{"id":500,"date":"2008-08-22T23:04:45","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T14:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/22\/library-20-and-beyond-getting-our-hands-dirty-library-unconference\/"},"modified":"2008-08-22T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T14:04:45","slug":"library-20-and-beyond-getting-our-hands-dirty-library-unconference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/22\/library-20-and-beyond-getting-our-hands-dirty-library-unconference\/","title":{"rendered":"Library 2.0 and Beyond: Getting our hands dirty library unconference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our hands are dirty and like many people, I’m exhausted from the unconference.<\/p>\n

Below is a copy of our final Timetable<\/a> from the unconference wiki<\/a> . People were a lot more prepared to step up to present and contribute this year – and people seemed to know a lot more about Web2.0 than they did last year. It’s very heartening that several people wrote in their feedback forms (without a prompting question) that they would like to present next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Meet At:<\/strong><\/td>\nWhere:<\/strong><\/td>\nWhy:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9am to 9.30am<\/td>\nAll meet Ground floor, State Library Theatre foyer<\/td>\nRegistrations to Unconference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.30 to 10.00am<\/td>\nGet comfy in the\u00a0Theatre<\/td>\nIntroduction to sessions, voting and housekeeping<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.00 to 10.30<\/td>\nIn the Theatre<\/td>\nLibjamming – 3 minute grabs about your Web 2.0 adventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.30 to 11am<\/td>\nTheatre foyer<\/td>\nTime for a coffee before we split for sessions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Unconference Concurrent Sessions and\/or Discusions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Session Times<\/td>\nGreat Southern Room – 4th Fl(75 capacity)<\/td>\nTraining Room- 4th fl (8 PC’s)<\/td>\nSeminar Room 2.9 – 2nd Fl(24 -30)<\/td>\nMidwest Room – Mezzanine Floor(18 – 24)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00 to 11.40<\/td>\nNing and Ravelry – Social Networking<\/td>\nGoogle Gadget<\/td>\nVideocasting vodcasting lifestreaming<\/a><\/td>\ncomputer persuasion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.40 to 12.20<\/td>\nScreencasting and Slidecasting<\/td>\nRSS Mashup<\/td>\nTwitter, plurk etc<\/td>\nevaluation, web 2.0 pilot program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.20 to 1.20pm<\/td>\nAll for\u00a0Lunch<\/strong> in the Great Southern<\/td>\nXXXXXXXXX<\/td>\nXXXXXXXXXXXXX<\/td>\nXXXXXXXXXXXXX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.20 to 2.00pm<\/td>\nWii gaming session in the Southern<\/td>\nSpecial Libraries<\/td>\ninternet censorship<\/td>\ninformation gateways<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.00 to 2.40pm<\/td>\nInspect A Gadget<\/td>\nFlickr \/ Picture Australia<\/td>\nencouraging reluctant users<\/td>\nlibrary presence in SL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.40 to 3.20<\/td>\nGood Site, Bad Site<\/td>\nsocial networking<\/td>\nweb 3.0<\/td>\nfacebook and libraries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.00 to 3.40<\/td>\nGrab a \u00a0tea, coffee, beverage if you need<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Meet at:<\/strong><\/td>\nWhere:<\/strong><\/td>\nWhy:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.40 to 3.20<\/td>\nState Library Theatre<\/td>\nSecond Life and WoW Session with Kathryn and Con- A concurrent session<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nEVERYONE BACK TO THE THEATRE<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.20 to 4pm<\/td>\nSettle back into the Theatre<\/td>\nThe Big debate – active discussion topic. Suggestion only-\u00a0 “We should stop trying to use new technologies to attract people who aren’t interested in libraries\u00a0 and focus on people who are already using us and what we already do”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4pm to 4.30pm<\/td>\nIn the Theatre<\/td>\nEvaluation and wrap up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.30 to 5pm<\/td>\nAll venues in the SLWA<\/td>\nChat, mingle, help to pack-up\/clean up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The State Library’s IT facilities were not up to supporting an event like this, with wifi dropping out, outdated PCs and software and no projectors in many rooms. This was a major frustration for many participants, others just got on with the job despite the limitations and made the best of it.<\/p>\n

I did a truncated\u00a0 session about vodcasting<\/a> – when all else technical failed, I used my eeePC and own wireless modem. We made a little video to demonstrate why Viddler is so much easier to use than YouTube:Library Unconference session on Vodcasting<\/a><\/p>\n

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I brought a big red suitcase in from home, full to the brim with hardware for the after lunch\u00a0 “Inspect a Gadget” session. Some participants played Guitar Hero on the Xbox or boxing on the wii at the same time.\u00a0 Hardware poked and prodded included:<\/p>\n