We’ve Got The Technology, Now How Do We Find The Time? Anne Welsh Chambers Librarian, 18 Red Lion Court, formerly Information Officer, DrugScope Online Information Conference Tuesday 4 December 2007
May 12, 2015
We’ve Got The Technology, Now How Do We Find The Time?
Anne Welsh
Chambers Librarian, 18 Red Lion Court, formerly Information Officer, DrugScope
Online Information Conference
Tuesday 4 December 2007
• (potential for) increased profit and profile• provision of new services or
development of existing ones• efficiency gain• cost-effectiveness
TIME
Motivations
1. Make time for development ideas
My Wishlist, 2005
2. Think big …
… then scale to suit your resources
3. Keep up with new technology ...
… it may be more relevant over time
4. Make friends with feeds
Feed-reading saved DrugScope 2 days a week
5. Reuse and Repurpose …
… again …
… and again …
… and again
2.0 Timesavers
Monitoring sources using feeds
2.0 Timesavers
Feeds direct from the catalogue
2.0 Timesavers
Semi-automated blog posts
Flash demo at http://chillrssblog.wordpress.com/extras/semi-automated-catalogue-posts/
2.0 Timesavers
Commoncraft videos
Ideal for information literacy training – http://www.commoncraft.com/
2.0 Shortcuts
Social Bookmarking
2.0 Time Investments
Google Custom Search
2.0 Time Investments
Wikis to share knowledge
2.0 for All?
DON’T do it because it’s 2.0
DON’T do it because everyone else is 2.0
Do it because it meets your business needs for efficiency and time