What Uses for New Digital Technologies?

What Uses for New Digital Technologies? Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Acceptable Use Policy Recording of this talk, taking photos, discussing the content using email, Twitter, blogs, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. Resources bookmarked using ‘ cilip-dig-info-2009 ' tag http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/cilip-digital-information-2009/ Email: [email_address] Twitter: http://twitter.com/briankelly/ Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/

About Me ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Introduction

Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Using Tools I Talk About ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Talks given in 2008 covered Web 2.0, accessibility & standards. Introduction Note also use of blogs, video blogs, YouTube, Twitter, …

Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],Web2MemeMap, Tim O’Reilly, 2005 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

Beyond IT and the Techies (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beyond IT and the Techies (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Benefits of Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blogs at Imperial College ,[object Object],Background to use of blogs at Imperial College since 2006, Jenny Evans, UK Web Focus blog, Oct 2009 http://physmaths.wordpress.com/

Web 2.0 at Wolverhampton Uni ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Academic Library Example ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

National Library Example (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Example of use of Web 2.0 services embedded within a Welsh Assembly Government funded project

National Library Example (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],Examples from guest blog post by Paul Bevan on UK Web Focus blog / Bridging Worlds 2008 paper, National Library of Singapore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCAxSqziFY

National Library Example (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.flickr.com/groups/cymru-wales/

National Library Example (4) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.ourwales.org.uk/index.php?...

Beyond The Institution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mobile World ,[object Object],Japan to lead mobile twitter

My Library is my Community ,[object Object]

What Can the Library Offer? ,[object Object]

Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Challenges: In-house ,[object Object]

Demise of the AHDS ,[object Object],This has been an important year of change for ADS. Over ten years of partnership with AHDS came to an end on 31st March 2008, when that body was formally wound up, and its achievements celebrated at an event to mark the occasion in King´s College, London. Future funding in public sector looks uncertain.  See “Is It Really A Good Time To Be Asking For More IT Money?”

Recognising The Barriers CyMAL (Newport) workshop Sep 2009 Concerns identified in discussion group sessions at various UKOLN 1-day workshops for the cultural heritage sector CyMAL (Bangor) workshop Sep 2009

The Challenges Challenges Resources Expertise Time Money Understanding Legal Issues IT Services Colleagues Management Accessibility Sustainability Reliability Cultural issues Technical Issues Interoperability Privacy, DPA, FOI, .. Council OK, there are barriers. Does this mean we don’t do anything?

Beware The IT Fundamentalists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Organisational culture

The Librarian Fundamentalists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Organisational culture

The Council Firewall ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],New Internet access policy for children From December 2008, children will be able to enjoy improved Internet access in all Portsmouth Libraries. The current “Walled Garden” arrangement will be discontinued. The Internet access offered will be similar to that provided in Portsmouth schools but we will also be allowing access to games, Web chat and social networking sites. For further information, please contact Patricia Garrett on … Should librarians (a) welcome bans to dodgy places or (b) seek to open access and educate users? Organisational barriers

Support Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Common Craft video clips ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Training & staff development

Deployment Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Risk Management ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Critical Friends ,[object Object],See <http://critical-friends.org/> Phil Bradley’s post provided a critical role – and CILIP responded accordingly 

Being “Postdigital” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Towards a Framework ,[object Object],Biases Subjective factors Intended Purpose Benefits (various stakeholders Risks (various stakeholders Missed Opps. (various stakeholders Costs (various stakeholders ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Using The Framework ,[object Object],Note personal biases! Intended Purpose Benefits (various stakeholders Risks (various stakeholders Missed Opps. (various stakeholders Costs (various stakeholders Community support Rapid feedback Justify ROI Org. brand Community- building Low? Twitter for individuals Organisational Fb Page Marketing events,… Large audiences Ownership, privacy, lock-in Marketing opportunity Low? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Preventing Anarchy? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],Or Bringing Order? Simple lightweight policies can ‘bring order” to the externally-hosted environment

Order or Anarchy? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A managed approach can be applied to ‘stuff out there

What About Jo The Librarian? ,[object Object],[object Object],Has a blog, shares ideas, engages in discussions Shares bookmarks Communicates, shares, supports, … on Twitter

Conclusions The future is exciting - but librarian professionals will need to engage in help manage the Web 2.0 environment Acknowledgments to Michael Edson for the Web Tech Guy and Angry Staff Person post / comic strip

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