Glutton for Punishment

Research Data: Who will share what, with whom, when, and why? - http://works.bepress.com/cgi...

November 1, 2010 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

Data are complex objects. Their purposes and the methods by which they are produced vary widely across scientific fields, as do the criteria for sharing them. To address these challenges, it is necessary to examine the arguments for sharing data and how those arguments match the motivations and interests of the scientific community and the public. Four arguments are examined: to make the results of publicly funded data available to the public, to enable others to ask new questions of extant data, to advance the state of science, and to reproduce research. Libraries need to consider their role in the face of each of these arguments, and what expertise and systems they require for data curation. - Glutton for Punishment

Ozlib: Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

So - who submitted an abstract to Info Online yesterday? Who is talking at ALIA Access in September? (Or all this meant to be super sekkrit?)

April 1, 2010 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

InfoOnline with the lovely @suelibrarian about WordpressMU - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi from iPhone

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InfoOnline with the charming Kate Davis about whether participants at lib tech conferences find a model developed decades ago suits their professional communication needs... - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi from iPhone

No submissions to either from me, but colleague from work has submitted to Access. - Michelle McLean

Nothing from me for Online...whereas for Access, I've got a few folk confirmed. Went from being a totally fluid environment to being a mix of openness and structure. I think I like the way it's panning out. Though I don't like being in charge. Not really an unconference by any stretch though. - snail is a changling

I'm speaking at ALIA Access, with @kalgrl :) Have also submitted an abstract to Info Online, with my fellow manager here at MPOW. - Glutton for Punishment

I've got a few gaps at the moment for folk to do 10 min lightning talks in the arvo for Library Camp 2010 - and I think I need suggestions...been burying my head in sand again. I am not a natural organiser by a long shot. Other people normally organise me :-) - snail is a changling

Instead of talks, what about "birds of a feather" spots for people using particular software/with particular problems. At the thingo Michelle & I did last week, people organised a Sharepoint 15 min get together, while another bunch of us talked about Wordpress and Drupal....may work if people in other Access streams knew you were making space in your stream for this???? - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

that's a nice idea. There is space for breakout sessions too, so it's already possible in the current structure to do this. - snail is a changling

Now have an opportunity to apply to go to ALIA Access. Wondering if I have the energy and whether I should let a colleague have the opportunity instead (only 3 places). - suelibrarian

Ozlib: snail is a changling

Hmmm...looks like Perth in Sept 2011 is a goer..for NLS5. Methinks I will make it, and methinks that I'll stay longer and see other places...dunno what places though...but Margaret River would be a good start.

March 23, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

Make sure you think about going bush to catch some of the wildflowers: http://www.westernaustralia.com/SiteCol... - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

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September could be good whale watching time - suelibrarian

wildflowers are like flower stuff aren't they...sorta like going to Canberra for Floriade...definitely happy to go bush though :-P Will be happy to look at wildflowers, cause they're wild. Was actually chatting to a sales rep from OUP this morning about the wildflowers. I've never seen a whale. - snail is a changling

Excellent! But are you seriously only going to wait until *2011* to come to Perth?? Really?? - Glutton for Punishment

I hope not. I would like to get there sooner and would be nice to catch up with y'all *outside* of a conference. Got a couple of non library friends there too. I remain somewhat embarrassed that I have yet to visit either WA or Tasmania. - snail is a changling

Ozlib: Penny

Strawpoll 4 blog post material. What didn't they teach you at library school that would hv been useful? And what has been useful?

March 15, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

Thesaurus construction - surprisingly useful. Budgeting, useful. Individual types of reference tools - not useful. How to conduct a reference interview - useful. Using AACR2 - mildly useful. Was over 20 years ago. - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

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learning how to use Britannica was/is useful but all the other print reference works have pretty much been superseded since I went to school and that was just over 10 years ago. Interesting how things change. And the Britannica thing is mostly because I get a lot of school kids who benefit from using it. - Penny

:) knowing how to use Britannica was useful, but library school didn't teach me that... - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

mostly my course gave me the piece of paper, so I could get a job and start learning how to be a librarian - Michelle McLean

See this thread? Long - but the end of it relates. http://friendfeed.com/lsw... - suelibrarian

Agree with Michelle ;) I always argue with people who say "oh I can't take on that part-time library job cos I am studying [librarianship] and I want to concentrate on that and get all High Distinctions"... - Glutton for Punishment

Ozlib: Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

Poke. Poke. Poke - that is all :) :) Would love us to be as active and interesting as LSW...but maybe we can do that at LSW... Seriously....maybe we could copy them and have our own electronic bake sale to get Jo Beazley to IFLA if she decides to go ???

