Oh Oh -- October Means 2.0

It's that time of year again. October is the month when the Big Chiefs of Library get together for the Library 2.0 Worldwide Virtual Conference .

I always miss this virtual meeting, because I am stuck here at work in my brick and mortar library, dealing with flesh and blood patrons. But I can watch the conference sessions after the fact. The conference people post recordings afterwards, and you can find those here.

There are so many good sessions to choose from! I would like to sit in my cave--er--cubicle, all day and watch these!

These are the conference sessions I want to see:

Embedding library services and information literacy: Successful online library liaison for TAFE (Technical and Further Education) students in Australia.

Setting Priorities in Libraries: Focusing on the Transformation

You are not a robot: Edmonton Public Library’s approach to digital literacy, digital interview, and flexible co-learning for library staff and customer

Toward a Sustainable Embedded Librarian Program

Taking Access to the User Online

Scanned publications in digital libraries: new Open Source DjVu tools

Training Classroom Faculty to teach Information Literacy

23 Things: The Next Generation

Digital Copyright

Leadership and Career Success for the 21st Century Information Professional

Campaigning for a Library Job: Maximizing Professional Development Opportunities to Differentiate Yourself From Other Applicants

Building Online Special Mini Collections for the Bryant & Stratton College Virtual Library

Creating and Using Webinars to Reach Distance Learners

Critical Perspectives on Social Media: A New Educational Role for Librarians?

Social Media for Scholars

Moving Beyond the Traditional One-Shot Library Instruction Session

Online Embedded Academic Librarians: accessing the student's library needs in the online classroom

Getting By With Google?

Free Online Conferencing Tools for Outreach & Instruction

Social Media Trifecta

Information Literacy in a Digital Culture: the Hierarchy has Toppled

Online Book Groups in School and Public Libraries

  

Social Media Narrowcasting

Good Leaders: More Important Than Ever - But How Do We Get Them Ready???

Sensible Shoes on the Ground: Embedding in an Undergraduate Research Experience

Web resources: Getting the most for your money

Effectively Curating a Pinterest Account for Academic Libraries

Citing Sources in a 2.0 World

Delivering 24/7 Library Services from an 8/5 Library Facility

The Triumphs and Tribulations of a Web Scale Discovery Implementation

Guide on the Side : Easy Tutorial Creation for Busy Librarians

Telling Your Advocacy Story with Digital Tools

Best practices in University Embedded Librarian work

Who is the Distance Learning Librarian? Exploring Job Announcements to Understand Evolving Professional Roles

Research on the Go! Preparing Libraries to be Mobile Friendly

Web 2.0 in the Library for Embedded Librarianship

Searching the Web: Information Literacy Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Educators

 Online Vs Face to Face Information Literacy Instruction

Library 2.0

I have recently become aware that there is this whole thing out there in the library world called Library 2.0. When I first saw the term I thought, 'Oh no! Is this an all-seeing, all-knowing Library program that has taken over the world and is out to destroy me?' I don't know. Because I'm a cavewoman -- that's the way I think. I know, I know....Library 2.0 is old hat. You modern librarians have been talking about it since at least 2005, when the idea was first presented at a library conference. But while you were experimenting with new gizmos and gadgets and your fast social medias, I was stuck inside a glacier, a human popsicle doing a slow thaw.

So now in an effort to catch up, I have become a member of the Library 2.0 network. Want to see the picture on my new Library 2.0 badge?

The Library 2.0 people are very smart people. Well, of course they are. They're librarians. But they are so smart they had a virtual conference last fall! They had a big meeting together, like a council meeting with the wisest members of the tribe, but they didn't even have to build a fire or make a sacred stone circle for everyone to sit inside. They just went on their computers, and all their speeches and classes were give online. By what sorcery are they able to do these things? I know--computer technology makes it possible. I have to keep reminding myself that.

Even though this virtual voo-doo took place last October, the Library 2.0 elders have made it possible to travel back in time as if it were still October, and watch and listen to the sessions from the conference!

So I looked over the schedule, and I have made a list of the sessions I want to attend. Many of these terms boggle my mind. What is a public knowledge base? What is an embedded librarian? Is that like being embedded in a glacier for 10,000 years? What are "digital natives?" I would like to meet these digital natives. They sound like my kind of people.

With so many choices, I hardly know where to begin. So I think I'll start with the first class on my list. The one about clouds and trees. Those are things I know something about.          

If you would like to sees the whole list of what's available, you can see that here:   You will have to register and become a member of Library 2.0, which means creating a username and password. Everytime I have to create a password, I worry that the computer gods are stealing my soul. Because that's the way I think. I'm a cavewoman.

My List of Library 2.0 virtual sessions, made available by modern science and not by sorcery:

Clouds and Trees: Using Folksonomies to transform Online Public Access Catalogues

Creating instructional screencasts: An overview of available tools and best practices

Down with the FAQ! Bring in the Dynamic PKB (Public Knowledge Base)!

Ebooks: Do They Use Them? Do They Care

How to build a mobile app from scratch for your library

How to Embed A Librarian, Library Resources and Service Components in Moodle!

Just click here – imparting effective scholarly habits to digital natives – the why, the what and the how!

Leveraging multiple literacies for sticky search education

Libraries in the Clouds

Libraries, Publishers, Vendors - The eBook Whitewater

Libraryhack : Setting content free

Multiliteracy is the new Information Literacy

My Info Quest: Providing Text Message Reference in Libraries of All Types

Outreach through Gaming

Privacy and the First Amendment , Friends or Foes in Cyberspace?

Proactively scanning Twitter & the web for feedback - How are users reacting?

Reading 2.0: the new role for librarians

Situating the Academic Library for Digital Natives: Enhancing Student Learning Through DLMs

The Embedded Librarian: A Crucial Addition to Online Courses

The Future of Emerging Technologies in Libraries

The Impact of Technology on Library Design

The Texting Librarian

The Unmined Potential of Ebooks: Create Passionate Patrons & Promote your Library

Developing a customized definition of enbedded librarianship.

Today's Libraries and the Self-Checkout Technology

Using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Agents to Enhance Library Information Services

Web 2.0 Tools For You - A Cybrarian's Guide to Free Resources on the Web and their Practical Application in Libraries and other Work Environments

Who needs a computer? I have a QR Reader!