Welcome Tom Peters 12:54:07 [Tom Peters] Hi, Everyone 12:54:11 [Dorothea] hi, Tom! 12:54:12 [Meredith] hi Tom! 12:54:29 [bethtumbleson] Hi there 12:55:02 [Meredith] sounds great! 12:55:16 [Meredith] I'll be doing it next Tuesday. 12:56:33 [Meredith] dorothea, as far as my recording, I wasn't sure if you wanted me to go check the auditorium again this time to see if anyone is in there. 12:56:41 [Meredith] that would obviously interrupt the recording 12:56:48 [Dorothea] I've got Karen C. doing that, so no worries. 12:56:52 [Meredith] terrific! 12:56:57 [Meredith] you've thought of everything 12:57:41 Janelle Jarboe has joined the session 12:57:43 [Tom Peters] Karen Coombs is in the Auditorium right now, or at least someone claiming to be Karen. 12:57:51 [Dorothea] yes, that's her 12:57:57 [Dorothea] I promise. :) 12:58:07 [Meredith] we had a few folks end up in the auditorium last time. 12:58:08 lindab has joined the session 12:58:15 Reegan Breu has joined the session 12:58:49 RobinG has joined the session 12:59:04 Rita Ennen has joined the session 12:59:39 shireen has joined the session 12:59:49 Michelle has joined the session 13:00:06 [Dorothea] okay, another minute or two for latecomers 13:00:44 ellieswanson has joined the session 13:00:50 Jini has joined the session 13:01:26 [Dorothea] okay, then, five seconds! 13:01:31 [Tom Peters] got it 13:01:39 jillmarkgraf has joined the session 13:02:18 missyvandusen has joined the session 13:02:42 Lauren McMullen has joined the session 13:02:46 [Michelle] *claps for Nanette* 13:03:11 [Tom Peters] oops, lost audio 13:03:13 [Dorothea] Nanette, we just lost sound. 13:03:32 [Dorothea] heh, no problem 13:03:59 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0002.htm 13:04:19 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0003.htm 13:04:28 [Dorothea] lost audio again 13:04:34 [Tom Peters] yea, me too 13:04:36 Nanette has left the session 13:04:44 [Dorothea] oops, lost Nanette! 13:04:45 Nanette has joined the session 13:04:50 [Meredith] d'oh! 13:05:02 [Tom Peters] no problem 13:05:02 kpenner has joined the session 13:05:05 [Dorothea] we'll deal, don't worry about it :) 13:05:07 [Meredith] we totally understand 13:06:02 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0005.htm 13:07:17 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0004.htm 13:08:12 jackieerdman has joined the session 13:08:21 Jini has left the session 13:09:04 Jini has joined the session 13:10:34 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0006.htm 13:11:47 Karen Coombs has joined the session 13:12:08 [Michelle] having a schedule?! Genius! Why did I never think of that before? 13:12:11 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0007.htm 13:13:32 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0008.htm 13:14:03 [Dorothea] Participants may recall that our introductory week featured a screencast by Helene Blowers, designer of the Learning 2.0 project. 13:14:30 [Janelle Jarboe] ahhhh 13:14:42 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0009.htm 13:15:55 [Dorothea] http://www.aadl.org/aboutus/librarynews 13:16:21 [Dorothea] http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/undergrad/ 13:16:42 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0010.htm 13:16:42 [Dorothea] http://mabryonline.org/blogs/media/ 13:17:51 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0011.htm 13:18:43 [Dorothea] Could work for movie tie-ins, too. 13:18:44 [Michelle] oh hobbies, great idea, with resources for different hobbies 13:18:54 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0012.htm 13:20:10 [Michelle] I heart Kim Harrison 13:20:28 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0013.htm 13:20:45 [Karen Coombs] I'm in Mac presentation problem hell 13:20:56 [Dorothea] http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/ 13:21:41 [Tom Peters] I'll add a link to the slides to the OPAL archive. 