tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72113255177071367392011-04-21T11:10:27.440-07:008 June 2007Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-21069809856174788422007-06-07T18:05:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:05:11.715-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Information Blogs by Information Professionals:</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><strong>how acquisitions, cataloguing &amp; subject librarianship are good blog-fodder</strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong>Anne Welsh</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Information Officer</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.drugscope.org.uk">DrugScope</a></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-2106980985617478842?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-41116946028757345592007-06-07T18:04:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:04:32.813-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmiYJebFz0I/AAAAAAAAAAU/orn1SUgw2c4/s1600-h/refbook.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073472268785798978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmiYJebFz0I/AAAAAAAAAAU/orn1SUgw2c4/s320/refbook.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmiYCObFzzI/AAAAAAAAAAM/pOS-6cYOqAw/s1600-h/refbook.jpg"></a></p><div>Blogs = Web-<em>logs</em> = online diaries ... Blogger's help notes still define a blog as an online diary.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div>Enquiry desk logs got in on the act early on:<br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>2003 onwards <a href="http://refgrunt.blogspot.com/">Ref Grunt</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-4111694602875734559?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-35141701119798827112007-06-07T18:03:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:03:59.921-07:00<div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073475825018720082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmibYebFz1I/AAAAAAAAAAc/4FKNyhRaxRU/s320/126982680_c8a6f145c3.jpg" border="0" />(Photo by kj. - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nitsrejk/126982680/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/nitsrejk/126982680/</a>) </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">We read journals and books for their content - <em>not</em> their printing, however much we value it.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">In Web 2.0, the same applies.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-3514170111979882711?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-46312229341863192942007-06-07T18:02:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:03:18.763-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/Rmic4ebFz2I/AAAAAAAAAAk/HdljqIGnRZU/s1600-h/Cataloguing1.0.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073477474286161762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/Rmic4ebFz2I/AAAAAAAAAAk/HdljqIGnRZU/s320/Cataloguing1.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Skills include:</strong><br /><ul><li>Analysis</li><li>Structuring and entering information</li><li>Understanding of materials &amp; subject(s)</li><li>Understanding of information retrieval</li></ul><p><strong>Products often include:</strong></p><ul><li>Catalogue records</li><li>Catalogue databases</li><li>Current awareness lists</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-4631222934186319294?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-64493707116988420512007-06-07T18:01:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:02:44.739-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmieZubFz3I/AAAAAAAAAAs/nDLERySNwNU/s1600-h/Cataloguing2.0.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073479145028439922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmieZubFz3I/AAAAAAAAAAs/nDLERySNwNU/s320/Cataloguing2.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>1.0 Skills and products can translate to:</strong></div><ul><li>Creating RSS feeds (structuring / entering data)</li><li>Blog entries from the catalogue</li><li>Current awareness products on blogs and social bookmarking sites</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-6449370711698842051?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-89062674972244975442007-06-07T18:00:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:02:15.342-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmifyebFz4I/AAAAAAAAAA0/Z6-Y7o9Kqf0/s1600-h/Acquisitions1.0.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073480669741830018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmifyebFz4I/AAAAAAAAAA0/Z6-Y7o9Kqf0/s320/Acquisitions1.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Skills include:</strong><br /><ul><li>Understanding user group's information needs</li><li>Knowledge of where to obtain materials</li><li>Up-to-date information on forthcoming publications</li></ul><p><strong>Product:</strong></p><ul><li>Well-stocked library / information service / organisational resource</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-8906267497224497544?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-28693294352428880272007-06-07T17:57:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:01:39.622-07:00<a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/AnneWelsh"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073481941052149650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/Rmig8ebFz5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/L6MKPzfjFrU/s320/Acquisitions2.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>1.0 skills may translate to:</strong></div><ul><li>On order current awareness feeds / blog entries (<em>cf</em>. Cataloguing 2.0)</li><li>Blog posts about forthcoming publications / from print and electronic vendors</li><li>Acquiring web docs and web refs - creating social bookmarking sets</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-2869329435242888027?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-20566442750285218852007-06-07T17:56:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:01:12.405-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmiikubFz6I/AAAAAAAAABE/tdeZuwQ44ec/s1600-h/Subject1.0.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073483732053512098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmiikubFz6I/AAAAAAAAABE/tdeZuwQ44ec/s320/Subject1.