Action notes RISG meeting 30 November 2009 meeting at Balmain Library

Introductions Slam the boards Slam the Boards Ellen to set up an alert on the 8th of the month for ‘Slam the Boards’ Pick and choose questions to answer based on your time and expertise Consider using Slam the Boards as a reference training tool

Web 2.0- is anyone using twitter lists?

• Twitter Lists
• Useful way to aggregate a list of tweeps around a subject, eg. Romance readers for Readers’ Advisor work
• Example of library tweeting about collection titles http://twitter.com/cglibrary
• Consider your reason for using twitter and what you will use to measure whether it is successful

Planning for the future of reference and information services - what are the challenges and what are the opportunities

• Future of Reference and Information Services
• Challenges: Marketing reference services and resources – getting people to try new formats, how do we engage our users (make time to show new resources in person), getting staff to develop knowledge of range of resources (professional development), maintaining a reference collection of books/objects (do people want to visit the library to use them?)
• Opportunities: focus on intensely local information in all forms (including electronic),
• What can we stop doing to make time for the things we want to do?

Learning 2.1 http://publiclibrariesnewtechnologies.blogspot.com/

• Learning 2.1
• Re-introducing tools from Learning 2.0 that have either changed or people found challenging.
• Adding new tools that were not in Learning 2.0

Ideas for Reference at the Metcalfe

• Reference @ the Metcalfe – May 2010
• Looking for ideas for the 2010 seminar, eg. Topics you want covered or speakers you would like to hear. Send to eforsyth@sl.nsw.gov.au

• Note the RA seminar on 23/03/2010 – Murder in the Metcalfe (including Matthew Reilly)
• Gaming in Libraries – June 2010
• Digitisation – November 2010?
• Core reference collection - work being done by SSROC – Ken
• Core reference collection
• SSROC – collaborative effort by Councils in Southern Sydney – 3 suggested projects
• Consortium account for Overdrive
• Shelf ready processing
• Joining the SWIFT consortium (combined library management system/catalogue)

• Is there potential for collaborative reference? Eg core reference collection – based on brainstorming session at Lithgow RISG meeting. There is a version of the list on the forum see http://www.nsw-risg.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48&sid=0c42beff49c3b643c5ccc796c266b68a
• eBook reference titles, is anyone puchasing reference titles in this format, what publishers, has it been a success, are there any negatives(RB)?
• Ebook reference titles
• Some libraries trying a few
• Problem with ebook titles not being updated eg. Buying an old book
• General business
• State Library – new web site now includes LibraryThing for Libraries in the catalogue
• Gives, tags, people who liked this also liked that and reader reviews.
• Next meeting date and location

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