13:21:45 [Michelle] http://www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/education/components/blog/default.php?sectionid=681 east chapel Hill 13:21:51 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0014.htm 13:21:56 [Dorothea] http://plymouthlibrary.org/yabibs.htm 13:21:57 [Karen Coombs] Thanks Tom 13:22:00 [Michelle] oh thx, tom 13:22:55 [shireen] wow, i didn't even know spam could get into blogs...there's a lesson for the day 13:23:20 [Dorothea] Email spam can't, but spammers have definitely targeted blog comments. 13:23:46 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0019.htm 13:23:46 [Karen Coombs] we are having such problem with blog comment spam it is taking down our blog server 13:24:17 [Karen Coombs] Luckily there are technical solutions that I can post on the 5 weeks site 13:24:45 karenpardue has joined the session 13:24:56 [kbradley] Do the spammers write programs to seek out the blog commenting section? 13:25:02 [Dorothea] Yes, exactly. 13:25:46 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0015.htm 13:25:50 [Karen Coombs] The problem with moderator approval is that you can still get the server taken down 13:26:10 [Dorothea] yes, frisky spambots can do terrible things to servers 13:27:10 [Karen Coombs] Movable Type is more susceptible to getting taken out by frisky spambots 13:27:11 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0017.htm 13:27:49 kbradley has left the session 13:28:46 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0020.htm 13:28:47 [Meredith] our site's design for the course was done by an intern! 13:28:55 [Dorothea] Academic librarians should talk to the IT and graphic-design departments on campus. 13:29:08 kbradley has joined the session 13:30:50 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0021.htm 13:31:04 [Dorothea] can't hear you, Nanette 13:31:05 Nanette has left the session 13:31:10 Nanette has joined the session 13:31:11 [shireen] me neither 13:31:16 [mepeppers] No audio on this end as well 13:31:21 [Dorothea] oops, there went her connection! welcome back! 13:32:21 [Karen Coombs] Different blog software has different levels of users so you can make some people be able to create posts but not make them live. Other people can be responsible for reviewing and approving 13:32:44 [Karen Coombs] We do this with the LITA Blog 13:33:05 [Michelle] we use WordPress for the LITA Blog 13:33:19 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0022.htm 13:34:09 [Michelle] we also recently started using a new plugin that makes podcasting from WordPress ridiculously easy and keeps great stats 13:34:43 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0023.htm 13:34:53 [Karen Coombs] There is a plugin for Movable Type to do this sort of thing as well 13:35:01 [jillmarkgraf] That's a biggie. Putting it in a performance plan. There's so much pressure on us to publish in peer reviewed journals, even if that's not the best way to serve our patrons! 13:35:21 [Dorothea] I hear you, Jill. 13:35:48 TiahEdmunsonMorton has joined the session 13:35:55 [Michelle] and it makes expectations known if they are in the review 13:36:03 [Karen Coombs] I strongly suggest that people who are blogging setup ego feeds to see what posts are popular and then add a list of those links to the blog to your portfolio 13:36:19 [jillmarkgraf] ego feed? 13:36:23 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0024.htm 13:37:04 [Meredith] An ego feed is an RSS feed of a search for who has referred to your blog 13:37:04 [Karen Coombs] using technorati you can search for your name or your blog url and get a list of pages that have your name or link to your blog. 13:37:07 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0025.htm 13:37:17 [Karen Coombs] there are other tools for doing this as well 13:38:02 karenbjork has left the session 13:38:06 [Dorothea] A real search string on my blog: "tutorial de pop up book". Go figure. 13:38:28 [Janelle Jarboe] that's a good one 13:38:47 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0026.htm 13:38:58 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0027.htm 13:40:06 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0028.htm 13:40:06 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0029.htm 13:40:08 [Tom Peters] javascript:GoToSld('slide0027.htm'); 13:40:08 [Tom Peters] javascript:GoToSld('slide0027.htm'); 13:40:08 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0027.htm 13:41:23 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0028.htm 13:42:11 [Michelle] love the tournament of books! 