I spent the day today at the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey. These are very, very cryptic notes from two talks: Public Library 2.0 and 30 Search tips in 45 minutes.

Public Library 2.0 emerging technologies and changing roles

http://www.tametheweb.com
Michael Stephens Dominican

Read: "Putting the We in Web" Newsweek.
Take a look at flickr under the "il2006" tag - subscribe to Flickr!
last.fm all the songs we subscribe
offspring of web 2.0
law 2.0
media 2.0
advertising 2.0

Read: article in Library journal on user centered change: http://www.libraryjournal.com
(didn't get the entire url.)

Librarians 2.0:

• plan for their users
• are trendspotters

Patrons would like public librarians to:

• run the library like a bookstore
• Be open 24 hours
• have no late fees

Starbucks wants to be known as a place that....

• has wifi
• has a comfortable chair
• you can work on stuff
• you can get coffee
• have book discussions

We need to tell stories of what happens in our libraries - the experiences patrons have.

What stories is your library telling? (signage rules ,etc.)

5 factors to consider:

• if place is a barrier
• is it user centered or librarian centered?
• Are library rules more work for user or librarian?

Read: "User is not broken" blog post by Karen Schneider

Cool things librarians are doing:

• im reference ask a question
• comments in a library catalog
• adopt a 2.0 philosophy.

Use the wisdom of crowds plans for physical and online experience.
Mentioned: Wayne State University advertising for a nextgen librarian.

See: virtual tour of library on flicker Lackman virtual tour. Library has a
"gadget garage" in the library, have classes on how to use all the gadgets.
Learn from the gamers - no mistakes, keep trying

Second Life Library

Create a culture of trust

Hennepin Library allows user comments in catalog

• Trust users
• Trust staff
• Build resources
• Radical trust

Are you a roadblock?
Meet IT at round table - talk to them personally. don't let fear get in the way
"Play - it's the learning 2.0 way"


squido - library 2.0
michael stephens
www.tametheweb.com

Helen Blowers

Use conferences like IL2006 to scout for cool speakers for your library.
learning 2.0 = expanding minds, empowering individuals, enrich the community.
library 2.0 = empowering users and staff

"life comes at you fast"

7 and a half habits of the library 2.0

1. make a goal - begin with end in mind
2. accept resp. for own learning
3. view problems as challenges
4. have confidence in yourself
5. create your own learning toolbox
6. use tech
7. teach and mentor others
8. play

avatars
nextspace

image generators

learning2.0 eval
Look: hblowers/learning2.0Eval (delicious)

learning 2.0 start up

http://www.plcmclearning.blogspot.com

• Build the program for late-comers. (They are watching to see if first class members are having fun. More will join late.)
• allow participants to blog anonymously
• use each other not trainers
• not about doing it right
• not about acceptance
• play

helene blowers
hblowers@plcmc.org
http://libtechbytes.blogspot.com

http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com
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30 tips in 45 minutes

1. creating firefox groopies
   
   firefox control t in same window
   
   
2. use search engines answers google onebox yahoo's shortcuts msn's instant answers
3. ask.com's smart answers
   
4. yahoo "time in sydney"
   
5. squidoo like a blog but more interactive - nice way of sharinginfo with others
   
   
6. Customized Searches:
   • rollyo.com yahoo search builder
   • builder.search.yahoo.com
   • gigablast
   
   custom topic search
   customized search engine
   giving users best part of the web
   
   filters just for related - tells at top, "this is a customized search....'
   put search on user
   home page
   google's personalized homepage
   
   
7. ResearchBuzz
   
   
8. google api, your own page. can install on customized search page
   can intall on users desktop
   using google to degooglize them
   
   can also add a link to your online catalog & other resources link to your own catalog, list of recent acquisitions,
   
   
9. www.BatesInfo.com
   
   Talis - competition for best mashup for the library google for customized librarian newest acquisition, most popular items from the library
   
   
10. synonym finder in google ~word
    
    expands term ~obesity ~kids
    will retrieve:
    obese, diet, weight diabetes, overweight childhood child children youth
    
    
    tends to be a little bit broad, may catch a few things you don't want
    
    
11. google co-op
    custom searching
    
    tagging on steroids by experts
    filters on content
    
    
12. google trends for market research
    Google trend search over time
    where discussion is for market research - energy drinks - what cities
    "energy drinks" what cities something is big.
    
    
13. Google notebook
    snippets from web sites and puts them in notebooks
    
    
    http://beta.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
    
    
14. Search Yahoo Subscriptions
    google news archive - proquest - not free, but archives grouped by year.
    
    
    fee based - search is free. Only subset of the database. Use credit card to pay for it you don't own subscription in your library - if you own the subscription, it is free.
    
15. Mindset Research
    are you researching or shopping?
    
    
16. Yahoo Site Explorer
    
    put in site: http://www.infotoday.com
    inlinks - all the pages that link to infotoday.com (how influential site is..)
    
    
17. exalead
    fav search engine proximity search, phonetic and approximate spelling
    thumbnails of pages . links to open directory project, also links to rss feeds
    
    add to shortcuts - will add link on exalead (not on your own shortcuts)
    
    only search engine that allows proximity (nearX)
    
    
18. Gigablast
    exalead odp categories, sample?
    
    
    
19. msn cool synonym suggestion tool
    
    mutations - common misspellings, english spelling
    
    
20. http://www.zibb.com Business searching cached stripped older copies, etc...
    news products suppliers web & blog entries
    
    
21. kosmix ? vertical search engine
    only a few categories right now
    filter by liberal conservative libertarian, other filters depending on content
    
    
    
22. pathfinders IPL Pathfinders
    
    
23. kebberfegg rss feed generator filtered by keyword
    
    
24. scando - hate sites , malware
    
    
25. http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php NationMaster
    filters takes data and makes sense out of it correlations
    statistical information and makes sense of it
    
    
26. AccessMyLibrary
    asks me my zip code ask me for my zip code - electronic articles you can access in your library. nice tool
    
    
27. eureksters swicki
    vertical search engine
    learns your intersts are by those you click on
    
    
    
28. Taxonomy Warehouse
    Sells taxonomies. Can get free taxonomies. Esp. good if not in your main specialization. so if you want to find the words that advertisers use... some fee, some free - advertising and marketing taxonomy
    
    
29. mining podcast content:
    • podscope
    • podzinger
    • blinkx
    • pluggd
    
    
    
30. qwika.com search for wikis
    beta search engine. search for wiki's.
    
    
31. Furn.net (?)
    organize bookmarks by topics
    export to bibtex and endnote
    
    
32. LibraryThing
    • use to find related books
    • create rss feeds of recent acquisitions
    • people who own this book also own that book
    
    
    • shared catalog