David Lee King

social media | emerging trends | libraries

Participating in Digital Community, or Lots of Links to David

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I’ve been doing some thinking about all the different digital communities I participate in on the web, so I thought I’d create a list of them. It’s not a short list.

Things I use the most:

Video stuff:

  • My videoblog
  • blip.tv (I store all my videos at blip – they rock)
  • YouTube (sometimes I post video here too)
  • justin.tv (experimenting with this – they call it “lifecasting” – but in web years I’m an oldie, so it’s really just a new, easy-to-use webcam service)

Podcasting services (mainly experiments):

  • utterz (easy-to-use mobile service – done from my cell phone)
  • talkshoe (used mainly for the LITA election podcasts – not sure what to do with it now)

Music stuff (you can find me singing and musiking in a few different places):

  • last.fm (newest stuff goes here)
  • SoundClick (first place I put music – and it’s still around!)
  • SoundClick for my 80’s college band (we so rocked)
  • PureVolume (I have 4 songs here – not really doing anything with it)

Other things I toy with:

  • Pownce (just friend people who friend me here – really nothing else since I’m good with twitter)
  • Plaxo (link to people who link to me, not much else)
  • LinkedIn (mainly link to people who link to me)
  • Skype (davidleeking on skype)
  • Second Life (Daweed Quatro in Second Life)
  • MySpace (recently been actively used with some college friends who have just “discovered the web” 🙂 )
  • LibraryThing (I go on LibraryThing binges once in awhile…)

Seeing this list, some of you will have different reactions. Some of you might think “Dang, David – that’s WAY TOO MANY things to sign up for!” while others of you are probably thinking “slacker – get with the program!”

Either way, I’ll say this – if you want to fully understand how the emerging web works, you have to experience it. You have to sign up, friend people (the more the merrier), and PARTICIPATE. There’s no other way to really understand what’s going on and how you might use it personally or for your organization. Reading about it won’t give you a full grasp – it’s like reading about going to a major league ballgame vs. actually going to one – two very different experiences.

Closing Question – is there anything you use frequently that’s NOT on this list? What do you like about it? Something on this list you don’t use? Why?

PLA 2008, Day 2: The Cutting Edge: The Latest Information on Web 2.0

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Michael Stephens, John Blyberg and Jen Maney

Jen’s title: Let’s Get Excited (and realistic) about Web 2.0

“not really a technological phenomenon at all; it’s a social one, enabled by technology.”

Can’t understand new tools in the abstract – you have to use them.

They have an emerging technologies team – they help evaluate services and new stuff

They think of 2.0 stuff as outreach outside of the library

Pima County Public Library has 4.5 web staff: Designer, programmer, electronic resources, head (and a part timer)

2.0 site is moving toward a conversation

Michael Stephens is next:

Title: Scary things & Great Opportunities: Web 2.0 & Libraries 2008

Best thing – remember to say “yes”

Look for “Library as place” on youtube – trying to find books at Chicago Public Library – they video’d the experience, including getting kicked out of the library by security.

Aside – Check out Nashville Public Library’s social stuff

“Please bring your heart with you to work.”

Three important things:
1. Don’t stop learning
2. adapt to change
3. watch the horizon

John Blyberg spoke last:

Title: Keen on 2.0: The Amateurs are Coming!

Going to talk about the naysayers of 2.0

Keen thinks 2.0 is dangerous much like communism! What’s up with that?

Blyberg is pointing out specific quotes/thoughts from Keen’s writings, and poking large holes in them

Example – Keen doesn’t think the long tail really exists. Hmm…

Andrew Keen’s writings is what happens when we succum to fear.

Library Camp Kansas 2008: 2.0 Session

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what is 2.0?

1.0 – one way street, static page
2.0 – back and forth, interaction

this conference is a good example – it’s all about us, vs 1.0 conference that’s focused elsewhere

how does 2.0 work in an academic library?

ex – comment cards from users, blog posts are the comments and the library’s response to the comment – then others can comment off that

blogs – talks about stuff of interest to grad students, has a larger community reach

public library

some ks public libraries are all blog-based via a state library service

emporia state – email about gaming night at the library

Mentioned Duke’s ipods and Michael Stephens blogs for students

Commercial aspect –

how do you measure success? page rank? SEO? Numbers/metrics?

we don’t do a good job with numbers for traditional stuff that’s been around for over 100 years… how can we be expected to know about something that’s not been around for that long?

takes time for people to discover it

how do you advertise your blog?

– don’t call it a blog
– put up good content
– what we do – going out and share
– we create our site and want people to use the stuff we created… instead, they go to google (the simplest thing possible)
– so make sure your stuff is findable

having current content on site

a second on getting out of your library to talk about what you’re doing

patron-created content – anyone doing that?

how about students creating search the catalog guides for other students?
book wiki that was student-run (for the middle school)

Faculty – why would they contribute content? There’s nothing in it for them…
faculty are willing to be interviewed…

Facebook:

Facebook page, a few people are fans – links to events.
public library version – 32 fans (pretty good). They are reusing content, pointing to events, pointing to links to stuff on their site, etc.

Email newsletters, listservs, blogs – how are libraries managing multiple postings without doubling work?

wiki use internally:
– one person mentioned mediawiki being hacked
– someone mentioned using it internally
– keeping track of problem patrons!
– meeting minutes, internal staff “how to” guides
– problem giving permission… (ie., you CAN do this, worried about editing other’s work)
– using wiki’s for temporary pages (ie., used for a class)
– what is a wiki? Website anyone can edit

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Library Camp Kansas 2008: 2.0 Session

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what is 2.0?

1.0 – one way street, static page
2.0 – back and forth, interaction

this conference is a good example – it’s all about us, vs 1.0 conference that’s focused elsewhere

how does 2.0 work in an academic library?

ex – comment cards from users, blog posts are the comments and the library’s response to the comment – then others can comment off that

blogs – talks about stuff of interest to grad students, has a larger community reach

public library

some ks public libraries are all blog-based via a state library service

emporia state – email about gaming night at the library

Mentioned Duke’s ipods and Michael Stephens blogs for students

Commercial aspect –

how do you measure success? page rank? SEO? Numbers/metrics?

we don’t do a good job with numbers for traditional stuff that’s been around for over 100 years… how can we be expected to know about something that’s not been around for that long?

takes time for people to discover it

how do you advertise your blog?

– don’t call it a blog
– put up good content
– what we do – going out and share
– we create our site and want people to use the stuff we created… instead, they go to google (the simplest thing possible)
– so make sure your stuff is findable

having current content on site

a second on getting out of your library to talk about what you’re doing

patron-created content – anyone doing that?

how about students creating search the catalog guides for other students?
book wiki that was student-run (for the middle school)

Faculty – why would they contribute content? There’s nothing in it for them…
faculty are willing to be interviewed…

Facebook:

Facebook page, a few people are fans – links to events.
public library version – 32 fans (pretty good). They are reusing content, pointing to events, pointing to links to stuff on their site, etc.

Email newsletters, listservs, blogs – how are libraries managing multiple postings without doubling work?

wiki use internally:
– one person mentioned mediawiki being hacked
– someone mentioned using it internally
– keeping track of problem patrons!
– meeting minutes, internal staff “how to” guides
– problem giving permission… (ie., you CAN do this, worried about editing other’s work)
– using wiki’s for temporary pages (ie., used for a class)
– what is a wiki? Website anyone can edit