MLibrary 2.0: The Future is Now

June 8, 2007: 9-noon

Pendleton Room at the Michigan Union

Podcast (mp3) of Session Introduction

 

Kristin Antelman

Presentation: Next Generation Catalogs

Podcast (mp3) of Kristin's Presentation

Kristin Antelman is Associate Director for the Digital Library at NCSU Libraries. Prior to joining NCSU in 2002, she was Head of Systems and Networking at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library and systems librarian at the University of Delaware. She received her MLS from the University of Chicago.

 

Peter Morville

Presentation: Ambient Findability: Libraries, Librarians, and the Internet of Things

Podcast (mp3) of Peter's Presentation

At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, the user experience is out of control, and findability is the real story. Access changes the game. We can select our sources and choose our news. We can find who and what we need, when and where we want. Search is the new interface of culture and commerce. As society shifts from push to pull, findability shapes who we trust, how we learn, where we go, and what we buy. In this cyberspace safari, Peter Morville explores the future present in mobile devices, search algorithms, ontologies, folksonomies, findable objects, digital librarianship, and the long tail of the sociosemantic web. Reflect with Peter he challenges us to think differently about the power of search - and findability - to redefine our sources of authority and inspiration in an increasingly digitized and networked information environment.

Peter Morville is widely recognized as a founding father of information architecture. He co-authored the best-selling book, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, and has consulted with such organizations as Harvard, IBM, the International Monetary Fund, Microsoft, the National Cancer Institute, and Yahoo! Peter is president of a Semantic Studios, co-founder of the Information Architecture Institute, and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Michigan's School of Information. His work has been featured in many publications including Business Week, The Economist, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal. Peter's latest book, Ambient Findability, was published in 2005. He blogs at findability.org.

 

Jessamyn West

Presentation: 2.0 in 20 - A Crash Course in Library 2.0 Culture (notes & slides)

We are hearing these 2.0 terms more and more lately. Where did they come from? Jessamyn West speaks to the issues, real and imagined and what is in store for librarians and libraries big and small in a 2.0 world.

Jessamyn West is a community technology librarian and a moderator of the massive group blog MetaFilter.com. She lives in a rural area of Central Vermont where she teaches basic computer skills to novices including seniors and people with disabilities. She assists tiny libraries with technology planning and implementation, helping them with wifi and websites and making sense of their systems. She maintains an online presence at jessamyn.com and librarian.net and has had her address and phone number on the Internet for a decade. Her favorite color is orange.

Gaming & Social Networking, A New Direction for Libraries

July 31, 2007: 9-noon

Ann Arbor District Library

Jane Blumenthal

Presentation: What's a nice library like yours doing in a place like this? Second Life, Medical Education, and the Library

Jane Blumenthal is director, health sciences libraries, at the University of Michigan. Her responsibilities include the Taubman Medical Library, Public Health Library and Informatics, and School of Dentistry Library. She is a member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) at the distinguished level and has been active in a variety of professional organizations, including the Medical Library Association (MLA), Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), and Group on Information Resources of the Association of American Medical Colleges. She is currently chair of the National Program Committee for the 2008 MLA annual meeting

 

Lisa Hinchliffe

Presentation: Leading the Gaming Library: Acting on Innovation and Exploration

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe is Head of the Undergraduate Library, Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, and Associate Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also a member of the ACRL Information Literacy Institute Immersion faculty. The Undergraduate Library is widely-known for its use of social networking to reach out and connect with students and leading the University Library's gaming initiative. Lisa has worked to foster a culture of exploration and experimentation in "The Undergrad" as well as through her leadership of the Library's User Education Committee. Lisa is internationally sought after as a conference speaker and is widely published in the field of information literacy.

 

Brian Mathews

Presentation: Insight from the Land of 1,000 Friends: Finding Your Place on the Social Web

Brian Mathews is an Information Services Librarian at Georgia Tech. He is the subject liaison for Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, and is the Coordinator of Distance Learning Library Services.

Brian frequently speaks and writes on topics ranging from social networking, the user experience, and the domestication of library space. He is currently writing a book for ALA Editions on the topic of Advertising for Academic Libraries.

Brian Matthews's presentation was cancelled due to airline flight cancelation

 

Eli Neiburger

Presentation: Gaming in the Library?

(Slides from Eli's presentation)

IT manager at Ann Arbor District Library