13:42:28 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0029.htm 13:42:28 bethtumbleson has left the session 13:42:48 nancysmith has joined the session 13:44:26 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0030.htm 13:45:21 [Dorothea] oh, thanks for this! it came up in our group chat last night 13:45:39 [ellieswanson] i was just looking for a list like this today. great. 13:45:47 [karenpardue] Short staff feedback surveys would maybe help with keeping everyone happy about the blog 13:45:56 [Dorothea] Good idea, Karen. 13:46:07 [Meredith] LibWorm is another library blog search tool 13:46:26 [Tom Peters] http://www.opal-online.org/5weeksDonohue_files/slide0031.htm 13:46:41 [ellieswanson] if you're in a really small library, like i am, a tip would be to try to draw in others as much as possible. otherwise you'll burn out. 13:46:52 [Dorothea] absolutely 13:47:12 [Janelle Jarboe] how many staff members do you have working/posting to your blog? 13:47:14 [Dorothea] written or spoken :) 13:47:34 [ellieswanson] how did you solicit your bloggers? 13:48:07 missyvandusen has left the session 13:48:35 [Dorothea] Nanette, this sounds like an effort that goes beyond the librarians. Is that accurate? 13:49:01 [Meredith] do you have an explicit blog policy up on your blogs? 13:49:17 [ellieswanson] have your statistics gone up steadily or is there something of a break-even point? 13:49:52 [Meredith] yeah, a lot do not have policies 13:49:54 [nancysmith] I work with lots of small libraries that have few or only 1 regular staff. Is there anyone out there that is successful in getting something going in that type of settting. 13:50:12 [Tom Peters] Has the library admin's opinion of (or attitude toward) library blogging evolved over time and with experience? 13:50:42 [Dorothea] Nancy, why don't you open that question on the FiveWeeks blog after the webcast is over? It's a great question, and I'd like to see the larger blogosphere weigh in on it. 13:50:48 [Meredith] I know there are a number of library blogs run by an individual librarian 13:50:53 [Meredith] particularly teen blogs 13:50:58 [Janelle Jarboe] Nancy... I would be very intersted in the same information, too. 13:51:02 cheriduncan has left the session 13:51:11 [josalyngpl] How long did training staff take? 13:51:15 [RobinG] We have one solo staff member handling our blog at this time. 13:51:20 [Reegan Breu] Nancy, me too. 13:51:26 [Michelle] yes on teh attitude question, we struggled with that a LOT in my small group this morning 13:51:58 [Dorothea] Nanette, how did you get stuck with that awful software? 13:52:23 [josalyngpl] thanks 13:52:58 [Meredith] ugh! how annoying! 13:53:01 [Janelle Jarboe] yuck 13:53:06 [Michelle] annoying, indeed 13:53:51 [Dorothea] any more questions? 13:53:57 [Janelle Jarboe] How did your get the word out to your patrons about your blog? I 13:54:03 [Janelle Jarboe] or blog(s) 13:54:25 [Tom Peters] Do you care to make any predictions about the future of library blogging? 13:54:38 lindab has left the session 13:55:01 [Meredith] bookmarks are a great publicity tool! We did that for our IM reference service 13:55:32 [josalyngpl] Are there any library blog grants out there? If you wanted to purchase software eventually. 13:56:10 [Meredith] Yes! Wordpress is great! 13:56:18 [Dorothea] up with WordPress! :) 13:56:26 [Meredith] and you can have it hosted by them or on your own server 13:56:35 [Dorothea] okay, anybody else? 13:56:42 [josalyngpl] yeah - I have been experimenting with Word Press and it is great. Thanks 13:57:05 Jini has left the session 13:57:18 [Meredith] Thank you so much for this, Nanette! I learned so much from it! 13:57:19 [Michelle] thanks, nanette. great info. 13:57:19 [karenpardue] This was a great presentation, Nanette! 