We’ve Got The Technology, Now How Do We Find The Time? Anne Welsh Chambers Librarian, 18 Red Lion Court, formerly Information Officer, DrugScope Online Information Conference Tuesday 4 December 2007

(potential for) increased profit and profile provision of new services or development of existing ones efficiency gain cost-effectiveness TIME Motivations

(potential for) increased profit and profile

provision of new services or development of existing ones

efficiency gain

cost-effectiveness

TIME

1. Make time for development ideas

My Wishlist, 2005

2. Think big …

… then scale to suit your resources

3. Keep up with new technology ...

… it may be more relevant over time

4. Make friends with feeds Feed-reading saved DrugScope 2 days a week

5. Reuse and Repurpose …

… again …

… and again …

… and again

2.0 Timesavers Monitoring sources using feeds

2.0 Timesavers Feeds direct from the catalogue

2.0 Timesavers Semi-automated blog posts Flash demo at http://chillrssblog.wordpress.com/extras/semi-automated-catalogue-posts/

2.0 Timesavers Commoncraft videos Ideal for information literacy training – http://www.commoncraft.com/

2.0 Shortcuts Social Bookmarking

2.0 Time Investments Google Custom Search

2.0 Time Investments Wikis to share knowledge

2.0 for All? DON’T do it because it’s 2.0 DON’T do it because everyone else is 2.0 Do it because it meets your business needs for efficiency and time