Assignments

A list of the assignments for this course, with locations for posting them, as well as readings in the course textbooks, as best as I could figure them out (rose48):

[|Week 1 Assignment: Blogs]
May 27, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen Your first assignment is in three parts. First: get signed up as an author on this blog.
 * 1) Go to the [|Edublogs Signup page], and register for a username and a blog.
 * 2) Once you have registered and confirmed your registration, email me (Rebecca–hedreenr1@southernct.edu) your username.

Second: Post a very basic bio to your own blog. ... Comment on this post with the URL of your blog. === assignment location:    http://ils599web20.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/week-1-assignment/#comments===

Third: Have a look at the library “blogosphere”. ...write a review of [a blog], on your blog:
 * What is the main topic or purpose of the blog?
 * Is it personal, professional, or mixed?
 * Is it authored by one person or several?
 * How often does the author(s) post?
 * What is the audience (fellow professionals, library patrons, kids, etc.)?
 * Any other comments you have about the blog, for instance, about the visual aspects.

 
 

[|Blogs and Library services]
June 2, 2008 — drokobi W have been using blogs to communicate in this course. The Following article reviews how and when to use blogs for providing library services: http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov03/fichter.shtml Post your comments on the contents of this site to the class blog === assignment location: [|http://ils599web20.edublogs.org/2008/06/02/blogs-and-library-services/#comments>      ===

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[|Reference 2.0]
June 2, 2008 — drokobi The implementation of web 2.0 in reference services has been referred to as Reference 2.0. The following article posted here: http://blogwithoutalibrary.net/talk/fis2007/1310.pdf Reviews Reference 2.0 concepts. Post your comments on Reference 2.0 concepts. is this new or are we putting old wine in new bottles? ===<span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">assignment location:   http://ils599web20.edublogs.org/2008/06/02/reference-20/#comments===

[| Week 2: Del.icio.us Assignment]
June 2, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen ===<span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">assignment locations:   [|http://del.icio.us/ ;][|http://del.icio.us/tag/ils599web20 ;]http://del.icio.us/rhedreen/ ; at least 5 "ils599web20" tagged sites <span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">    ===
 * 1) f you don’t have one, sign up for a del.icio.us account: http://del.icio.us/ . If you can, install the “bookmarklet” in your browser so that you can tag pages on the open web.
 * 2) Search for web2.0 as a tag. Try variations, too, like web20, web_2.0, etc. (Do you start to see one of the problems with tagging?)
 * 3) Find some interesting links tagged with web2.0 or a related tag, and tag them yourself with the course tag: ils599web20 by clicking Save This and filling out the form. They will show up at [|http://del.icio.us/tag/ils599web20].
 * 4) Choose one of the more popular links you’ve seen and click on the pink “saved by xxx other people”. Look at the tags and comments. Choose a related tag to explore. Keep tagging interesting sites.
 * 5) Add Rebecca to your network at http://del.icio.us/rhedreen/ and explore her network and tags. Keep tagging interesting sites. You can continue to tag from del.icio.us or tag directly from the web–read the directions to install a “bookmarklet” in your browser or use the Post link within your own account.
 * 6) Altogether, you should be “following” Rebecca and have tagged at least 5 sites with the course tag (and whatever other tags you want to use).
 * 7) Continue to tag sites for the rest of the course for extra participation credit.

[|Del.icio.us]
June 3, 2008 — drokobi Search the literature for any discussions on the merits or demerits of using Del.icio.us or any other social bookmarking tool in library services. You may search the web or relevant online databases in Buley. Provide a short annotation of your findings. You can add your articles to the tag on this page.

[|Week 3 - Flickr Assignment]
June 8, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen Flickr Assignment: 1.If you don’t have one, sign up for a Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/ (If you already have an account with a similar service, you can probably use that, just be sure to post a link in the comments.) 2.Add some photos. If you have a digital camera, this is easy. If you don’t, and don’t have any digital images of your own, try one of the following: a.Use the Creative Commons site (http://www.creativecommons.org/ ) to find some images that you can use freely. Choose ones with licenses that allow you to modify the works. You can find images elsewhere, but please only use those for which you have permission to use and modify. b.Use the Picnik plugin or bookmarklet (http://www.picnik.com/info/tools ) to take screenshots from the web. c.Scan some photos to your hard drive and upload them. 3.Use one of fd’s Flickr Toys ([|http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/)] to produce something that you could use in a library. This image you use must be in your Flickr account, or on your hard drive. Not all the “toys” are appropriate (if you have an idea, but aren’t sure if it’s appropriate, ask.) The posters, calendars, cards, covers, slideshows, and captioners could all work well. You can either link directly to your Flickr account in the Toys, or download from Flickr then upload the image to the Toys separately. 4.Post the resulting image to Flickr and tag it using the course tag (and whatever else you want to use). Write about how you’d use this image at your library in your blog.

[|Discussion Topic]
June 8, 2008 — drokobi What are some of barriers to podcasting in Libraries? ===<span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">assignment location: [|http://ils599web20.edublogs.org/2008/06/08/discussion-topic/#comments </span]> ===

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[|Discussion Topic 2]
June 8, 2008 — drokobi Based on your readings what are the best potential applications of Podcasting in Libraries?

[| Discussion Topic 3]
June 8, 2008 — drokobi What is it about Podcasting that makes it more appealing than other Web 2.0 applications? === <span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">assignment location: [|http://ils599web20.edublogs.org/2008/06/08/discussion-topic-3/#comments</span]> ===

Search the web for information on Podcasting resources and tag them on del.icio.us with the course tag. Create a main Podcasting Tag and organize the tags into categories such as Tools, Tutorials, best practices etc.

