Where Have All the Librarians Gone? The Academic Library Workforce of Today and Tomorrow BAD . no info .. changed title to “…..” something different .. wouldnt have chosen WILIS StudyGraying of workforceWhy people leftFollowup in Lib School Grad .. what are they doing? Left Job to reasons: Opportnities for growth New Challenging projecrs Salary [...]
Library Subject Guide Widgets come and then leave – lists of linksmultiple interfaces widgets …. rss video chat tagging Uses custom search engine google.com/cse toward … Google books search full textXerxesSome vender provide widgets (national academies) – Tic Toc .. creates RSS feed for current contents .. went away .. see if it still exists [...]
Recasting the Role of Comprehensive University Libraries: Starting Points forEducating Librarians on the Issues of Scholarly Communication andInstitutional Repositories Selling pts. VisibilityBranding Students for future employers (hmm ,, need driving innov… anticipate) Physics … big mit harvad berkley stanford princeton #25 Southamton (1st to mandate publ. in OA journals) ——- GVSU —- Schl. Comm. Wrkshps [...]
Publishing in Open Access Journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Who’s Doing it and Why? Coonin – East CarolinaYounce Auburn (after May 18) free access for all authors pays ( 26% psychology .. and science) – DOAJ lists pay vs free ($100 Soc. Sci. -$5000 in Science)peer review is at the heartelectronic is not [...]
Digital Libraries Need Digital Organizations:Identifying, Defining and Creating New Academic Library Management Structures 1966 – MARC1968-73 – Online Cat1971 – OCLC Union Cat – start collaboration in technology context1987 – Online Journals1991 – Web1996 – Google2001 – Wikipedia2005 – YouTube
Playing on ”Practice Fields”: Creating a Research and Development Culture in Academic Libraries Labs – Think Tanks – Testbeds – Sandboxes Environ. Scan:Strat. PlansOrg chartsPosition announcements Most is R&D is tech/open source/digitization Labs w/ user communityPortal sand gateways at GMU for grads/facU Minn. “Dig lib Dev. Lab”Zotero and Bamboo Read: James Neal re: R&D ImperativeKatherine [...]
DevShed – Mobile- Mobile Devices … See Virtual Conf. Low and no cost options: Meebo Twitter – Library News page (also Content Mang. Syst.) Optimized Mobile site (Small – 5pgs) – redirect by branding with “Mobile” IconOptimized for for iPhone/iPodTouch – most traffic
PreConference – Managing Change, Diversity, and a Multi-Generational Workforce: Developing Effective Problem Solving and Leadership Skills Best workshop ever… 3 Tests: MBTI – Im an “ESNP” KAI KGI
Twitter for Libraries: Best Practices and Advanced Uses of Micro-Blogs.. see Virtual Conf. Both Social & Mobile .. the 2 most important new Libr Tech Most Basic .. more complex microblogging systems have failed .. (Hmmm.. Disruptive Innov.) Information literacy skills .. Context:Mobile: Cell Phones (Smart Phones .. iPhones)Social “SMS Current awareness .. “blogs old [...]
KBART: Improving Access to Electronic Resources; plus, Finding the Hidden Side of Seattle – McCrackenOpen URL improvement.. to solve Inaccurate Data .. in NISO working group now Presentation: KBART – > Seattle tip -> KBART -> Seattle tip -> etc. Cornell -> creating a db to help provides write better OpenURLS
