Sharing the New, Cool and Useful Staff Learning and Sharing Using Squidoo Michael C. Sensiba Wayne State University

Introduction About WSULS Facing Rapid and Profound Change Objectives: Raise Awareness Keep Up Share Thoughts and Ideas Document the Process Method: The Emerging Issues Forum

About WSULS

Facing Rapid and Profound Change

Objectives:

Raise Awareness

Keep Up

Share Thoughts and Ideas

Document the Process

Method: The Emerging Issues Forum

EIF 1.0 Created by Jeff Trzeciak, former Assoc. Dean Originally for new librarians, then expanded to all librarians Read and discuss papers on topics relevant to the library and university community 2-3 hour discussion sessions Feedback: shorter sessions, shorter pre-work, broader audience

Created by Jeff Trzeciak, former Assoc. Dean

Originally for new librarians, then expanded to all librarians

Read and discuss papers on topics relevant to the library and university community

2-3 hour discussion sessions

Feedback: shorter sessions, shorter pre-work, broader audience

EIF 2.0 Reinstituted at request of Dean Sandra Yee Includes all WSULS staff 1 hour monthly sessions Alternate between morning and afternoon Uses Squidoo Lens Pre- and Post-discussion benefits Frames the discussion Includes non-attendees Resource for all Automatic updating of some content

Reinstituted at request of Dean Sandra Yee

Includes all WSULS staff

1 hour monthly sessions

Alternate between morning and afternoon

Uses Squidoo Lens

Pre- and Post-discussion benefits

Frames the discussion

Includes non-attendees

Resource for all

Automatic updating of some content

About Squidoo Free Rapid prototyping Flexible modular tools Employs other popular web sites and services Receives RSS feeds Allows RSS subscription to lens Provides usage statistics Ads ?? Development time avg.: 6 hrs/topic

Free

Rapid prototyping

Flexible modular tools

Employs other popular web sites and services

Receives RSS feeds

Allows RSS subscription to lens

Provides usage statistics

Ads ??

Development time avg.: 6 hrs/topic

Squidoo Lenses Squidoo Home Social Networking Lens Viral Marketing Lens Citation Management Lens Coming Soon: Virtual Worlds Lens

Squidoo Home

Social Networking Lens

Viral Marketing Lens

Citation Management Lens

Coming Soon: Virtual Worlds Lens

Squidoo Modules Amazon and Amazon Plexo BBC News Boing Boing Christian Science Monitor CNet News CNN Live del.icio.us Digg: Frontpage News Doc Searls eBay Engadget Flickr and Flickr Plexo Google Maps Google Blog Search Group Discussion Guardian Unlimited Guestbook iTunes Make a List and Text List Plexo Motley Fool Netflix New York Times PoliticsCentral.com Poll Module RSS: Add Your Own Feed Scientific American Scobleizer Seths Blog Shutterfly Slashdot Text/Write Module The Link List and Links Plexo The Onion Daily The MAKE Blog Washington Post Wired News YouTube and YouTube Plexo

Amazon and Amazon Plexo

BBC News

Boing Boing

Christian Science Monitor

CNet News

CNN Live

del.icio.us

Digg: Frontpage News

Doc Searls

eBay

Engadget

Flickr and Flickr Plexo

Google Maps

Google Blog Search

Group Discussion

Guardian Unlimited

Guestbook

iTunes

Make a List and Text List Plexo

Motley Fool

Netflix

New York Times

PoliticsCentral.com

Poll Module

RSS: Add Your Own Feed

Scientific American

Scobleizer

Seths Blog

Shutterfly

Slashdot

Text/Write Module

The Link List and Links Plexo

The Onion Daily

The MAKE Blog

Washington Post

Wired News

YouTube and YouTube Plexo