write an e-postcard for Knowledge Ontario

Posted January 10, 2010 by jandawson
Categories: Library and information studies, information, information professionals, librarians, libraries, libraries and education, technology

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In this time of economic restraint, Knowledge Ontario must ensure that it can demonstrate the strongest possible case to potential funders of the value of its work. We can make the case that through its provincial partnerships and collaborations, KO services generate significant cost savings. Now we are documenting the value of the services to Ontarians.

While we have a compelling story to tell, the most powerful part of that story is you. That’s what gives us the ability to describe the hundreds of “on the ground” experiences that provide real and lasting impacts in the lives of people in communities across Ontario. We ask your help in telling the stories that demonstrate the value of our work and make it tangible to funders.

Thank you for taking the time to fill out the KO postcard now.

askON CALL: adding voice to chat, a pilot project

Posted November 29, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: emerging technology, information, information professionals, librarians, libraries, libraries and education, library technology, voip

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Been busy at MPOW preparing to add voice to our chat reference service as a pilot. We want to see if this will enhance the reference experience within the chat interaction. It’s also another method of access for those with limited typing ability or text-based learning challenges such as dyslexia or illiteracy.

The chat client currently used has the capability for VoIP on its US server, but not on our UK server, which is the one we use in order to protect the privacy of our visitors. So we’ve decided to utilize Skype for the purposes of our pilot. Every interaction will begin as usual by initiating a chat, and should the librarian decide to initiate Skype, they will still use simultaneous chat to send links, etc. which ensures a valuable chat transcript for the visitor’s future reference. Data will be collected by a mandatory “operator” (librarian) survey and the visitor exit survey, should they choose to complete it.

Many individual libraries have experimented with or incorporated Skype into reference services, but to the best of my knowledge, this will be the first collaborative of over 50 libraries that will be testing it out.

Char Booth has published a few articles about Skype in libraries. For the purposes of our pilot, we are not interested in piloting Skype’s video feature, but here is a slide show from Booth on voice and video.

Stay tuned and wish us luck for our launch on Monday! I’ll tell ya how it goes :)

net neutrality, CLA session summary

Posted June 24, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: blogging, conference, information, information professionals, internet, librarians, libraries, web

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After seeing only a handful of people at CLA’s 2009 conference session 511E “Net Neutrality and What it means for Libraries”, I realised that we (librarians) have a challenge on our hands: not enough people know/care about net neutrality. Danielle Dennie and Alex Guindon of Concordia University Libraries delivered excellent, current information during their session. The following are some key points from the session:

  • Network neutrality was first defined by Tim Wu. The idea is that communication and transport networks should be neutral is based on the idea of common carriers.
  • Legal benefits: liability protection—not responsible for illegal content transmitted; and public right of way to provide their service.
  • Obligations: that they must carry all people or content indiscriminately, also interconnection and reasonable price for access.
  • Canada’s telecommunications act.
    • CRTC has decided to intervene as little as possible in the area of retail internet services.
    • Public hearings will be held in July.
  • Brand X decision: in 2005, US Supreme Court confirmed that cable companies are info services and not telecommunication services.
  • Technological aspects:
    • Info on the net is transmitted in data packets.
    • Original design was TCP/IP, a “dumb” network. Essentially was only meant to route data packs. Nodes make no judgment on the data.
    • Packets are transmitted:
      • FIFO: first in first out
      • Best effort: no guarantee that data is delivered.  Some packets are dropped. Speed depends on network traffic.
  • Several authors claim that the internet has not been neutral for a long time.
  • Graham Longford presents 2 types of discrimination
    • Content discrimination:
      • Preferred content arrangements: some content only accessible via specific ISPs.
      • Access tiering and transmission tariffs: ISPs want to apply additional charges to content providers and users for faster lanes.
      • Content blocking, filtering and deep packet inspection (DPI): blocking by address or by looking at actual contents. Famous case where TELUS blocked their workers union’s website during a strike. Clear case of censorship and discrimination.
      • Distributed computing: distributed network of local servers to cache high-demand pages.
    • Protocol and application discrimination (network management):
      • Port blocking.
      • Traffic shaping/traffic prioritization.
      • Quality of service enhancements (QoS).
  • Net neutrality debate
    • For net neutrality:
      • Is broadband an essential utility? If you answer yes, it has to be protected.
      • Innovation was made possible because it was a neutral medium. More likely to come from small businesses or individuals than from large firms.
      • Traffic management is not efficient and ends up being more costly than the investment in infrastructure.
      • Incumbent can artificially slow down traffic to convince nonusers to pay more for a quality of service enhancements.
    • Against net neutrality:
      • Content providers (like Google and other biggies) have a free ride. They benefit from the existing networks without having to pay.
      • Network innovation is best served by market solutions.
      • Legislation is inefficient and costly.
      • New income sources are needed for network upgrade (investment in the last-mile).
      • The end of guaranteed access to incumbent infrastructure is strong incentive for innovation in last-minute access.
    • A third position:
      • Internet is not neutral now and hasn’t been.
      • It would be hard to go back to purely neutral.
      • Not all discrimination is bad.
      • There is a need for network management.
  • Prior to 2008, not a lot of media or attention was devoted to net neutrality in Canada
    • 2005 Shaw communication instituted a $10 QoS charge for using third party VoIP.
    • 2005 TELUS cuts subscriber access to pro-union website “voices for change”.
    • 2005 Rogers admits to traffic shaping—throttling peer to peer traffic on its network (slowing it down).
  • Bell Canada throttled their retail service and third party ISPs.
  • In November 2008, CAIPs application against throttling was denied by CRTC. CRTC said that no one was able to prove that Bell was doing anything with their customer information. On the same day, CRTC said that they were sensitive to the arguments. They called a review of the internet traffic management practices of internet service providers. Two weeks ago CAIP asked the CRTC to rescind their decision.
  • Charlie Timmons tabled a net neutrality bill last Friday.
  • In the US…
    • Net neutrality garners a lot more media and political attention in Canada.
    • 2005 FCC released net neutrality principles.
    • Oct 2007, Comcast was throttling peer to peer communications.
    • In winter of 2008, FCC held two public hearings. In August of 2008, FCC found Comcast guilty of violating principals.
  • In the US, throttling is discriminatory. This is NOT the case in Canada.
  • It is possible to treat congestion on networks without throttling.
  • Hearings in July will be interesting. Over 11, 000 people filed a comment to the CRTC.
  • Net neutrality in libraries
    • Intellectual freedom and access to information
      • Most libraries have a statement for this.
      • Without net neutralities, ISPs could give preference to its own info, etc. there would be two tiers: fast and easy, vs. slow.
      • Teaching critical thinking skills becomes difficult without net neutrality
      • Universities straight out block peer to peer applications–they don’t even throttle. Examples of blocked applications are Skype and Facebook, but also some blogs are blocked as well!
      • UofT applies download caps: 2 gigs of data per week. Research in the social sciences can use this very quickly. Also, what if Fine Arts students need access to big images, video, etc.?
    • Protecting cultural diversity
      • Without net neutrality, it’s very difficult to disseminate.
      • Globe and mail had series called the download decade. Peer to peer applications.
      • If libraries can’t give access to Canadian cultural content, this is problematic.
    • Privacy protection
      • DPI technology has the capability to look into the content of messages sent over internet.
      • Most libraries have a statement on info privacy.
      • If ISPs have ability to track user searches, viewed websites, etc., libraries would not be able to provide privacy to patrons.
  • Is the net an essential public utility?
  • It has to remain under public control.
  • Network operators cannot discriminate as they wish because:
    • They are themselves content providers. They are content owners (vertical integration).
    • There is a lack of competition, especially in North America.
    • They are not transparent about their traffic management practices.
  • There is a need for some form of regulation. It would be unpractical to have a purely neutral net. Legislation should be flexible and adapted to the current technological environment. The legislation should be based on a normative framework that specifies what public duties the net should serve.
  • ISPs should be transparent and accountable to public bodies.
  • Investment in last-mile architecture is needed and should be facilitated by governments. New forms of last-mile management should be explored.

Further reading on net neutrality:

Knowledge Ontario Ideas Forum

Posted May 21, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: Library and information studies, archive, archives, blogging, conference, emerging technology, futurism, information, information professionals, internet, librarians, libraries, libraries and education, library, library 2.0, library technology, technology, unconferences, web 2.0, web 3.0

