ALASC Luminary Lecture Webcast: Jeremy Kemp on Second Life

Watch a webcast of Jeremy Kemp, SJSU SLIS Assistant Director for Second Life Campus, talk about Second Life and how it applies to library students, as well as how it can be used for outreach to Library communities. Click on the SLIS media player link, then the ALASC link on the SLIS site to find the lecture (MP3 or MP4) to download.

Subscribe to the RSS Podcast feed:
SJSU SLIS iTunes Portal

World Digital Library

The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research. Read the Library of Congress press release about an agreement with UNESCO pledging cooperative efforts to build a World Digital Library Web site.

LOC webcasts "Digital Future and You"

Digital Future and You is a Library of Congress webcast series on technologies such as LibraryThing, Zotero, MODS, etc.

By the way, check out the LOC's RSS feeds.

CARL N IT workshop Photos and Presentations

Photos from the recently held CARL N IT workshop on Next Generation Libraries available from the group's Flickr album.

Presentations from the workshop available on the group's website. Thanks to Carol Pearce, website and Flickr administrator.

Travel Grants for 2008 ALA annual conference

From the ALA Marginalia blog -- A list of travel grants available to attend the 2008 ALA conference in Anaheim, California. Most have December 1, 2007 deadlines.

SJSU SLIS Second Life on PBS

The SJSU School of Library and Information Science will be featured on the public television show "Quest," which will air on KQED at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 25. The show explores science, environment and nature in Northern California. Tuesday's edition will feature a segment on Second Life, an online game where millions of people are creating digital personalities called avatars. SLIS has incorporated Second Life into its curriculum. KQED conducted interviews with SLIS faculty at the Academic Success Center's Incubator Classroom and part of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library that overlooks Tower Hall, which appears on Second Life.

Registration closed: NextGen Libraries workshop

Registration is closed for the:

CARL North Information Technology Interest Group September 7, 2007 Next Generation Libraries workshop.

Please direct your questions to Ann Hubble, UCSC, Science & Engineering Library, 831-459-4974 or ahubble@ucsc.edu

2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere

Meredith Farkas is conducting her second Biblioblogosphere survey about people in the library and information science profession who blog. Read more about it and the previous survey results from 2005.

Open Library Project

"The Open Library was created by the Internet Archive to demonstrate a way that books can be represented online. The vision is to create free web access to important book collections from around the world." There is a demo site as well that keeps you abreast of new developments.

An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education with related comments is quite interesting -- actually one individual noted in the comments that the comments are more interesting than the article! Included in the comments section: stuff about libraries and OCLC.

Register for our NextGen Libraries workshop

CARL North Information Technology Interest Group presents:

A Workshop on Next Generation Libraries , September 7, 2007

Innovative Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way the world interacts with information. How are libraries changing to remain relevant in both the real and virtual world? Please join us for this exciting workshop that will explore emerging new information technologies, what changes have already shifted the playing field for library resources and public service, and what we, as librarians, need to do to stay ahead of the learning curve.

Keynote Address:

Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital Library Federation "Architects of Collaboration" Before joining DLF, Peter was Director of Technology at UC's California Digital Library. He has significant experience in digital library development and authors a provocative Blog, shimenawa. His address will focus on the rapidly changing technological landscape, the key events that have and will impact Libraries, and what libraries need to do to remain relevant.

Speakers:

Ray Larson, Professor, UC Berkeley School of Information "The Future of Search" Prof. Larson teaches classes on information retrieval at UCB. What is the future of search? Are controlled vocabularies and hierarchical structures a thing of the past? How are google-like search engines evolving? What are the new research directions in information retrieval? Prof. Larson's talk will examine the path towards the next generation of "search" ­ i.e., what is to come, what are the main open questions, and how will we integrate all these vast resources and still make results usable and comprehensible to users.

