Our neighbors to the south absolutely have their act together. Not only does Tucson Pima County Library share their conference presentations with their community but they have a audio podcast of it, a Powerpoint of it and the handouts available to all. Way to go Tucson!
Thanks to Liz Danforth for sharing this link to Tucson Pima's public website where they have posted information in their About Us section about the presentation they did at AzLA last week. I attended it and it was fascinating. They have formed an "Emerging Technologies" group to study new ways of public libraries doing business.
Don't overlook the handouts. They have a fine glossary of Library 2.0 terms, a comprehensive listing of libraries using Library 2.0 technologies, links to easy to use RSS readers, sites to learn to podcast, and a wild quiz at the end for testing your knowledge of the Library 2.0 world.
Great job Tucson!
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Thanks for the nod, Mary. One of our people is also looking into internal uses of blogs, podcasts, wikis and more. After attending the Internet Librarians conference last month, he came back with many vibrant ideas.
One of the possibilities being kicked around is that podcasting might be used for staff training, allowing self-paced and repeatable instruction. Tucson is very big on staff development and training, but of course it is challenging to schedule.
I am taking a podcast virtual class from the university this semester, and I can tell you this is a fabulous way to learn. Linking it to a blog where all this can be discussed afterward is a further asset. Ideas spark and grow, and one develops a sense of teamwork and a sense of who one’s associates are, even those you have never met f2f.
I myself am hoping to see a wiki or blog about computer classes, because there is no centralized teaching here -- every branch develops and delivers its own content. Branches here are more autonomous than Phoenix (as near as I can tell), but there still seems a dreadful duplication of effort.
Tech has such amazing possibilities for us to deliver better service internally and externally. Part of the job, of those of us who feel this way, is to market the ideas to our more cautious co-workers.
May I pass along this URL to other interested librarians here?
--Liz Danforth
Pima County Public Library
(formerly Tucson-Pima Public Library)
Yes please share with anyone who may be interested, thanks!
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