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  • 12:17 PM KnowledgeOnt - Welcome to Knowledge Ontario’s Ideas Forum!
  • 12:20 PM conniecrosby - We will be livestreaming the morning’s Ideas Forum panel 8:30-10:00 am ET. I’ll be tweeting the link once we’re set up. #ko-idea
  • 12:20 PM conniecrosby - On my way to Knowledge Ontario’s Ideas Forum. I have been engaged by KO to live-tweet the day & follow any discussion on Twitter. #ko-idea
  • 12:20 PM nunanishi - getting ready to start the Knowledge Ontario’s Ideas Forum! come join the flow of ideas at tinyurl.com #ko-idea
  • 12:23 PM nunanishi - Knowledge Ontario will be ustreaming the morning panel bit.ly
    follow and contribute! #ko-idea
  • 12:23 PM conniecrosby - Getting ready for the livestreaming of Knowledge Ontario’s Idea Forum at 8:30 ET bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 12:26 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ont is not for profit gov’t funded group providing services to the province’s libraries, archives & other institutions #ko-idea
  • 12:29 PM wmacphail - At the Knowledge Ontario Ideas Forum things about to get underway #ko-idea.
  • 12:29 PM conniecrosby - Today’s Idea Forum is meant to determine a direction for Knowledge Ontario for the next 3 years. Lots of prominent folks here #ko-idea
  • 12:29 PM nunanishi - hey twitterverse! feeling innovative? come throw your ideas at us! watch tinyurl.com join tinyurl.com #ko-idea
  • 12:31 PM wmacphail - Steve Paikin just said my Acer netbook is the “neatest thing he’s seen all day” Clearly, it’s early in the day :-) #ko-idea
  • 12:34 PM conniecrosby - Our panel will be livestreaming shortly bit.ly TVO’s Steve Paikin will be our moderator for the panel #ko-idea
  • 12:35 PM wmacphail - @conniecrosby and @ninaishi at #ok-idea yfrog.com
  • 12:36 PM conniecrosby - Panel: Rob Dowler, Corp Chief Strategist, OCCIO, MInistry of Gov’t Services; Annie Kidder, Exec Director, People for Ed and… #ko-idea
  • 12:36 PM conniecrosby - Panel cont’d: Jeffrey Trzeciak, University Librarian, McMaster University #ko-idea
  • 12:37 PM Jess_Po - I’m at KO Ideas Forum! Full house and lots of familiar faces!
    #ko-idea
  • 12:38 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ontario Idea Forum – We are just getting started. Now livestreaming—join us online ttp://bit.ly/RCBuG #ko-idea
  • 12:38 PM nunanishi - KO Ideas Forum morning panel consists of StevePaikin, Jefferey Trzeciak, Rob Dowler, Annie Kidder watch: tinyurl.com #ko-idea
  • 12:40 PM wmacphail - The crowd at #ok-idea Knowledge Ontario Idea Forum. yfrog.com
  • 12:40 PM conniecrosby - @DonnaPapacosta Thank you! @wmacphail is here at my table helping with coverage. #ko-idea
  • 12:41 PM conniecrosby - I am sitting with @wmacphail & @nunanishi A number of familiar faces here, and some new ones #ko-idea
  • 12:41 PM rmazar - @nunanishi @conniecrosby the audio isn’t working at this point, FYI #ko-idea
  • 12:42 PM nunanishi - follow the convo at bit.ly
    (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 12:43 PM wmacphail - I love hanging out with librarians. Unlike most journalists, they’re actually excited about emerging media #ko-idea.
  • 12:43 PM rmazar - No audio, yo (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 12:43 PM conniecrosby - #ko-idea – is anyone else having problems hearing the audio on the ustream? bit.ly
  • 12:44 PM conniecrosby - @rmazar thank you, will check into it #ko-dea
  • 12:44 PM wmacphail - Reflective practice looks at present and imagines a positive future. #ko-idea
  • 12:45 PM conniecrosby - To follow the tweets, I suggest following via this page: bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 12:46 PM nunanishi - @rmazar can you hear now?
  • 12:46 PM conniecrosby - @rmazar any luck hearing now?? #ko-idea
  • 12:47 PM wmacphail - Steve Paikin is leading the first panel here. Large brained human from Hamilton. #ko-idea
  • 12:48 PM wmacphail - Funny, Paikin is doing a show on Hamilton tonight and whether it would be better off without steel. Cool idea. #ko-idea
  • 12:49 PM nunanishi - is the audio ok? (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 12:50 PM wmacphail - Paikin was a summer student in the Hamilton Spectator the year before I started working there #ko-idea
  • 12:50 PM kimberlysilk - 1st clip of the day – changing to learn
  • 12:50 PM Jess_Po - first clip Digital Literacy in the 21st Century #ko-idea
  • 12:51 PM conniecrosby - We are watching a clip on Digital Literacy in the 21st Century #ko-idea
  • 12:51 PM kimberlysilk - Literacy is defined now very differently than in the last century; more than reading and writing.
  • 12:51 PM wmacphail - Do we need to change our idea of literacy in 21st century? #ko-idea
  • 12:51 PM nunanishi - Steve Paikin asking Annie Kidder to redefine digital literacy #ko-idea
  • 12:52 PM kimberlysilk - literacy is more than just cultural knowledge – team, collaboration, problem solving
  • 12:52 PM wmacphail - Literacy goes beyond culture and to synthesis collaboration and sharing #ko-idea
  • 12:52 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: when we think about literacy, we are stuck on the mechanics rather than the broader vision. #ko-idea
  • 12:53 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea working on redefining literacy and valuing skills using online social and interactive media
  • 12:53 PM Jess_Po - what are “literacy skills”–thoughts? #ko-idea
  • 12:53 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: sharing, collaboration & synthesis not currently addressed in our education system. Society may not have caught up #ko-idea
  • 12:53 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea aligning librarians with teaching and learning 21st century fluency
  • 12:53 PM wmacphail - At Mac they’re developing 21st century fluencies #ko-idea
  • 12:53 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: we may need to change our minds on what it means to be literate in the 21st century #ko-idea
  • 12:54 PM wmacphail - Biz, economic, geo-spacial, media fluencies #ko-idea
  • 12:54 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: libraries are trying to address literacies such as business fluencies, geo-spacial fluencies #ko-idea
  • 12:55 PM conniecrosby - ….economic & media fluencies #ko-idea
  • 12:55 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea literacy is less regurgitation, more problem solving, scanning, understanding. Call it education 2.0
  • 12:56 PM wmacphail - Panel at @ko-idea yfrog.com
  • 12:56 PM Jess_Po - Jefferey Trzeciak: geo-spatial literacy is a good example of the new kinds of literacy #ko-idea
  • 12:56 PM conniecrosby - Rob Dowler: our memories are now worn on our hips (blackberries, iphones). We need to teach searching, scanning, working in teams #ko-idea
  • 12:56 PM nunanishi - movement from 3Rs to 7Rs. (clip) #ko-idea
  • 12:57 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea mashups, recreate, credit the originators and create something new
  • 12:57 PM Jess_Po - clip #2: George(?) Seely — we live in a mashed up world. Create our own identities. #ko-idea
  • 12:58 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea 7 r’s – repurpose, reuse, reformat, repackage, rethink, remix, re-engage,
  • 12:58 PM Jess_Po - The 7Rs–Repurpose; Reuse; Reformat; Repackage; Rethink; Remix; Reengage #ko-idea
  • 12:58 PM nunanishi - repurpose, reuse, reformat, repackage, rethink, remix, re-engage #ko-idea
  • 12:58 PM wmacphail - They’re using Quicktime clips, live panel and a librarian coming in via Skype video. Nice. #ko-idea.
  • 1:00 PM wmacphail - Over a dozen laptops open here. Some notetaking, some twittering Very engaged group. #ko-idea.
  • 1:00 PM rlarocque - Tinkering is what my grandfather used does with his boats and other creations. The theory is still applicable in terms of social networking
  • 1:01 PM Jess_Po - Annie Kidder: Thinking together is key; a new way of looking at democracy; bringing together to create something new #ko-idea
  • 1:01 PM rlarocque - Taking things apart and putting them back together facilitates understanding of that which we modified. #ko-idea
  • 1:01 PM wmacphail - Mashing up knowledge using emerging media is a new thing #ko-idea
  • 1:02 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea museums excel in contextualizing ideas; libraries can learn from this
  • 1:02 PM wmacphail - Libraries could learn a lot from museums. They acquire AND provide context. #ko-idea
  • 1:02 PM Jess_Po - Rob Dowler: Museums are all about context–libraries could learn from Museums to provide contextualization of collections #ko-idea
  • 1:03 PM conniecrosby - RT @wmacphail: They’re using Quicktime clips, live panel and a librarian coming in via Skype video. Nice. #ko-idea.
  • 1:03 PM Jess_Po - library users want to use material, adopt it, rearrange it, personalize it, and create their own out of what is provided
  • 1:03 PM wmacphail - great to hear a group of professionals agreeing that things have fundamentally changed. J-schools, listen up. #ko-idea
  • 1:04 PM wmacphail - Info becoming much more visual. Video instruction can be very powerful. #ko-idea
  • 1:04 PM Jess_Po - Jeff: information is becoming more visual; e.g. a YouTube guide to fixing your computer #ko–idea
  • 1:05 PM rlarocque - What I learned about tinkering, I learned from watching my dad taking things apart and putting them back together.
  • 1:05 PM Jess_Po - Panel: Museums are all about context–libraries could learn from Museums to provide contextualization of collections #ko-idea
  • 1:05 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-ideas we have the right to expect more from our students, and from our libraries
  • 1:06 PM wmacphail - We expect top quality presentations from students because the tools are available. #ko-idea
  • 1:06 PM Gojirakraus - Hey @knowledgeont not sure, I just took a peak at the lead up docs… no notice of who’s who. (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:07 PM Jess_Po - electronic services increasing exponentially; it’s what people want and it’s also more cost effective for the providers #ko-idea
  • 1:08 PM wmacphail - My comment: The annotation features in You Tube and viddler make video instruction even more useful #ko-idea
  • 1:08 PM Jess_Po - some sectors may not find that e-services are being delivered to them in the ideal way, e.g. the public school sector #ko-idea
  • 1:08 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: does use of technology help us rethink what we teach in school? Only 2% high school students taking elearning courses #ko-idea
  • 1:09 PM nunanishi - follow convo @ bit.ly
    and use #ko-idea (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:10 PM Jess_Po - the question is whether e-services actually *serve* their recipients–is everyone supported in the way they need? #ko-idea
  • 1:10 PM Jess_Po - steve abram: is the conversation too based in technology; not enough in humans; we are moving toward “social” web #ko-idea
