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22 Sept 2015

FNQ Librarians - event dates for 2015-16

As per recent email, check the following dates for up coming events.

LibGuides v2 | October 2015

So far we haven't had any registrations of interest for the Webex session. If you are interested in learning about LibGuides version 2, contact Juliet or Fiona at Cairns Hospital Library & Knowledge Centre (LKC) (email below).

KOHA Library Management System | Tuesday 3 November 2015 3pm-4pm

(Online presentation by Juliet Marconi, LKC) *Webex online session (approx. 60 mins) – up to 25 participants.Koha is an open source library management system. Cairns Hospital LKC implemented Koha in late 2014.
*Webex session requires computer with internet access, access to phone & registration with your preferred email. Access session from work or home.

Christmas social event | Sunday 6 December 2015 9 am

Sunday breakfast at Blue Moon Grill, Trinity Beach.

Cairns Hospital Library & Knowledge Centre site visit | Jan / Feb / Mar 2016 (TBA).

4.30 pm tour, with coffee / tea and nibbles. Followed by 6 pm dinner at Bay Leaf Balinese Restaurant.

PD Day | November 2016

Nominations for volunteers to assist in the planning of the PD Day please! Ideas for themes or topics please…

If you have any feedback or ideas for events or would like further information, please contact Fiona Jensen or Juliet Marconi at Cairns Hospital LKC (email: fnq.librarians@gmail.com).

On behalf of FNQ Librarians

25 Aug 2008

Check out WebJunction

WebJunction is an online learning community for librarians and library staff. WebJunction has recently launched new social and learning applications. There are three new functions of note:

A “friending” utility allowing librarians to connect with friends, peers, and colleagues from across the library community. There are also public profiles, the ability to tag useful bits of information, and recommendations.

Librarians can now create their own content with tools provided by the site.

There are more flexible online courses covering business, technical, and library skills.

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education 14-Aug-08

21 May 2008

Quick PD Activities

Try doing Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional.

6 Dec 2007

Useful wikis and library info on facebook

LISwiki is a Library and Information Science wiki. Sign in and you can edit and add if you wish. In fact you are strongly encourages to do so. This wiki is on the MediaWiki platform which is the platform that supports wikipedia.

To find Library groups and library sites on facebook, you really need to create an account. Once you have done this, search for library, library 2.0 or a specific library if you wish. The Library 2.0 interest group is a good one. Have fun exploring.

Check out this image of the Kansas City Library - just for fun. More images and an explanation of the why and how click here.

4 Dec 2007

Webcasts: Building Academic Library 2.0

By Meredith Farkas & James Neal

Presentations from the recent Building Academic Library 2.0 event (November 2, 2007) at the UC Berkeley are now available as three webcasts/podcasts (audio and video are available).

Building Academic Library 2.0 -A presentation by ResourceShelf friend and colleague, Meredith Farkas.
The Case for Mutability: Library 2.0 and Implications for Academic Library Staffing, Organization, and Leadership - Columbia University Librarian & Vice President for Information Services, speaks at UC Berkeley also on November 2nd.

Source: UC Berkeley Library Systems

See Also: An Open Letter to the World, From Your Local Librarian - A couple of notes from RS.

All of what Jeanne has to say is true. Of course, Worldcat has been available for decades to librarians. Now, it’s available to the general public. Question is, how many people know about it and/or use it?

The rest of Jeanne’s comments, especially how she ends the article, are quite interesting and important to read. RSS? Text Messaging? Perhaps she is correct. However, the info pro needs to know about these services and should also brainstorming about other ways to use them. We would also argue that in this “info age” info pros can bring massive amounts of extra value to their organizations by having knowledge of a wide variety of info tools, even some that might not be used daily. Example? Zoho’s Suite of tools.

26 Nov 2007

Another interesting article on Library 2.0

Can This 2.0 Stuff Help Libraries with Promotion?
by Stephen Abram, vice president of Innovation, SirsiDynix

16 Nov 2007

Presentations from the November workshop

Introduction to iTools by Heather Gordon, JCU Director of Information Services and University Librarian
iGoogle by Alan Cockerill, JCU Information Librarian
Powerpoint presentation: big file (3mb), pdf

12 Nov 2007

9 Nov 2007

Social Networking - Useful sites and blogs

Here are few useful websites and blogs on social networking and Library 2.0.

Some examples of libraries using del.icio.us

QUT Creative Arts Subject Guide
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/subjectpath/internetresourcesforci.jsp
JCU Quick eReferences
http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/subjectgds/Gen/ref.shtml#delicious
Nashville Public Library - Teen Links
http://www.library.nashville.org/teens/teenweb.asp
Thunder Bay Public Library - Internet Links
http://www.tbpl.ca/internal.asp?id=283&cid=333

Here a few examples of how LibraryThing for Libraries works in the catalogue.

Romance tags
http://witcat.wit.ie/search/i?SEARCH=0099866005#LT_tag=romance
Engineering tags
http://witcat.wit.ie/search/i?SEARCH=0140136282#LT_tag=engineering

Some blogs that are good to check out to learn more about Library 2.0

Librarians Matter
Librarian in Black
Library Stuff
LIS News
Stephen's Lighthouse
Tame the Web
Inn0Vate

11 Oct 2007

23 Sept 2007

Share your PD activities

Why don't you let us know about any great papers you have read or other PD learning activities you can recommend.

FOLIOz Infoskills Training Course

Earlier this year I completed the eight week FOLIOz (Facilitated Online Learning Interactive Opportunity) course Designing and delivering information skills training courses (InfoSkills). The course was commissioned by ALIA and run by the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield in the UK. The course was excellent value (costing $165 for an ALIA member) and was worth 30 PD points. There were approximately 50 librarians across Australia that did the course with me.

Infoskills was delivered via e-mail exchanges (with the facilitator and two buddies) and was augmented by exercises, quizzes and online materials. The course was supported by the FOLIOz Infoskills wiki, which provided access to subject information resources. Each week I had to get through about one or two briefings and some readings. My learning was captured in a portfolio that I was required to update regularly. This portfolio formed part of the assessment for the course along with a major assignment. The course covered topics such as:

Training needs analysis
Course design
Course delivery
Promotion
Evaluation
Benchmarking.

The flexibility of online learning suits my needs as a full-time employee based in regional Australia. The Infoskills course was run very professionally and was great value for money, so I will definitely consider doing other FOLIOz courses in the future. Check out the main FOLIOz wiki and ALIA promotion of upcoming courses.

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