Sharing info thru the Web…One Web App @ a Time
Conferences Notes
RA 4 FB: Reader’s Services on the Social Web
Nov 4th
Risks and Rewards of Reaching out to Readers on the Social Web
(On program: From Suggesting to Engaging: Reader’s Services on the Social Web)
Susan Brown, Lawrence Public Library (LPL)
- Overview of what has been done at LPL.
- Where ideas have come from?
- Inspiration to do even more
This isn’t a:
- Why to do social media
- How to do social media
“Reader’s advisory is one of the most social services libraries offer. It’s no surprise that talking about books so easily made the leap to the Internet. This discussion is a natural extension of the RA conversation” –Kaite Mediatore Stover
This is a:
- What to do with social media
- What to say More >
Beyond the ‘Flick’ and ‘Lit’: Integrated Advisory for Readers of Women’s Stories
Nov 4th
I’m at TSCPL’s Celebrate the Book Readers’ Advisory Conference today in Topeka. See Sharon Moreland’s notes from Nancy Pearl’s keynote this morning. Handouts from the entire conference are available online from TSCPL.
Kaite Mediatore Stove, Readers’ Services Manager
The Kansas City Public Library
Integrated Advisory Service — Book edited by Jessica E. Moyer.
Neal Wyatt has written a lot about this.
Integrated Advisory is doing RA beyond fiction. Film, digital collections, teen collection, and other format.s
New way of thinking about library materials. Finding connections between formats and genre.
Patrons are watching dvds, playing games, downloading podcasts, listening to audiobooks, reading magazines, reading graphic novels. These aren’t just separate collections. More >
What’s on my iPad?
Jun 23rd
People find out I have an iPad, and always ask me what’s on it. It’s always awkward trying to show & explain all the apps that are on it, while at the same time choose my favorites (which is near impossible). To help quickly answer that question, I’m putting out a list of what’s on my iPad. Any favorites will be marked by an asterisk. If possible, I’ll also mark today’s price for these apps. But for the sake of the length of this post, I will not explain what each app is or what is does. Maybe in a future post
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Librarians Know How to Find Stuff
Jun 15th
Using Innovative Techniques to Promote Information Literacy and Student Buy-in
Matt Upson (formerly of Miller Library, McPherson College) and C. Michael Hall (who couldn’t be present)
Creators of Library of the Living Dead
Guide can be printed from here
Downloaded 1.3 million times. Cited in LJ, SLJ, ALA journals.
This isn’t how to make a comic. It’s more to inspire the audience to do what works for their libraries & inspire creativity. The comic book worked for McPherson College.
Developing the relationships.
Quotes from Education Nation; one by George Lucas in the foreword & George Leonard quote on p21.
“We want students to know how to find information, More >
The Technology Edge: Leading Innovation in Our School from the Olathe East HS Library
Jun 15th
Note: Her slides will be posted to slideshare. I’ll embed them here when they’re uploaded.
Lori Franklin, Olathe East HS Library, Olathe KS [Also Ph.D. student, working on dissertation on 21st Century Learning, I believe]
Uncharted
- We know what is availble to us in terms of hw, sw, and experiences
- What we actually do not know is where we could actually end up on our journey…
The questions…
- Whose job is it to determine the journey’s end point and success level?
- The Teacher?
- The Student?
- The Team?
Talking to students. Filters are insulting to the students. If they’re filtered on the school computers, they won’t use them. They have their smartphones, that More >
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