  • 1:11 PM wmacphail - Need to talk more about humans not broadband etc. #ko-idea
  • 1:11 PM rlarocque - @Gojirakraus RT @nunanishi: @jaegard: Steve Paikin, Jefferey Trzeciak, Rob Dowler, Annie Kidder
  • 1:11 PM Jess_Po - is broadband the answer? #ko-idea
  • 1:11 PM wmacphail - Suggestion the conference should be called “Retreading the Old Farts” #ko-idea
  • 1:11 PM conniecrosby - Stephen Abram comment: libraries are focused on text; text only meets the needs of one learning style. How do we meet other needs? #ko-idea
  • 1:12 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: it is still about human interaction, it is not about the machines. #ko-idea
  • 1:12 PM nunanishi - any questions for the panel? i can deliver for you! #ko-idea (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:12 PM Jess_Po - Annie Kidder and Rob Dowler: it’s not the machines, but how we use the machines #ko-idea
  • 1:14 PM nunanishi - @Gojirakraus would you like me to deliver your question about online collaboration to the panel?
  • 1:14 PM Jess_Po - …and the library services should be more integrated with the other services in the schools #ko-idea
  • 1:14 PM wmacphail - Jeff suggests having clerk/librarians and libs who can work with faculty directly #ko-idea
  • 1:15 PM wmacphail - Teacher/Librarians central to library as interaction centre in school #ko-idea
  • 1:15 PM rlarocque - Annie: Is the system ready to rethink itself? (Fear, maybe?) #ko-idea
  • 1:17 PM conniecrosby - Clip #3: quotes from high school students e.g. “I have to power down when I go to school.” #ko-idea
  • 1:18 PM Jess_Po - clip: intelligence is highly interactive #ko-idea
  • 1:19 PM wmacphail - Just saw a vid of South Korean kids in elementary schools singing a “netiquette”song. #ko-idea
  • 1:19 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea sad statement from HS student: when I go to school, I have to power down.
  • 1:19 PM conniecrosby - Clip from Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 1:20 PM wmacphail - “When I go to school, I have to power down.” – high school student in vid clip. #ko-idea
  • 1:20 PM conniecrosby - Sir Ken Robinson video clip: we are educating people out of their creativity #ko-idea
  • 1:20 PM Jess_Po - “when I go to school I have to Power Down”–make you crazy? #ko-idea
  • 1:20 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: it’s not the gear. Are we educating kids in terms of technology, or are we valuing the creativity aspect of it? #ko-idea
  • 1:20 PM Jess_Po - “we are educating people away from their creativity” Sir Ken Robinson #ko-idea
  • 1:21 PM rlarocque - Educating students out of their creativity (Sir Ken). That is truly unpalatable. Need to value creative thinking. #ko-idea
  • 1:21 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: how do we recognize/support/facilitate/encourage that creativity? #ko-idea
  • 1:22 PM rlarocque - @Jess_Po YES.
  • 1:22 PM Jess_Po - Annie K: EU is having the year of Creativity and \innovation; in Onatrio we’re measuring test scores #ko-idea
  • 1:22 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: we are losing the arts out of schools in Ontario. Accessible just to those who can afford. Two-tier curriculum #ko-idea
  • 1:23 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: Are we thinking about creativity & how brains work? Planting the right seeds before people leave school system? #ko-idea
  • 1:23 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont oops, PLUS creative communities (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:23 PM Jess_Po - Jeff T: the powering down comment offers a huge opportunity for school librarians of all kinds #ko-idea
  • 1:24 PM Jess_Po - it’s time to harness the incredible technological capabilities of students and incorporate it into teaching-learning interactions #ko-idea
  • 1:24 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: Teachers are overworked. Librarians have an opportunity to promote ourselves as partners in teaching & learning. #ko-idea
  • 1:24 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: libraries have opportunity to work with faculties to become centres of knowledge and learning #ko-idea
  • 1:25 PM conniecrosby - Rob Dowler: teachers DO need to help students slow down and analyse what they are reading, finding in searches #ko-idea
  • 1:25 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont “online” is another community (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:26 PM nunanishi - ready to take your questions to the panel, if you feel so inclined #ko-idea
  • 1:26 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: need to add these fluencies into the curriculum,including information fluency. #ko-idea
  • 1:26 PM Jess_Po - Rob Dowler: it’s depressing (the power down comment) but there’s an instructional qualification that also needs to be acknowledged #ko-idea
  • 1:26 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: we are seeing a blurring. Need to help students understand appropriate use of info technologies #ko-idea
  • 1:27 PM jaegard - @conniecrosby Thanks! :)
  • 1:27 PM Jess_Po - students using technology exclusively are not always learning to critically analyze information as well #ko-idea
  • 1:29 PM Jess_Po - How can we integrate quality instruction into web-based information services? #ko-idea
  • 1:30 PM Jess_Po - Judy Robinson (Instructional Learning at TVO): education is often compartmentalized and has been through the last few decades #ko-idea
  • 1:30 PM Gojirakraus - @#ko-idea who’s responsiblity is information literacy/use? do you believe that the “social” community is tasked with setting the standard?
  • 1:30 PM jjash - Hey @knowledgeont assessm’t should be about using knowledge then cheating will be so yesterday (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:31 PM somanybooks - web-based information services can connect those outside of schools [general public] especially when they are looking for help after library doors are closed. going back to an earlier comment you tube is an easy way to provide starter instruction
  • 1:31 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea need to think about integrated learning. Don’t compartmentalize learning, separating history from music from science…. all these things emerge at once. Perhaps a librarian’s role is to provide context.
  • 1:31 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont two things: online to find info AND online to collaborate (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:31 PM conniecrosby - Audience comment: our high school subjects are all compartmentalized. We do not see full picture of a time period arts, sci, soc #ko-idea
  • 1:32 PM Jess_Po - “what is good information?” schools and libraries need to provide this qualification and provide the analysis skills. #ko-idea
  • 1:32 PM conniecrosby - Audience comment: let’s really think about what is good information and giving people tools for evaluating information #ko-idea
  • 1:32 PM wmacphail - Let’s give tools to evaluate information #ko-idea
  • 1:33 PM nunanishi - @Gojirakraus got your question. thanks!
  • 1:34 PM somanybooks - is knowledge ontario really trying to teach evaluation or are we focused on providing access the human part and ensuring equity in that access the it part
  • 1:34 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont I think we can access “INFO” at a click, to get “KNOWLEDGE” we need creativity (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:34 PM conniecrosby - Audience comment Brian Bell: what is the difference between what archives, museums & libraries are doing? We need holistic approach #ko-idea
  • 1:34 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea libraries are a mind set, not just a place or a system
  • 1:35 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: library is a mindset – not necessarily a building with rooms or system, but with librarians #ko-idea
  • 1:35 PM somanybooks - should we mash archives, museums and libraries into information commons to tear down walls/roles some people are stuck in?
  • 1:36 PM wmacphail - Strikes me that librarians and journalists could have similar functions in the future, but librarians seem way ahead. #ko-idea
  • 1:36 PM etches - “it’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it”, Steven Wright #ko-idea
  • 1:36 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: is there a way to reimagine a library? #ko-idea
  • 1:36 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea John Seely Brown: My identity is defined by what i have created, and what other people have done with that creation to make something new
  • 1:36 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea JSB: identity is how I’ve participated
  • 1:36 PM wmacphail - ahead
  • 1:37 PM conniecrosby - RT @wmacphail: Strikes me that librarians & journalists could have similar functions in the future, but librarians seem way ahead. #ko-idea
  • 1:37 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea we have created barriers among public, academic, school libraries. We love to compartmentalize, but it’s now our responsibility to blur the lines
  • 1:37 PM wmacphail - the barriers between public, academic and special libraries are artificial #ko-idea
  • 1:38 PM Jess_Po - information fluency isn’t just for students, but for everyone–how can librarians and orgs like Knowledge ontario provide for them? #ko-idea
  • 1:38 PM rlarocque - Collaboration b/w academic and public libraries? Let me tell you about PALS sometime… #ko-idea
  • 1:39 PM somanybooks - how much of what we do is limited by licenses restrictions or union rules, how do we create an environment for dialouge and practice outside of these OLD rules?
  • 1:39 PM jjash - Hey @knowledgeont the secret society? Check out the Librarians ABC mini series Australia (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:39 PM Jess_Po - annie kidder: integrated, collaborative services are the direction–but how? #ko-idea
  • 1:40 PM Zlata Proudlock - When I started teaching there was a strong Skills component in the History curriculum (Critical thinking that involved looking for bias, fact versus opinion and of course evaluation which was a higher order thinking skill) and I believe this “pulled together” the school subjects for students. Some refocussing on this critical thinking model will assist students in the learning environment which they are now navigating. If public and school libraries are talking about the same skills, then maybe it will be easier to collaborate.
  • 1:40 PM Jess_Po - KO Ideas Forum–the room is full, conversation flowing easily and raising laughter and lots of free-flow, quality thoughts. #ko-idea
