Comments on: Second Life Workshops in an Academic Library or “Fluffy librarianship”. http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/ It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:27:46 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Simone http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Simone Wed, 23 May 2007 17:23:46 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/#comment-2875 Ha ha, keep having fun, and congrats on the invitation, that's very cool! I still have never been in second life, have never been into 'live' chatting, or computer games or anything like that, so I don't think I'll like it much, so can't be bothered looking into it, have enough other things to learn and waste time on! :D And I'm afraid I might like it, and get addicted...! Which I certainly don't have time for!! Ha ha, keep having fun, and congrats on the invitation, that’s very cool!

I still have never been in second life, have never been into ‘live’ chatting, or computer games or anything like that, so I don’t think I’ll like it much, so can’t be bothered looking into it, have enough other things to learn and waste time on! :D And I’m afraid I might like it, and get addicted…! Which I certainly don’t have time for!!

]]> By: Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 Kathryn Greenhill Wed, 23 May 2007 09:19:05 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/#comment-2856 I agree - OSS projects and how we can apply them in libraries are exciting. We should be working hard to engage other librarians in this. We should be creating "proof of concept" projects and showing our colleagues how they make their lives easier. Like you, most of my time following new things in librarianship (be it Second Life, blogging, library unconferences, creating a vodcast) is done in my own time, with slivers of it benefitting my workplace. I am extremely lucky to have a library management who believe that it is worth putting staff time into emerging technology - so I do get to do fun things...on the proviso that I can communicate why they may be useful to our staff, and pass the skills on as quickly as possible. This defines the projects I can work on - immediately engaging projects with the best chance of exposing staff to new skills and attitudes are my focus. (My secret plan is that when they are all skilled up and still enthusiastic for new technology, I'll hit them one, two, three with Firefox Extensions and widgets and embedded apps and..... ) I agree – OSS projects and how we can apply them in libraries are exciting. We should be working hard to engage other librarians in this. We should be creating “proof of concept” projects and showing our colleagues how they make their lives easier.

Like you, most of my time following new things in librarianship (be it Second Life, blogging, library unconferences, creating a vodcast) is done in my own time, with slivers of it benefitting my workplace.

I am extremely lucky to have a library management who believe that it is worth putting staff time into emerging technology – so I do get to do fun things…on the proviso that I can communicate why they may be useful to our staff, and pass the skills on as quickly as possible.

This defines the projects I can work on – immediately engaging projects with the best chance of exposing staff to new skills and attitudes are my focus.

(My secret plan is that when they are all skilled up and still enthusiastic for new technology, I’ll hit them one, two, three with Firefox Extensions and widgets and embedded apps and….. )

]]> By: matthias http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/comment-page-1/#comment-2832 matthias Wed, 23 May 2007 05:48:46 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/23/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship/#comment-2832 I'm one of those people that has a "that's a load of crap" expression on my face when someone shows me Second Life. However, I digress... I find open source library software exciting in the same way that you find Second Life exciting. I'm most excited by the fact that I can contribute to OSS projects, if I'm so inclined (in fact, I recently contributed to <a href="http://www.libx.org/" rel="nofollow">LibX</a>). The problem is that nobody pays me to get excited about open source library software. I want your job for your freedom :-P I’m one of those people that has a “that’s a load of crap” expression on my face when someone shows me Second Life.

However, I digress… I find open source library software exciting in the same way that you find Second Life exciting. I’m most excited by the fact that I can contribute to OSS projects, if I’m so inclined (in fact, I recently contributed to LibX). The problem is that nobody pays me to get excited about open source library software.

I want your job for your freedom :-P

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