Law Libraries Reaching for the Sky Practical Applications of Web 2.0 Technology Darlene Fichter May 26, 2008

Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

If the Sky is the Limit I will (hopefully): Share knowledge via media, drama, stories Get to the “Practical” Have some fun You will (hopefully): Stay awake Participate and have some fun Be open minded Change your world

I will (hopefully):

Share knowledge via media, drama, stories

Get to the “Practical”

Have some fun

You will (hopefully):

Stay awake

Participate and have some fun

Be open minded

Change your world

Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 “Web 2.0 is a name for a bunch of new web-based applications.” Cal Henderson from Flickr Examples ?

“Web 2.0 is a name for a bunch of new web-based applications.”

Cal Henderson from Flickr

What’s at the Heart of Web 2.0 Social phenomena, people to people Freedom to share Decentralization of authority Ridiculously easy group forming Easy collaboration Abundance of content

Social phenomena, people to people

Freedom to share

Decentralization of authority

Ridiculously easy group forming

Easy collaboration

Abundance of content

Theme Songs ? I am a rock I am an island Photo: thoth92 Some rights reserved.

I am a rock

I am an island

Theme Songs ? Your Space My Space So happy together

Your Space My Space

But, how does “it” feel?

But, how does “it” feel?

Need legal info/article? Finding Journal Articles / Legal Info #1. Go to Library home page #2. Where is the link to online legal info …? #3. Guess which link to click to find x #4. Dozens of databases in an A-Z list “ What were they thinking? ”  #5. “ Which one should I try? What does this stuff mean? HeinOnline, LegalTrac, Decisions on CanLII, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books ” #6. “ I have no idea what database to pick .” #7. “ Where is LegalTrac– I’ve used that before .” #8. Okay, picked it but does it have “online” stuff? #9. Enter some keywords. #10. Cross fingers, feel lucky . #11. No results aaargh! OR 1000 results … #12. “ Why can’t I limit to Sask/scholarly? ” #13. Sift through the results one by one. #14. Here’s a result that could work!  #15. Click on “Find It” – “ aarrgh ” no full text #16. Try again – Yes - this could work! #17. If lucky, repeat #9-#11 till done. #18. Otherwise , repeat #4 to #11 till done.

Finding Journal Articles / Legal Info

#1. Go to Library home page

#2. Where is the link to online legal info …?

#3. Guess which link to click to find x

#4. Dozens of databases in an A-Z list

“ What were they thinking? ” 

#5. “ Which one should I try? What does this stuff mean? HeinOnline, LegalTrac, Decisions on CanLII, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books ”

#6. “ I have no idea what database to pick .”

#7. “ Where is LegalTrac– I’ve used that before .”

#8. Okay, picked it but does it have “online” stuff?

#9. Enter some keywords.

#10. Cross fingers, feel lucky .

#11. No results aaargh! OR 1000 results …

#12. “ Why can’t I limit to Sask/scholarly? ”

#13. Sift through the results one by one.

#14. Here’s a result that could work! 

#15. Click on “Find It” – “ aarrgh ” no full text

#16. Try again – Yes - this could work!

#17. If lucky, repeat #9-#11 till done.

#18. Otherwise , repeat #4 to #11 till done.

Need Info? I’ll just Google it! Maybe my buddy will IM it to me.

I’ll just Google it!

Maybe my buddy

will IM it to me.

In the midst of Tech Storm The only safe ship in a storm is leadership. Faye Wattleton

The only safe ship in a storm

is leadership.

Faye Wattleton

Tech Storms The Perfect E-Storm: Emerging Technology, Enormous Learner Demands, Enhanced Pedagogy, and Erased Budgets – Curtis Bonk Emerging Technologies Erased Budgets Escalating Demands Enhanced Services

Look away! Look away! Photo: Spartacus007 Some rights reserved.

Look Away with a Friend  Photo: Rita Willeart via Flickr

You Can’t Control My Mind! http://eclectech.co.uk/mindcontrol.php

I’ll Just Watch from Over Here, Thanks! Photo: Eggybird Some rights reserved

Embrace it! - Digital Native Photo: DavidDMuir Some rights reserved Stabilo Boss Some Rights Reserved

Other Responses Include: Butting Digesting Debating

Butting

Digesting

Debating

More Responses Skeptics Canaries

Skeptics

Canaries

Let’s Get Practical

Let’s Get Practical To banish ants from the kitchen, find out where they are coming in and cover the hole with petroleum jelly. Ants won’t trek through the jelly.* If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk. 50 Amazingly Helpful Time-Tested Tips for the Kitchen by The Life Hackery

To banish ants from the kitchen, find out where they are coming in and cover the hole with petroleum jelly. Ants won’t trek through the jelly.*

If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk.

Making Sense of Web 2.0 Making sense of information and acting on it requires not one brain process, but several.

Making sense of information and acting on it requires not one brain process, but several.

3 Elements of Sense-Making* Do we see the data? Do we pay attention to the data? Can we act, or get others to act on the data? David Snowdon, “SEE-ATTEND-ACT” http://www.cognitive-edge.com/2007/05/seeattentact.php

Do we see the data?

Do we pay attention to the data?

Can we act, or get others to act on the data?

SEE Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

ATTEND Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

ACT Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

#1. Learn with Others Learn from others in the profession and create learning opportunities for our users Web 2.0 is about the sociality of everything we do* skills: listen, filter, search, tag, annotate, Nancy “Snow” White: Seven Competencies of Online Interaction Presentation at Northern Voice Blogging Conference, www.archive.org/details/ConferencePresentation

Learn from others in the profession and create learning opportunities for our users

Web 2.0 is about the sociality of everything we do*

skills: listen, filter, search, tag, annotate,

Photo by davezilla was taken

What is a “Wiki”? Tool that allows a group of people to quickly create and edit a web site together

Tool that allows a group of people to quickly create and edit a web site together

Wiki Design Principles Openness and trust if a page is incomplete or inaccurate anyone (you allow) can edit it Incremental pages can cite other pages, even those not yet written Observable you can see the changes being made Organic site structure is up to everyone, and it will evolve and change Wiki Design Principles http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples

Openness and trust

if a page is incomplete or inaccurate anyone (you allow) can edit it

Incremental

pages can cite other pages, even those not yet written

Observable

you can see the changes being made

Organic

site structure is up to everyone, and it will evolve and change

Why wiki?* Heather Coleman - Quick and easy way to publish info litigation practice group another for articling students – all training materials & a forum area to post questions and get answers Connie Cosby – inexpensive Intranet for small firms Wiki me this. Canadian Lawyer Magazine, May 2008

Heather Coleman - Quick and easy way to publish info

litigation practice group

another for articling students – all training materials & a forum area to post questions and get answers

Connie Cosby – inexpensive Intranet for small firms

Why not Wiki? Document content management system Wikis in Law Firms – An Alternative View? by Ted Tjaden on Slaw.ca

Document content management system

Culture Shock Photo by Childish David

Other Uses Entire library site Subject guides Event planning Support for Project or Team

Entire library site

Subject guides

Event planning

Support for Project or Team

Social Bookmarking Way to filter (by humans) Winspear Business Library http://del.icio.us/Winspearlib University of Michigan Dentistry Library http://del.icio.us/dentlib Bibliothèques de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris-IV) http://del.icio.us/bibliparis4 Del.icio.us libraries http://angelacw.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/delicious-libraries/

Way to filter (by humans)

Winspear Business Library

http://del.icio.us/Winspearlib

University of Michigan Dentistry Library

http://del.icio.us/dentlib

Bibliothèques de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris-IV)

http://del.icio.us/bibliparis4

#2. Mix It Up a Little

Just Add Content & Stir RSS - The majority of English Canadian legal publishers now have feeds for their new titles Steve Matthews: put together this demonstration site aggregating Canadian legal publisher new title RSS feeds: http://www.legalpubs.ca/