  • 1:41 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont if KO dbases are for ALL Ontarians, why do we have to deal with authentication (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:42 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont not just FIND info but have the creativity to turn it into knowledge. (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:43 PM Jess_Po - Gail Richardson (Oakville): what is being discussed is not news: what can we do to move these thoughts forward? and KO’s direction? #ko-idea
  • 1:43 PM somanybooks - there should just be one login page for all ontarioans, and those vendors who want to play by our rules can play with us!
  • 1:44 PM conniecrosby - Audience comment: she is discouraged because we are hearing the same discussion she heard 10 years ago #ko-idea
  • 1:44 PM wmacphail - The idea that librarians need to stop doing some old things and doing new stuff is an important idea and deeper than it appears. #ko-idea
  • 1:44 PM Jess_Po - Jeff T: start taking risks, the boundaries need to be pushed. Train ourselves, recognize opportunites, and reward the gladiators #ko-idea
  • 1:45 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea I concur w/ Gail R: same old, same old. Enough whining…how can we move forward?
  • 1:45 PM kimberlysilk - @ko-idea – Be the change you want to see in the world . if you want change, then be the change.
  • 1:45 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: That is a challenge back to you (Ontario librarians) – more sense of responsibility on the ground to become examples #ko-idea
  • 1:46 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: it has to come from both levels (gov’t and librarians) #ko-idea
  • 1:46 PM wmacphail - More industries have to full-stop, stop doing old stuff and start fresh. Best idea so far for me. #ko-idea
  • 1:46 PM Jess_Po - #ko-idea modelling good behaviour at the org level: collaboration, interdisciplinary thinking, etc. #ko-idea
  • 1:46 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea Be the change you want to see in the world . if you want change, then be the change.
  • 1:47 PM wmacphail - Hamilton Public Library has 70 people a week who get lib card online and never need to come into lib #ko-idea
  • 1:47 PM Jess_Po - how does “learning” look in the future? as opposed to “education” #ko-idea
  • 1:48 PM conniecrosby - Question: Such thing as library registration online? Response from the floor: yes, they get 70 new registr’ns via web per wk #ko-idea
  • 1:48 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea we need to look at the basics of library education
  • 1:48 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: need to look at library education . Many of us come to librarianship from education, but many don’t. #ko-idea
  • 1:49 PM Jess_Po - library education needs to be adjusted to integrate more instruction about “educating” and “learning” #ko-idea
  • 1:49 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont QR Codes? (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:49 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak: need to teach the basics of learning in library school #ko-idea
  • 1:50 PM Jess_Po - “shared experiences” are today’s reality–how do we harness the social web and make users more human and less like machines #ko-idea
  • 1:50 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont just found answer! :) (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:50 PM jjash - Hey @knowledgeont “sharing is the key” (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:50 PM conniecrosby - Jeffrey Trzeciak from McMaster University (joining us via Skype) has had to leave the panel. Thanks, Jeff!! #ko-idea
  • 1:51 PM nunanishi - @jjash you are what you share! #ko-idea (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:51 PM Jess_Po - kids using technology learrn to think in a different way–the argument is whether or not it’s a “better” way and how to make it so? #ko-idea
  • 1:51 PM conniecrosby - Wrapping up panel . Annie Kidder: what everyone is talking about here is encouraging her. Humanness & learning is key. #ko-idea
  • 1:52 PM rlarocque - Annie: making sure we value all the ways the mind works. #ko-idea
  • 1:52 PM nunanishi - wrapping up morning panel. thanks for your questions! #ko-idea
  • 1:52 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: how are we ensuring libraries & learning appeal to the minds that will be creating our world in the future #ko-idea
  • 1:53 PM jaegard - Hey @knowledgeont amazing — thanks! (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 1:53 PM Jess_Po - educators also have to be critically aware of how to assess technologically-born student work…#ko-idea
  • 1:53 PM conniecrosby - Looks like we are off mic again in the livestream. Thanks all around for a good panel. Thank you to the panel from David Thornley #ko-idea
  • 1:53 PM Jess_Po - amazing first 1-1/2 hours, thanks to everyone on the panel and participants! #ko-idea
  • 1:55 PM conniecrosby - Thanks for all the tweets & questions!! Livetweeting all day here & bit.ly
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  • 1:55 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea break time
  • 1:55 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea are we doing a good job of communicating the value the library community brings to the economy?
  • 1:56 PM Jess_Po - question to you: in the competition for resources, are we communicating to the public the value-added content we offer? #ko-idea
  • 1:56 PM conniecrosby - Are we doing a good job of communicating what value libraries add? Does the public recognize our value for giving us support? #ko-idea
  • 1:56 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea we will never be seen as essential, but instead we must consider ourselves indispensible, and so the world will see that too
  • 1:57 PM conniecrosby - We are kidding ourselves: we will never be seen as indispensable services. We need to demonstrate we are indispensable. #ko-idea
  • 1:57 PM Jess_Po - we need to convey that we are not just essential services, but indispensible services. #ko-idea
  • 1:57 PM conniecrosby - Libraries -long-term investment. Everything he hears from the government today is all about hard services. Where do libraies fit? #ko-idea
  • 1:57 PM Jess_Po - are we prepared to invest in the movement forward? how do we fit in infrastructural dollars? #ko-idea
  • 1:57 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea are we prepared to invest ? to attract infrastructure dollars, we need to position ourselves as being seen as indispensable
  • 1:58 PM Jess_Po - could we be accused as being territorial (we: libraries)? #ko-idea
  • 1:59 PM conniecrosby - Those last few tweets: wrap-up commentary by Darrel Skidmore, CEO of United Way of Burlington & Greater Hamilton/Consultant #ko-idea
  • 1:59 PM conniecrosby - RT @evelynso: @conniecrosby Toronto Life has listed our libraries as one of the top reasons why we sd love Toronto. TPL is not a dinasour!
  • 2:00 PM nunanishi - live blogging at KO ideas forum. follow at tinyurl.com tweeting at tinyurl.com
  • 2:00 PM nunanishi - live blogging at KO ideas forum. follow at tinyurl.com tweeting at tinyurl.com #ko-idea
  • 2:00 PM conniecrosby - That concludes the kick-off panel. We’re now into a break, and then doing group work. Livestreaming ends, but we will be tweeting #ko-idea
  • 2:02 PM conniecrosby - Thank you for following, and all the questions, tweets & retweets. A very engaged group both here live & online. Amazing! #ko-idea
  • 2:03 PM somanybooks - darrell just finished off with talking about funding, when will library funding, mostly from the provincial government, come in a truly collaborative instead of silo style?
  • 2:15 PM rlarocque - Had interesting convo at break re: urban vs. rural split. Online services are great, but not everywhere has high speed available #ko-idea
  • 2:18 PM somanybooks - we can’t fall back into old excuses of highspeed or it, if humans want access they can get it fast or slow it is there
  • 2:19 PM conniecrosby - RT @rlarocque: interesting convo at break re: urban vs.rural split. Online services are great, but not everywhere has high speed #ko-idea
  • 2:21 PM conniecrosby - @ataves thank you for your question. I passed it up to panel, but we ran out of time. It’s a good point. #ko-idea
  • 2:21 PM conniecrosby - Everyone is being challenged: 5 key things that we learned today or should be considering #ko-idea
  • 2:21 PM wmacphail - Being asked to list five key learnings/info of value from the morning’s session. #ko-idea
  • 2:22 PM conniecrosby - RT @ataves: beyond synthesizing/verifying info do we also need to be concerned w/ability to read deeply, follow a complex argument? #ko-idea
  • 2:22 PM wmacphail - For me: fundamental change/stop old stuff/digital fluencies/power down/teach collaboration @ko-idea
  • 2:23 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea for me: integrated learning via breaking down subject matter barriers
  • 2:24 PM nunanishi - KO Idea Forum morning panel live-blogged at bit.ly
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  • 2:24 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea Also: breaking down the silos among types of libraries: gov’t, academic, public, school
  • 2:25 PM conniecrosby - 208 people were following us online (twitter, ScribbleLive, uStream) this morning. Fantastic turnout, folks! #ko-idea
  • 2:25 PM nunanishi - continuing the ustream, if you feel so inclined. will try to capture everyone’s voice for ya tinyurl.com #ko-idea
  • 2:25 PM conniecrosby - okay, more of you are following me on Twitter–probably not including Twitter. ;-) #ko-idea
  • 2:26 PM conniecrosby - Great! We’re continuing the ustream, if you feel so inclined. will try to capture everyone’s voice on mic tinyurl.com #ko-idea
  • 2:27 PM nunanishi - tell us 5 things you learned this morning. i’ll deliver for ya #ko-idea
  • 2:28 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: students & library clients need to learn how to determine if what they are reading is garbage or good quality #ko-idea
  • 2:28 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: will libraries be just paper/ hard copies, or hubs of online resources? #ko-idea
  • 2:28 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: context, not just content, is important #ko-idea
  • 2:28 PM wmacphail - I wonder how librarians will create a future unique selling proposition in contrast to journalists #ko-idea
  • 2:29 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: challenges librarians will be facing is selling a value proposition to distinguish versus journalism (@wmacphail) #ko-idea
  • 2:30 PM rlarocque - Fun fact: in Gogama (b/w Timmins and Sudbury) as of 2006, there were only six dial up lines available in town.
  • 2:30 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: let’s ask communities to develop new models, including First Nations communities, and then stay out of their hair #ko-idea
  • 2:31 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: we have to recognize skill set of our current librarians (& teachers) in terms of technology. Public far more skilled #ko-idea
