Slides from a presentation I gave to the Manitoba Librarians Conference on May 9, 2007. There was a fair bit of video and audio content that is not included in these slides although there are screen capture placeholders.

1. Amplifying Serendipity
“Librarians are reaquot;y good at doing three things: nurturing
scholarship, nurturing community ... and amplifying serendipity.”
John Seely Brown
Manitoba Libraries Conference
Darren Kuropatwa, May 8, 2007
Photo source: running with the seagulls

2. Welcome ...
video source: http://youtube.com/watch?v=x60pWzJvb9Q

3. What is Web 2.0?
• one way web vrs. two way web
• attitude
Photo source: http://flickr.com/photos/30153399@N00/245962103/

4. An Attitude
• everything is customizable, personalized,
interactive and constantly evolving
video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mStrgvzXs

5. http://www.go2web20.net

6. Changing Our Context
video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

7. people

8. people
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12. Source: http://www.dragonmount.com

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18. The Very Best Christmas Present Ever
Posted by Robert Jordan on December 22nd, 2006 in the
Robert Jordan’s Blog category
This is a very short post, I’m afraid. I know it’s been awhile since I posted last, but various things kept getting in the
way. Still, here goes, with the best Christmas present I’ve ever received. Something I had to share without any delay.
As you all no doubt know by now, the marker for amyloids is something called Lambda Light Chains, which are
found in the blood. The normal range is between 1 and 3. Five months ago, I was at 75. Four months ago, that had
gone up to 96. The higher the LLC number, the worse for you. So I wasn’t doing so hot.
This morning the Mayo gave me my most recent LLC number. 3.14!!!! No, that isn’t a typo. 3.14!!! I’m on the brink of
normal. Something I never thought I’d say about myself in any regard, frankly. I’ve got Liston the ropes, guys, and I
really believe that your prayers and well-wishes have helped put him there. Now I just have to put him on the canvas.
This isn’t a cure, and I’m not even sure whether it will count as remission, but it means I’m still on my feet and will
be for a while yet. 3.14! Hot damn!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everybody.
I’ll talk to you again after the 1st.
RJ
Source: http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=72

19. Harry Potter author JK Rowling has updated her diary with news that her favorite book in
the series is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and what better way to end.
She also says:
Some of you have expressed a (much more muted!) mixture of happiness and sadness at
the prospect of the last book being published, and that has meant more than I can tell
you. If it comes as any consolation, I think that there will be plenty to continue
arguing and speculating about, even after Deathly Hallows comes out. So if
you’re not yet ready to quit the message boards, do not despair...
Ms. Rowling has also added some thoughts to her rumors section and answers two
frequently asked questions.
Thanks Helena.
Source: http://www.hpana.com/news.19754.html

20. Authors Students
source: The Secret Life of Bees Weblog

21. Sue Monk Kidd
Dear Students,
It is an exceptionally nice honor to have
you reading my novel in your Modern
American Literature class! I’m extremely
impressed with your weblog, which I’ve been
following. What fun for the author to listen in on
your discussions and see the wonderful and
provocative artistic interpretations that you’ve
created. The experience has opened my eyes to new
ideas about my own work!

22. The Horizon Project

23. The Horizon Project
Camila, Georgia, USA
Shanghai, China
Vienna, Austria
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Melbourne, Australia

24. International Teen Life

25. International Teen Life
Snow Lake, Canada
Cartejena, Columbia
Virginia, USA Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

26. The Flat Planet Project

27. The Flat Planet Project
Oakville, Canada
Surrey, UK

28. 1001 Flat World Tales

29. 1001 Flat World Tales
Fredericton, Canada
Kragujevac, Serbia
... and more
Hagerstown, USA
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

30. Fraction UNProjects

31. Fraction UNProjects

32. Student’s Voices
• One of my class blogs ...

33. Student’s Voices
• Brittany’s talks about her class blog

34. Student’s Voices
• Brittany talks about Scribes

35. Student’s Voices
• How Manny uses the blog

36. Student’s Voices
• A new standard of excellence

37. Developing Expert Voices

38. Listen to an Expert Voice
• who learns in depth ...
The Assignment
Think back on all the things you have learned so
far this semester and create (not copy) four
problems that are representative of what you have
learned. Provide annotated solutions to the
problems; they should be annotated well enough
for an interested learner to understand and learn
from you. Your problems should demonstrate the
upper limit of your understanding of the concepts.

39. Listen to an Expert Voice
• who publishes for the world ...

40. Listen to an Expert Voice
• and the world replies ...

41. Library 2.0
• user-centered change
• user participation in the creation of both the
physical and the virtual services they want
• consistently evaluating services
• reach new users and better serve current ones

42. Library 2.0
libraryjournal.com

43. Exemplary Librarian Blogs

44. Exemplary Librarian Blogs

45. The Librarians (ning) Network

46. Twitter.com
the stupidest idea you’ve ever heard ...

47. Twitter for libraries

48. Amplifying Serendipity
“Librarians are reaquot;y good at doing three things: nurturing
scholarship, nurturing community ... and amplifying serendipity.”
John Seely Brown
Manitoba Libraries Conference
Darren Kuropatwa, May 8, 2007
Photo source: running with the seagulls

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54. thanks