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Social software, academic communities and individuals
Lawrie Phipps
JISC Users and Innovation Programme
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Libraries have disposed of 2 million books to make way for e-
learning facilitiesTHES 16th November 2007
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I don’t do technology!
One of our ‘Users’: Jane
I don’t do technology!
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An Example The systems would have to be
formalised and regulated, this would lead to a ‘loss of cool’ and therefore they would be less attractive to students
A fuller debate needs to be had around issues of articulations of ‘personal identity’.
The use of them in learning would lead to superficial learning rather than in-depth discussion
There would be a lack of quality control in the content
Formal use of them would make membership compulsory, impinging the individuals rights
The network is a brand not an educational asset
The systems are an e-representation of the holistic education experience, reflecting learning and socialisation
There are opportunities to build communities
Students can find mentors and buddies for support
The education sector should reflect social systems, social network sites are now common and there intelligent application should be a skill set that students have
Our ‘users’ are already there – we need to go after them
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"the biggest challenge that librarians face related to web 2.0 is the post
scarcity society"
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Two JISC Projects
TicTOCs
University of Teesside
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Physical browsing of latest Issues
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Email TOCs – require effort
Your ZETOC Alert list called dff4qj belonging to the Athens username hwulibram is due to expire on Wed 21 Jun 2006.
“Some users reported that the alerts they themselves had set ‘haunted them’. I have exactly the same feeling, as sometimes it feels like the alerts I have set for myself are self-inflicted spam”
Jonas Holmstrom: Report on 8th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2004)
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RSS is currently not very user friendly
XML
RSS
RSS 1.0
RSS 2.0
RSS 0.91
PRISM
Atom
ONIX
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Directory ofTOC RSS
Feeds
Interactive Web environment
SelectPersonaliseAggregate
Display
Re-use/embed
Community Networking
ticTOCs Table of Contents www.tictocs.ac.uk
Gateways, VREs
Export
Connotea
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University of Teesside
In most cases library staff have the most opportunity to interact with students and staff
Teesside are placing these staff at the centre of the student experience
Paul Mayes, the deputy librarian is responsible for developing an emerging community of practice in both academic and community areas
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What Next?