CBS Bibliotek Blog – Innovation & Ny Viden

Hvis du leder efter et påskud til at besøge Austin i Texas, så kommer den her. I april afholdes der den årlige Electronic Resources and Libraries konference.

Hvad tilbyder ER&L: Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) provides a forum for information professionals to explore ideas, trends, and technologies related to electronic resources and digital services.

Indholdet de tidligere år ser spændende ud. På 2011 konferencen side er der links til videoer med præsentationerne. På deres Vimeo channel: ER&L, finder du i alt 37 præsentationer.

Lidt spændende derude fra

- Nicholas Carr: 2012 will bring the appification of media

- TTW – Office Hours: Putting the UX in Education

- Lessons from Learning 2.0 | Office Hours By Michael Stephens, Library Journal

- 92% of librarians say offline access to eBooks more or equally important than online access

- New modern library at Old Dominion speaks volumes – “We’re dealing with students’ needs in a wholistic way,” Neufeldt said, “not in pieces and parts.”

- University Library Enlists Collaborative Cheerleaders ikke nogen dårlig ide

- A New EDUCAUSE Review Online Incorporating EDUCAUSE Quarterly – øv EQ bliver nedlagt

- dSeneste på Nettet giver dig årets Juleføljeton: Historien om internet – Fra 1. december og frem til jul kan du følge historien om internet

- Mashable giber dig et overblik over Top 6 Social Media Marketing Trends of 2011:

1. Google +
2. Facebook’s Overhaul
3. Twitter’s Ascendance
4. Daily Deals Shakeout (Groupon)
5. Augmented Reality Goes Mainstream
6. Novelty Apps

Joe Murphy har udarbejdet en fin præsentation om Technology Trends for Libraries in 2012.

This talk included a roundup of the biggest tech trends of 2011 that will define mobile and social technology going into 2012. We focused on how libraries are impacted, what pressures libraries will be forced to react to, and how we can implement and adapt.

Her kommer lidt blandet om apps

- Her er de fire bedste apps til at læse QR-koder – Der er QR-koder overalt, men hvad er de bedste apps til at aflæse dem med?

Listen ser således ud:

• I-nigma
• RedLaser
• QRReader
• Optiscan

- Tablet på 7 eller 10 tommer – hvad er bedst? (PC WORLD)
Den danske brugervenlighedsekspert Jakob Nielsen har set nærmere på skærm-størrelserne på nogle af de mest populære tablet-pc’er. Ikke alle klarer sig lige godt.

- Smartphone-boom trækkes af apps
Børsen, tirsdag d. 6. december 2011, sektion 1 (DIGITAL), s. 44-45
Mobilt internet er den nye megatrend for danskerne, som har købt smartphones for sammenlagt 5 mia. kroner
Med masser af nyttig data om apps.

- Billig iPad-rival rives ned fra hylderne i USA
Anmelde af Amazons Fire

Ellyssa Kroski har udarbejdet en rigtig god præsentation om Mobile Technology in Libraries. Tag og kig den igennem.

Dagen før Internet Librarian International  2011 løb af stablen, var der mulighed for at deltage i forskellige workshops, bland andet WebSearch Academy, der absolut var det hele værd.

Emner for workshoppen  var balndt andet

• What is new in search engines
•  Alternative search engines

De to oplægsholdere

Karen Blakeman,RBA Information services, www.rba.co.uk 
Marydee Ojala, editor ONLINE: Exploring Technology & Resources for Information Professionals, www.onlinemag.net 

havde rigtig mange gode tips til andet end Google. Nedenfor et udvalg af resourcer, som jeg synes er værd at kaste et blik på:

Søgemaskiner:

Blekko – alternativ til Google og Bing

Duck Duck Go – alternativ til Google og Bing, gemmer ikke din søgehistorie, privacy friendly

Internationale nyheder:

News Now – nyhedsaggregator smaler nyheder fra nettet

World News – Delivers breaking news from all over the world in 49 languages, nyheder, video, fotos

Forskning

Microsoft Academic - ser spændende ud, men er langsom, msåe fordi det er en beta version!

Business

Lists of stock eexchanges – overskuelig adgang til alverdens børser

CEO Express – portal for travle CEO’S!

Mergers & Acquisitions New York Times – nyheder om M&A

Andre interessante sider

Quixey – søg efter APPS

Topsy – real time search for the social web, blandt andet  Twitter arkiv søgning

Forlaget Salem Press har de seneste to år uddelt prisen Salem Library Blog Awards. Her udpeger juryen de bedste blog indenfor en række kategorier. Du kan se vinderne her:

• The 2011 Award Winners
• The 2010 Award Winners

På sitet kan man finde en lang række gode blogs. De fleste er amerikanske, men derfor er indholdet stadig relevant. De samler på: Active blogs addressing issues that are important to libraries, librarians, students and patrons. De seneste findes her under Newly Discovered Blogs.

De er ordnet efter tema:

• General Interest Blogs
• Academic Library Blogs
• School Library Blogs
• Quirky Library Blogs
• Local Library Blogs
• Commercial Library Blogs

Som en opfølgning på tidligere indlæg om digitale indfødte, kommer her lidt input til hvad vi skal kunne i det 21. århundrede.

ALA Learning har set på sagen, de konstaterer at This *IS* the 21st Century. De har nogle forslag til hvordan bibliotekerne kan komme til at fungere som rugekasser for innovation og udvikling:

If your library community needs a boost to become a more successful incubator for 21st century skills, here are some ideas to try;

1. Get all library staff on board first. If all staff members understand why the 21st century skill sets are so critical to patrons’ success, they will be more deliberate about embedding the skills in programs and classes and helping patrons improve on many fronts.

2. Be the catalyst for creating networks in your community to approximate the “liquid networks” of cities.

3. Try to find the “edges” where the current state of things is not so satisfying.

4. Focus on your community members who are most receptive to growth and change.

I processen har de stillet medlemmer spørgsmålet “What do you think of when you hear the term “21^st century skills”?” Det førte til deres Project Compass workshops som sågar har udgivet en Workbook.

Project Compass Workshops: Workforce Recovery and Beyond – Shifting mindsets, building skill sets and increasing capacity (66 s./pdf)

Et andet projekt, der tidligere er nævnt her på bloggen, er Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills. De har udgivet rapporten Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills (40 s./pdf).

JISC har (selvfølgelig) også arbejdet med emnet. De står bag bag JISC Netskills. her kan man lære mere om:

• How can my organisation use technology for work-based learning?
• Be prepared for change: enable your staff to work more effectively with digital technologies

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og et gammel indlæg tilbage fra 2009 om Bibliotekariske kernekompetencer

Bag denne lidt kryptiske overskrift gemmer der sig mine erfaringer med at udarbejde video. Kort fortalt, handler det om hvor lang tid det tager at skabe et minut video. Det tager ofte længere tid end man lige regner med. Tidsforbruget er en tommelfingerregel, for hver enkel type af video. De kan variere fra opgave til opgave. Du skal

1 minuts dogmefilm → 1 time
Hvis du vil fremstille en hurtig screencast til Facebook eller vejledning, til at forklare en funktion, så regn med ca. en time pr. minut.

1 minuts god præsentation → 1 dag
Hvis videoen er beregnet til en større målgruppe og mere offentlig bevågenhed, så regn med ca. en dag pr. minut.

1 minuts markedsføring på web → 1 uge
Er formåletden helt store forkromede markedsføringsindsats, hvor der spilles på alle tangenter, så regn med ca. en uge pr. minut.

YouTube har forbedret redigeringsmulighederne. Det kan du læse/se mere om her YouTube’s Online Editing Tools: A Video Walkthrough.

American Society for Information Science and Technology udgiver seks gange om året deres Bulletin of American Society for Information Science and Technology. Den er altid fyldt med gode og korte artikler om forskellige temaer.

Det aktuelle nummer er October/November 2011 med temaet Libraries, Librarians and Mobile Services (pdf).

