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Multimedia Use in Academy panel with Jeff Ubois from intelligent TV, Dru Zuretti from CCC, Gary Handman from UC-Berkeley media center and Judith Thomas from UVA media center (missed this last presenter because I had an appointment) Context: changing landscape (13 hrs of video uploaded to YouTube daily?). They did Intelligent TV/CCC 2008 survey and [...]
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I spent a lot of Thursday and Friday catching up with folks and work so the first real session I attended was the tail end of Reeling in the Faculty: Baiting the Information Literacy Hook on Friday. Here are my live notes from the end of the panel and the Q&A: Final suggestions: Putting links [...]
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Came late (but better than not at all). Ira Glass DJing, audio storytelling Came in at part of him playing things about race and Obama election. Guy talking about friend who was racist Iraq War vet who joined Muslim student association to deal with war feelings. First greeted as liberators then oppressors/evil. In war dealt [...]
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Basic explanation of Twitter Microblogging; blogging in 140 characters Post from multiple places: phone, browser, web, etc TinyURL to shrink links and hash tags to tags 2K plus apps for Twitter Users: median 31 yo mobile users (often urban dwellers) Twitter in the library: Marketing (events, useful info, did you know, etc); news & reviews [...]
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Facebook personal pages vs. others Blogs-more general advertising, has to be visited or RSS has to be pulle dinto Google Reader Facebook fan page-still kind of general, institutional Facebook personal connection-more personalized, rarely inactive, can visit as much as you want Can set up group just for faculty friends (who would you go to coffee [...]
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Lizbeth Wilson starting up (man I like her). Recognition of the scholarship recipients and award given to the Immersion institute faculty (10 year anniversary). Yay! Note: Immersion alum gathering tomorrow at Capitol Club from 6:30-8! I’ve caught up with a couple of folks already and I’m looking forward to seeing everybody tomorrow (and again this [...]
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Fri. 3:15 Pm session from MIT libraries Hired recent MIT UG w/beginning web design business. Did kiosk ads and such. Hired someone to do focus group research for assessment. Results: too basic, not really engaging, “quick look and gone”. Messages were too basic. Students had recreational needs that presented an opportunity. Exploit emotional connection to [...]
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