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Roles, careers, and development of the modern information professional in the context of IL

Barbie E. Keiser

UNESCO TTT workshop

University of Wuhan, China

October 2008

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Agenda

The knowledge economy Lifelong learning Going beyond (the four walls of your

library – using web 2.0 tools)

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The knowledge economy

Much work today has an information component

Most people don’t know what we (information professionals) know about information Find Retrieve Analyze Use

What role should we play in imparting what we know to others?

How can we be recognized as the resident expert? -Become the “go to” person when our colleagues have difficulties?

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New roles, new responsibilities

What skills do we have that can be applied beyond the four walls of a library?

What’s “in demand”? What additional skill sets are required

to fulfill those roles?

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What IL skills do information professionals like yourself possess?

Research Create pathfinders

Training Intellectual property rights (includes

copyright/digital rights) Digitization Translator between techies and end-

users

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What type of work environment could utilize those skills?

Information/research-intensive (e.g., journalism)

Database producers and vendors Website designers

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What roles do you want to take on?

How will we obtain additional skills? How do we keep up with all that is

new? Know what the “competition” is doing? Know what technologies/tools your

clients are learning and using?

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Research required

Let’s use information literacy as an example

Push and pull Personalization and customization Digest mode for listserves

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How can we keep up with what is happening in the field of IL?

23 things (http://plcmc12-about.blogspot.com)

Five Weeks to a Social Library (http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/prelimprogram)

Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) My account name is BEKINC My password is elene2 Open the file “informationliteracy” to link to 342

of my favorites

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Tools for YOU

Listserves, blogs & wikis Reference assistance

Ask a Librarian Instant Messaging Chat

Services Finding suitable content for

your website that utilizes new technology Podcasts available to you

(or generate your own?) RSS Feeds

Online tutorials

Tips for streaming media (http://streaming.wisconsin.edu/creation/creation.html)

I want to… (http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm)

Exploring the tools of Internet Technology (http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/418/47)

Engaging the user by applying social networking The catalog

Amazon effect Book reviews

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When do I use a blog and when a wiki?

Forum or Bulletin Board Discussion Group is most suitable for Q&A

Wiki is most suitable for loosely controlled, easy Web collaboration or highly collaborative information gathering. Editing by anyone allowed access.

Blog/Weblog is personal comment (diary) made available for others to comment in public (vs. CMS which has highly controlled authoring and organized information distribution)

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Listserves for librarians

BusLib-L LibRef-L Cataloging Librarians AcqNet CollDv-L@usc.edu http://serials.infomotions.com/col

ldv-l/

http://groups.google.com/group/collectiondevelopment

ILL-L ERIL-L Liblicense-L SysLib-L (

http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=syslib-l)

Web4Lib (Webjunction e-newsletter)

Digital-Preservation LIS-INFOLITERACY Digital-Copyright Find listerserves for yourself on Hbz (

http://digilink.digibib.net/wk/links.pl?&LNG=en)

Join a community (http://businesslibrarians.ning.com/)

Build your online discussion group (http://www.smartstreet.org/login.asp)

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Unique features

Blogs Permalink Trackback (pingback) –

Notification of a blog reference

Blogroll – List of links to other blogs this blogger finds useful

History and rollback function

Wikis Wikis in Plain English (

http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english)

Why Wiki? (http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/courses/wiki/)

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Software for creating…

Blogs Blogger.com/start

Biz Ref Desk (http://www.bizrefdesk.blogspot.com/)

Wired Funny-Life in Pierce Library’s ERC (http://ercpierce.blogspot.com)

Radio.userland.com BBlog Blogsome SixApart.com/moveabletype

Wikis Editme Socialtext.com Meta.wikimedia.org/

wiki/MediaWiki

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Jump right in!Blogs

Find a blog you like (in terms of design) and see what software was used to create it

Talk to the blogger about ease of using the software

Note blogs that change software Do your homework (RESEARCH) You alone or a group contributing Availability of tech support Wordpress (

http://www.wordpress.com) Karen Blakeman’s Blog (http://

www.rba.co.uk/wordpress/) Beyond Search (http://

arnoldit.com/wordpress/)

Wikis Find a wiki you like (in terms of

design) and see what software was used to create it

Contact about ease of using the software

Note wikis that change software

Do your homework (RESEARCH)

You alone or a group contributing

Availability of tech support PBWiki (

http://www.pbwiki.com)

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Finding and searching newer technologies

Blog list (http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory)

Daypop Feedster Blogdigger Best of the Web Blog

directory (http://blogs.botw.org/)

