into the real world
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A day in the worklife of a new librarian presented to students enrolled in Communications - Information and MediaTRANSCRIPT
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Into the real world
Sophie McDonald
image by dullhunk
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www.xtranormal.com
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A day on the job
Reference help
Information literacy training Meetings
Collection management
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Getting connected with iGoogle
http://www.google.com/ig
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http://www.google.com/reader
Stay in touch with RSS feeds
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To check out the blogs
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and keep up with emerging trends www.wordle.net
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save things for later delicious.com/sophamac
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Share things on Twitter & Facebook
bit.ly
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Play with new things http://layar.com/
http://www.hunch.com/
https://wave.google.com/wave/
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write about it on my blog misssophiemac.blogspot.com
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From uni to work
Most important things:• team work• project management• ability to understand user needs• understanding information management systems • understanding online environments and related
practices• be creative and play!
If you want to do really well: • read widely, analyse and synthesise ideas• critically reflect on issues• apply theory to practice through innovative ideas• plan, design, implement and promote new
systems/services image by FestiveFrog
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Team work! Using collaborative tools
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Writing for journals and conferences
inCite article published
paper accepted for VALA 2010
McDonald, S., & Tiffen, B. 2009, ‘UTS Library gets social using social media to connect with users’, InCite, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 15.
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Facebook and Twitter projectsTimeline • discussion began on intranet forum • debate about pros and cons ensued• review of existing libraries on FB & TW• working group established to determine
scope of project• sites created and tested• social media policy written • sites launched and promoted July 2009• short training sessions held for staff• staff updates and auto updates • statistics and evaluation conducted• presentations given and papers
published• Over 300 fans as of Oct 2009• growing number of 'likes' and comments
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Why?
• can't expect you to come to us - so we go to you
• another way to connect with clients
• introduce new clients to the library in a way that's familiar
• informal information literacy and reference
• tips, news, events, links • fun! quizes, games, images,
video
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Thank you
Sophie McDonaldInformation Services LibrarianUTS [email protected]@misssophiemacmisssophiemac.blogspot.comslideshare.net/MissSophieMac
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