Jeremy Kemp, Assistant Director, SJSU SLIS Second Life Campus "Next Generation Library Schools: Sloodle & the Second Life Campus" Information Today calls Second Life the "Library of the Future." SJSU instructional designer Jeremy Kemp, and course designers around the world, are using this 3D gaming engine to build assessable and highly engaging teaching and learning spaces. Mr. Kemp will discuss how they use a new set of practical tools to organize information and present it in immersive settings, including Sloodle, which combines the open source Moodle learning management system with Second Life 3D building tools with the aim of creating engaging experiences in a well-designed pedagogical scaffold.

Library Cool Tools (an afternoon of demonstrations) Experience and explore Web 2.0 technologies that could enhance library services, including:

*A Second Life for Libraries (Bernadette Swanson, UC Davis and Sandra Rotenberg, Solano Community College)
*Embedding the Library with LibX (Ann Hubble, UC Santa Cruz)
*LibraryThing and Librarians (John Wenzler, San Francisco State University)
*Next Generation Discovery Tool: Encore from Innovative Interfaces (Dinah Sanders)
*Zotero: The Next Generation Research Tool (Pam Howard, San Francisco State University)

WHEN: Friday, September 7, 2007 9 am - 4 pm

WHERE: AT&T Executive Briefing Center 795 Folsom Street - 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 One block South of Moscone Center at 4th and Folsom St. Closest BART stations: Montgomery or Powell



------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION FORM:



Next Generation Libraries - September 7, 2007

Advance registration required by August 17, 2007.



COST (includes all-day workshop, morning & afternoon refreshments and lunch):



CARL Members: $40;
Non Members: $45;
Students: $25



Interested in joining CARL? Please visit: http://www.carl-acrl.org/



Name:

Title:

Institution:

Email:

Phone:



Please circle:

CARL Member ($40);
Non-Member ($45);
Student ($25)



Make your check payable to CARL by August 17 and send to:

Ann Hubble, Electronic Resources Librarian, Science & Engineering Library, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064.

Questions? Contact Ann at 831-459-4974 or ahubble@ucsc.edu.

Lunch boxes provided by Boudin Catering and includes a sandwich, chips, and cookie. Lunch (please circle one):

Bavarian Ham and Swiss

Classic Vegetarian

Roast Beef

Tuna Salad

Turkey and Cranberry

Turkey and Havarti Cheese


Please Note: No refunds after August 24, 2007.

Ready2Net eLearning webcasts series

Thanks to CARL North IT member Jackie Siminitus (Library Advocate, AT&T California) for this post.

The award-winning READY2NET (R2N) series serves as a national forum for structured discussions about the key eLearning and information technology issues that affect students, faculty, campus officials, institutions, and the public. The Ready2Net programs bring together leaders from higher education, industry, government, and other sectors. The Ready2Net programs are available free, broadcast live via satellite and streamed over the Net. An archive of previous webcasts is available.

Registration required.

June 14, 2007:
Libraries, Coffee, and Surfing

The library’s longstanding function as the academic center of a campus has shifted. Many libraries have added digital media centers, and social and group workspaces in their portfolios of services. Librarians now define the library as an encompassing, multi-functional facility and virtual space centered on learning, the discovery of information, and collaboration. Coffee stands, cafés, and other social spaces demonstrate this shift towards accommodating the requirements of library patrons. This R2N program explores the library’s changing and often challenging roles—including benefits to its users, possibilities for its future, and threats to the library that we know today.

CARL North IT NextGen Libraries workshop, Sept 7

CARL North Information Technology Interest Group presents:

A Workshop on Next Generation Libraries
September 7, 2007

Innovative Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way the world interacts with information. How are libraries changing to remain relevant in both the real and virtual world? Please join us for this exciting workshop that will explore emerging new information technologies, what changes have already shifted the playing field for library resources and public service, and what we, as librarians, need to do to stay ahead of the learning curve.

