Notes from ALA midwinter 2009
Before I go to ACRL to learn even more things, here are some of the things that struck me at midwinter:
Products, new and improved:
Biblios.net: you create the catalog record, you can deposit it here (open source), anyone can use it
Overdrive: streaming video (~10,000 at this time); would this be useful for us?
RefWorks: has “grabit” bookmarklet, can pull in references anywhere there’s an isbn, such as amazon, catalog, etc.; is now accessible (well, Jaws can read anyway); can now set your shared folders to “site defined” so that anyone within IP range defined to WorldCat will be able to see their own link resolvers—neat for collaboration!
Schedule 3W: are we still using this to schedule ref/circ/av desks? If so, can we see some of the reports it can generate? If not, why?
Info about researchers: Community of Scholars (COS), they say it’s free to deposit info if you are a researcher, but I couldn’t see how? The brief info links up in the RefWorks cite…. Should show to various offices on campus (e.g., graduate studies, Faculty Development Center, Analytical Studies) in case they would be interested
Similarly ResearcherID by Thompson
Libramation media bank or libramate: RFID technology, standalone pickup and return stations for DVDs or even books, can reserve on web, card swipe pick up: could this be useful in media commons or as pick up for hold items, or during our reduced service hours?? Might Patrons fund?
Books:
William Bridges: Managing Transitions; he has grid to think through readiness for change
Ideas or good questions:
Why do we care if something has the same call number as something else?
Can we have librarians, staff write formal proposals for Patrons to fund? Keeps money flowing to ideas we, not just they, have.
NISO is working on “is authenticated by” tag standard
Systems librarian: we need to think about the role of IT in libraries, in universities, to see which things are uniquely handled in the library (need to sign up for listserv)
Staffing for the future: first make sure your processes are improved and streamlined, then make any cuts you need to, prioritize services according to your/campus, and only then look at staff talents in order to make a new staff plan (Maureen Sullivan in Organizational Development Discussion group)
You need to honor the past because it got us to where we are today; you don’t need to stick with it though
Can’t we put together a system of “self consultants” within our libraries, consortia, in order to take advantage of expertise?
Dashboards of quick and meaningful statistics
Shouldn’t we pursue relationships with some offices on campus to ensure that they know what tools we have or could purchase that can help them: citation indexes, journal citation reports, papers invited, community of scholars, refworks, etc?
Universities want to know what faculty publish, what impact that has, what collaborations, etc. (could we host page with organized, self submitted, lists of faculty publications (as RefShares??)
Products, new and improved:
Biblios.net: you create the catalog record, you can deposit it here (open source), anyone can use it
Overdrive: streaming video (~10,000 at this time); would this be useful for us?
RefWorks: has “grabit” bookmarklet, can pull in references anywhere there’s an isbn, such as amazon, catalog, etc.; is now accessible (well, Jaws can read anyway); can now set your shared folders to “site defined” so that anyone within IP range defined to WorldCat will be able to see their own link resolvers—neat for collaboration!
Schedule 3W: are we still using this to schedule ref/circ/av desks? If so, can we see some of the reports it can generate? If not, why?
Info about researchers: Community of Scholars (COS), they say it’s free to deposit info if you are a researcher, but I couldn’t see how? The brief info links up in the RefWorks cite…. Should show to various offices on campus (e.g., graduate studies, Faculty Development Center, Analytical Studies) in case they would be interested
Similarly ResearcherID by Thompson
Libramation media bank or libramate: RFID technology, standalone pickup and return stations for DVDs or even books, can reserve on web, card swipe pick up: could this be useful in media commons or as pick up for hold items, or during our reduced service hours?? Might Patrons fund?
Books:
William Bridges: Managing Transitions; he has grid to think through readiness for change
Ideas or good questions:
Why do we care if something has the same call number as something else?
Can we have librarians, staff write formal proposals for Patrons to fund? Keeps money flowing to ideas we, not just they, have.
NISO is working on “is authenticated by” tag standard
Systems librarian: we need to think about the role of IT in libraries, in universities, to see which things are uniquely handled in the library (need to sign up for listserv)
Staffing for the future: first make sure your processes are improved and streamlined, then make any cuts you need to, prioritize services according to your/campus, and only then look at staff talents in order to make a new staff plan (Maureen Sullivan in Organizational Development Discussion group)
You need to honor the past because it got us to where we are today; you don’t need to stick with it though
Can’t we put together a system of “self consultants” within our libraries, consortia, in order to take advantage of expertise?
Dashboards of quick and meaningful statistics
Shouldn’t we pursue relationships with some offices on campus to ensure that they know what tools we have or could purchase that can help them: citation indexes, journal citation reports, papers invited, community of scholars, refworks, etc?
Universities want to know what faculty publish, what impact that has, what collaborations, etc. (could we host page with organized, self submitted, lists of faculty publications (as RefShares??)
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