  • 2:32 PM wmacphail - Many members of the public know how to use electronic resources better than some library staff ref requests down #ko-idea
  • 2:33 PM kimberlysilk - #ko-idea it’s not ok to use lack of skill with technology as an excuse for not being valuable. You are smart – stop whining and learn…
  • 2:33 PM kimberlysilk - @ko-idea learn the skills required to continually add value and facilitate learning
  • 2:34 PM wmacphail - Many business people don’t see the value add of librarians given online tools #ko-idea
  • 2:34 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: Many people assume they can Google it & do not see the value in librarians. #ko-idea
  • 2:35 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: Librarians have a role not just teaching students, but across the information professions in how to deliver services #ko-idea
  • 2:35 PM somanybooks - is it OLAs job to sell the value of librarians and KOs job to provide provincial resources!
  • 2:36 PM somanybooks - where is our market going? not are where we going!
  • 2:37 PM conniecrosby - key thoughts: we have to use the language of the “markets” we are serving #ko-idea
  • 2:38 PM somanybooks - good point ken – we cannot assume our market wants us to teach – but i do assume they want us to provide! for FREE
  • 2:38 PM wmacphail - still looking for ac dot.net.nuke programmer for TO contract.
  • 2:40 PM wmacphail - How can librarians lead a creativity movement? #ko-idea
  • 2:40 PM olevia - @conniecrosby i primarily work w/ middle school & HS students in busiest online ref service (KnowItNow). literacy not measured by testscore
  • 2:40 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: How can libraries lead the creativity charge? Not just providing a service, but enabling a movement? How do we change #ko-idea
  • 2:41 PM olevia - @conniecrosby & i haven’t yet read thru all your live tweets – sorry (was working online ref!) & haven’t had time to review yr tweets.
  • 2:41 PM rmazar - Recognizing Beth Jefferson’s voice on the #ko-idea ustream.
  • 2:41 PM conniecrosby - Key thoughts: definitions of authority & expert are changing dramatically. People are asking other “users” for answers . #ko-idea
  • 2:41 PM nunanishi - contribute what you learned from the panel this morning, if you’re still watching (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 2:42 PM conniecrosby - @olevia Definitely–I agree. That is exactly what we heard & discussed during this morning’s panel. Glad to hear affirmation! #ko-idea
  • 2:43 PM conniecrosby - RT @olevia: i primarily work w/ middle school & HS students in busiest online ref service (KnowItNow). literacy not measured by testscore
  • 2:44 PM conniecrosby - Annie Kidder: What is the place for the library in the real world? What is their place in the world we want to live in? #ko-idea
  • 2:45 PM conniecrosby - Stephen Abram: continuous learning is key to everyone in Ontario . How do we make this part of our culture? #ko-idea
  • 2:45 PM wmacphail - What you learn has a half-life of about eight years #ko-idea
  • 2:46 PM wmacphail - “I see more cooperation between companies that are deeply competitive than I see amongst the libraries of Ontario”
  • 2:46 PM conniecrosby - Stephen Abram: He seems more collaboration between companies in deep competition than between Ontario’s libraries #ko-idea
  • 2:46 PM olevia - @conniecrosby good to hear :)
  • 2:47 PM rlarocque - We’ve got Sam quoting Bob Dylan, and Stephen quoting Paul Simon. Awesome! #ko-idea
  • 2:48 PM conniecrosby - Video: how do we nurture digital citizens? In Ontario, and not just Ontario. We need to be leaders. #ko-idea
  • 2:49 PM nunanishi - clip on now. maybe you can’t hear: Mike Ridley (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 2:49 PM conniecrosby - @olevia we are capturing the full discussion here: bit.ly
  • 2:49 PM conniecrosby - RT @Sunir: non-profits always way more competitive than for-profits simply because there are fewer sources of funds for non-profits #ko-idea
  • 2:50 PM nunanishi - Mike Ridley “KO was founded on the deep belief of collaboration and responsibility” #ko-idea
  • 2:50 PM rlarroque - Good mroning!? Where did the week go? Already thursday I’m so not ready for Saturday’s graduation ceremony.
  • 2:51 PM somanybooks - competition i do not believe is because of funding it is about protectionist ideas about who is better, if all libraries worked together as brian suggested earlier there would be more done with less money for more people
  • 2:51 PM conniecrosby - Our video clip is Mike Ridley “Knowledge Ontario was founded on the deep belief of collaboration and responsibility.” #ko-idea
  • 2:52 PM somanybooks - rules have changed, the new economy is here, where are we
  • 2:52 PM conniecrosby - Mike Ridley: the new economy is already here…KO is nurturing the future #ko-idea
  • 2:52 PM nunanishi - Ridley quoting Gibson “the future is here, it’s just not widely distributed yet” #ko-idea
  • 2:54 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ontario Idea Forum: I believe we are still livestreaming here: bit.ly
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  • 2:55 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ontario Idea Forum: online discussion being captured: bit.ly
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  • 2:56 PM conniecrosby - Challenge: imagine we are a consulting firm & recommend the next steps. Will we get invited back based on our recommendations? #ko-idea
  • 2:56 PM rmazar - @conniecrosby @nunanishi sorry, yes, it’s great now, I had to jump in the shower and get on a bus, sorry for the delay!
  • 2:56 PM conniecrosby - Challenge: What would the business world think of the ideas we have come up with? #ko-idea
  • 2:57 PM conniecrosby - Will new coalitions & new partnerships exist? #ko-idea
  • 2:58 PM wmacphail - We’re being asked to approach thinking about the future like biz consultants. Don’t like this approach. Biz likes short term/revenue focus
  • 2:58 PM conniecrosby - @rmazar we appreciate you letting us know! :-)
  • 2:58 PM conniecrosby - What is our mutual responsibility to each other collectively? #ko-idea
  • 2:58 PM wmacphail - Danger is we provide solutions a biz wants to hear, what they need to hear #ko-idea
  • 2:59 PM conniecrosby - We are working toward some “blue sky” ideas, then will bring back to reality. #ko-idea
  • 2:59 PM wmacphail - This approach was not helpful for the newspaper industry at all. MBAs missed key opportunities #ko-idea
  • 3:00 PM conniecrosby - Consider our ideas are an investment, not a grant. Part of accountability. Investment – return; investment – result #ko-idea
  • 3:01 PM wmacphail - Stressing investment/return. ROI thinking isn’t creative thinking. #ko-idea
  • 3:02 PM conniecrosby - We are being split up into groups to discuss! #ko-idea
  • 3:06 PM conniecrosby - I’m in the balloon group, being led by Gail Richardson, Oakville Public Library #ko-idea
  • 3:07 PM rmazar - @conniecrosby I’m so glad you guys streamed that, it was awesome to listen in. Great job!
  • 3:08 PM wmacphail - I’m in the Planet group upstairs in Room D #ko-idea
  • 3:09 PM conniecrosby - These groups are amazing – lots of esteemed people in every group. There’s a blogger in addition to me in our group. #ko-idea
  • 3:10 PM conniecrosby - Our first task: finding a name for our group. We have a bag of letters to help create a name. #ko-idea
  • 3:10 PM nunanishi - Morning panel at KO Idea Forum live-blogged at bit.ly
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  • 3:12 PM nunanishi - folks are in consulting firms, then lunch until 12:45. firms are blogged and will be posted at knowledgeontario.ning.com #ko-idea
  • 3:13 PM wmacphail - Encouraging my group to reject the ROI frame for our discussion. Good response #ko-idea
  • 3:13 PM conniecrosby - Our team is now knoen as Lift Consultants twitpic.com #ko-idea
  • 3:14 PM nunanishi - introductions are being made in consulting firms #ko-idea
  • 3:25 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “cats” group: where do parents of digital natives turn to for support and learning of emerging tech? #ko-idea
  • 3:28 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “ducks” group: seeing Google as the opposition is a big mistake #ko-idea
  • 3:28 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “ducks” group: users are going to act the way they want to. we can’t tell the user how to behave. #ko-idea
  • 3:32 PM wmacphail - Suggesting that librarians become much more public and vocal about free speech and DRM #ko-idea
  • 3:33 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “balloons” group: talking about branding and vision of KO #ko-idea
  • 3:36 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “tea time” group: students can’t frame the quest. importance of ref interview still something that hasn’t changed #ko-idea
  • 3:43 PM conniecrosby - @rmazar @Bibliojo Thanks so much!!
  • 3:44 PM conniecrosby - The LIFT group is (theoretically) breaking apart the Knowledge Ontario model, looking how to rebuild to strengthen. #ko-idea
  • 3:45 PM conniecrosby - we’re looking at governance, business model, statement of principles, who our constituents are #ko-idea
  • 3:47 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “star” group: we talk about web 2.0, but are we DOING it? #ko-idea
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  • 4:03 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “planet” group: stuff happens in real-time and twitter delivers the news the fastest–be real-time librarians #ko-idea
  • 4:04 PM nunanishi - ideas flowing in “planet” group: the library world is about access which is passive, should be more active by pushing #ko-idea
  • 4:08 PM rmazar - bit.ly Testing UStream to see if a basic webcam can do the video and audio in a reasonable way…possibly not. Audio is crap.
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  • 4:55 PM conniecrosby - Video is of 6th sense device from MIT for profound interaction with the environment a la “Minority Report” #ko-idea
  • 4:57 PM conniecrosby - any surface becomes your screen. Holding up your fingers takes a photo. Wow. #ko-idea
  • 5:02 PM conniecrosby - This afternoon’s task: moving from the big picture to the specifics. Look at the players, organizations, & steps involved #ko-idea
  • 5:03 PM conniecrosby - we are now being asked to send ambassadors to another group to talk about similarities & differences in thinking #ko-idea
  • 5:04 PM conniecrosby - Darrel Skidmore says this is the new collaborative model #ko-idea
  • 5:08 PM nunanishi - Just joined a twibe. Visit twibes.com to join #ko-idea
  • 5:17 PM KnowledgeOnt - just added an RSS feed of this ScribbleLive event to the KO Ning community: knowledgeontario.ning.com #ko-idea
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  • 6:00 PM conniecrosby - @flashlight I know, huh? I want to be hooked up with that 6th sense device like right now!