Keynote Address:

Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital Library Federation
"Architects of Collaboration"

Before joining DLF, Peter was Director of Technology at UC's California Digital Library. He has significant experience in digital library development and authors a provocative Blog, shimenawa. His address will focus on the rapidly changing technological landscape, the key events that have and will impact Libraries, and what libraries need to do to remain relevant.

Speakers:

Ray Larson, Professor, UC Berkeley School of Information
"The Future of Search"

Prof. Larson teaches classes on information retrieval at UCB. What is the future of search? Are controlled vocabularies and hierarchical structures a thing of the past? How are google-like search engines evolving? What are the new research directions in information retrieval? Prof. Larson's talk will examine the path towards the next generation of "search" ­ i.e., what is to come, what are the main open questions, and how will we integrate all these vast resources and still make results usable and comprehensible to users.

Jeremy Kemp, Assistant Director, SJSU SLIS Second Life Campus
"Next Generation Library Schools: Sloodle & the Second Life Campus"

Information Today calls Second Life the "Library of the Future." SJSU instructional designer Jeremy Kemp, and course designers around the world, are using this 3D gaming engine to build assessable and highly engaging teaching and learning spaces. Mr. Kemp will discuss how they use a new set of practical tools to organize information and present it in immersive settings, including Sloodle, which combines the open source Moodle learning management system with Second Life 3D building tools with the aim of creating engaging experiences in a well-designed pedagogical scaffold.

Library Cool Tools (an afternoon of demonstrations)

Experience and explore Web 2.0 technologies that could enhance library services, including:

*A Second Life for Libraries (Bernadette Swanson, UC Davis and Sandra Rotenberg, Solano Community College)
*Embedding the Library with LibX (Ann Hubble, UC Santa Cruz)
*LibraryThing and Librarians (John Wenzel, San Francisco State University)
*Next Generation Discovery Tool: Encore from Innovative Interfaces (Dinah Sanders)
*Zotero: The Next Generation Research Tool (Pam Howard, San Francisco State University)

WHEN:
Friday, September 7, 2007
9 am - 4 pm

WHERE:
AT&T Executive Briefing Center
795 Folsom Street - 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
One block South of Moscone Center at 4th and Folsom St.
Closest BART stations: Montgomery or Powell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REGISTRATION FORM:

Next Generation Libraries - September 7, 2007
Advance registration required by August 17, 2007.
COST (includes all-day workshop, morning & afternoon refreshments and lunch): CARL Members: $40; Non Members: $45; Students: $25

Interested in joining CARL? Please visit: http://www.carl-acrl.org

Name:
Title:
Institution:
Email:
Phone:
Please circle: CARL Member ($40); Non-Member ($45); Student ($25)

Make your check payable to CAR L by August 17 and send to:

Ann Hubble, Electronic Resources Librarian, Science & Engineering Library, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Questions? Contact Ann at 831-459-4974 or ahubble@ucsc.edu.

Lunch boxes provided by Boudin Catering and includes a sandwich, chips, and cookie.

Lunch (please circle one):

Bavarian Ham and Swiss
Classic Vegetarian
Roast Beef
Tuna Salad
Turkey and Cranberry
Turkey and Havarti Cheese

Please Note: No refunds after August 24, 2007.

More information about the workshop will be available, as it develops, on this blog

Using Google Maps

Google Maps now allows you to "create and share personalized, annotated maps of your world."

Check out the Learning 2.0 Throughout the World map created by Minerva Shelved.

And think about the many ways you may utilize Google Maps to promote or advertise your library. Garrett Kuramoto, of the Sunnyvale Public Library, made a Google map of all Silicon Valley Library System (SVLS) libraries, complete with street address, zip code for GPS, and area code. San Jose Public Library (SJPL) has a link to the map on its website. Slick, eh.

What's New in Podcasting

SirsiDynix Institute Webinar - What's New in Podcasting?

Presented by David Free, Public Services Librarian,
Decatur Campus Library, Georgia Perimeter College

Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 11 a.m. - noon Eastern / 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Pacific
Register for this SirsiDynix Institute webinar.

