why I do some of the things that I am expected to do in my role.Up until this assignment we have read about collection management, selecting resources to support teaching and learning, focussing on selection aids and tools and criteria. In my job, I have really just been expected to order resources according to staff and student requests, catalogues that float past, booksellers and materials to support the curriculum.
However, I did not understand why I was selecting resources or the precise 'how-tos'. This subject has helped me achieve a greater understanding of what I should be looking for ie varied resources, varied formats and focussing on only what is needed and not buying 'just in case'. The one stand out message I have got from this is that the learning and teaching needs are paramount. Practically speaking, the learning I have gained is impacting already on my selection decisions and I feel more confident about rejecting some materials which I probably woud have purchased once before. No more just in case purchasing. It also helped me when I had a few fairly pushy book sellers. Armed with selection criteria in mind, I was able to decide much more quickly what I would purchase, thus not losing time as I tried to evade sales which I previously have felt pushed into.
Still a bit hazy about the difference between collection management and collection development. Will keep revisting this until I really get it.
However the assignment was relatively enjoyable...it was good to have to find new resources to support a poorly resourced subject area and by sheer chance I was already working through a real life scenario with this. Fortunately I have received some positive feed back from the staff member with whom I was collaborating, so that was a lovely experience. I just hope that the theory that needed to be addressed comes across in my essay, because I know what I am doing in real life. Using selection criteria has really helped me decide which resources to acquire and in conjunction with the ALIA/ASLA statements about resource provision, I am now very much more aware of provididng equitable access to all users, bearing in mind individual and curriculum needs.
Buying the Kennedy text has been very useful as has owning 'Learning For the Future'. I also found the statements by ALIA/ASLA very beneficial as a support for this subject.
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