  • 6:01 PM conniecrosby - ScribbleLive is now also picking up our photos from Flickr bit.ly
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  • 6:03 PM conniecrosby - We are discussing how we can make Knowledge Ontario a different type of organization. We don’t want it to look too much like a biz #ko-idea
  • 6:05 PM rlarocque - Just joined a twibe. Visit twibes.com to join
  • 6:07 PM conniecrosby - We named our group “Lift” & it turns out our whole discussion has been on lifting KO up to another level. Self-fulfilling prophecy? #ko-idea
  • 6:09 PM conniecrosby - Some of our ideas would help other organizations access KO esp. if they are looking to propose funding #ko-idea
  • 6:11 PM conniecrosby - Thanks twitter followers! Wondered if this intense tweeting would make a few of you turn off. Looks instead that I picked up 30+ new folks.
  • 6:14 PM conniecrosby - How do you get deep commitment, get people engaged enough to take action? #ko-idea This discussion starting to sound like #changecamp
  • 6:15 PM conniecrosby - @iancapstick thanks! What would you like to see links to??
  • 6:15 PM conniecrosby - Open Content Alliance by universities is doing a good job #ko-idea
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  • 6:18 PM conniecrosby - Hope you’ve enjoyed my view from one group. Will be interesting to see if others tackled other aspects, or if we have similar ideas #ko-idea
  • 6:18 PM conniecrosby - @iancapstick Sure–will do that right now. I’ve posted a few times but agree may have dropped below the fold
  • 6:21 PM nunanishi - parallel conversation between groups regarding leveraging KO’s autonomy. in the past, KO took back seat to its libraries served #ko-idea
  • 6:26 PM conniecrosby - Today I am at the Idea Forum for Knowledge Ontario. They have engaged me to help with today’s coverage via Twitter #ko-idea
  • 6:26 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ont is not for profit group providing services to the province’s libraries, archives & other institutions #ko-idea
  • 6:27 PM conniecrosby - Some key links: coverage today on ScribbleLive bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 6:28 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ontario main website www.knowledgeontario.ca & we have a discussion forum knowledgeontario.ning.com #ko-idea
  • 6:29 PM conniecrosby - And! Looks like we are still livestreaming bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 6:29 PM Jess_Po - KO Ideas Forum–how should KO move forward: engaging users in interactive ways…#ko-idea
  • 6:30 PM Jess_Po - what do users want from KO? #ko-ideas
  • 6:30 PM conniecrosby - @davefleet Yes, I’m not the only one tweeting. Not my only role–also helping with larger strategy. Just being transparent about my role.
  • 6:30 PM Jess_Po - make KO resources and services responsive #ko-ideas
  • 6:30 PM conniecrosby - @davefleet also tweeting by @KnowledgeOnt
  • 6:31 PM Jess_Po - use technology to provide the services identified as necessary by the public #ko-ideas
  • 6:32 PM Jess_Po - and make sure that the interaction is a dialogue, not just one-way push infromation #ko-ideas
  • 6:32 PM nunanishi - KO-idea wrap up tidbits: bi-directional dialogue required between the user and KO #ko-idea
  • 6:32 PM conniecrosby - @davefleet we’ve got all the excitement gathered together here bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 6:33 PM conniecrosby - Right now we have all the groups reporting back with their 2 key recommendations #ko-idea
  • 6:33 PM nunanishi - KO Ideas Forum wrapup is being ustreamed bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 6:33 PM Jess_Po - also the professional users, i.e. librarians, need to know what they are also providing #ko-ideas
  • 6:33 PM conniecrosby - RT @nunanishi: KO-idea wrap up tidbits: bi-directional dialogue required between the user and KO #ko-idea
  • 6:34 PM conniecrosby - The library world needs to support Knowledge Ontario. They need to understand what it is about, need to work on marketing aspect #ko-idea
  • 6:34 PM Jess_Po - the library world needs to support KO–requires marketing on KO’s part, also to indicate to service partnerswhat KO’s value is #ko-ideas
  • 6:35 PM conniecrosby - @davefleet thank you. I appreciate your kind words. This has been an excellent group to work with. Will blog about all we’ve done recently.
  • 6:36 PM Jess_Po - KO is not understood at the highest level–do you know KO provides more than Resource Ontario databases? #ko-ideas
  • 6:36 PM Jess_Po - KO needs to clarify itself and brand accordingly #ko-ideas
  • 6:37 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbits: at this point in it’s cycle, KO should re-structure it’s governance
  • 6:37 PM conniecrosby - Which groups do we need to tackle first when putting across our vision? Libraries, funders, others? #ko-idea
  • 6:38 PM somanybooks - do we need to create an internal brand to succeed, or can our users advocate for us?
  • 6:38 PM Jess_Po - what model would work for KO in the restructuiring and governance adaptation as KO moves into the future #ko-ideas
  • 6:39 PM Jess_Po - consider how users find and use their information: KO needs to become an “app”, needs to be brought together #ko-ideas
  • 6:39 PM conniecrosby - other groups have looked at restructuring/revising the governance of KO to move forward #ko-idea
  • 6:40 PM somanybooks - what is knowledge ontario? iknow? portal?
  • 6:40 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: think of libraries as applications for handhelds
  • 6:40 PM Jess_Po - possibly provide an aggregator app like iGoogle that brings together all the project components, but personalized, customized #ko-ideas
  • 6:41 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ontario needs to develop apps that are in your face on websites. That app becomes that visible, branded KO identity #ko-idea
  • 6:41 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: branding idea! iknow!
  • 6:41 PM conniecrosby - This group has looked at tactics. Look at mobile apps-all the info you need from the AskON button on your phone #ko-idea
  • 6:41 PM Jess_Po - marketing strategy: aggregator application, mobile apps as well #ko-ideas
  • 6:42 PM conniecrosby - Knowledge Ontario should help to create jobs as well #ko-idea
  • 6:42 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: KO should connect people to jobs. jobsites, etc.
  • 6:43 PM Jess_Po - KO as a connector between community orgs and associations, act as a matchmaker, share resources, democratization of information #ko-ideas
  • 6:43 PM conniecrosby - I wonder who gets to decide which “consulting team” gets “hired” in this exercise? #ko-idea
  • 6:43 PM somanybooks - darrell will hire one of us!
  • 6:44 PM Jess_Po - KO can act as a leader in promoting and expressing the tenets of freedom of information and open access #ko-ideas
  • 6:44 PM somanybooks - we need to find a niche – social knowledge – what is our space about
  • 6:45 PM conniecrosby - Next group: Knowledge Ontario has to find a niche, connect in with users re: social knowledge creation. #ko-idea
  • 6:45 PM Jess_Po - KO needs to create a platform that rises above the “noise” of already available information #ko-ideas
  • 6:45 PM conniecrosby - KO needs to create a platform so that it becomes a hub of expertise #ko-idea
  • 6:46 PM somanybooks - we need a fundamental shift in our finance structure
  • 6:47 PM conniecrosby - they are recommending corporate partnerships for funding. Interesting–my group wanted to tread carefully in this area. #ko-idea
  • 6:47 PM somanybooks - a new funding structure will help define the value
  • 6:47 PM Jess_Po - fundamental shift in funding strategy necessary? or inevitable? is this true or reflective of many non-profits? #ko-ideas
  • 6:48 PM somanybooks - would sectors create base funding? up to 1/3!
  • 6:48 PM Jess_Po - why does non-profit often get equated with no-return? #ko-ideas
  • 6:48 PM somanybooks - $0.33 per ontarioan
  • 6:48 PM Jess_Po - having business funding raises ethical questions about the expected returns for those businesses #ko-ideas
  • 6:48 PM conniecrosby - Interested in Knowledge Ontario’s online discussion in future? Join us in the forum: knowledgeontario.ning.com #ko-idea
  • 6:49 PM conniecrosby - This group has made a fundamental shift in the funding model of Knowledge Ontario (oh! We did too! But differently) #ko-idea
  • 6:51 PM Jess_Po - how can we market the funding requirements of KO to the other user communities when everyone is feeling the economic pinch #ko-ideas
  • 6:52 PM Jess_Po - TDSB, for example, has money saved because of Resource Ontario database subscriptions, so can afford other things #ko-ideas
  • 6:53 PM conniecrosby - I’m sitting beside David Thornley, Knowledge Ontario’s Exec Director. I can see he is absorbing all of these recommendations. #ko-idea
  • 6:54 PM conniecrosby - This has been an amazing day for not just learning but pushing Knowledge Ontario’s agenda forward #ko-idea
  • 6:54 PM Jess_Po - whatever model KO decides to take, it will have to be able to change with changing times and economies #ko-ideas
  • 6:55 PM Jess_Po - Darrel Skidmore: a larger collective pot of money leverages an even larger collective pot #ko-ideas
  • 6:56 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: the ROI of KO should be celebrated
  • 6:56 PM conniecrosby - KO has saved the province $6 million since started 4 years ago. Bigger collective pot can be leveraged to create even bigger pot #ko-idea
  • 6:57 PM nunanishi - not too late to participate. we’re wrapping up, but follow at bit.ly
    #ko-idea
  • 6:57 PM nunanishi - any comments to be delivered? send to @nunanishi (knowledgeont live > ustre.am)
  • 6:57 PM conniecrosby - That last comment was by our facilitator Darrell Skidmore #ko-idea
  • 6:57 PM Jess_Po - Brian Bell: need to shift the passive role of libraries, it’s a fundamental need to focus on the end user, not the user finding us #ko-ideas
  • 6:58 PM Jess_Po - take the “library” out of the equation; KO is about Ontario, not just libraries. #ko-ideas
  • 6:58 PM conniecrosby - Next group: KO was original called “Digital Library” – people didn’t get it even then. Had to get “library” out of the name #ko-ideal
  • 6:58 PM Jess_Po - end user wants to have a collective experience, which is what the social web promotes, enables, and encourages #ko-ideas
  • 6:59 PM conniecrosby - We are not the experts any more – it is now a 3-way conversation, with people not in libraries talking to each other #ko-idea
  • 6:59 PM windsordi - #ko-idea should KO be a charging service? … or an in-kind knowledge share?
  • 7:00 PM somanybooks - relevant and contextual information is what ko makes unique
  • 7:00 PM conniecrosby - rabble.ca is an example, covering the recent Tamil protests & helping promote the conversation. Where were the libraries? #ko-idea