"In the year since the SirsiDynix Institute first examined podcasting (May of 2006), there have been many exciting developments with this emerging technology. Mainstream news and entertainment media have embraced both audio and video podcasts as a method of distributing information and creating community. There are now tens of thousands of podcasts of all types included in the iTunes music store. Educational uses of podcasts to deliver lectures and other content have proliferated. And more libraries than ever are producing podcasts or considering podcasting as part of their teaching and marketing efforts.

This presentation builds on the previous SirsiDynix Institute podcasting series by examining developments in the library podcasting landscape over the past year, including a look at (and listen to) new podcasts created by and for the library community. Tips for considering, planning, creating, evaluating, and sustaining a podcasting program at your library are also included. Learn how to create quality podcasts that will engage your audience from one of the first library podcasters. "

David Free is the Public Services librarian at the Decatur Campus Library of Georgia Perimeter College. He produces the Georgia Perimeter College libraries' podcasts and is the podcast editor of The Chattahoochee Review literary quarterly. Free holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from Clark Atlanta University and a master's in English from Georgia State University. He blogs at davidsrandomstuff.blogspot.com.

If you have missed previous SirsiDynix Institute events, or are unable to make this one, we have an extensive archive.

Learning 2.1

PLCMC who first brought us Learning 2.0 or the 23 Things is now offering their staff and guests Learning 2.1. A wiki is also available for Learning 2.1 participants.

Thanks to the comment for this post in which Minerva reminded us that PLCMC also has a Ning group associated with the Learning 2.1 program.

Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting - June 6-8

The 29th Annual Meeting for the Society for Scholarly Publishing will be held June 6-8, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Librarians and students are invited to register for the SSP Annual Meeting for $250, almost half the member rate (if you are a librarian employed in a library as well as a member of SSP, this rate is for you too). SSP is the Society FOR Scholarly Publishing, not OF Scholarly
Publishers, and librarian viewpoints and input are welcomed. (Rates increase after May 11, so don’t delay.)

This year's program, "Imagining the Future: Scholarly Communication 2.0," promises
to be an exciting and thought-provoking event. Is "Web 2.0" just a buzzword, or are there real opportunities for scholarly publishing lying beneath the hype?

Featured speakers are Larry Sanger (Wikipedia/Citizendium), Paul Duguid (UC Berkeley), David Worlock (Outsell, Inc) and Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive).

Don't miss:

* Pre-meeting seminars (June 6) on hot topics: copyright in the digital world, content licensing, business usage data, and society publishing
* Fifteen practical and cutting-edge program sessions for publishers, editors, librarians, scholars, printers, agents, wholesalers, booksellers, and other participants: technology, digital content, institutional repositories, interfaces, and more.
* Nationally recognized experts in many aspects of scholarly communication
* Exhibitors' Marketplace and receptions
* Formal and informal networking opportunities

For more information, download the program brochure, registration, and hotel details.

ACRL Top 10 Assumptions for future of academic libraries

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) unveiled its Top Ten Assumptions for the future of academic and research libraries during the ACRL’s 13th National Conference held March 29 to April 1 in Baltimore.

The ACRL Research Committee developed the top ten assumptions after surveying member leaders and conducting a literature review. A panel representing community and liberal arts colleges, research university libraries, as well as an observer of the higher education environment reacted and commented upon the assumptions at the ACRL National Conference.

“These assumptions underscore the dominant roles that technology and consumer expectations are increasingly playing in libraries,” said Pamela Snelson, president, ACRL and college librarian at Franklin and Marshall College. “The underlying trends offer new opportunities for academic libraries and librarians to embrace the future.”

