The North Wing » Uncategorized http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood News, tales, and details from the library director of Memorial Library at SUNY Cortland, Cortland New York. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 en Social Networking Tools and Second Life http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2008/04/01/social-networking-tools-and-second-life/ http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2008/04/01/social-networking-tools-and-second-life/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:50 +0000 Gail Wood http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2008/04/01/social-networking-tools-and-second-life/ Last Thursday, the campus was treated to a wonderful presentation by Jill Hurst-Wahl about online communities and tools to network with others.  She told us that it was the online version of the water cooler or a “virtual coffee pot.”  People gather for a varietyWelcome to Second Life of reasons including information sharing, problem solving, collaboration, and to support one another regardless of distance and regardles of which device we carry.

 The trend towards online social networking will continue, says Hurst, and there are several trends:

  • Social Networking Tools (SNTs) will be everywhere.  In the course management software, in the library catalog, in our office productivity software.
  • Everyone will be hyperconnected–connected in multiple ways.  As people find their preferred method of connectivity, they will meet online, learn about each other and then build trust.  After that, they will work together.
  • Intellectual property concerns will continue to be prevalent.  Trademarks, copyright, creative commons will all be part of the future.   In the action of sharing, we run the risk of losing something we really want to own.
  • Views on privacy will continue to change.  Online, we are willing to disclose more and to live more transparently.  People don’t always consider the unintended consequences and negative impact to such online disclosures.
  • Virtual worlds will become more common, specialized to companies/interests; they will be more interoperable–available on more devices.  Online virtual worlds will be less resource intensive, won’t take up a lot of computer memory etc.

Second Life is such a virtual world. 

SUNY Cortland has an island on Second Life and some faculty and students are teaching and learning there.  For more information, please contact Tera Doty-Blance in the Technology Training Center.

]]> http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2008/04/01/social-networking-tools-and-second-life/feed/ Web 2.0 and Libraries 2.0 http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/11/30/web-20-and-libraries-20/ http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/11/30/web-20-and-libraries-20/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:47:03 +0000 Gail Wood http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/11/30/web-20-and-libraries-20/ For an interesting post on this topic of social networking tools and their use in libraries, see Paula Warnken’s blog on November 14th from which this quote is excerpted:

“What do those findings mean for those of us who invest heavily in online library resources?  How do we reach our students who feel self-sufficient in their online research skills and often circumvent library resources? They don’t necessarily use the library Web pages that we often design as a result of our own usability studies. There are no clear answers as we traverse the online information world and explore the implications and opportunities of Library 2.0. Librarians must be willing to question current practices and be open to new and different service venues, both real and virtual. We must all accept and embrace change. As OCLC’s report concludes, “The new Web is a very different thing. Libraries need to be very different, too.””

]]> http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/11/30/web-20-and-libraries-20/feed/ Bob-free zone? http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/09/07/bob-free-zone/ http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/09/07/bob-free-zone/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:31:32 +0000 Gail Wood http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/09/07/bob-free-zone/ Not all librarians are named bob

For many years I did work with a librarian named Bob; and there was a librarian working at Memorial Library named Bob.  He now works in a law library.  At Memorial Library, librarians come with many non-Bob names and who wear many different hats, all aimed at helping faculty and students who walk through the doors!

  • Lorraine Melita:  Teaching Materials Librarian and Circulation
  • Dan Harms, Coordinator of Instruction
  • Gretchen Herrmann, Social Sciences Bibliographer
  • Amanda Hollister, Recreation Bibliographer and Web Services
  • Jennifer Hoover, Physical Education, Kineseology Bibliographer and Electronic Resources
  • Ellen McCabe, Humanities Bibliographer
  • Ellen Paterson, Science Bibliographer
  • David Ritchie, Systems Coordinator
  • Gretchen Douglas, CAP Instructor and CAP Coordinator
  • Ron Conklin, CAP Instructor
  • Mark Connell, CAP Instructor

Each librarian has an area of responsibility and special interest; and all librarians work at reference handling questions that run the gamut from technology skills to intense research.

]]> http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/09/07/bob-free-zone/feed/ A good place to find a laugh http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/31/a-good-place-to-find-a-laugh/ http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/31/a-good-place-to-find-a-laugh/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:42:15 +0000 Gail Wood http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/31/a-good-place-to-find-a-laugh/ Some days the inspiritation flows like a river and other days it’s like navigating a stream full of beaver dams.  That’s when you need a good laugh.  A great parody of inspirational management drivel is at Intimidation by despair.comand their demotivator collection.  Full of words of wisdom for a random bad day.

]]> http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/31/a-good-place-to-find-a-laugh/feed/ SUNY Cortland READ http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/29/suny-cortland-read/ http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/29/suny-cortland-read/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:26:54 +0000 Gail Wood http://blog.cortland.edu/gailwood/2007/08/29/suny-cortland-read/ Regina Gratham READHave you seen the READ posters throughout the library?  They are pictures of SUNY Cortland’s luminaries, all reading a favorite book.

The READ poster program was started by the American Library Association to promote reading in schools and libraries.  Many popular figures from entertainment and sport have graced the posters over the decades.  

A few years ago, ALA made the poster template available to libraries to create their own posters.  Memorial library has been doing that for a few years now.  Dawn Van Hall created the posters.  She also created a movie clip that can be viewed from YouTube.

Dave Miller READ

 

 

Do you know where your poster is?

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