  • 7:00 PM Jess_Po - KO needs to provide leadership to bring the “collective experience” into fruition for the information communities and KO partners #ko-ideas
  • 7:00 PM wmacphail - Need to figure out what the KO punch is #ko-idea
  • 7:01 PM somanybooks - client based versus service based, are we ready to make the move? who are the clients? how do we reach everyone? marketing! where is the $?
  • 7:01 PM windsordi - #ko-idea – some comment threads emerging… client-based mindset, not a server/service based mindset
  • 7:02 PM windsordi - #ko-idea Is a new governing model needed? Do we have patrons? Clients?
  • 7:02 PM conniecrosby - Our group up now: @sabram is sharing our top recommendations #ko-idea
  • 7:02 PM somanybooks - next week – ko needs to absolety get clear on priroties – what are you trying to achive
  • 7:03 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: KO needs to get clearer on their strategic priorities
  • 7:03 PM conniecrosby - Get clearer on strategic priorities so can be communicated effectively. Don’t build biz model until you know what you want to do #ko-idea
  • 7:03 PM Jess_Po - bottom line recommendation: time for KO to get a strategy and business model that is org-wide, not project based #ko-ideas
  • 7:03 PM windsordi - #ko-idea 2 most NB things to do next week?? Absolutely be clear in what is the priority… what do you plan to look like in 5 years
  • 7:03 PM somanybooks - move from launch to operations, funding, foundation and LOBBY
  • 7:03 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: time to move from KO launch structure to research, funding, and lobbying
  • 7:04 PM conniecrosby - Need to separate board & staff duties. Look at funding model. Then develop statement of principles to be endorsed #ko-idea
  • 7:04 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: KO needs statement of principles for constituents
  • 7:05 PM windsordi - #ko-idea KO – be clean, clear and consistent … a clear vision and statement of principles that everyone will vote on, buy into and endorse
  • 7:05 PM Jess_Po - KO needs a statement of principles, need to get the buy-in from the user community, something unique to KO and its services #ko-ideas
  • 7:05 PM conniecrosby - I love how @sabram has blended our 8 recommendations into top 2. Brilliant. :-) #ko-idea
  • 7:05 PM somanybooks - stephen says we need to have unified endorsement, but we don’t even have unifed representation right now
  • 7:05 PM conniecrosby - Ludicrous to put sales force together to sell individual services. Get them to sign on/endorse instead #ko-idea
  • 7:06 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: who are the core people that matter? deans, provosts, etc. what do they think?
  • 7:06 PM conniecrosby - Look at core people who matter deans, provost, C-level executives (ooo…sounds like SLA
  • 7:06 PM conniecrosby - Look at core people who matter deans, provost, C-level executives (ooo…sounds like SLA’s recent initiative) #ko-idea
  • 7:07 PM conniecrosby - How do we empower Knowledge Ontario to speak for us? #ko-idea
  • 7:08 PM Jess_Po - I think Steve Abrams (Sirsi-Dynix) and Ian Lancashire (UofT) are brothers
  • 7:08 PM somanybooks - we are not underproducing, we just are not changing at a pace that we can be and should be
  • 7:09 PM conniecrosby - our opinion of whether we can impact societal change is lower than the opinion mayors, deans & c-level execs have of us #ko-idea
  • 7:09 PM adr - #ko-idea The notion of “core people who matter” offends my inner Trotsky. Why isn’t everyone “core”? Why doesn’t everyone “matter”?
  • 7:09 PM windsordi - #ko-idea Core people who matter… how to reach them? how to hear them?
  • 7:10 PM wmacphail - Loving my little netbook today. Keeps on ticking for hours of twittering and note taking.
  • 7:10 PM somanybooks - i think everyone matters but at the core decision makers with $ will move up forward
  • 7:10 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: what are inhibitors? marketing! idea–go to academic institutions to seek out student marketing ideas
  • 7:11 PM somanybooks - who sees us as competition? ourselves?!?
  • 7:11 PM conniecrosby - Now the rapid-fire portion! Inhibitors to moving forward #ko-idea
  • 7:11 PM somanybooks - as the waterhole dries up, the animals look at each other differently
  • 7:11 PM Jess_Po - inhibitors: marketing; competition and siloed associations; threatening whose money? #ko-ideas
  • 7:11 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: “as the water hole dries up, the animals begin to look at eachother differently”
  • 7:12 PM conniecrosby - @adr everyone matters. Not everyone holds the purse-strings. We need to speak their language. Hard to relay full context in tweets #ko-idea
  • 7:12 PM Jess_Po - Darrel Skidmore: When the watering hole starts drying up, the animals look at each other differently #ko-ideas
  • 7:12 PM conniecrosby - @adr i.e. we expressed that poorly in the tweets. That is not what we meant. #ko-idea
  • 7:12 PM windsordi - #ko-idea inhibitors – poor marketing?, turf war competition?, as the water hole dries up…,
  • 7:13 PM somanybooks - jubilant ludites are an inhibitor
  • 7:13 PM windsordi - #ko-idea how to get over to the non-collaboration?
  • 7:13 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: what are inhibitors? the jubilant luddites!
  • 7:13 PM rlarocque - Overall, this has been a productive day. Can’t quite articulate what I see as a gap in the voice here. #ko-idea
  • 7:13 PM Jess_Po - traditional funding is an inhibitor; how to return to the investors. AskOn gives service back, OurOn gives back exposure #ko-ideas
  • 7:14 PM conniecrosby - I love this phrase: “jubilant luddites” – people who take pride in not taking part of the changes happening #ko-idea
  • 7:15 PM Jess_Po - new possibillities: engage the public and provide a responsive interactive dialogue platform for service development #ko-ideas
  • 7:15 PM Jess_Po - branding, marketing, and lobbying, are all integral opportunities for KO to consider and act upon #ko-ideas
  • 7:15 PM windsordi - #ko-idea New possibilities? engage differently… branding matters so recognition is achieved, personalizing peoples’ space, intergration
  • 7:15 PM conniecrosby - @rlarocque do you see a gap in the voice? Always possible, of course. If you could describe, along what lines would it be? #ko-idea
  • 7:16 PM conniecrosby - I’m hoping my Knowledge Ontario friends are feeling newly energized by today. This has been an extremely positive day. #ko-idea
  • 7:17 PM conniecrosby - I have heard little if anything negative. A lot of smart, open people bringing their considered thoughts to the table #ko-idea
  • 7:17 PM somanybooks - creative theft will help us succed!
  • 7:18 PM somanybooks - lobbying is not a bad word
  • 7:18 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: lobbying is not a bad word!
  • 7:18 PM windsordi - #ko-idea Creative theft works!… find who’s doing it right, and steal creativitly (with credit!) and build on the best
  • 7:19 PM rlarocque - @conniecrosby How are we going to preach gospel of KO to remote/rural/1st Nations libraries? That’s going to be a big challenge #ko-idea
  • 7:19 PM somanybooks - darrell: fundamentally as we look strategically – what can KO do for YOU
  • 7:19 PM conniecrosby - Darrel Skidmore: “lobbying is not a bad word. ” Yes, We need to pay attention to legislative changes, have a voice #ko-idea
  • 7:19 PM nunanishi - @conniecrosby absolutely! i’m all fired up and brain is buzzing. such a valuable group in room and online. tx to every1 #ko-idea
  • 7:20 PM windsordi - #ko-idea WHAT can Knowledge Ontario do for YOU???
  • 7:20 PM somanybooks - how can we advance the enviro/economy agenda
  • 7:20 PM rlarocque - @conniecrosby Maybe that’s the conversation that comes next. #ko-idea
  • 7:21 PM somanybooks - most effective change is being brough about by – assets not issues
  • 7:21 PM windsordi - #ko-idea Effective change starts from an assets-base, not an issues-base. Stop the whine, start the brag…
  • 7:21 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: move to asset base as opposed to an issues base
  • 7:22 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: KO needs a new positioning strategy (encompassing marketing and communications)
  • 7:22 PM Jess_Po - Ko is a collaborator and a leader in bringing together ideas, needs, services, resources, and developing a responsive organization #ko-ideas
  • 7:23 PM windsordi - #ko-idea Does branding/marketing matter?… or is *positioning* the actual thing we need to focus on more.?..
  • 7:23 PM Jess_Po - KO needs a new positioning strategy, say Darrel Skidmore. The marketing and branding will follow #ko-ideas
  • 7:23 PM nunanishi - #ko-idea wrap up tidbit: last comment…stop thinking about sustainability and start thinking about perpetuation! perpetuation = progress
  • 7:24 PM windsordi - #ko-idea Stop thinking about sustaining, start thinking about perpetuation and growth.
  • 7:26 PM windsordi - #ko-idea What are you, you, you, and me going to do about Knowledge Ontario:? What message do you want to share? WE NEED your input.
  • 7:27 PM conniecrosby - David Thornely, Knowledge Ontario’s Executive Director wrapping us up. In the next few days a summary of today will be produced #ko-idea
  • 7:28 PM conniecrosby - summary from today will be posted to the ning site knowledgeontario.ning.com #ko-idea
  • 7:29 PM conniecrosby - RT @rlarocque: How are we going to preach gospel of KO to remote/rural/1st Nations libraries? That’s going to be a big challenge #ko-idea
  • 7:30 PM conniecrosby - @rlarocque I agree. We mentioned it but did not address directly today. #ko-ideal
  • 7:31 PM conniecrosby - @rlarocque although I think “preach” is the wrong word. We can’t make people change, but hopefully help them when they want to #ko-idea
  • 7:38 PM conniecrosby - That’s it! We are now in the “celebration” phase of the day i.e. cocktail hour. Oh! A band is setting up. Wow #ko-idea
  • 7:38 PM rmazar - @conniecrosby thanks for sharing the event with us!
  • 7:42 PM conniecrosby - Thanks to everyone who followed along my live-tweeting coverage. Signing off now. One-day only event. ;-) #ko-idea
  • 7:45 PM conniecrosby - @thornley Hi! It is actually #ko-idea – Knowledge Ontario’s Idea Forum: bit.ly
  • 7:46 PM conniecrosby - @thornley I know, the hyphen kind of throws things off. It was a day to brainstorm knowledgeontario.ca direction #ko-idea
  • 9:55 PM wmacphail - The #ko-idea conference was interesting but I remain at odds with the facilitation and ROI focus. Felt kind if used in the end to be honest.
  • 8:05 PM windsordi - #ko-idea WOW! You guys rock! After a night of sleep and chance to reflect, my mind is soooo fun of the wonderful ideas shared and heard!
  • 8:05 PM copystar - My favourite quote from yesterday’s KO Forum: “Culture eats strategy” #ko-idea
  • 8:07 PM nunanishi - what a wonderful day yesterday was. BIG thank yous to everyone and especially those who participated remotely here on scribblelive! #ko-idea