PLAZOO Gnosh.org Blogsearch.google.com

Sphere Waypath Technorati Syndic8 OpinMind PreFound What’s a swicki? (

http://swicki.eurekster.com/) Forbes.com Best of the Web (

http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/section.jhtml?id=12)

Weblogs.com/about.html

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Examples of library useBlogs

Best of the Web Blog Directory (http://blogs.botw.org/Reference/Libraries)

Search Library Blogs on LISZen.com

Alternative Teen Services (http://yalibrarian.com/)

Senior Friendly Libraries (http://seniorfriendlylibraries.blogspot.com/)

University of Virginia Library blog (http://uvalibwebdev.wordpress.com)

Linda Hall Library (http://linda-hall-library.blogspot.com)

Wikis How libraries can use wikis with

their patrons (http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=How_Libraries_Can_Use)

Blogging Libraries Wiki (http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki)

Antioch University Library Training and Support Wiki (http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/antioch_university_new_england_library_staff_training_and_support_wiki/)

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Well-known and education-based blogs and wikis

Blogs.warwick.ac.uk JISC Digitisation Blog

(http://involve.jisc.ac.uk/wpmu/digitisation)

www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/home

Wikihow Wiki.oss-

watch.ac.uk Wiki.cetis.ac.uk/

Cetis_Wiki

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Useful blogs for information professional development

J’s scratchpad (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/) Intelligent Agent (http://www.ia-blog.com/) Ranking the top 50 blogs in the search space (

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/ranking-50-top-blogs-in-the-search-space)

25 tips for marketing your blog (http://www.searchengineguide.com/odden/007754.html)

PanLibus (http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus) Information Wants to be Free (

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php) Open Directory Library Weblogs (

http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Weblogs/)

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Useful wikis for information professional development

LISWiki (http://liswiki.org/wiki/Wiki) TechEssence.info Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki (

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page)

Library Instruction Wiki (http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page)

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What can we learn from these tools?

Techmeme Digg BlogPulse (http://blogpulse.com/)

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Collaborative approaches Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) Slideshare.net (

http://www.slideshare.net/group/tttworkshops/slideshows)

Socialcast.com (Free trial) Jing Tagging and social bookmarking

Connotea.org Del.icio.us Furl.net

Clouds Rollyo IM Chat and 24/7 virtual reference

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Ask a librarian

AskNow.org http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID

=info_ask

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Messaging in an instant

IM a librarian (http://www.llrx.com/features/virtualreferenceservice.htm)

Trillian (http://www.download.com/Trillian/3000-2150-10047473.html)

Meebo (http://wwwl.meebo.com/) Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im/) Digsby (http://widget.digsby.com/) Twitter for Librarians (

http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/05/27/twitter-for-librarians-the-ultimate-guide/) Using Twitter as an Education Tool (SearchEngineWatch.com,

September 25, 2008) Twitter in Plain English (http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter)

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Podcasts

What are they? How can I find one? How can I create one? Examples of podcasts

Online training tutorials Useful podcasts for information

professional development

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Definition

An audio or video show which can be downloaded to your computer to watch or listen to at your convenience

You can find podcasts on websites or you can subscribe to them. Then, you will automatically receive every new episode of your favorite program whenever it is published

The latest versions of both Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer now support RSS feeds. If you click on the button, you will be able to “subscribe” to that podcast from inside your browser. It’s like saving a bookmark.

Source: The Podcast Network (http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/)

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Finding podcasts Odeo.com Podfeed.net Podcasting Station (

http://www.podcasting-station.com/categories.php)

Podcast Directory Podcast.net Digital Podcast Podscope Podanza.com

Everyzing (formerly Podzinger)

Feedster (http://podcasts.feedster.com)

Podcast Pup Every Podcast SpeakWire Podcasts.Yahoo.com Casting Words Blabline Blinkx (video)

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Creating podcasts The Ultimate Guide to

Podcasting (http://www.cumbrowski.com/podcastingguide.asp)

Podcasting “how to” guides (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/14793)

Podcastercon.org’s “UnConference”

Podcasting made easy (http://campustechnology.com/articles/40978/)

How to make a podcast (http://www.gsnyder.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=209540)

Transcription service $ (http://castingwords.com/)

EKU Library Learning 2.0 (http://ekulibrarylearning.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html)

Create podcasts using your PC (http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/05/create_podcasts_with_pc.html)

Podcasting for information literacy (http://209.85.165.104/custom?q=cache:HRxpNy-GR48J:www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/papers/133-LeeRoberts-en.pdf+information+literacy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us)

