Law Libraries Reaching for the Sky: Practical Applications of Web 2.0 Technology

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

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 ?

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

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

Theme Songs ?
Your Space My Space
So happy together

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.

Need Info?
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

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

More Responses
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

Making Sense of Web 2.0
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

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

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

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

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

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

Culture Shock Photo by Childish David

Other Uses
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/

#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/

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

#3. Share What You Know
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

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

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

Browser Based Webcasting
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

Twitter @legalvoices
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

The Gentle Art of Inviting Participation
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

#6. Quicker To Try
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

Keep Your Eye on the Horizon 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

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