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Skills include:</strong><br /><ul><li>Familiarity with sources (print &amp; online)</li><li>Acquaintance with specialists / experts / colleagues in other institutions</li><li>Ability to orientate users in research methods and materials</li></ul><p><strong>Products include:</strong></p><ul><li>Reading lists</li><li>Subject guides</li><li>Information literacy training</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-2056644275028521885?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-27723142790029108412007-06-07T17:55:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:00:42.463-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmikGObFz7I/AAAAAAAAABM/FN1MGtnfs8Y/s1600-h/Subject2.0.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073485407090757554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmikGObFz7I/AAAAAAAAABM/FN1MGtnfs8Y/s320/Subject2.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>1.0 skills may translate to:</strong></div><ul><li>Blog articles</li><li>Blog-based / screencast- / vodcast- / podcast- subject guides </li><li>Reading list-style social bookmark sets</li><li>"Snippets" from ongoing research / project work</li><li>Contacts for guest posters</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-2772314279002910841?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-42282348858958004552007-06-07T17:54:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:00:11.223-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmilvebFz8I/AAAAAAAAABU/F4clqVcP8sA/s1600-h/Management1.0.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073487215271989186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmilvebFz8I/AAAAAAAAABU/F4clqVcP8sA/s320/Management1.0.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Skills include:</strong></div><ul><li>Strategic planning</li><li>Collection management</li><li>Writing policy / procedures</li><li>Administration</li><li>Service promotion</li></ul><p><strong>Products include:</strong></p><ul><li>Policies / procedures</li><li>Well-trained staff</li><li>High-profile / well-regarded service</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-4228234885895800455?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-87597738415457615202007-06-07T17:53:00.000-07:002007-06-07T17:59:45.748-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RminQObFz9I/AAAAAAAAABc/qsg4PoMy6MM/s1600-h/Management2.0.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073488877424332754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RminQObFz9I/AAAAAAAAABc/qsg4PoMy6MM/s320/Management2.0.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>1.0 skills may translate to:</strong></div><ul><li>Web 2.0 strategy </li><li>Wiki-based procedure / policy manuals</li><li>Managing a virtual (or partially virtual) collection</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-8759773841545761520?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-49708136026114640482007-06-07T17:52:00.000-07:002007-06-07T17:58:18.321-07:00<p><strong>Structural Issues</strong></p><ul><li>Lots of feeds syndicated to web-pages?</li><li>One blog / set of bookmarks with a feed per tag?</li><li>Wiki pages, sidebar, etc. - mini-web-page taxonomy?</li></ul><p><strong>Labels / Tags</strong></p><ul><li>To tag or not to tag?</li><li>Tag clouds or tag lists?</li><li>What about synonyms?</li><li>Losing control / spreading the load?</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-4970813602611464048?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-85433703054232833802007-06-07T17:51:00.000-07:002007-06-08T03:21:30.665-07:00<a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Tagging.pdf"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073625813866631154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/Rmkjy-bFz_I/AAAAAAAAABs/1CkbWZRpuko/s400/1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmkjqebFz-I/AAAAAAAAABk/AUu7g7n7f9k/s1600-h/1.JPG"></a>If only there were this number of LIS students interested in "real" Cat &amp; Class!</div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-8543370305423283380?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-48024868877987871652007-06-07T17:50:00.000-07:002007-06-08T03:21:58.925-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/Rmkm_-bF0BI/AAAAAAAAAB8/b53avtbhAqU/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073629335739813906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/Rmkm_-bF0BI/AAAAAAAAAB8/b53avtbhAqU/s320/2.JPG" border="0" /></a> "Describe works of art in your own words" ( <a href="http://steve.thinkdesign.com/steve.php">http://steve.thinkdesign.com/steve.php</a>, accessed 7 June 2007).<br /><br />Seth Van Hoolland's presentation at CIG Conference 2006 drew together research and practice from the cultural sector. The title <em><a href="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/CIG-2006/presentations/ppt-2000-html/van-hooland_files/frame.htm">From Spectator to Annotator</a></em> is moot.<br /><br />In his research, <a href="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/CIG-2006/presentations/ppt-2000-html/van-hooland_files/frame.htm">comments were sometimes personal</a>, bringing a different quality.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-4802486887798787165?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-69075354710806160562007-06-07T17:49:00.000-07:002007-06-08T03:22:32.354-07:00The most popular tags cloud on flickr (as at 8 June 2007):<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmkrPObF0DI/AAAAAAAAACM/px21pB1WXeA/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073633995779330098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPEOyjKkHNc/RmkrPObF0DI/AAAAAAAAACM/px21pB1WXeA/s320/3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />... or think they want.<br /><br />Surely we can create meaningful terms?<br /><br />Combining tagging with traditional indexing could provide a whole new search (and search again) experience.<br /><br />Whether we become Web 2.0 or not, there's something we can learn about our users' experience.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-6907535471080616056?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211325517707136739.post-77953591267381425852007-06-07T16:10:00.000-07:002007-06-07T16:31:34.888-07:00<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/smrrZpbvI20" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7211325517707136739-7795359126738142585?l=backroomblogging8june.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017574307999495741noreply@blogger.com0