Comments on: LIS course in Social Software

By: Carmen Kazakoff-Lane

Carmen Kazakoff-Lane — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:39:44 +0000

Hi:

I think the course sounds great. Is there any way you could do this as a live DE course for professionals in the field? It would be great if you could broadcast it, and use some of the same technology to enable collaboration by people outside of the classroom?

By: les

les — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:25:04 +0000

this sounds well interesting…….i’m doing a course in London (uk). Wish we had something like this. Best of luck and be interested to see how it goes……..

By: John

John — Thu, 18 May 2006 12:21:09 +0000

First I’ve heard of it. I hope to sign up next term.

By: aleah

aleah — Thu, 18 May 2006 00:51:41 +0000

I would love to take this course. I’m currently a library student, and my school offers many classes on technology — but nothing with this much meat in it! Please keep us posted on how this progresses.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:42:05 +0000

Contrast this with the posting on the ALA blog and attempts to stop web surfers from accessing social software in school and public libraries! Libraries really are the last line of defense for the public’s right to information access.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:06:50 +0000

YOU RULE! I want to do this at Dominican someday…so let’s talk sometime!!!

By: lauren’s library blog » social software

lauren’s library blog » social software — Wed, 17 May 2006 01:13:21 +0000

[...] Blog without a library posts about a LIS course in social software. It looks awesome! It’s a lot like what I was thinking of when I wrote about a library 102 class. It’d also be a great workshop for professional development. [...]

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:51:56 +0000

Thanks, all!

Meredith – you’re an angel! thanks for your insight and sharing your blinklist. you’ll be hearing from me soon!

Kathy – that is so cool! note to self: add “kanji + tags” to list of things to research.

By: Kathy Kawasaki

Kathy Kawasaki — Tue, 16 May 2006 02:02:17 +0000

Somebody at Superconference in February was talking about tagging and ontology, etc. I suggested that it would be interesting to look at cataloguing practices in China and Japan, since kanji are made up of “bits” ( a man standing beside a word means “integrity”). (Personal names are “bits” put together.) She thought the analogy between tagging and kanji worked well too. Are you interested in that aspect of tags, Amanda? I’d love to see a comparison of Eastern & Western practice.

By: JanieH

JanieH — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:21:36 +0000

The course outline looks fantastic! I am UWO grad from 1996 (back when it was still GSLIS) and always found that they were innovative with their course offerings. It looks like you will be more than living up to that tradition. Keep us posted on the course and how it goes.