Future Of Libraries Videos

Library 101 has launched! There are a few things you should know about the project: It s a collaborative project Michael Porter and I created it (with over 500 others!) There s a website for the Library 101 Project There s a video (watch above, at the project site, or on YouTube) Download the mp3 for your iPods/favorite mp3 player! Become a Fan at our Library 101 Facebook Page Even better read one of the many essays attached to the project, written by some top-notch librarians And read our 101 Resources  and Things to Know essay, complete with 101 links of things Michael and I think you should know! But even better than watching the video, listening to the song, or reading an essay is this please participate by commenting! Let us know what YOU think is a Library 101 for your library what do you think librarians need to know to succeed? Tell us in the comments attached to each essay! Share:

Micro Interactions, Conversations I introduced the concept and talked about the variety of interactions available using social networks. Up next was Amy Kearns and Julie Strange, talking about: Tweet What? 5 sweet ways to connect in 140 characters or less. Notes below: Searching for tweets with a positive/negative attitude sentiment at advanced search of search.twitter.com showing examples of types of tweets from libraries Twitter can be embedded anywhere… 1. use it for reference 2. connect for customer service 3. broadcast news & events 4. solicit feedback 5. broaden professional networks 6. harness the hive Lists overview Share:

Michael Porter and I like to make videos. Music videos. Music videos about libraries! Remember our last one? Well we have a new one coming out called Library 101! We plan to debut it at Internet Librarian 2009 (during our presentation about making videos on October 28), and we are pretty stoked about it, too! Why, you ask? Well The music rocks harder than last time We have turned up the video production a few notches (Michael is turning into quite the video producer!) We have a website complete with essays from some amazing people We found a sponsor (thanks, Information Today!) But most important the message. Library 101 tells a story. A story about the evolution of libraries and librarians. Historically, we grew and evolved to a certain point. Some of us are continuing to evolve, others are not quite there yet but are working to get there. The goal of our song, our video, the website and essays? To inspire you to grow, to evolve, and to change your communities! Michael does a great job of explaining Library 101 on Maurice Coleman’s regular T is for Training podcast. Take a listen. And more importantly, take a listen and a look on October 28 I will post the video as soon as it goes live, so stay tuned! Photo by libraryman Share:

Last Friday, I spoke at the Nicholson Memorial Library System in Garland, TX (a suburb of Dallas). It was a fun time nice library, great people wanting to learn new things. Can t beat that! I spoke at their annual Staff Day, and gave two presentations: one on emerging trends, and one on change (both whopping 3-hour presentations). Both are embedded below. Towards the end of the day, we poked around on the web a bit, and played with some of the websites I talked about in the presentations. So for the Garland folks here s a list of websites we played with: davidleeking.com Topeka for those wanting to see both presentations, click through to the actual post. For some reason, posting two embedded Slideshare presentations in the same posts makes the second embed disappear int he RSS feed version of my post): Emerging Trends, 2.0 While Wearing Your Hip Boots View more documents from David King. Thanks, Nicholson Memorial Library System! Share:

The second presentation I gave at NEFLIN in Jacksonville, FL was Tinkering in the Techie Toybox here s the Slideshare version and a couple of links included in the presentation. Enjoy! Tinkering in the Techie Toybox: Staying on top of Consumer Technology View more PDF documents from David King. Links to other Techie Toyboxes I mentioned in the presentation: Princeton Public Library s Gadget Garage Massachusetts Library Association s Technology Petting Zoo Technology Petting Zoo webinar recap at WebJunction (includes a great starter list of techie toys!) Share:

I just finished a webcast presentation for the SirsiDynix Institute titled Tinkering in the Techie Toybox: Staying on Top of Consumer Technology. As promised, here are some links mentioned in the presentation: Topeka s Techie Toybox - what we originally purchased Princeton Public Library s Gadget Garage More info on Santa Cruz Public Libraries Technology Petting Zoo More info on Massachusetts Library Association s Technology Petting Zoo: request for volunteers and the conference report WebJunction s Creating a Technology Petting Zoo Webinar Recap What s in Your Bag group on Flickr And a copy of my slides (SirsiDynix recorded the presentation and will be posting that, probably within the next week or so). Tinkering in the Techie Toybox: Staying on Top of Consumer Technology View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: consumer technology) Share:

Think it s only geeky librarians like me that use social media tools like Twitter or YouTube or wikis, and your community isn t really there yet? Think again. Here are two examples of people in my local community (Topeka, KS), engaging with others via new-fangled social media tools (both discovered via the vanity feeds set up for my library): Example #1: Dancing Teens, Twitter, and YouTube This morning, I saw Chris Abraham s tweet saying this: These super friendly high school dancing girls are going to YouTube to get ideas for dance routines. Social Media rocks here in Topeka, Kansas! And his Qik video and blog post of the event (Qik video embedded below): Yes, the girls were practicing their dance routine at Topeka s Starbucks (I try to never be seen dancing in public but that s another story entirely So what do we have? One guy, passing through town creating live video, blogging about it, and twittering about it. About two teenagers that use YouTube NOT for entertainment, but to find dance choreography ideas. Example #2: Technology Planning in Topeka A local newspaper columnist asked Topeka techies (using a wiki, no less) this question: How do we make Topeka a better community by using technology? That is the question I address to you. Join me in a public discussion and offer your suggestions and let s collaborate to make Topeka a better place. Yes, people in your community are already connecting and engaging with others via social media tools. Are you? photo: http://flickr.com/photos/chrisabraham/2800383966/ Share:

You HAVE to watch the amazing cool music video Michael Porter and I made!!! Here it is: And go to Michael s blip.tv account for a larger version of the video. Want the MP3? Find it here and at last.fm Go read Michael s post for the nitty-gritty details (and this post for the lyrics and credits). Here are some song details This was a really fun song to write and record. I honestly wasn t sure Michael s idea would work when he first suggested it to me, but then I m game for just about anything, so thought let s try it and see what happens! And Michael s a great friend and writing partner (we write the Public Libraries Magazine column Internet Spotlight together), so if everything else went down the tubes, I knew we would at least have a fun time of it. But as we started writing the lyrics, rhythms and melody lines started bouncing around in my head and I realized this would be easy to pull off. Other details: The music is a mix of GarageBand instruments, my own guitar playing, and three samples of theremins and other whistle-like sounds. And Michael Porter and I sang/rapped the thing recorded and mixed in Garageband, in my basement Samples used: Spooky whistle G#3 Ghost Fx theremin low to very high all found on freesound.org Share: