This is the first episode of the Open Libraries podcast, and I was pleased to have the opportunity to talk to some of the authors of the Fall netConnect supplement, entitled Libraries 2010. It features three librarians, including Karen Coombs, University of Houston Libraries; Melissa Rethlefsen, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and Dorothea Salo, George Mason University. They talk about their articles in the Fall 2006 issue of netConnect, as well as Zotero, project management tips, using social software, and the upcoming online conference Five Weeks to a Social Library.
The issue covers how libraries are doing strategic planning for the next four years, particularly with online initiatives. The Product Pipeline article covers social reference services, including Connotea and CiteULike.
You will be able to read the articles online. We’re eager to hear your comments about the episode, since we’re still figuring things out as we go.
Show notes:
Dorothea strongly recommends the newly-released Zotero for citation capture
What problem does social software solve? Think “group projects”
One low barrier tool for library project management: Google Calendar
Learn about the surprising profitability of society publishers
Recommended Books:
Karen
The Long Tail
The Wisdom of Crowds
Melissa
The Tennis Partner
My Own Country
Hot Lights, Cold Steel
Hacking Del.icio.us
Winter House
Dorothea
Terry Pratchett
Open access : key strategic, technical and economic aspects
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2:45 Dorothea on Zotero
4:23 Social Software=”Group Projects”
5:38 Karen on Writely
7:00 Melissa on Mayo
8:43 Karen on Project Management
12:40 Dorothea on repositories
16:40 Melissa on open access
18:20 Dorothea on open access monoliths
20:20 Melissa on society publishers
22:21 Karen on Texas Digital Library project
25:19 ARL Spec Kit on Institutional Repositories
26:34 MARS is 2
27:00 Karen on early adopters
27:50 DSpace Hacks
28:26 Open source projects and plugins
33:13 CVS for DSpace
34:25 Karen on wikis, blogs, and production
36:45 Melissa on Mayo’s Live Journal project
40:40 Evangelizing your project
43:13 The freedom to fail
43:47 Library School
45:00 Recommended books and software
49:20 Long Tail and Recommendation of Crowds
51:14 Eclipse
52:17 Open Access and Terry Prachett
54:08 Upcoming conference presentations
57:22 Five Weeks to a Social Library