Round two on its way...

I have been practising with the image generator because I wanted to make a comment about all the new Blogs linked to our sight. I am Blogged out from reading them all, but I enjoyed the diversity, the creativity and the words of wisdom. Some managed to express much in few words. Weak 2, virgin thoughts were a few which spring to mind. The names are great. My favourite is papillon, mainly because I am partiall to butterflies. This new round of library 2.0 is going to be an exciting interactive exercise for us all. I have had fun trying to guess who everyone is, with not much success I might add. I hope that youare al enjoying it so far. ELLE

Library Connect Seminar

Some of our ECU Librarians had the opportunity to attend the recent Library Connect Seminar in Perth where we heard a number of interesting presentations. Daviess Menefee from Elsevier discussed the challenges that the new technologies and the concept of social networking pose to publishers and how Elsevier was embracing these in its new developments: dynamic linking, more like this links, tagging tools, presence in search engines, more speedy publication (1-2 weeks for pre-publication titles), high value content available to be shared asap, archiving and more.

The National Library of Singapore reported on their approach to provide more information via images. Mobile phone friendly is a must. Posters around the library include a coloured pad of dots which will copy the poster to the mobile phone if it is matched to it.

Kate Sinclair from Flinders University reported on some the experiences they have had implementing new technologies within their library service. Replacing the reference service bookmarks or favourites with a collaborative tagging approach using Del.cio.us was on great idea. Another was developing a student tracking program in Web CT so the relevant library help page for the units taken were accessible to the student in a personalised manner.

When we get the link to the presentations I will include it so you can all get the full account of an informative day.

ELLE

Take two library learning 2.0

Another round of discovery learning is about to happen at ECU Library. A big welcome to all those library staff who are taking up the opportunity to ivestigate the new technologies. I look forward to your comments and hope that you find it as fun to do as I did.

Thanks JayGee for the image generator, it saved me looking for it. I must say they are fun to use.
ELLE

Unconference

Recently a few of the librarians at ECU attended an Unconference held at the State Library of WA, where experiences with Library 2.0 technologies were being shared by librarians across the sector. It was a great way to network and find how others were grappling and succeeding with the new technologies.

The Unconference began by providing us all the experience of using a wiki. We registered via the wiki, were invited to contribute to sessions or organising the event and were kept up to date on progress of the event organisation if we wished. The entire unconference was organised through the wiki. On the day, the interactive nature of the networking continued. Wikipedia tells us that this is the nature of the unconference "An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants..." I for one applaud this type of professional gathering as a way of sharing ideas.

I found the ideas in all of the sessions interesting and the following technologies particulary appealed and I will be investigating them further:

• Using del.icio.us to replace bookmarks or favourites on the PC to provide benefits in creating collaborative subject resources


• Using Twitter as a professional development tool

Check out this link to view the wiki. http://unconferencewalibrary.pbwiki.com/