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Hot off the Presses!
PODCAST: Cybele Werts interviews Daphne Worsham,
Assistant Director of the Western Regional Resource
Center
Daphne has been an information professional for ten
years, and has developed our network thesaurus from its
near beginning as a paper document to its current
incarnation as an online database. Her special skills in
this area are of particular interest to information
specialists interested in indexing or who may be
developing controlled vocabularies for their audience.
We also discuss how things are changing on the internet
particularly with the use of user-generated tagging such
as with YouTube. The printed version of this interview
will run in the March, 2008 issue of
Information
Outlook, the Journal of the
Special Libraries
Association. The interview is about 37 minutes long.
A
Super Handy Tool for your 21st Century
Techno-Toolbox
We’re all familiar with webcams as the weapon of choice
for chatting with friends or checking out the city from
Times Square, but is it possible that they could be used
in an educational or training setting? After having
researched this subject extensively, I discovered that
there is almost nothing in the literature about using
this very useful technology as a collaboration tool. So
I set about researching similar delivery methods such as
videoconferencing and distance learning, and talking to
colleagues to develop some best practices around
webcams. Here are my findings, and I think you’ll find
them quite surprising. And don’t worry, this article is
as lighthearted reading as my others; I won’t bore you
with too much techno or pedagogical sermons. On the
other hand, you will find some very useful tools and
strategies for your training and collaboration work.
This article will run in an upcoming issue of
Information
Outlook,
the Journal of the
Special Libraries
Association.
Tips for SLA Conference First Timers – from a Wildly
Experienced Second Timer! for the June, 2008 Special
Libraries Conference in Seattle, WA
On the way back from
last summer’s Special Libraries Association (SLA)
conference in Denver I got stuck in the airport during a
storm. Luckily I’m a writer so I can entertain myself
just about anywhere, so I drafted a list of things I
wished I’d known before I’d gone to Denver. Fast forward
to March 2008 and I sense the Force (as in The Force
be with You) emanating from the direction of my file
cabinet. A quick look turns up these very notes, just in
time to share them with those of you attending your
first SLA conference this year in Seattle. So here’s my
tips and strategies for coping with days of wildly new
ideas being packed into your head, new and old friends
to meet and catch up with, piles of marketing goodies,
stacks of delicious food, and of course all kinds of
fabulous sights to see.
This article will run in the May, 2008 issue of
Information
Outlook,
the Journal of the
Special Libraries
Association.
Technology in the Service of Collaboration and Training
Invasion of the Podcasts; the Story of a Technology Coming
to your Town. Information Outlook, the journal of the
Special Libraries Association, October, 2007.
Technology as a Catalyst for Personal and Organizational
Change. Information Outlook, the journal of the Special
Libraries Association, June, 2007.
Shocked by the Future; An Info Pro Explains how Alvin
Toffler Got it Right (Cover Article). Information Outlook,
the journal of the Special Libraries Association, October
2006.
Tales from the Trenches; Using Today's Technology, Planning
for Tomorrow's. A roundtable Interview with the RRFC
Information Specialists. Information Outlook, the journal of
the Special Libraries Association, November, 2006.
Organizational Change & Research
Getting in Touch with the Leader Inside Me – By a Born-Again
Information Specialist. Information Outlook, the journal of
the Special Libraries Association, Scheduled for March,
2008.
Applying Scientifically Based Research to a
Peppermint Patty. Information Outlook, the
journal of the Special Libraries Association, December,
2007.
All I Really Need to Know, I Learned on the Walls of our
Conference Room. Information Outlook, the journal of the
Special Libraries Association. October, 2007.
There is No I in Team” or How I learned to appreciate my
co-workers who don’t live and die by their ‘to do’ lists.
Information Outlook, the journal of the Special Libraries
Association, February, 2007.
Practical Tools & Strategies for Information Professionals
Don’t
Confuse Me with The Facts; Explaining Research-Based
Information To Experience-Based Listeners. Information
Outlook, the journal of the Special Libraries Association,
Scheduled to be published in April, 2008.
