tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179371242012-02-03T19:23:45.511-08:00The signs are there to tell you what to do: you just have to read them. Then decide whether you want to call the custodians, the police, or just ponder awhile.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-82129348167751499702012-02-03T19:23:00.000-08:002012-02-03T19:23:45.532-08:00

One of the 5 “significant challenges” that serves as the framework for the Horizon Report 2012 is the effect that social networks, new publishing paradigms, and out of date business models have on the library’s traditional “role as curator”. However I didn’t see any discussion of how the 6 technologies discussed would impact that issue in significant ways. People want to have access to

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Twofold interest in Academic Technology in 2011-- how to ensure that we eliminate many tasks redundant between Library Systems and Central IT (equipment maintenance, server upkeep, etc.) while ensuring high standards, and how can technology in general, and Library technology in particular, enhance higher education experience for instructors and learners. I'll be reading, I'll be in training,

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Donor relations: how to build and strengthen relationships with library donors (ALA Development Office program)To be successful at attracting donors for a project, need case statement: where have we been?, where do we want to go?, where are we right now?, what is our current problem or need? Formal one took her 9 months to get right. While several should be able to articulate the “gift talk”,

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• What if instead of “hiring” people, you thought of it as “selecting” them? What if you listened to them in the interview and made it a point to remember what they like so that on their first day you can make them feel welcome; have senior administrators take part in their orientation; celebrate their anniversaries? • Can, and do, your staff articulate your message, make emotional connections

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-89002141950704871232009-04-14T17:02:00.000-07:002009-04-14T17:12:15.663-07:00

I've been using Delicious for awhile now-- I can get to things fast from home or from work. You can see that I have bookmarked several CSU sites I use frequently, my own blogs so I can post quickly, interesting tools I want to try, papers I want to read or have read, some sites I use for volunteer work, etc. I also have "my delicious" on my IE toolbar so that I can get right to my site quickly.

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Just the highlights, as I saw them:• BYU matched 438K records from their catalog and also in LibraryThing. There were ~ 1 million LCSH, ~16 million tags. For a price you can augment your OPAC LCSH with the tags (cleaned up by LT to get rid of non-descriptive tags like “to read”, “unread”, etc.) and you will get far fewer 0 hit searches. Many tags were very likely to help with selection as

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I have a bit of a pet peeve-- I try to stay up to date with reading articles and then I want to then save them to my "2009" folder on RefWorks so I can find them again. Of course I can type in the citations (slow and old school), but prefer to find references (in LISTA, in Library Lit) and export citations to RefWorks. Only it takes months for new articles to show up in those indexes. Is there

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-13874499226443996602009-03-28T19:47:00.000-07:002009-03-28T19:56:32.551-07:00

When Linnea was home she looked through lots of recipe clippings and typed some she wanted into GoogleDocs and shared them with me. I was encouraged to type more and share them back-- and thought it might be a good idea to create an index of what we had already captured. Today I discovered that I can hyperlink from the index to the document itself-- something that might prove useful to those

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-47391102330058157792009-03-25T20:19:00.000-07:002009-03-25T20:28:20.107-07:00

OK, so here's a picture from last summer in England at the British Library.

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Something that comes to mind immediately for our Flickr photos is to have Veronica put up the historical photos that are on the photo abacus. What I loved about the LOC Flickr photos is that what was originally written as the title/context of the photo could be commented on by those who may know more, and then checked and edited by LOC to be more accurate about who was portrayed, significance.

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RSS works-- I can now follow those who do keep up their blogs (and I thought some posts were very interesting, insightful) and won't see them if people never post again.

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-47243566222235167742009-03-11T17:29:00.000-07:002009-03-11T17:39:41.129-07:00

We had a meeting with a rep from a DC area grant organization today about the new stimulus grants. Some interesting general thoughts:-- your abstract is key, not too short, not too long, just right is best. Be clear about your research target, your hypothesis, and your quantitative and qualitative evaluation strategy (need sound, reasonable measures for the impact)-- don't use passive voice--

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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,

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-21146587091333848422009-03-10T11:20:00.000-07:002009-03-10T11:24:03.924-07:00

I think there are many uses we have found already, and know we will find more as additional people in the library give it some thought. I'd like to use del.icio.us more to share good links-- could we substitute a shared account (or more than one) to take the place of some of our rather antiquated links pages?

