CALC Workshop Application for Financial Support
CLiC is offering five (5) individuals [in Colorado only] a chance to earn $200 to help defray expenses by assisting us at the CALC Sumitt event May 31 - June 1 . Selection will be based on a random drawing. To apply go to http://clicweb.org/calc2007/WorkshopSubsidy.php. It's a simple three step process.
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Hello everyone...and looking forward to seeing you at CALC. I just returned from ACRL, where I was inspired by NYU health sciences librarian Shannon Kealey to start a Facebook page as an outreach tool for our library (I'm at Fort Lewis College). Have any of you done this? I'd love to hear/read about your successes, failures, lessons learned, etc. I'd also love it if you'd add me as a friend on Facebook. You have to register at http://www.facebook.com/ first, but then you can find me in the Fort Lewis network.
Social networking has become a buzz word. Some suggest that it, along with the emphasis on "Millennial/ GenNext" learning differences, is marketing hype and that librarians should not take it seriously. I am typically a skeptical person, but I don't see how the pervasiveness of communication technologies cannot help but change the expectations and preferences of our users. Libraries, especially academic libraries, have always embraced innovation to address changing needs and technological advances, so we will continue to change, but possibly we are experiencing a shifting of the ground. We won't know it until it happens. Once libraries really look different in their physical spaces and communicate differently through a more interactive web presence, then we will be in a different paradigm. "The medium is the message." But I think one thing is a constant - if we don't offer students quality materials/ collections that they recognize as adding benefit to their education, then we will not be relevant regardless of how we embrace different forms of communication. So, I guess my question, arising from this rambling, is - how does embracing new ways of engaging our students enhance the institutions support for their libraries?
BTW, Jaqui and I were at ACRL together and I think we had a few shs moments attending separate presentations. I thought it was an excellent conference.
Hello! Another Rhonda posting! I am still waiting approval for my attendance to the CALC Summit 2007! All of the presentations look so interesting. I am currently heading our Disaster Plan Committee and had the idea of forming my own SecondLife Island for more affordable, interactive training in various disasters. I am hoping to get more information on the SecondLife phenom, as I was wondering about a Disaster Library Island.
Rhonda Altonen
Hello everyone. I am excited to begin a career at a time when change is definitely happening. Technology, information formats, and communication is causing all of us to learn new languages. Whether it is to help us serve our diverse communities or how to better prepare for a student population that has always used this technology. We, as Information Professionals, are challenged to meet this head-on. Looking forward to being a part of this upcoming event. Take Care, Paul M.
Hello, Everyone -
Interactivity is thought provoking and can inspire creativity. I look forward to the conference.
Minna raises a very good point. Different forms of communication are only relevant if students are aware of the resources the library offers and are aware of their significance. While social networking is a good way to publicize these resources, I, like Minna, am a bit skeptical.
I also had the pleasure of attending Shannon Kealey's Facebook presentation and I got a chance to chat with her at one of the conference dinners. She definitely has some great ideas and I am glad to see they are being used elsewhere. But, while facebook is a great way to reach students, it is necessarily reaching a new demographic? Or, is it reaching the same demographic in a new way? If the latter is the case, how can libraries better reach non-users?
Hi, everybody! Social networking is certainly a hot topic. I, too, attended ACRL, and I participated in the Five Weeks to a Social Library. Out of these two, I found the most important thing is to match the software to the need. We had plenty of skeptics in the Five Weeks course, myself included. However, if library staff are considering this new way of reaching their users, identifying first what needs exist and then choosing the software to meet the need will allow innovations such as blogging, wikis, Facebook, Second Life, etc., to be relevant to a particular library, its users and staff. For our library, Colorado State University-- Pueblo, we are experimenting with instant messaging for virtual reference, wikis for project management, blogs for disseminating library news and events, and del.icio.us for reference guides. Some are working better than others; but again, it is not necessary to employ all these innovations. I used to have the idea that I had to try them all, and this led to some anxiety and panic. Not so! I am really looking forward to CALC to gain a better understanding of the changes facing us as librarians.
This looks like a great workshop for up-and-coming academic librarians. I am especially interested in how emerging technology affects the way faculty, staff, and students interact with each other in the libraries, especially since there is so much potential for learning.
Hi there, I also went to ACRL and was inspired by all of the innovative work by librarians and institutions. I returned to Colorado with much excitement and a desire to try new technologies. However, I agree with Minna Sellers comments about being "relevant regardless of how we embrace different forms of communication." I think it's important to remember our bread and butter -- providing access to credible sources. However, what's the point of having all this great stuff if no one uses it? For me, the Web 2.0 technologies are all about communication. It's an opportunity to have a conversation with our colleagues across the campus or the country. It's also a chance to begin a new dialogue with students. We won't always like what they have to say. But I think it's important to listen and respond. That doesn't mean we have to say "yes" to every request, but we do have to have a reason why we're saying "no." Hopefully, the result is that we'll be more relevant to the patrons that we serve and ergo the administration.
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