Libraries Interact

Slide 1: Libraries Interact: collaboration and community in the Australian Library blogosphere http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 2: Fiona Bradley Kathryn Greenhill Constance Wiebrands http://librariesinteract.info

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Slide 4: Outline • What ? • Who? • Content • Tools • How? • Community of practice • Other group blogs http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 5: What http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 6: What ? LINT http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 7: What ? Tagline: Blog central for Australian Libraries http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 8: What ? Australian http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 9: What ? Welcomes on-topic contributions from anyone http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 10: What ? Not aligned with any formal body http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 11: What ? Not aligned with any formal body http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 12: Content http://librariesinteract.info

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Slide 15: Content 200 hits per day >550 subscribers http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 16: Content Dec 2007 22680 hits http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 17: Content • One sixth from Australia Large amount US Canada Egypt China Netherlands Great Britain Brazil http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 18: The Thali (original had embedded animation showing workplace of each Thali member ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTagmYmV0ss http://librariesinteract.info

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Slide 20: Tools http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 21: Tools Blog http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 22: Tools – blog Wordpress http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 23: Tools – blog Wordpress plugins • SPAM • Bad behavior • Bad behavior log Reader • Spam Karma 2 • Editing • Cforms II • Stats • Ultimate Google Analytics • Useless Stats • Metadata • unAPI Server – machine readable metadata records for posts and pages • Backup • Wordpress Database Backup http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 24: Tools – blog Feedburner http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 25: Tools – blog Technorati http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 26: Tools Collaboration http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 27: Tools – collaboration GMail http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 28: Tools – collaboration Google groups http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 29: Tools – collaboration PBwiki http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 30: Tools – collaboration Social Bookmarking Connotea CiteULike http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 31: Tools For Australian libraries http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 32: Tools – Australian library Australian Library blogs list http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 33: Tools – Australian library Australian Library blogs search http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 34: Tools – Australian library Lint survey http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 35: Tools – Australian library VLINT http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 36: Tools – Australian library Frappr map http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 37: Tools – Australian library Thali tags http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 38: Tools – Australian library Professional reading room http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 39: Tools – Australian library Facebook http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 40: How ? http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 41: How ? 8 July 2006 http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 42: How ? 26 Jan 2008 313 posts 4 Comments http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 43: How ? Philosophy http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 44: How ? Very informal. Not written down until this paper. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 45: How ? LINT is a growing, evolving project. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 46: How ? LINT is a growing, evolving project. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 47: How ? An idea will only work if someone has time to do it. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 48: How ? Everyone available to bounce around ideas. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 49: How ? No single person is in charge. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 50: How ? No formal decision making. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 51: How ? Informal negotiation and discussion. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 52: How ? Assess and deal with situations as they arise. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 53: How ? Don’t create pre- emptive rules. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 54: How ? Highest return for lowest effort. http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 55: Community of practice http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 56: Community of practice About http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 57: Community of practice Function http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 58: Community of practice Capability http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 59: Collaborative library bloggers survey http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 60: The survey September 2007 Surveymonkey http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 61: What they get out of it Professional - Job http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 62: What they get out of it Professional - Skills http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 63: What they get out of it Professional - Community http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 64: What they get out of it Personal http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 65: How you can be involved Read Subscribe Comment Write http://librariesinteract.info

Slide 66: Future New Look http://librariesinteract.info

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Slide 68: Questions ? http://librariesinteract.info