1. There will be an increased emphasis on digitizing collections, preserving digital archives, and improving methods of data storage and retrieval.
2. The skill set for librarians will continue to evolve in response to the needs and expectations of the changing populations (student and faculty) that they serve.
3. Students and faculty will increasingly demand faster and greater access to services.
4. Debates about intellectual property will become increasingly common in higher education.
5. The demand for technology related services will grow and require additional funding.
6. Higher education will increasingly view the institution as a business.
7. Students will increasingly view themselves as customers and consumers, expecting high quality facilities and services.
8. Distance learning will be an increasingly common option in higher education and will co-exist but not threaten the traditional bricks-and-mortar model.9. Free, public access to information stemming from publicly funded research will continue to grow.
10. Privacy will continue to be an important issue in librarianship.

Listen to a podcast featuring Snelson and Mullins discussing the top ten assumptions is available at . Read more by Mullins and committee members in the April issue of College & Research Libraries News.

Authors@Google

Google is making available videotaped sessions of its author talks. Guests have included Hillary Clinton, Eve Ensler and Neil Gaiman. Here's a direct link to the author series on YouTube.

Ning Library 2.0 Social Network

You may have already heard about Ning and you may already be a part of the Library 2.0 Ning network that has over 1,200 members and 6 other library networks in French, German, Italian, Chinese, Dutch and Portuguese.

Check out all the social networks available from this free service. As many of us are aware, there are other competing services such as Facebook and it'll be interesting watching which social network succeeds in the long run and which one(s) work(s) for libraries.

Elluminate Webinars

Thanks to CARL member and AT&T Library Advocate Jackie Siminitus for this blog entry about the webinars available from Elluminate.

Check out upcoming webinars on Learning 2.0, Second Life among others.

We'd like to spotlight Aline Soules, from CSU East Bay, who is giving a webinar on maximizing resources in an online world. You may recognize Aline's name as she is the legislative liaison who sends out legislative news emails to CARL's Calibaca listserv.

Virtual World Librarianship online course

Thanks to Beyond the Job for this announcement.

Virtual World Librarianship

To discover how avatars, Linden dollars, and librarianship relate to one another, come join us in a continuing education course on librarianship in the virtual world of Second Life.

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents, including real life librarians on Info Island.

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Alliance Library System of Illinois have partnered to offer a six week online (in Second Life) course to introduce you to libraries and information services in a virtual world.

The course starts May 25 and is open to all library and information professionals.

Week One: Introduction to Libraries in Virtual Worlds
Week Two: Second Life 101
Week Three: Collections, Resources, and Exhibits in Virtual Environment
Week Four: Reference and Information Services in Virtual Worlds
Week Five: Managing and Working in a Virtual Library or Department
Week Six: Skills Needed by 21st Century Librarians in Virtual Worlds

Click here for additional information and to register

Contact Marianne Steadley, Continuing Professional Development Program Director
Steadley@uiuc.edu, 217-244-2751

OCLC Symposium on YouTube on Social Networking

A three-minute video summarizing the OCLC Symposium at ALA
Midwinter, Who’s Watching YOUR Space, has been posted to
YouTube. More than 400 attended the symposium, a discussion
about social networking practices and trends.

365 Library Days Project

Libraryman, aka Michael Porter, is asking you and your library to participate in the 365 Library Days Project on Flickr. The idea is to take 365 photos capturing your library, its services, its people, its customers etc. Read more directly from Michael's Libraryman blog. I mention this because it's a nice blend of technology, community, the power of an idea, PR, marketing, etc.

Library Videos Blog from Nancy Dowd

Nancy Dowd of the M Word blog fame has created a library videos blog to capture best of, what else, you guessed it, library videos. Check it out! Help her to populate her blog. It has a RSS feed as well.

Upcoming Web 2.0 conferences in the Bay Area

Web 2.0 Expo 2007, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
April 15-18th
The Web 2.0 Expo is co-presented by CMP Technology and O'Reilly Media.
Expo Blog
Cost: $100 - $1495

Where 2.0 Conference, an O'Reilly Media event
May 29-30th, 2007
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
Cost: $1095-$1495

Both of these events were found on Upcoming.org, a social events calendar with a RSS feed.

