In my quest to become the Prince of Web 2.0 and King of Library 2.0. I have discovered an excellent resource called Five Weeks to a Social Library. The course was run in February 2007 for a few lucky worldwide candidates. However most of the resources are still on the website and can be viewed or listened there. Of course, there is no social interaction with the candidates as the course has now finished - and guess what part was supposed to have been the best! To be honest, it sometimes feels like entering a room long after the party has finished - but by looking at the CDs you can still make out what people were dancing to.
Still, I am enjoying discovering the wonders of Web 2.0 via the course, even if it has taken me five weeks just to get to the end of week 1.
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Web 2.0 Parody
I give in! No sooner do I try to get to grips with Web 2.0, than I discover that some bright sparks are already so accustomed to it that they are making parodies of it. Having said that, it is well observed and at times very funny.
http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/supermarket-20/
I haven't come across this blog before but it seems full of interesting things so I think I'll subscribe to it.
http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/supermarket-20/
I haven't come across this blog before but it seems full of interesting things so I think I'll subscribe to it.
Friday, 30 March 2007
Chartership blogs
Blogs really do work! Since I started this blog, I have recieved e-mails from librarians interested in Charles Leadbeater's book on Web 2.0 and physical space (see link on the right of this page). Most respondents are currently undergoing the process of chartering, so I thought it would be a good idea to include their chartering blogs on my blog. If anyone wishes me to include their blog on becoming chartered, I will be happy to oblige, thus increasing our little community.
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Web 2.0 and physical space
Reading December's Update last night (Saturday - how sad is that!) gave me food for thought. Under the banner of "Creative Collaboration" the article, "Overdue author asks us what we think", Charles Leadbeater states:
"Do not design the office around the executive offices but around places where people congregate, mingle and talk: cafes, open workspaces, libraries.
Workspaces should be designed to promote collaboration, self-organisation and interaction."
Placing this in the further education context is quite interesting. My own college has devoted most of its resources to improving the state of its classrooms. Whilst this has been very effective, the communal spaces such as the canteen, common-room and LRC have seen little in the way of expansion. Leadbeater, argues that these physical spaces are going to grow in prominence. Web 2.0 developments will have an impact on physical space and how people work. Leadbeater is currently working on a book on this theme and is inviting people to comment and collaborate on it prior to its publication. You can read more of his fascinating insight at www.wethinkthebook.net
On more mundane matters I have an idea for a blog in work. One of the problems of having part-time staff is finding a convenient time when we are all in work to pass on information. At the moment I find I have to explain things 5 times over and normally I miss someone out. If I create a blog on the college's intranet, staff should have no excuse about not being informed of the latest developments in the LRC. Of course, it will be meaningless to anybody else (not unlike this blog then) but at least everyone will be informed.
"Do not design the office around the executive offices but around places where people congregate, mingle and talk: cafes, open workspaces, libraries.
Workspaces should be designed to promote collaboration, self-organisation and interaction."
Placing this in the further education context is quite interesting. My own college has devoted most of its resources to improving the state of its classrooms. Whilst this has been very effective, the communal spaces such as the canteen, common-room and LRC have seen little in the way of expansion. Leadbeater, argues that these physical spaces are going to grow in prominence. Web 2.0 developments will have an impact on physical space and how people work. Leadbeater is currently working on a book on this theme and is inviting people to comment and collaborate on it prior to its publication. You can read more of his fascinating insight at www.wethinkthebook.net
On more mundane matters I have an idea for a blog in work. One of the problems of having part-time staff is finding a convenient time when we are all in work to pass on information. At the moment I find I have to explain things 5 times over and normally I miss someone out. If I create a blog on the college's intranet, staff should have no excuse about not being informed of the latest developments in the LRC. Of course, it will be meaningless to anybody else (not unlike this blog then) but at least everyone will be informed.
Friday, 23 February 2007
In the beginning was the word...
...or so says the Bible. Speaking as a failed Marxist, I'd have to disagree with the first line of the Good Book. What a bad start.
Anyway, I've been meaning to start a blog for some time now. Thanks to Sangeet Bhullar at WiseKids, I've been pressurised to join the 29squillion other bloggers in the world.
I'm a librarian living in Swansea, UK. I'm trying to make sense of what is known as Web 2.0 I didn't exactly get on-board Web 1.0 (whatever that may have been), so Web 2.0 will present some difficulties for me.
Anyway, I've been meaning to start a blog for some time now. Thanks to Sangeet Bhullar at WiseKids, I've been pressurised to join the 29squillion other bloggers in the world.
I'm a librarian living in Swansea, UK. I'm trying to make sense of what is known as Web 2.0 I didn't exactly get on-board Web 1.0 (whatever that may have been), so Web 2.0 will present some difficulties for me.
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