How to Take Better Conference Photographs; Use these
Tips for Professional Results. Your Subjects will be Happy
and Your Newsletter or Website will Shine.
Information Outlook, the journal of the Special Libraries
Association. May, 2007.
Where the Heck do I Find That? A friendly overview on how to
find stuff on the internet. Information Outlook, the journal
of the Special Libraries Association, March, 2006.
Before-and-After Magic: Creating Effective Graphs for Data
Presentation. Information Outlook, the journal of the
Special Libraries Association, March, 2004.
The Information Services Profession
Read the printed version from the September,
2007 issue of Information Outlook, the
journal of the Special Libraries Association.
Mary Ellen Bates is one of the nation's leading
experts in customized information research, having
written or co-written six books and close to 300
by-lined articles on various aspects of research and
information gathering. In her highly entertaining
style, Mary Ellen shares the secrets of online
research, from how she explored finding another home
for the bees who moved in to her front porch, to
high end research for large corporate firms and
other speciality clients. She also tells her story
of starting out as a librarian for a small company,
how she went out on her own, and eventually became
one of the best known researchers and speakers in
the country.
How Collecting Exhibit Hall Goodies can Make you a Better
Information Professional. Information Outlook, the journal
of the Special Libraries Association, July 2007.
PODCAST: John Adams, Editor of Information Outlook
Interviews Cybèle Elaine Werts at the SLA Convention in
Denver. Special Libraries Association Website, www.sla.com,
May 2007.
Interview with Scott Adams (Creator of Dilbert), Keynote
Speaker at the May, 2007 SLA Conference in Denver.
Information Outlook, the journal of the Special Libraries
Association, May, 2007.
Interview with Sarah Bombardier, Director of Futures
Research and a Competitive Intelligence Researcher for
Fletcher/CSI in Williston, VT. Information Outlook, the
journal of the Special Libraries Association, April, 2005.
An Information Specialist? How Boring is That? Information
Outlook, the journal of the Special Libraries Association,
October, 2004.
At Your Service--RRFC Information Specialists Provide the
Right Information from the Right Source at the Right time in
the Right Format. Information Outlook, the journal of the
Special Libraries Association, August, 2003.
Interviews and
other issues in Education
Not Really a Disability, but Sort of; Being a Highly
Sensitive Person. Also Published on the Highly Sensitive
People Website:
http://www.sensitiveperson.com/sortof.htm, January 2007.
Interview with Marcia Young, Owner of Books on Special
Children and Publisher of the Comprehensive Directory of
Disability Resources. Information Outlook, the journal of
the Special Libraries Association, August, 2006.
Disabled
in Denver: My Adventures as a Temporarily Disabled Person.
As a regular contributor to the journal Information
Outlook, I was invited to be an official blogger for the
Special Libraries Association Denver conference. This
article ran on their website
the summer of 2007.
Communities
of Practice; Developing Relationships, Fostering Learning.
An interview with Vicki Hornus, Lead of the Least
Restrictive Environment Communities of Practice. Information
Outlook, the journal of the Special Libraries Association,
February, 2006.
Mentoring
Locally & Internationally - WestEd’s Efforts to Combat the
Teacher Shortage.
WestEd’s
R&D Alert, Fall, 2005
Other
Internet
Research Strategies; Featuring Historical Vignettes Culled from
my Toy Cash Register Collection,
Toyzine, November, 2004.
Toy Cash
Registers in the 20th
Century, Toyzine, July 2004
The Savvy Bidders Guide to eBay – Plus some tips for sellers
who want me to bid higher. Toyzine, May, 2004.
How
I Caught "Collector’s Fever" for Toy Cash Registers,
Toyzine, February, 2003.
Feature Photo Spread & Cover Photo: Wooden Fences of New
England. Explore Natural New England Magazine, Summer, 2005.
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