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[|Meebo/IM Assignment]
June 16, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen " <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Part one of the assignment is to contact me, a fellow student, or some library via IM. Then write about the experience on your blog. "

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<span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> Part two is to visit the Meebo chat room that I set up for this class, [|http://www.meebo.com/room/ils599/.] What do you think of it? Could you see using it, maybe for group work in an online class? Online “office hours”? Small group library instruction? Was there anyone there when you showed up? Have you used any other chat service, like the one in Vista? How does this compare? The chat “log” should stay up all week, so you can come in and read what your classmates have written. Again, write about it in your blog.

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[|Wiki Assignment]
June 16, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen You assignment in the wiki is to…write about wikis. There is a page that I created called Wikis in Libraries, and people have already started adding wikis.

<span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">assignment location: http://ils599web20.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+Libraries
There is a second page, Copyright in Wikis. Your assignment there is to discuss the copyright aspects of wikis, using the questions I posed as a starting point. Discuss this on the discussion page, not on the page itself.

<span style="color: rgb(148, 0, 255)">assignment location: http://ils599web20.wikispaces.com/message/list/Copyright+in+Wikis
You can also create new pages, if you wish, to tackle some other aspect of wikis.

[|Week 4 topics]
June 15, 2008 — drokobi Discuss the reasons for using a wiki instead of a blog for providing a service. You may want to state what the service is and your reason for chosing the specific tool.

[|Week 4 Topics]
June 15, 2008 — drokobi What are some of the issues of concern with regards to IMs in Libraries

[|Discussion topic]
June 15, 2008 — drokobi What are some of the major differences between Blogs and Wikis

[|Final Project]
June 13, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen I know some of your have been thinking about your final projects. That’s great! Next week will be wikis and collaborative communication; in week 5 we’ll mention social networks. You can include those in your projects, too. Here are some specifics for the project:
 * The project is a plan for a web 2.0 project for a library.
 * It can be any sort of library, even one that you make up.
 * You have to give specifics about the library: type, size of the community, any specifics that impact on the project. For instance: Lack of teen participation; project aims to attract teens. Heavy teen participation; teens are asking for more collaborative activities. Grandparents interested in photosharing (Flickr). Already have book club for kids in partnership with local schools; want an online extension. Staff complaints about difficulty in updating web sites (del.icio.us, blogs). Etc.
 * The project can be aimed at the public or at staff. Intranet ideas (staff blog, staff wiki, etc.) are fine.
 * Pick 2 or 3 web 2.0 technologies or tools to include. You don’t have to limit yourself to the tools we’ve discussed, but use only free or very inexpensive tools for this exercise. A Flickr Pro membership for the library would be OK to pay for ($25), or an ad-free wiki site ($50 at wikispaces), but not OCLC’s QuestionPoint Ask-a-Librarian software (big bucks). Try to stick to the free stuff if possible.
 * Clearly state the purpose of the project, the audience, the staff and budget (if any) required, and the tools/technologies/services. Describe the tools carefully–your audience is a director, a board, or staff who may not be familiar with web 2.0 technologies. Why did you pick this tool/technology/service? What advantages will this have over whatever is being done currently, if anything is?
 * Devise a step by step plan for implementation. Do you need to do staff training? Patron training? Will something need to be added to the library web site? Are you planning a party for implementation day?
 * Are there any possible negative consequences that you need to think about? Privacy and copyright issues are big ones with many web 2.0 tools. Staff time and training may be issues for some projects. If the project is something that patrons will be involved in content creation (including commenting), how will you deal with ’spam’ and ‘vandalism’?
 * You will be posting this plan in your blog, so there are no style requirements. You might want to write it up in a word processing program, then copy and paste into your blog (fixing any formatting issues that occur with pasting, of course).
 * Length: there is no required length, but you should have at least a section each describing the library, the purpose/justification of the project, the technology and any requirements for use (staff time is likely to be the major one), the step by step implementation, plus negative consequences and how you will deal with them. That’s 5 sections, some of which may be lists.

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June 23, 2008 — Rebecca Hedreen Don’t forget that you’ll get extra credit by continuing to collect and tag things in [|del.icio.us].

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=Readings:= This Google docs spreadsheet lists the course readings: [|http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p-KtGpiwRQLcZPQLIxiU5Uw] Or, more immediately:

__Author Chapter Week (sorted by week)__ Michael Casey 1 1 Nancy Courtney 1 1 Elise Kroski 1 1 Elise Kroski 2 1 Elise Kroski 3 1 Elise Kroski 5 2 Elise Kroski 7 2 Nancy Courtney 8 2 Elise Kroski 6 3 Elise Kroski 7 3 Elise Kroski 16 3 Nancy Courtney 4 3 Michael Casey 6 3 Michael Casey 6 4 Nancy Courtney 3 4 Elise Kroski 13 5 Elise Kroski 17 5 Michael Casey 9 5

__Author Chapter Week (sorted by author and chapter)__ Elise Kroski 1 1 Elise Kroski 2 1 Elise Kroski 3 1 Elise Kroski 5 2 Elise Kroski 6 3 Elise Kroski 7 2 Elise Kroski 7 3 Elise Kroski 13 5 Elise Kroski 16 3 Elise Kroski 17 5 Michael Casey 1 1 Michael Casey 6 3 Michael Casey 6 4 Michael Casey 9 5 Nancy Courtney 1 1 Nancy Courtney 8 2 Nancy Courtney 4 3 Nancy Courtney 3 4