Week 01 - Introductions and Overview

Week 1: Table of Contents Topic/Focus: Introductions and Overview Exercises and Assignments Readings and Resources Topic-focused Team Experience Topic/Focus: Introductions and Overview Introductions and overview of the course/class format, logistics, expectations, collaboration and participation, projects, team experience, etc. Video: A Vision of Students Today by Michael Wesch, Cultural Anthropologist, Kansas State University. Perspective: "Creativeness is the ability to see relationships where none exist." Thomas Disch Landscapes (similarities and differences): Public, school media, academic, special, government, archives & special collections. Defining/Re-defining what libraries are and the role of librarians/information professionals. Envisioning the library of the future by applying existing knowledge to generate new ideas, develop products and services, and improve processes and workflows. Second Life team project overview and brainstorming session. Definitions and terminologies, developing our "lingos" list.

Architecture of Participation (view as slideshow)       Source: Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/architectures_of_participation_the_next_big_thing.htm

Exercises and Assignments

• Hands-on training in class: We'll start going over some essentials for getting started with our Confluence wiki, organization content for class, and then review functionality of Google reader.
• Purchase Logitech USB-based headset ($39.99) and make sure to bring to Week 2's class.
• Print out and set up accounts (Google Docs) or click on WORD attachment. As you set up each account, review basic overview of tool.
• Add your photo to our Students' Portfolios page. Review Wikis 101 for an overview of Confluence and wikis in general.
• Sign up to co-lead a 30-minute discussion based on articles you've discovered through your RSS reader related to a selected week's topic. Sign up to co-lead a weekly discussion.
• Recommended (optional): Sign up for an upcoming TechAtlas Webinar on Technology Planning on January 29, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 PM. Summary: A free, 60 minute webinar where you will discover a free software designed just for libraries that offers an easy, step-by-step process for creating a technology plan from mission and vision to goals and objectives along with budget development.

Readings and Resources

Topic-focused

• Breeding, Marshall (April 2008). "Automation System Marketplace 2008: Opportunity Out of Turmoil," LibraryJournal.com. URL: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6542440.html (accessed 4/3/2008).
• Dare to Share: Read summary and comprehensive text (PDF) on the following topics:
  • Brainstorming. URL: http://www.daretoshare.ch/en/Dare_To_Share/Knowledge_Management_Toolkit/Brainstorming (accessed 1/2/2009).
  • Group Facilitator. URL: http://www.daretoshare.ch/en/Dare_To_Share/Knowledge_Management_Toolkit/Group_Facilitation (accessed 1/2/2009)
• Driver, Erica (January 2007). Wikis Change the Meaning of "Groupthink." Cambridge, MA: Forrester. (See restricted readings area.)
• Eisenberg, Mike (May 2008). "The Parallel Information Universe: What's Out There and What It Means for Libraries," LibraryJournal.com. URL: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6551184.html (accessed 1/4/2009).
• OCLC's Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World. A 2007 report to OCLC membership. URL: http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm (accessed 1/1/2009). Please review the following sections (PDF): Our Digital Lives and Privacy, Security, and Trust.

Team Experience

• Driver, Erica (April 2008). Web 3D: The Next Major Internet Wave. Cambridge, MA: Forrester. (See restricted readings area.)
• Second Life: What is Second Life? URL: http://secondlife.com/whatis/ (accessed 7/25/2008).