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- No dinosaurs: The Field Museum's very modern take on digital media
28 January 2012 |
An interview with Chicago's Field Museum CIO has revealed their interesting approach to web publishing, social media, and building apps to attract children to find out more about the exhibits. They've worked closely with the scientists to make the best use of the museum's information. How would your organisation approach such a project? Full article »
- When will your intranet get mobile?
17 January 2012 |
A quick glance around technology predictions for this year soon reveals that a lot of people expect 2012 to be a massive year for mobile. What does this mean for the intranet? Here are a few resources to help you work out where your intranet ought to be heading. Full article »
- Know your SOPA rights
10 January 2012 |
Last night I attended a meeting of a speakers' group. We meet regularly to practise our public speaking skills and receive feedback from one another in an effort to improve. The main topic of discussion last night, a topic I presented to the group, was a recent co-ed by Vinton Cerf on whether internet access is a human right. Full article »
- Social media and the emergency services: Part 2 - Emergency management
3 January 2012 |
The emergency services are finding new ways of communicating with the public through social media. Martha Murphy shows how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blogs and podcasts have opened up new ways of information dissemination for fire and related groups in Canada. Full article »
- Social media and the emergency services: Part 1 - Policing in your pocket
1 December 2011 |
Using social media to enable law enforcement agencies to engage with communities seems like a laudable objective, but what happens when those same media are used to crowdsource private information? Joanna Ptolomey and Christa Miller consider the implications of the social media initiatives being used by the police. Full article »
- Influence: where next for industry on the social web?
1 November 2011 |
Social media are tools which facilitate the conversations that matter most to you – and, by the way, you are part of conversation. If you are not part of the conversation then there is no need for you to be using social media except if you want to tick that box on your marketing strategy – tick, we have Twitter and FaceBook accounts. So what – owning those accounts is easy, it is what you will do with those accounts and where you will exert influence that matters. Full article »
- In the thick of it: Why information professionals should be at the heart of government digital engagement activity
3 October 2011 |
As government strives to create two-way communication with people, librarians are ideally placed, and equipped, to be at the heart of this digital engagement. Lesley Thomson describes the perfect skills government librarians have to facilitate this engagement and the value breaking into this new “information territory” would bring. Full article »
- Some ways to use Storify - curate an archive, add context, tell a story
1 September 2011 |
Much of social media content is very much “of the moment” but often content is created which needs to be captured and commented on for future use. That’s when Storify comes into its own as it allows you to embed individual “units” of social media, such as Facebook updates, tweets and YouTube videos, into a single Storify blog post. Jo Brodie reviews Storify and compares it with other tools such as Chirpstory. Full article »
- A construction industry approach to using information – BIM, a shared knowledge resource
1 August 2011 |
How many times have we read about public sector construction projects failing to deliver on time, to specification and to cost? But what role does information play in this and does it lead to better outcomes not just for the tax payer but also for the contractors involved? Paul Wilkinson tells us about a new way to do business in the UK construction industry; with information collaboration and sharing at its heart, BIM (Building Information Modelling) is the future. Full article »
- Using the golden information thread: Lessons from the Utilities sector for managing risk, making decisions and providing governance [ABSTRACT]
1 July 2011 |
Projects often involve third parties which inevitably makes information management more complicated, particularly when it comes to ensuring there is only “one version of the truth”. Edward Ptolomey shows how a partnership approach in the utilities sector reduced duplication of information and helped risk management. Full article »
- Archiving social media content/context - more questions than answers?
1 June 2011 |
As Twitter does not provide a long term storage solution for tweets this leaves researchers with a dilemma. How should tweets be stored so that both the content and the context are retained, and the resource is searchable? Jennifer Jones looks at the possibilities but concludes that there are still more questions than answers. Full article »
- Using co-design to innovate in libraries
3 May 2011 |
The key element when designing any successful service involving information is to meet the needs of the people who will use it. This sounds simple enough but how do we explore those needs and produce tangible outcomes? Lauren Currie and Joanna Ptolomey explain the process of service design, involving co-designing with the people, which can lead to innovative services. Full article »
- A Rose by any other name: a new approach to name authority
4 April 2011 |
Searching for author names in online systems is fraught with difficulty because there are so many possible variations for each name. So the Names Project promises to provide a much-needed solution for the many institutional repositories which are being developed. Amanda Hill describes the progress being made with this JISC-funded, joint British Library and Mimas project. Full article »
- Embedded Librarianship Part 2: A case study from Spain
1 March 2011 |
Librarians have struggled hard to be recognised as a profession in Spain, despite LIS being a five-year degree, but progress is now being made thanks to the introduction of embedded librarianship in some universities. Using the skills they already have but applying them in a different environment is adding value and making librarians irreplaceable. Full article »
- Embedded librarianship part 1: Aligning with organisational strategy to transform information into knowledge
2 February 2011 |
Embedded librarianship is taking hold in many organisations providing information professionals with the chance to show the value they can add by transforming information into knowledge through strategic alignment. In Part 1 of a two-part series on embedded librarianship, Reece Dano and Gretchen McNeely describe the embedded services workflow and show the benefits, for both the organisation and the information professional, of this way of working. Full article »
- Information Skills for Art and Design: The InfosmART Project at the Glasgow School of Art Library
4 January 2011 |
For those who think in a visual way, such as art and design students, navigating the text-based world of information can be daunting, so the Glasgow School of Art decided to develop some online modules to teach information skills. Duncan Chappell explains the background to the InfosmART project and the many benefits arising from it. Full article »
- Community is a six letter word
1 December 2010 |
A year on from its inception, web-based community Healthcare Social Media Europe is well-established with 300 members, three websites and an international conference under its ‘belt', not to mention the unpronounceable hastag #hcsmeu. Co-founder Dr Andrew Spong considers where to go from here to ensure that all groups with an interest in healthcare have a voice, and the community continues to provide advice across Europe. Full article »
- The Wireless Interactive Lecture Demonstrator project (WILD Thing for short)
1 November 2010 |
Getting students engaged and involved in the learning process is a challenge for any lecturer so the WILD Thing provides an interesting solution. It allows lecturers to embed dynamic content directly into a PowerPoint slide, and students to use mobile devices to comment or ask questions during the lecture. Despite the risk of students sending abusive comments, this system has great potential. Full article »
- Mobile Technologies in Libraries
1 October 2010 |
With most library users owning a mobile phone, and increasing numbers of these being smartphones, it is time for libraries to take advantage of mobile technology. Andrew Walsh looks at the different levels that can be used from simple text messaging for both alerts and enquiries, to making sure the library is present on location-based social networks, and ultimately to creating an augmented reality layer. Full article »
- Turning complaints into compliments in a city library service
1 September 2010 |
'Putting customers first' is a core value for service organisations and what better way to do this than by addressing their issues before they have raised them formally? Twitter is awash with enquiries and complaints and, if these can be tracked down and addressed in a proactive way, it will leave the customers with a very positive feeling about that organisation. Graham Mainds describes how Edinburgh City Libraries turned complaints into compliments by setting up Twitter alerts. Full article »
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