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I found this thought provoking, and wish we could agree on such conventions here.A guideline is simply a suggested practice established to assist people in performing some function, as in "Guidelines for Preparing a Teaching Portfolio." A procedure is a standard practice that a department adopts in order to ensure consistency and efficiency, as in the steps for filing a complaint. A policy is a

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-85780632349606667252009-03-05T13:43:00.000-08:002009-03-05T13:46:00.647-08:00

Now starting the process of our library "10 things"-- thanks to those who set it up. It's been awhile since I blogged, hope to start it up again as I reflect more on my day when I do.

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Oakleaf, M. (2007). Using rubrics to collect evidence for decision-making: What do librarians need to learn? Evidence based library and information practice, 2(3), 27I am very interested in this whole concept-- as are some others at the Library-- and found this a great article. We so need to be able to do this-- ask a question, create agreed upon criteria to answer it, and create performance

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-24522537418804809822007-11-17T15:36:00.000-08:002007-11-17T15:37:44.579-08:00

Wednesday, October 24 8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. General Session: Doris Kearns Goodwin on Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and HistorianWith stories and insights from the successes and failures of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, Goodwin offers timeless lessons that apply to the worlds of business, politics, and higher education. Her

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Wednesday, October 24 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.Hot Topics Discussion: Open Source: Mirage or Reality? • John F. Walsh, Associate Vice President, Enterprise Software, Indiana University SystemIs your campus using or considering open/community source as part of your application portfolio? If so, what are the forces driving the adoption? Are the decisions tactical or strategic in nature? What

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Better late than never? More notes from ALA2007, things I think are interesting in red.Transforming Your Library, and Your Library's Future, with TechnologyALA GOVERNANCETrack: Transformation & InnovationsTechnology can transform your library and its services, as it is transforming the lives of your patrons. From do-it-now technology improvements to next-generation implementations, from

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Leading Technology-driven Change: Theory and Practice (LAMA LOMS) Beverly Lynch (moderator), Professor, Grad School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA Joyce Ogburn, Director, Mariott Library, University of Utah Marriott Library: She reviews leadership materials frequently in order to keep focused on her leadership style. She recommends several (Battin—past strengths become

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I needed to find two books, both on the 4th floor north, so spent a few minutes looking around.There aren't many students on campus at all in the summer, so it wasn't surprising to find only two using study carrels on the whole floor. It should have been very quiet, in fact we send people there who are looking for peace, so I was surprised to hear a very, very loud air conditioning noise the

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Some of the notes I wrote in the back of my notebook as I sat through a wide variety of good sessions-- I will write up selected sessions in more detail, but these are ideas I hope to come back to. Quick notes/ideas: Consider hiring/appointing an Assessment Librarian (example, Karen Neurohr, OK State)Project: the JSTOR complement. A good idea for a JACC-type proposal, e.g.,

Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551382445826065421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937124.post-1170219270012096342007-01-30T20:26:00.000-08:002007-01-30T20:54:30.023-08:00

Two things are motivating this post-- one, from the Sunday LA Times Book Review attributed to Thomas Hardy that says don't wait for inspiration, just write. One from a resolve (action plan) made in a project management class today to pick this (blogging) up again. Why-- to force myself to notice little things and to see where they can fit into the big picture.One of my classmates today said that

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We (Library Systems) had a retreat recently in another conference room -- occasionally you need to get out of the reach of day to day issues to think a bit more strategically. We noticed a "library" in the room-- boxes of journal issues-- and I wonder how many of them there are across campus? It seems like it would be a good idea for a librarian to survey departments and staff sections to see

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Constituent Group: Library/IT Partnerships Malcolm B. Brown, Director of Academic Computing, Dartmouth College Daniel Keith Marmion, Associate Director for Information Systems & Digital Access, University of Notre DameWhat are the issues on people’s minds?: • space/learning centers, • books vs. computers (some debate about framing it this way!),• e-archiving, especially of non-text-based

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When Account Management Is Not Enough: Identity at RIT Matt Campbell, Sr. Infrastructure Engineer, Rochester Institute of TechnologyHad many more accounts than students, multiple accounts, not any cleanup. Used SSN since “everyone has one”—- except international students, people who don’t want to give it etc., issued fake starting w/ 999, but people then don’t remember.What we had to work with:

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Career Development for IT Professionals Marilu Goodyear, Professor, Public Administration and former CIO, University of Kansas, University of Kansas Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Exec Director for eLearning & Professor, Design Technology, The Ohio State University Eugene L. Spencer, Assoc. VP for Information Services & Resources, Bucknell UniversityIT leaders can come from variety of backgrounds:

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From Labs to Collaborative Spaces: Development of Temple University's TECH Center Gerald D. Hinkle, Director, Computer Services, Temple University Timothy O'Rourke, Vice President, Computer & Information Services, Temple University Sheri Stahler, Associate Vice President, Computer Services, Temple UniversityEffort started with consolidation, did inventory to learn there were 112 labs on campus,

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Designing Learning Spaces That Promote Engagement Homero Lopez, President, Estrella Mountain Community College Richard Marmon, Director, Information Technology, EMCC Roger Yohe, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, EMCCThis is mostly about studio/smart classrooms rather than labs, but has parallels for our Information & Learning Commons. What makes great learning space? They knew

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Uncovering the Science in Computer Science: Challenges for the 21st Century Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, GoogleCerf talked about computer science: is it a science? If it is, you should be able to use it to predict things, but, for example, you can’t predict how long it will take to complete a program. Also has a significant correlation with science: “

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Or maybe they're just not that interesting?Our 05/06 statistics are due to the Chancellor's Office tomorrow and one quick check I can do easily is to run through line by line and compare with last year. There are differences-- sometimes mistakes, sometimes normal change, sometimes because of an aberration easy to remember right now (influx of one time money for books, for example) although

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There were several things that I noticed while at the hospital (Maine Medical Center)this week that impressed me-- and made me wonder how the Library might be able to use similar techniques to achieve the same great customer service and sense of caring. For example, patients in hospital beds by necessity spend a lot of time staring at the ceiling-- and a few of the ceiling tiles in the room had

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We're setting out to design "high tech" group study rooms as part of our Information & Learning Commons and are beginning to think about the tools that we'll put in the rooms. Some components are obvious-- computers, flat screen monitors, electronic and regular white boards, video cameras, conference tables, wireless, etc. Since the rooms are in the library, should we think about a few books

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John Battelle writes of "How Google and its rivals rewrote the rules of business and transformed our culture" in The Search.A couple of things struck me: I had never thought about the concept of search engine (you find something and click away) vs. portal (you find something and stay on the site.) I wondered how this relates to changes in library as repository of materials (you find and check

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It's hard to keep from buying the same technology twice. If the campus has a course management system, a library catalog, licensed productivity software, some type of web portal, a library federated search system and/or Open URL software, a proxy server, electronic reference software, Interlibrary Loan software, reference manager software, etc. you are already dealing with several vendors, each

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EDUCAUSE Day 2Identity ManagementGoal is easy and secure exchange among “known” individuals and secure access to restricted resources they know can be trusted without onerous access processesIdeally there would be a single digital credential that positively identifies the person, positively identifies certifying authority, is presentable only by that person, is tamperproof, is accepted by all

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Neely:Basic information (commercial?) about Sun which I didn’t know—including a good thing to think about when you are planning to acquire something: what is the barrier to exit? Will you be stuck?He attributed quote, but I didn’t get to whom: Open source is like a free puppy: now what do you do with it? Good distinction between “the science of teaching and the art of teaching”—one is easier to

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Leadership Forum 10/18/05Foundations and funding panel:Mellon has a specific focus on what they fund—they look for proposals that benefit their focus area, benefit multiple institutions, are realistic, cost effective, not round 1, intellectual property rights available, sustainable, assessable.NSF looks for intellectual merit, broader societal impacts, outcomes must be evidence based.Sloan

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Highlights from 10/17/05 Higher Education Leadership ForumOpening Panel: Kirschner: “Our smartest 18 year olds will not continue to march off to a 4 year college experience”; “2 years in darkened lecture halls: that was distance learning!”Detweiler: “library is the appendix of the campus—and it has appendicitis”; liberal arts and technology are means to an end: students should learn to discern

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