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The Creative Age, the Innovation Economy, the Knowledge Economy…whatever you wanna call it, here we are!

Posted April 21, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: MUVEs, artificial intelligence, blogging, emerging technology, futurism, information, information professionals, internet, librarians, library technology, open access, research, semantic web, social networking, technology, virtual environments, virtual worlds, web 2.0, web 3.0

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  • Here is The Agenda “Ontario’s Innovation Economy” from the Center for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo with John Wilkinson, Richard Florida, Sheila Block, and Jim Balsillie. Here are some ideas that are resonating with me:

• At 5:25: We are shifting from the industrial economy to the innovation economy (Florida)

• At 8:30: Serial entrepreneurialism (Wilkinson)

• At 12:32: now we’re moving to an economy powered by innovation, entrepreneurship, the human mind (Florida)

• At 13:20: we’ve got to make it work for everyone—not just an innovative elite (Florida)

• At 13:33: RIM’s success story (the Blackberry peops) (Balsillie)

• At 15:30: Creation of Ministry of Research and innovation was created four years ago for the future. (Wilkinson)

• At 12:30: Obama is trying to figure this out too: how do you create a social safety net for the creative age? (Florida)

• At 29:06: the skills to be successful yesterday are changing right now (Balsillie)

• At 29:30: in the 21stC, we have to understand the global world and have the global world understand us (Wilkinson)

• At 30:20: Innovation is just about taking great ideas and turning them into great jobs (Wilkinson)

• At 35:38: Florida talks about manufacturing.

• At 37:00: Factory jobs pay well, but aren’t necessarily great work (Florida)

• At 41:10: Question from the audience about innovation in a broader social sense

• At 41:37: Transforming ourselves to this green economy so that we can live sustainably on our planet. This brings job opportunities. (Wilkinson)

• At 43:00: We have to starting “doing” a little earlier. The smartest, most innovative kids were the kids I grew up with (Florida). They had that squelched out of them by school systems that couldn’t understand their creativity. (Florida)

What do YOU think? (This blog post was originally written on Knowledge Ontario Ideas Ning. Feel free to join the conversation and contribute to Knowledge Ontario’s (and your own institution’s) future)

Kevin Kelly’s TED Talk on the next 5,000 days of the web

Posted April 20, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: artificial intelligence, emerging technology, futurism, information, information professionals, internet, librarians, libraries, library technology, open access, research, semantic web, technology, web, web 2.0, web 3.0

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Kevin Kelly’s TED Talk on the next 5,000 days of the web is worth taking 19:34 of your time to watch. Here’s a summary of a few resonating ideas in my mind:

  • 10 years ago, we thought the web was going to be TV or better
  • First lesson we’ve learned: believe in the impossible
  • We’re creating ONE MACHINE
  • 100 billion clicks per day, 55 trillion links between webpages in the world.
  • The web is a black hole, sucking everything into it
  • The new economy is the marriage of embedding the digital into the material world
  • All media becomes one media platform
  • Attention is a currency
  • McLuhan reversal: humans are extended senses of the machine! (McLuhan said machines are the extensions of the human senses)
  • We’re in the third stage of linking data (see Tim Burners-Lee TED talk on “The next web of open/linked data”) Linking ideas to ideas: a level beyond pages and into items.
  • You should be able to carry all your relationships around via social networking sites. This is where we’re heading. You have to be OPEN to having your data shared which is a bigger step than sharing your webpage.
  • We’re heading toward the internet of things. Total personalization requires total transparency.
  • Our dependency is nothing to be afraid of. Look at our dependency on the alphabet and writing—a technology that changed our lives
  • WE are the web and it’s getting smarter, more personalized, ubiquitous
  • This machine/large organism is more reliable than its parts
  • One machine. The web is its OS. All screens look inside the ONE. Let the one read it. The one is us. We are in the one.

Jan Dawson, Shover and Maker

Posted March 23, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: Library and information studies, blogging, information professionals, librarians, libraries

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I’m a Shover and a Maker!

Inspired by the Library Society of the World, Shovers and Makers is a thoughtful tip of the hat to those who work in the LIS world:

“…at the Library Society of the World, we can’t help but wonder about everyone else in libraryland. While the Movers and Shakers are moving and shaking, what are the rest of us doing? Standing still? Surely not.”

facebook shenanigans push users to live less but communicate more

Posted March 19, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: email, facebook, internet, librarians, library 2.0, social networking, social software, web 2.0

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I’m observing the usual resistance with regards to the latest Facebook changes. The usual Facebook groups are circulating such as “Against Facebook’s New Layout and Terms of Agreement” and “Petition Against the “New Facebook”", etc. When Facebook makes changes, the reaction from its users is always worthy of observing for those of us interested in usability and best web practices.

This time around, I’ve started talking to my Facebook friends to get to the bottom of what bothers them the most when their Facebook world gets turned upside down and their reactions have inspired this blog post. One friend in particular has relayed that he hasn’t “recovered” since the “first time”. (Most of my friends and I have been on Facebook for long enough to see at least two major layout changes). This particular friend has revealed that since the first major change, he hasn’t developed his profile or spent a lot of time “living” in Facebook. Instead, he mainly uses it as a vehicle for communication–in particular the messaging feature has supplemented (and almost surpassed) his email communication with his friends.

So are we seeing Facebook users profile themselves less, but communicate with eachother more? or is has my friend just morphed into an archetype* that just communicates?

*such as the lurker, the troll, the voyeur, the exhibitionist, etc.

British Library streams 1,000 classical recordings online

Posted March 17, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: Library and information studies, archive, archives, cool, information, librarians, libraries, libraries and education, library, music collection, music librarianship, preservation

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I was thrilled to see this article about the British Library streaming 1,000 classical recordings online via the British Library Archival Sound Recordings project.

Andrea-Marie Petrou, Computeract!ve reports that the online collection includes “previously unheard concertos and sinfoniettas from composers such as Bach” and also “orchestral suites and concerti by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms.”

The streamed (not downloadable) recordings are available to British Library patrons in the BL reading rooms as well as via remote access.

Petrou concludes that the “two-year project has been funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee“.

fixing virtual reference

Posted March 5, 2009 by jandawson
Categories: Library and information studies, information, information professionals, internet, librarians, libraries, libraries and education, virtual reference

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If you follow virtual reference blogs or sit on any library info-related listservs, you may have encountered discussion on the article entitled “Let’s Fix Virtual Reference” By Eric Zino in Library Journal. Here is a summary of Zino’s key points:

*Zino frequents virtual reference services of all sorts and relays that he often doesn’t get a reference interview.

*He refers to an experience where a librarian sent him to several different web sites which did not fulfill his information need and suggested that this librarian was merely “acting like a computer”. This “Google-like matching” is easily performed by the visitor and they’ve come to VR for something more.

*Quality of sources is another issue. Zino relays experiences of receiving sources solely from the open internet instead of library materials which the visitor has access to or a combination of both.

*Zino observes that some librarians are “acting more eager than these customers to end the transaction”. He would like to see a stronger focus on customer service since the “experience of the end user is going to be our best marketing device at the end of the day”.

*Lastly, Zino stresses that not enough VR providers have actually tried VR services.

    Related articles:

    1. “Quality Tip: To Google or not to Google? Try going directly to an official source” from QuestionPoint’s blog

    2. “Is the virtual reference interview dead?” on page 13 of inCite Volume 29, Issue 12, December 2008