RSS - The majority of English Canadian legal publishers now have feeds for their new titles

Steve Matthews: put together this demonstration site aggregating Canadian legal publisher new title RSS feeds: http://www.legalpubs.ca/

River of News

Cut and Paste Grazr.com

Possible Uses Keyword search to build lists by practice group list articles by professors news about your firm, partners, competitors Your better idea here …. fresh like bread

Keyword search to

build lists by practice group

list articles by professors

news about your firm, partners, competitors

Your better idea here ….

#3. Share What You Know Be a filter and guide for your community of users Instruction Blog it Podcast it Screencast it Videocast it

Be a filter and guide for your community of users

Instruction

Blog it

Podcast it

Screencast it

Videocast it

Examples Blog current info for practice group “Beauty contest” blog Attract a MAJOR client Key part of the package

Blog current info for practice group

“Beauty contest” blog

Attract a MAJOR client

Key part of the package

Screencast It! Just in time training Keep it short How to (drop down list here) Show and tell Dozens of free and low cost ways to share your screen and/or have a shared white board 12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials - Mashable

Just in time training

Keep it short

How to (drop down list here)

Show and tell

Dozens of free and low cost ways to share your screen and/or have a shared white board

Example The British Columbia Courthouse Library video tutorials Listed on their site Hosted on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/bccourthouselibrary

The British Columbia Courthouse Library video tutorials

Listed on their site

Hosted on YouTube

Browser Based Webcasting Free: Dimdim Yugma + Skype Vyew Zoho Commercial Lots of options

Free:

Dimdim

Yugma + Skype

Vyew

Zoho

Commercial

Lots of options

#4. Network Online http://lawlibraries.ning.com/ Web 2.0 is “Social”

Why Network? Networking is one skill you need to practice to get ahead and survive these uncertain times. - Effective Networking for Professional Success: Making the Most Your Personal Contacts (Better Management Skills Series) by Rupert Hart

Networking is one skill you need to practice to get ahead and survive these uncertain times. - Effective Networking for Professional Success: Making the Most Your Personal Contacts (Better Management Skills Series) by Rupert Hart

Twitter @legalvoices Follow @legalvoices to be added to the stream on legalvoices.com. For lawyers & those connected to the legal industry.

Follow @legalvoices to be added to the stream on legalvoices.com.

For lawyers & those connected to the legal industry.

Understand Online Community Canada has more Facebook users per capita than any other country Major US law firms have Facebook groups for articling students

Canada has more Facebook users per capita than any other country

Major US law firms have Facebook groups for articling students

The Gentle Art of Inviting Participation Heart of the social networking http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/03/inviting-participation-in-web-20

Heart of the social networking

http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/03/inviting-participation-in-web-20

#5. Time to Play and Learn To use these tools, you need to learn the tools "It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?" - Henry David Thoreau

To use these tools, you need to learn the tools

#6. Quicker To Try Test fast, fail fast , adjust fast - Tom Peters Learn from what works and what doesn’t Create a Library “beta”

Test fast, fail fast , adjust fast - Tom Peters

Learn from what works and what doesn’t

Create a Library “beta”

#7. Remember to Wear Good Shoes Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

Summary SEE-ATTEND-ACT Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

SEE-ATTEND-ACT

Keep Your Eye on the Horizon Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

Photos by: Courtney Milne (for use by Saskatchewan teachers and students)

Questions? "And now Edgar's gone... something's going on around here“ Photo: Manu , via flickr

Thank you Connie Cosby Cindy Chick Mary Tastad Sabrina Pacifici Peta Bates Nina Platt Jim Miles Steve Matthews SLAW bloggers

Connie Cosby

Cindy Chick

Mary Tastad

Sabrina Pacifici

Peta Bates

Nina Platt

Jim Miles

Steve Matthews

SLAW bloggers

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