Showing posts with label social networking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social networking. Show all posts
Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians - Training Task 1
Sutherland Shire Libraries
Social networking sites are becoming central forums for accessing and sharing information. Librarians are responding to this popularity by using social networking sites to interact with library customers. It is becoming increasingly obvious that librarians need to become more social networking literate to continue to provide services to many of their existing customers, to attract new customers and to maintain their role as information experts.
An example of what is happening......
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/library/
During the next months I will be posting a task for you to explore and respond to via this blog.
Responses may be individual or a group effort and can be as inventive as you like.
Your first task is to discuss what social newtworking sites you think that we should be using to connect with our customers?
Share your thoughts by 24th September.
An example of what is happening......
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/library/
During the next months I will be posting a task for you to explore and respond to via this blog.
Responses may be individual or a group effort and can be as inventive as you like.
Your first task is to discuss what social newtworking sites you think that we should be using to connect with our customers?
Share your thoughts by 24th September.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
blogging
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future library
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social networking
Ref Rap: State Library Futures Forum Part Two
Sutherland Shire Libraries
Last week I talked about the Bookends Scenario Report and the four possible scenarios. This week I’ll talk about some of the other interesting speakers at the forum.
Firstly, a panel of 8 discussed their interpretation of the four scenarios detailed in the Bookends Scenario Report. Some of the issues identified included rising oil prices, e-books and digital technology. The rise in oil prices could lead to an increase in Library users as more people try to save. It could also mean an increase in costs to the Library and a decrease in funding. E-books and digital technology will also have a strong effect on Libraries as questions are raised as to whether users will stop coming to the Library once they are able to download and find most of the information they need online. On a slightly more positive note Sherman Young pointed out that we now have the technology to design our own Internet applications. We can literally ‘build the future’. Kate Carruthers also suggested that Libraries need to focus on acting as community spaces using the ‘beer and nappies’ approach i.e. when fathers come into a supermarket to buy nappies there is a good chance they will impulse buy the beer sitting next to the nappies on the shelf.
Mal Booth, Belinda Tiffen and Sophie McDonald from UTS talked about the future of Libraries. UTS are currently moving much of their less used collection underground to be retrieved when requested. While this might create inconvenience to users as it prevents them from browsing, it does create more community space for the Library. They acknowledged that Libraries are becoming more collaborative for students, there is an emerging open source movement for researchers and the staff structure is becoming flatter with a lot more knowledge sharing.
Brian Haratsis discussed possible trends leading up to 2050. He predicted that improved transport will lead to stronger links with Asia. This will have an impact on trade, employment, tourism etc. He also predicted that more women will be entering the workforce and going back after childbirth so there will be greater demand for skills and employment training.
The talk by Chris Winter and Sarah Burns was very interesting. They discussed two projects by ABC innovations: Sydney Sidetracks and Gallipoli: the first day. Sydney sidetracks can be accessed from your PC or mobile phone and involves a self guided tour of Sydney complete with audio and visual e.g. you could walk to Martin Place and listen to audio recorded from end of war celebrations. Gallipoli provides an interactive map of the peninsula recreating the first day of the Australian campaign. This talk highlighted the increasing use of mobile phone’s and collaboration in delivering reference services (it also inspired me to look into investing in an iphone).
Morgan Williams from Yahoo!7 also presented an interesting talk about the impact that social networking is having on the Web. He said that the value of social referrals to information is rising over the value of search referrals. Both Facebook and Twitter use is increasing in Australia (Facebook at a huge rate). Yahoo!7 and other search engines are now trying to tailor their services towards this e.g. users are able to update their status from the Yahoo!7 site. Williams suggested that Libraries use this growth in social networking to create online communities linked to similar interests e.g. favourite books.
This is just some of what I found out at the talks. I’m interested in hearing your opinions. What do you think of the future of Libraries? Do you think UTS’s idea of creating more space is a good one? How can we use extra space in Libraries? How can we use online space? Is there any way we can implement the ‘Beer and Nappies’ principle? How can we attract Patrons to the Libraries as more and more information goes online? How can we stop me from asking so many questions? See what you can come up with and post your thoughts in the comments box below.
Karen B.
Firstly, a panel of 8 discussed their interpretation of the four scenarios detailed in the Bookends Scenario Report. Some of the issues identified included rising oil prices, e-books and digital technology. The rise in oil prices could lead to an increase in Library users as more people try to save. It could also mean an increase in costs to the Library and a decrease in funding. E-books and digital technology will also have a strong effect on Libraries as questions are raised as to whether users will stop coming to the Library once they are able to download and find most of the information they need online. On a slightly more positive note Sherman Young pointed out that we now have the technology to design our own Internet applications. We can literally ‘build the future’. Kate Carruthers also suggested that Libraries need to focus on acting as community spaces using the ‘beer and nappies’ approach i.e. when fathers come into a supermarket to buy nappies there is a good chance they will impulse buy the beer sitting next to the nappies on the shelf.
Mal Booth, Belinda Tiffen and Sophie McDonald from UTS talked about the future of Libraries. UTS are currently moving much of their less used collection underground to be retrieved when requested. While this might create inconvenience to users as it prevents them from browsing, it does create more community space for the Library. They acknowledged that Libraries are becoming more collaborative for students, there is an emerging open source movement for researchers and the staff structure is becoming flatter with a lot more knowledge sharing.
Brian Haratsis discussed possible trends leading up to 2050. He predicted that improved transport will lead to stronger links with Asia. This will have an impact on trade, employment, tourism etc. He also predicted that more women will be entering the workforce and going back after childbirth so there will be greater demand for skills and employment training.
The talk by Chris Winter and Sarah Burns was very interesting. They discussed two projects by ABC innovations: Sydney Sidetracks and Gallipoli: the first day. Sydney sidetracks can be accessed from your PC or mobile phone and involves a self guided tour of Sydney complete with audio and visual e.g. you could walk to Martin Place and listen to audio recorded from end of war celebrations. Gallipoli provides an interactive map of the peninsula recreating the first day of the Australian campaign. This talk highlighted the increasing use of mobile phone’s and collaboration in delivering reference services (it also inspired me to look into investing in an iphone).
Morgan Williams from Yahoo!7 also presented an interesting talk about the impact that social networking is having on the Web. He said that the value of social referrals to information is rising over the value of search referrals. Both Facebook and Twitter use is increasing in Australia (Facebook at a huge rate). Yahoo!7 and other search engines are now trying to tailor their services towards this e.g. users are able to update their status from the Yahoo!7 site. Williams suggested that Libraries use this growth in social networking to create online communities linked to similar interests e.g. favourite books.
This is just some of what I found out at the talks. I’m interested in hearing your opinions. What do you think of the future of Libraries? Do you think UTS’s idea of creating more space is a good one? How can we use extra space in Libraries? How can we use online space? Is there any way we can implement the ‘Beer and Nappies’ principle? How can we attract Patrons to the Libraries as more and more information goes online? How can we stop me from asking so many questions? See what you can come up with and post your thoughts in the comments box below.
Karen B.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
future library
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social networking
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