INF506 – Assignment 3 OLJ & Evaluative Statement

Part 2: (a) Evaluative Statement Throughout INF506, I have used my OLJ to map my way through this deep world of social networking: experimenting with new technologies; exploring how these are being combined with more establish services to create Library (and Librarian) 2.0; and examining issues and policies in the socially networked world and workplace. … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 5.2 Identity, privacy, security, and trust

Big dotcom corporations are spying on us while we use the internet, collecting search habits and page visits, to direct internet ads that have a higher chance of enticing and luring us to click (Pearson, 2009). Our privacy is being infringed. Right? We should be outraged. Right? If this were 10 years ago, the answer … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 4.2 Reasons why Libraries should be on Social Media

How do these three libraries use social media? (Colour coded to easily see which SM is used the most) University of Northern British Columbia Library (UNBC) Vancouver Public Library (VanPL) University of British Columbia Library (UBC) (NB:   * denotes poorly or never updated) UNBC Library Van Public Library UBC Library Library collection and services marketing … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 4.1 Web 2.0 and Libraries: how much is my library bothering?

After reading AnnaLaura Brown’s trends and predictions for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, and then comparing them with the secondary school library I work in, I would conclude that we are still well and truly in the Library 1.0 phase with no real sign of breaking out with the current incumbent head librarian. Let’s see … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 2.6 The Phantom saves the day for social media participation at work?

Sarah Dillingham’s article “The Phantom: menace or maverick? The psychology of enterprise social media participation” (2012) laid out some interesting, if not obvious, points on the psychology behind whether or not employees participate in work-related social media. What is making the 90% of people on enterprise social media lurkers? What is contributing to them not … Continue reading →

INF506 – Introduction thoughts

Sharing privacy and trust in our networked world: A report to the OCLC membership How do the concepts and findings in these sections of the OCLC report reflect your view of the socially networked world in 2013?   Just as a baby makes leaps and bounds in its first years of life from a sleeping, pooping sack of … Continue reading →

Radio Silence

So yes, I did a subject over the summer semester (summer in Canada of course) but alas I didn’t blog along with it, which yes I regret now. I did ETL505 Bibliographic Standards in Education and I actually loved it! I kept hearing people gripe and moan about the subject on the forums, but I … Continue reading →