Indholdsfortegnelse:

• Libraries, Librarians and Mobile Services
• The Mobile Future of Place-Based Digital Collections
• QR Codes and Library Engagement
• Mobile Website Development: From Site to App
• Designing Low-Cost Mobile Websites for Librarians
• Mobile Usability
• Information Overload, Information Architecture and Digital Literacy
• From Intervention Informatics to Prevention Informatics
• Is Information Architecture Dead?

“Libraries are fully engaged in the process of adapting to increased demand for electronic collections and the ongoing acquisition and archiving of born-digital content.”

Pew har haft et par oplæg på det sidste med specifik interesse for biblioteker.

Reading, Writing, & Research in the Digital Age

The Networked Librarian (Video & Slides)

The Networked Librarian – Lee Rainie at BayNet from BayNet Webmaster on Vimeo.

JISC afholder d. 12. oktober dette Webinar: Meeting the research data challenge. Det er jo ganske spændende og lærerigt. Men hvorfor er der ingen, der udbyder webinars i Danmark? Det er jo et perfekt medie til at dele sin viden og udveksle erfaringer. Der er mange af de store spillere, der kunne byde ind: BF, DF, IVA, DBC, DEFF, BS osv.

Udenlandske tilbud:

• OCLC Webinars
• WebJunction / OCLC har en oversigt over library webinars (er ikke helt opdateret, et bare døde links)
• SirsiDynix Institute: Overview (kræver registrering)
• JISC Webinars (helt nyt, kun den ene)

Det burde ikke være så svært i Danmark. Vi har jo adgang til Adobe Connect via Forskningsnettet. Der findes allerede en glimrende platform.

Så hvem starter?

Infographics er blevet rigtig populære på nettet her i den seneste tid. Så hvis du hører til ’so-ein-ding’ typen er her to links, der kan hjælpe dig videre i arbejdet:

• 10 Tools for Creating Great Info-Graphics
• Infographics- Library Literacy Without Papers

Begge stammer fra bloggen Social Networking Librarian

JISC har et større projekt om åbne/frie undervisningsressourcer eller mere mundret på engelsk Open Educational Resources (OER).

Open Educational Resources: The value of reuse in higher education / OER Impact. Den findes i to udgaver: Accessible Report og en full research report

“This study investigated the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) use on teaching and learning. To achieve this, the project team reviewed current research in the area; surveyed, interviewed and ran workshops with suitable participants to collect data; and produced an accessible report on the study findings. The report considered the use of OER from both an individual and institutional perspective looking at the benefits OER can offer each and identifying the pedagogic, attitudinal, logistical and strategic factors conducive to uptake and sustained use of OER, as well as the associated issues and challenges.”

Baggrund: Open educational resources programme – phase 2

Læs projektets blog: OER impact study

Om rapporten: OER: The value of reuse in higher education

OCLC udgiver et newsletter med titlen Next Space.

NextSpace is OCLC’s magazine for our members and information managers. NextSpace analyzes industry trends and technology developments as well as feature news about OCLC. Our goal is to help you stay informed and make key decisions.

I de seneste par numre, er der flere interessante artikler.

Next Space #18 (May 2011) / hele nummeret i pdf

• Innovation Gaps
• Discovery to delivery in Denmark
• A Web presence for small libraries

Specielt artiklen Perceptions of Libraries, 2010 er interessant. Den henviser til en efterhånden gammel OCLC rapport, Perceptions of Libraries 2010: Context and Community, som bør være obligatorisk læsning.

Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community – This new membership report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences and perceptions. Højdepunkter fra rapporten:

1. Rethink online strategies—beyond the library website
2. Embrace the brand and extend the experience
3. Become personal information trainers
4. Librarians are valued, even more so than five years ago
5. The third place—online
6. Seize the moment

Next Space #17 (December 2010) / hele nummeret i pdf

• ROI 2020 – How valuable can libraries become?
• Geek the Library in action
• Rethinking the boundaries of the academic library

Campus Technology har en god artikel med 4 Web 2.0 Technologies To Inspire Students.

De fire teknologier er:

• Diigo
• Glogster
• Prezi
• PBworks

Et element i artiklen er de studerendes manglende kendskab og interesse for disse værktøjer. Hele formodningen om de digitale indfødte ser ud til at være lidt af en illusion.

QR koder griber om sig. De ses efterhånden alle steder, på reklamer, i aviser og blade, klistermærker m.m. Her er der et par gode, korte introduktioner til QR koder.

Matthew B. Hoy: An Introduction to QR Codes: Linking Libraries and Mobile Patrons
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2011, vol.  30, iss. 3, s. 2
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2011.590423
CBS Link (via fjernadgang) http://esc-web.lib.cbs.dk/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2011.590423

Abstract:
QR codes, or ‘‘Quick Response’’ codes, are two-dimensional barcodes that can be scanned by mobile smartphone cameras. These codes can be used to provide fast access to URLs, telephone numbers, and short passages of text. With the rapid adoption of smartphones, librarians are able to use QR codes to promote services and help library users find materials quickly and independently. This article will explain what QR codes are, discuss how they can be used in the library, and describe issues surrounding their use. A list of resources for generating and scanning QR codes is also provided.

Bruce Massis: WHAT’S NEW IN LIBRARIES: QR Codes in the Library (EarlyCite Article)
New Library World, 2011, vol. 112, iss. 9/10
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1944477&

Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this column is to examine the use of QR codes in libraries and the variety of uses suggest specific uses of this motivating technology for libraries to enhance their own offerings to users with greater potential and possibilities.

Fundet via Informed Librarian nyhedsbrevet.

Computers in Libraries har i seneste nummer to gode artikler om OPAC’ens rolle i forskningsbibliotekerne

Hofmann, M, & Yang, S: How Next-Gen R U? A Review of Academic OPACS in the United States and Canada
Computers in Libraries, 2011, vol. 31, iss. 6, s. 26-29
CBS Link (Via fjernadgang)
Abstract:
With vendors seeming to abandon their ILS-integrated OPACs in order to develop and promote their discovery tools, we were curious as to just what was the current state of affairs for academic libraries in the quest for the touted next-generation catalog.

Bailey, K.: Online Public Access Catalog: The Google Maps of the Library World
Computers in Libraries, 2011, vol. 31, iss. 6, s. 30-34
CBS Link (Via fjernadgang)
Abstract:
What do Google Maps and a library’s OPAC have in common? Google Maps provides users with all the information they need for a trip in one place; users can get directions and find out what attractions, hotels, and restaurants are close by. Librarians must find the ultimate OPAC that will provide, in one place, all the information and services patrons will need for their searches. Such an OPAC would equal the services that Google Maps provides its users.

Ben Showers fra JISC har skrevet et blogindlæg om forskningsbibliotekerne og de udfordringer, vi møder i forbindelse med mobilteknologierne: App-ortunity Knocks: Mobile and the future of the library. Han ser disse udfordinger:

• Re-conceptualisation of services
• Changing our relationship to space
• Changing institutional support strategy
• Legal implications
• Not waving, but drowning
• New opportunities…

Conduit er en gammel kending her på bloggen. Jeg har tidligere skrevet om deres toolbargenerator. Men nu tilbyder de også muligheden for at skabe sin egen mobile app. Det virker nemt og hurtigt, så det jo bare at prøve det af.

How do I Conduit?
We’ve made it as simple as possible: Within minutes, you can take any part of your content, customize it to match the look & feel of your site, product, or idea and distribute it to users as sticky apps, toolbars, or mobile apps.

Via | Create a Mobile Application for Your Library with Conduit.com

Scoop.it er en ny service (i Beta), som tillader dig at samle dine informationsstrømme på en side og pushe dem ud.

De beskriver servicen således: Be The Curator of Your Favorite Topic! Create your topic-centric media by collecting gems among relevant streams. Publish it to your favorite social media or to your blog

Her er tre relevante eksemplar på hvordan det kan gøres:

• Company & Business Research – “The best sources and strategies for conducting effective, quality business research” Created and curated by Robert Berkman
• Social Networking for Information Professionals – “Social networking and participatory library services” Created and curated by Judy O’Connell
• Learning in a Digital Age “Future of thinking and learning in a digital age” Created and curated by DML Competition