Optimizing Technology in Libraries - ILI 2004 Conference - 12 October 2004
The following sessions have been accepted for the
Internet Librarian International
2004 Conference to be held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
on 10-12th October 2004.
- Type
- A 45 minute talk on "Beyond E-mail! Wikis, Blogs and Social Networking Software".
- Abstract (up to 100 words)
- We are familiar with use of the Web for publishing. But recent innovations
provide much richer mechanisms to support communications and collaboration. Some
people argue that 'Communications, and not content, is King'. In certain communities,
such as young people, we find that communications tools such as instant messaging
and mobile phone technologies are widely used and even replacing use of e-mail.
In this talk Brian Kelly will outline such communications technologies
together with collaborative technologies, such as Wikis and Blogs, and their convergence
in social networking software.
Brian will describe challenges in deploying such tools and outline strategies
for their deployment.
- Objectives Of The Session
- By the end of the session, audience members will be aware of emerging new
communications and collaborative technologies, will have seen examples of how they
are being used, will be aware of possible dangers which should technologies
may involve and of strategies for evaluating such technologies.
- Date And Time
- The talk will be part of the "Optimizing Technology in Libraries" B201 session
which will be held on Tuesday, 12th October 2004 from 10:30-12:30.
The talk will last for 30 minutes.
- Speaker
- Brian Kelly (UKOLN)
- Materials
- [MS PowerPoint] - [HTML]
- Further Information
-
Following the presentation described above Brian Kelly took part in a
panel session.
- Title
- Optimising Technology in Libraries
- Panellists
- Frank Cervone, Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern University (USA),
Michael Stephens, Technology Librarian, St. Joseph County Public Library (USA) and
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, UKOLN.
- Abstract
- Join the three speakers in this special session for stimulating discussion of
where technology for libraries is headed, which new developments they see as best
bets for successful projects, and their tips on strategies, deployment and technical
problems.
- Date And Time
- The panel will be part of the "Optimising Technology in Libraries" session (B202)
which will be held on Tuesday, 12th October 2004 from 11:45-12:30.
The panel will last for 45 minutes.
- Materials
- [MS PowerPoint] - [HTML]
Biographical Details
Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus, a post funded by JISC and the
MLA which advises
the UK's higher and further education communities and museums, libraries and archives
sector on best practices in use of the Web. Brian is an experienced presenter,
and has spoken at all the previous Internet Librarian Conferences held in the UK.
Brian works at UKOLN, a national centre of expertise in digital information management,
which is based at the University of Bath. He is the project manager for the
JISC-funded QA Focus project
and has given several
presentations on this work.
Michaal Stephens, a fellow panellist, provided a
report on his
blog about the conference and our session.