Flickr Account for CARLNIT

Thanks to CARL North IT member Carol Pearce for setting up our Flickr photo album. As we host more workshops and other events, expect to see additional photos. We have a RSS feed as well.

SJSU and SJPL participate in Learning 2.0 Program

Many of us have heard about and some of us are using Web 2.0 technologies in our libraries.

Learning 2.0 is an innovative online program about Web 2.0 technologies developed by Helene Blowers, Public Services Technology Director at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The design of this online program was completely built on Web 2.0 technologies that are freely available on the Internet. These sites include: Blogger, Flickr, Odeo, YouTube, PBWiki & Bloglines.

A team from the merged libraries of SJSU King Library and San Jose Public Library adapted the Blowers model and launched the SJSU/SJPL Learning 2.0 program for employees at the joint library. Participants are learning about RSS, podcasts, YouTube, Del.icio.us, Wikis, and other technologies having an impact on our professional and personal lives. The joint library has received hits from around the world, according to a cluster map on its blog as well as a few individuals not affiliated with either library who wish to participate in the program.

SJSU/SJPL hopes that other libraries in California and elsewhere consider offering this program to their staff. Libraries interested in adapting the program are encouraged to contact Helene Blowers or visit the About Page of the PLCMC Learning 2.0 program she designed.

Questions or comments regarding the SJSU/SJPL Learning 2.0 program may be sent to the following email address:

sj_learning@yahoo.com

LITA Top Tech Podcasts

Listen to Karen Schneider, Clifford Lynch and others talk about their top technology trends from ALA midwinter 2007. Library and Information Technology Association (LITA blog) has posted podcasts of each speaker's session.

AT&T's California LIBRARY News, Winter 2007

CARL member Jackie Siminitus (Library Advocate, AT&T California) is the editor of AT&T's California LIBRARY News. The winter 2007 issue is now online. The newsletter contains updates about various libraries throughout the state as well as information about grants, networking applications, etc.

March of the Librarians

Take a look at March of the Librarians, a video of ALA Midwinter participants available on YouTube. Great spin of March of the Penguins. It's mentioned in this blog because CARL members can be spotted in the video and also because it's another fine example of libraries and librarians using Web 2.0 or Library 2.0 software.

Perhaps someone will submit it to the first InfoTubey Awards at the Computer in Libraries 2007 conference. The nomination form is already online.

Educause report on IT and undergraduates

Educause Center for Applied Research has produced a report about undergraduates and information technology. Students' behaviors, preferences, and satisfaction are surveyed to help administrators and faculty to design appropriate learning environments.

ECAR Study of Undergraduates Students and Information Technology, 2006

Thanks to Jackie Siminitus, Library Advocate, AT&T for this post.

SLA San Andreas blog

SLA San Andreas changed from a website to a blog. It has a RSS feed as well. Check it out. It's nice to see chapters and associations here in California discovering what technologies work best for conveying information.

RSS feeds from Library of Congress

Thanks to Sarah aka Librarian in Black for this post.

Library of Congress now offers RSS feeds for its webcasts, podcasts, events, news, copyright information among other things. Way to go LC!

SirsiDynix presents Helene Blowers Learning 2.0

SirsisDynix web seminar

Learning 2.0 : Make "play" your New Year's resolution
Date : Jan 09, 2007
Start Time : 8 a.m. Pacific
Length : 01:00:00

"As the Nationwide insurance commercials taunt "life comes at you fast", it's time for librarians to jump into the knowledge pool of Web 2.0 technologies and discover how these tools are changing the way many library users communicate, collaborate and receive information. Helene Blowers, Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County shares insights and best practices around the creation of Learning 2.0, an online self-discovery program designed to encourage staff to explore new technologies (blogs, wikis, podcasts etc.) and reward them for "play."Join us for this informative session and then think about adding another resolution to your personal New Year's list... cause it's true, life (as well as new technology) does come at you fast!"

Events are archived.