LIB 101 Introduction to Library Services for Paraprofessionals

FALL 2011 -- Instructor Krista Goguen Krista Goguen

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Week 8:Social Networking and Libraries (Library 2.0); Library Associations; Midterm
Introduce assignments: "Exploring Library Issues" and Library Discussion Lists and Blogs.

We will have the Midterm after the break (covers classes 1-7, textbook chapters 1-4, appendices B,C,D)
Midterm study guide

Library Associations

Mission/Goals: provide support for libraries and library staff, including: communication (conferences, periodicals, blogs), research, "best practices", training, lobbying, etc.

• Examples:
  • American Library Association (www.ala.org)
    • Divisions
      • Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC)
      • American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
      • Public Library Association (PLA)
      • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
      • Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
      • Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS)
        
    • American Libraries Direct (bimonthly magazine)
      
  • California Library Association www.cla-net.org
    
    • California School Library Association www.csla.net
      
      • 2011 California Library Association and California School Library Association Annual Conference & Exposition
        in Pasadena Nov 11-13, 2011
  • Special Libraries Association www.sla.org

    SLA - Southern California Chapter (SLA-SCC)

    Southern California Association of Law LIbraries (SCALL)
    

  • COLT (Council on Library/Media Technicians) http://colt.ucr.edu/

Library Consortia (Examples)

Southern California Library Cooperative www.socallibraries.org (SCLC)
"SCLC is an association of 46 independent city and special district public libraries located in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties which have agreed to cooperate in providing library service to the residents of all participating jurisdictions. SCLC provides member libraries a resource-sharing network and a means for enhancing the level and diversity of resources available to library users, while reducing duplication of effort." (reference center, training, resource-sharing)

Community College Library Consortium (California) www.cclibraries.org
(collaborative purchasing, database licensing, resource sharing, etc.)

OCLC www.oclc.org (resource sharing, collaborative cataloging, WorldCAT, Webjunction, etc.)

California State Library   (about the CA State Library)

• InfoPeople Project

Library 2.0: Blogs, Wikis, social networking, etc.

• What are Blogs? Blogs in Plain English by Commoncraft (view on YouTube)
  
• What are Wikis? Wikis in Plain English by Commoncraft (view on YouTube
  
• What is Social Networking? Social Networking in Plain English by Commoncraft (view on YouTube
  
  • CMO.com "The Social Networking Landscape"
    
• What are e-mail discussion lists (listservs)? General information about ALA mailing lists
  
• OPTIONAL: Using "Really Simply Syndication" to read blogs and wikis
  • RSS in Plain English (by Commoncraft) (view on Viddler)
    
• Blogs, Wikis and RSS (1 page handout from ALA)

• Library Examples:

• The Blogging Libraries Wiki List of examples of library blogs
  
• American Libraries Blog Links List of library blogs

• Santa Barbara City College Library 2.0 Example of a library wiki
  
• Altadena Public Library - Teen Blog
  
• PCC Library Technology Blog

Reading Assignment: 

• Textbook: Chapters 5, 6 and 7 (read by Nov 1)

Homework Assignment: Exploring Library Issues and topic guide

Homework Assignment: Begin Assignment 8 Library Discussion Lists and Blogs (25 points) Due 11/22

Resources for Assignment 8:

• Select from one of the following Library-related Discussion Lists:

  • CALIX California Library Information Exchange
  • Fiction_L (Readers Advisory for fiction)
  • CALIBK12: The official discussion group for the California School Library Association (CSLA)
    (or visit the csla.net website main page to subscribe)
  • PubLib: discussion for public librarians and those interested in public libraries
  • CJC-L: Community College libraries
  • ILI-L: Academic Libraries - Information Literacy

• *Select one Library Related Blog from American Librares Blog Links

Reading Response 5 Ch. 5 (due 10/25):
Answer Study Question #7, page 140, but use www.usa.gov. (Use the A-Z Agency List or select Federal Government then Executive Branch to see a list of Departments. *List the name of 5 Federal Agencies their direct website address (e.g. www.ed.gov) and one reason each might be useful.

rev 10/17/11