March 19, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

Ow! Poking hurts this time of the morning - haven't integrated ff into daily routine yet. Been flat chat all week. Would be cool to do a fundraiser for @jobeaz. Awesome opportunity. - snail is a changling

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I am in but the scale may be an issue. There are more than 200 LSW members and they needed to raise around $800. We are far fewer and I am guessing jo needs a heap more. Not saying let's try saying let's have plan b for money if we can't reach goal. Alsomy reply is prob too late she was making decision yesterday. So just ignore me and carry on :) - suelibrarian from iPhone

Yeah, Jo - very, very sensibly given what else is going on in her life - decided not to got to IFLA. I agree with (was it Sue? Con? Whoever?) that since IFLA was going to be in Oz costing oodles of gazabillions of dollars that some small amount of that could be used to sponsor Australians with papers accepted to attend...you know, since the Library Fairy has a reserve of gold and a magic wand .... - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

At one stage I was tossing around ideas of doing microdonations for Jo - you know we each chip in $10, $20, $50 or whatever - if 200 of us could do that... didn't get my act together to investigate options (i blame moving house - sorry Jo!) - but will keep in mind for next time. It was me who thought out loud about ALIA and IFLA but I can't see that happening. I think it's very sad that... more... - Glutton for Punishment

New library toys: Penny

we've got chat/txt reference widgets embedded in various places, libguides, vodcasts, lending laptops, getting netbooks to lend, digital signage ... getting Primo which I hope will do a few Good Things too. Still lagging behind in basic places like paying fees online, adding credit online, good booking room systems.

March 8, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

oh - we tried blogging but it hasn't really taken off as a "thing" internally. Basically it just gets used to post news items to our home page. - Penny

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We're going to load millennium's eCommerce to pay fines online for Sem 2 so will keep you up to date. - Ruth Baxter

I'm interested in how the Millennium eCommerce thing works. - Mal Booth

Our systems people here say the Millenium ecommerce thing doesnt work (for us anyway). So yeh i'd be interested to hear how it goes for you. - Glutton for Punishment

Have to get the "idea" of Paypal approved first by Finance so could be a few months off. Con - why don't your people think it works for you? UQ have had it running for a few years but no one else has touched it so interested in the feedback - Ruth Baxter

we set up a Paypal account to see if we could do fine payments (outside of the LMS and enterprise cashier systems since they weren't talking to each other). The set up was easy but I billed our ELS team leader $2.00 and when she got the invoice, there was no apparent way to pay it that we could work out. So that's been sitting in the too hard basket for a while... - Penny

OK, some new toys 4 us: RFID (got confirmation of $ today); & a new teamboard room (multi-media whiteboard in own room with one whole wall as a whiteboard [using white-board paint], a cool glass white board on another wall, some well designed signage about where not to write & some very funky furniture. Guess I'll need to get some photos together about all of this. - Mal Booth

Ruth, I will see what I can find out abt our problems with Millennium. Mal, RFID at UTS? Wow! (I'd love to have some money to do this at MPOW too. - Glutton for Punishment

Yep, just heard today. Dunno yet whether we get all the money I need (a lot) and if so, how quickly we need to spend it, but we're getting it. Yay! I think that is a first for academic libraries in Oz. Must have been my persuasive argument (or sheer luck!). - Mal Booth

Absolutely a first for academic libraries. I can now have a real excuse to visit you. We've just started RFID tagging our DVD collection (reduces manual handling). - Ruth Baxter

And I SO want pictures of the whiteboard walls - both paint and glass. - Ruth Baxter

Come on, you don't need an excuse. Just call it a study tour! - Glutton for Punishment

My new boss doesn't believe in study tours. He doesn't leave Melbourne. - Ruth Baxter

Well you'll need to call it something else then! Actually if I lived in Melbin I'd never leave either. Well, hardly ever. - Mal Booth

Pics of our new space: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Mal Booth

ooo nice space Mal - Penny

thanks, we hope it will be well used. - Mal Booth

Ozlib: Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

OK - any explanation why ALIA has a pseudonomynous columnist who claims moral high ground and even resorts to "won't somebody think of the *children*" arguments? One that misrepresents new media in libraries so that even the most techie minded librarian would agree to the evil - if indeed the programmes were actually as stated ?

March 11, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

OOh - where's this online? Good on you for reading ALIA stuff ... - Ruth Baxter

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Not there yet - http://alia.org.au/publish... - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

had browsed briefly but thought "oh - odd" but not read it properly yet. - snail is a changling

If anyone wants a look at the article DM or email me, I'll send it to you :) - Glutton for Punishment

I wonder why they won't identify themselves. I wonder if the author (for this month anyway) is West Australian - given the mentions of the SLWA and ECU... - Glutton for Punishment

Why pseudonomynous? Can't think of a good reason, so treat the same as The AL: ignore. - Mal Booth

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