SOA Workshop: Demystifying Web 2.0 in Your Archives/Library

Cancelled, will be rescheduled for spring.

The Society of Ohio Archivists fall workshops and strategic planning session will be November 1-2, 2007.

All events are at the Holiday Inn, French Quarter, located at 10630 Fremont Pike (US20 @ I-75 exit 193), Perrysburg, Ohio. See http://www.hifq.com/ for information on hotel rates. Lunch is included with all sessions.

Friday, Nov. 2: WIKIS, BLOGS, FLICKR, ZOHO, AND MORE: DEMYSTIFYING WEB 2.0 IN YOUR ARCHIVES/LIBRARY
9-4:30 (Registration begins at 8:30); $35 SOA Members/ $45 Non-members

We may have heard about blogs, wikis, social networking, photo sharing, and folksonomies, but what is Web 2.0 and why do archivists and librarians need to know about it? This workshop will explore the opportunities and challenges that Web 2.0 offers to archivists and librarians and offer simple tips on how you can implement Web 2.0 tools in your institution. Familiarity with the Web is a plus, but technical expertise is not required for this workshop.

Sessions include:
* Exploring Libraries (…And Our Users) In The Web 2.0 Realm (Brian Gray, Case Western Reserve University)
* Second Life 101 (Laura Solomon, Cleveland Public Library)
* Archives 2.0: A Survey of Library, Archives, and Museum Projects Using Web 2.0 (Kiffany Francis, Cleveland State University)
* Web 2.0: Getting Your Archives/Library on Board (Janet Carleton (yours truly, and all because of this learning project!), Ohio University & Whitney Townsend, University of Michigan)

Also offered:
Thursday, Nov. 1: SOA STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION
10-5 (Registration begins at 9:45); Free, Pre-registration Required.

Friday, Nov. 2: ARCHIVES 101 WORKSHOP
9-5: (Registration begins at 8:30); $30 SOA Members/ $40 Non-members
Sponsored by the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB)

For More Information: Visit http://www.ohioarchivists.org/ for more info and to register online. Contact: Erik Mayer Program Co-Chair at 614-764-6072 or mayere -at- oclc.org.

Ways for Web 2.0 Startups to Commit Legal Suicide

Check out the 9/20 WebWare column "Legal Suicide for Web 2.0 start-ups: A beginner's guide"

In it Rafe Needleman says:
"I got an email from Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation yesterday. It began, "Half the companies you blog about have copyright or privacy legal issues simmering just under the surface. Since most of them are thinly capitalized, when they get into trouble, they're likely to call EFF for legal advice. Several already have."

I called von Lohmann right away, since I've had a nagging feeling for months that too many of the interesting products I've been seeing were legally shaky. So I talked with him to come up with this list: 9 Fun Ways Web 2.0 Startups Can Commit Legal Suicide."

Professional Opportunities Blogs

From the WSS-L Listserv (Women's Studies Section of the ACRL division of ALA) a crop of very helpful blogs!

A Library Writer's Blog should "help librarians identify publishing and presentation opportunities in library & information science, as well as other related fields"

Beyond the Job offers "news and ideas on how to further your library career."

Dolores' List of CFPs (Calls for Papers) lists calls for papers and presentations in Library and Information Science, Instructional Design, and Women's & Gender Studies.

"Addy Will Know"

A New Song For The Modern Librarian
by indie pop band SNMNMNM.

Flickr and Slide Shows

Turns out that one can also create flickr slide shows, but only through third party add-ons (with Picasa it's done within the application). There are several out there--I chose slideflickr to create this one. It was very simple--just enter a user name and a couple of clicks later code is generated. Then paste the code into your blog or Web site.