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Examples of podcasts Libraries launch academic podcasting (

http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/libraries/podcast.sju)

IWR (http://www.online-information.co.uk/online07/pod_list.shtml?press_id=13980)

Talking with Talis (http://talk.talis.com) Johns Hopkins Medical Podcasts (

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html)

Edelman (http://www.edelman.com/podcasts/) Top 25 hits (

http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/links_tophits.htm)

SoundPractice.net

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RSS Feeds

RSS in Plain English (http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english)

RSS Feeds – Key Skills (http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Learning/KeySkills/RSS/)

LibWorm for staff development (http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php)

Law Journal Feeds (http://law.wlu.edu/library/feeds/)

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Vendors as a resource Information Today (http://www.infotoday.com) Vendor correspondence (Scope@scopeknowledge.com e-

newsletter) SirsiDynix Institute Factiva InfoPro Alliance (http://

www.factiva.com/infopro/index.asp?node=menuElem1103) InfoPeople (http://

infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived) Ingenta Table of Contents Alert (

http://www.ingentaconnect.com) LexisNexis InfoPro Gale’s Digital Reference Shelf (

http://www.gale.com/reference/peter) and http://www.gale.com/reference/lawrence)

Quantum 2 (http://quantum.dialog.com/)

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E-newsletters and more

FreePint First Monday (http://

www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/) CyberSkeptic’s Guide $ (http://

www.cyberskeptic.com/cs) LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) Pinhawk Law Librarian NewzDigest (http://

www.pinhawk.com) Marcus Zillman’s Virtual Private Library (

http://www.virtualprivatelibrary.com)

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Models for online tutorials ($)

Viewlet Builder (http://www.qarbon.com/presentation-software/viewletbuilder5/) or (http://www.p4you.co.uk/products.asp)

DemoCreator (http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html) Demofuse (http://www.demofuse.com/) Adobe Captivate (http://www.adobe.com/Products/Captivate) Freescreencast.com Screencast-o-matic.com Splashcast/Camstudio mashup (

http://danielrhood.com/2007/10/22/splashcastcamstudio-mashup/)

Webinaria.com UTipU (http://www.utipu.com/app/)

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Additional ways to introduce 2.0 technologies to our users “Talk” to our users

The “professional” vs. the community’s book review Audio and video recordings were made in the past; now, how about

simulcasting over the Web? (http://www2.morainevalley.edu/default.asp?SiteId=10&PageId=1356)

IM reference chat service to serve those in and outside the building Transform our catalog

Use Rollyo to target search results for our users Consider how search results are presented

“Amazon” effect using circulation/loan data “Clouds” Automating compilation and posting of “new titles”

Sharing your favorites Del.icio.us (

http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00013233/01/BCLA2008_ItsDelicious.pdf) Libguides (http://www.springshare.com/libguides/)

Longwood University (http://libguides.longwood.edu/) Missouri Western State University (http://libguides.missouriwestern.edu/)

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Visualization tools

Clusty SpaceTree (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/spacetree/) Anacubis (

http://www.i2.co.uk/anacubis/anacubisviewer/help/Welcome_to_the_Anacubis_Viewer.htm)

WebBrain Grokker (http://www.groxis.com/service/grok/)

Fractal PC (http://www.softsea.com/review/Fractal-PC.html) Kartoo Touchgraph Google (

http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html) Inxight (http://www.businessobjects.com/demos/bi_platform/index.htm) ThinkMap http://spotfire.tibco.com/

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Authorlink

http://cite.cis.drexel.edu/

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Unsatisfying mosaic

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But mosaics can be effective

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Graphic presentation of information literacy resources

http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=b93aa8ef223445ff8919191fbc3ed23c

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Going where our users are: Facebook et al Hennepin County Public Library

(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Minnetonka-MN/Hennepin-County-Library/7223112325)

Stoneham Public Library (http://www.myspace.com/stonehamlibrary) Worthington Libraries (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Worthington-

OH/Worthington-Libraries/6091518004) Targeting teens

Steele Creek Teen Library (http://www.myspace.com/steelecreeklibrary) Worthingteens (http://www.myspace.com/worthingteens) Denver Teen Library (http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver) Lancaster Library (http://www.myspace.com/getitloudinlibraries)

Brooklyn College Library (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=42712933)

LibSuccess (http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Social_Networking_Software)

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The library is a living, evolving organism

Questions? Thank you! Feel free to be in touch… Barbie Keiser (barbieelene@att.net)

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Questions?

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Thank you!

Feel free to be in touch… Barbie Keiser (barbieelene@att.net)