13:57:23 [jackieerdman] Thanks nanette, and hope you are surviving the 4 ft snow drifts (I’m originally from urbana and my parents told me about it!) 13:57:23 [Tom Peters] Thanks, Nanette and the 5 Weeks Team! 13:57:25 [Karen Coombs] one thing you have to think about is if you want a blog or blogs. That makes a difference what software you choose 13:57:25 [Janelle Jarboe] Yes, it was! 13:57:29 [RobinG] Yes, wonderful, thank you! 13:57:31 [ellieswanson] clap. clap. 13:57:33 TiahEdmunsonMorton has left the session 13:57:35 [jillmarkgraf] This has been really useful and interesting. Thanks! 13:57:36 [Dorothea] *applause* 13:57:37 [Lauren McMullen] Thanks, Nanette! 13:57:38 [josalyngpl] thanks so much! 13:57:45 ellieswanson has left the session 13:57:48 [kbradley] Thank you! 13:57:49 [Michelle] *claps* 13:57:56 [Rita Ennen] Thank you! This presentation has given me a lot of ideas to improve our blog! 13:57:56 [karenpardue] bye 13:58:01 RobinG has left the session 13:58:06 Lauren McMullen has left the session 13:58:06 nancysmith has left the session 13:58:07 Rita Ennen has left the session 13:58:08 [Michelle] woot, tom 13:58:10 karenpardue has left the session 13:58:11 jillmarkgraf has left the session 13:58:15 Janelle Jarboe has left the session 13:58:20 josalyngpl has left the session 13:58:21 mepeppers has left the session 13:58:21 jackieerdman has left the session 13:58:22 kbradley has left the session 13:58:22 Reegan Breu has left the session 13:58:34 [Nanette] thanks everyone! 13:58:44 [Dorothea] that was thirty-one flavors of AWESOME, Nanette! 13:58:45 [Meredith] Thanks! 13:58:57 [Meredith] It really was great. I found a lot of new blogs to check out! 13:59:01 [Nanette] thanks! 13:59:05 [Michelle] wonderful, i think it gave them a lot to think about 13:59:13 [Michelle] and me too 13:59:13 [Karen Coombs] Good stuff for them to think about 13:59:30 [Meredith] Yeah, they're really thinking about the practical stuff (publicity, policies, comments, etc.) 13:59:37 [Meredith] it's nice to see :) 13:59:41 [Michelle] it is 13:59:50 [Dorothea] makes me think we're doing something sustainable here, which is a good feeling 13:59:53 [Karen Coombs] I'll make sure to get a tech post up about comment spam and how to deal with it ASAP 13:59:59 [Dorothea] thanks, Karen 13:59:59 [Meredith] great idea, Karen! 14:00:14 [Karen Coombs] I'm in the middle of spam war right now so it is good to talk about it 14:00:27 [Meredith] oh, you poor thing. That is rough. 14:00:32 [Dorothea] ugh 14:00:37 [Meredith] I've certainly had that in the past 14:00:45 [Nanette] gotta log off now--my practicum student is here, and i need to give her something exciting to do! 14:00:46 [Dorothea] we had another one on FiveWeeks today -- I closed the post in question, since it was an intro one. 14:00:54 [Dorothea] okay, thanks, Nanette! 14:00:55 [Nanette] thanks so much for this opportunity--it was a lot of fun! 14:00:56 [Karen Coombs] Luckily Blake offered me suggestions about ways to deal with it. 14:00:58 [Meredith] thanks for doing this Nanette! C ya! 14:00:59 Nanette has left the session 14:01:17 [Meredith] Yeah, I'm sure Blake is an expert by now 14:01:22 [Dorothea] he must be! 14:01:22 shireen has left the session 14:01:35 [Karen Coombs] FYI it doesn't seem like we had anyone in the wrong room today. I checked for Dorothea 14:01:41 [Meredith] good! 14:01:45 [Dorothea] I had one person IM me for the direct link. 14:01:48 [Michelle] good 14:01:51 [Dorothea] Which I gave her, and no problem. 14:01:57 [Meredith] I've got to run. Back to digging out from the snow storm. I still can't get my car out! 14:02:09 [Dorothea] yes, I should go do some work or something 14:02:17 [Dorothea] or they'll wonder what they're paying me for! :) 14:02:18 [Meredith] c y'all later! 14:02:21 [Dorothea] bye! 14:02:23 [Meredith] Thanks Tom! 14:02:24 [Karen Coombs] I'm going to save the auditorium link so I can check for people there to make sure noone ends up in the wrong place 14:02:33 [Dorothea] good plan 14:02:46 Meredith has left the session 14:02:53 [Karen Coombs] bye everyone 14:02:55 Dorothea has left the session 14:03:17 Karen Coombs has left the session 14:05:57 kpenner has left the session 14:06:22 [Michelle] later 14:06:23 ellieswanson has joined the session 14:06:24 Michelle has left the session 14:06:30 ellieswanson has left the session