Things I’d like to do at Library Camp
Library Camp is coming up at AADL on Friday, April 14th. This event is an unconference using the open space format, which throws several much-needed wrenches into the typical conventions of, well, conventions. First, instead of suffering through a dull or irrelevant session, looking for a polite chance to ditch, you are encouraged — even required — to walk out of any session you find unproductive or uninteresting. Also, no pre-arranged agenda. One of the first things we’ll do at the event is propose some sessions and put together the schedule for the day based on who’s there and what they’re looking for.
In the meantime, I’ve thought of a few things that might be interesting sessions for the event. There is a great group of people coming, and I think it’s a great opportunity to actually produce some things. So, here are my ideas for sessions:
- Library 2.0: Threat or MENACE? (What does it mean, what’s to come?)
- Tags in the OPAC: the roles and balance of taxonomies and folksonomies
- IM applications in Libraries, current and potential
- Reclaiming Serendipity: Lost Features of the card catalog that OPACs should offer
- DRM and the future of library downloads
- Gaming in the library: thinking big
- Library Podcasting: Projects and Possibilities
- Netflix and other alternate circulation schemes
- Stats and metrics: new ways to collect and analyze use data
- Online community building: starting points and brainstorming
- hackfest?
- collaborative authoring of a document, maybe a guide to library 2.0 tools?
The idea is that sessions are interactive, more of a collaborative effort than a presentation, and I think we’ll try to make sure that there are bloggers in each session, and that posts are tagged accordingly. I’ve posted these ideas on the Library2 wiki, so please add to and modify this list.
Also at AADL on the 14th is the first-ever AADL-GT Retro Octathalon, an olympic-style event for all ages where all competitors will compete for overall and single-event high scores on 8 vintage (pre-1990) video games, with a championship for the highest scorers at the end of the night. Adult qualifiers start at 6, so you can attend Library Camp all day, and then give your thumbs some much-needed exercise.
These are going to be two very cool events, and a very busy day!
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[...] In the spirit of getting the ball rolling on some Library Camp session ideas, I’d like to toss out some topics that interest me. Being that the April 14th unconference follows open spaces guidelines, I’m not expecting to get to all, or even most of these topics, but the point is to start thinking about these things beforehand. [...]