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Web based tools for libraries – getting something for nothing. Kerry Webb ALIA [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Along with information on everything under the sun, you can also find plenty of tools and sites on the Web for professional librarians – so many in fact that some managers may question the need for libraries and librarians. Many of these tools can help you do your job better, but despite the hype there is always a cost.
What it’s about …
What you need to do your job now and in the future
Before we get started
I’ve never worked as a librarian I do have my Dip. Lib. though but I have a fair idea of what librarians do, and
therefore what they need Now, if you were expecting screens and
screens of URLs of useful sites, you’ll be disappointed …
Before we get started contd
I’d rather talk in more general terms about the topic But there will be some URLs – I promise
The other thing to note is the old old question: what is a librarian? We do a lot of different things “Traditional Librarianship”, Web publishing …
Before we get started contd
It’s also instructive to think about what the Internet is good at Finding stuff (but can we trust it?) Doing stuff (maybe buying and selling books and
journals) Talking to all sorts of people (communication is
good, but …)
Tools – Finding Stuff
First, some background There are people who know how to get stuff
Story from Wombats
But there are lot of people who don’t Some of the stories from LibraryThing
Result – there’s an ongoing demand for “reference help”
Tools – Finding Stuff contd
Google (as used by experts) How many people (mis)use it Google add-ons – Books, Scholar etc News and Blogs particularly useful
The OCLC kerfuffle
Don’t ignore the other search engines (for completeness)
Tools – Finding Stuff contd
Also, read beyond the first few pages Metasearch engines
Not as popular as they once were Don’t forget – you aren’t typical users
Tools – Finding Stuff contd
And then there are new developments Reference Extract
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081111-using-crowdsourced-librarians-to-out-google-google.html
DeepDyvehttp://www.deepdyve.com/
Carrothttp://demo.carrot2.org/
Tools – Doing Stuff
LibraryThing Flash Mob Cataloguing Parties
http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/10/flash-mob-cataloging-party.php
Want to buy some books? Addall (http://www.addall.com),
AbeBooks (http://abebooks.com)
Tools - Talking to People
Librarians have been good at this since the start PACS-L (http://epress.lib.uh.edu/pacsl/pacsl.html)
Web4Lib (http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/)
Stumpers-L (http://project-wombat.org/)The things (and resources) that you can learn from these!
Tools - Talking to People contd
And of course, LINK (http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link)Not showing much of its Library background, and the personalities can be exasperating …
Tools - Listening to People
Depending on your area of interest Cheryl Hardy’s eGov Victoria
http://www.egov.vic.gov.au/ Mostly reporting on the use of the Net for Government, but a lot of general stuff on new resources and Web development
Laura Carlson for Web development
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/webdev_listserv.html The best list of resources for all aspects of Web development
Tools - Listening to People contd
Craig Thomler’s eGovernment bloghttp://egovau.blogspot.com/
Regular editorial posts on EGovernment issues – and a good number of responses
David Goldstein’s auDA Domain Name Newshttp://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ Factual abstract of news items – no editorialising
Tools - Learning
A taste of Web 2.0http://www.yprlconnect.blogspot.com/
The Informed Librarian
http://www.informedlibrarian.com/
At last, the promised URLs
LibrarySpot’s Librarian’s Shelfhttp://www.libraryspot.com/libshelf/
Lynette Reville’s New Librarians Resource Pagehttp://www.alia.org.au/~lreville/nlrp/
Bruce’s Links for Librarianshttp://www.e-book.com.au/misc.htm
At last, the promised URLs contd
Yarra Plenty’s Web 2.0 Resourceshttp://yprl.wordpress.com/
But what is the cost?
Remember what the introduction said? Mostly, it’s trust Trust that the information is reliable
Wikipedia, as it was
Trust that the host won’t misuse your information Google and searches, and cloud computing
But what is the cost contd
Trust that you won’t be defrauded Trust that the system will be around next week
The Google Page Creator experience In the end, it’s all about them
All of these require risk mitigation strategies (hurrah for buzzwords!)
Finally, my advice
Dive in – you won’t break the Internet or if you do, you’ll be quite famous