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<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Next Meeting==<br />
Monday, January 9, 2012, 2 to 4 pm, in the Trail Room at the SLAIS Offices<br />
<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.<br />
<br />
==Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox)==<br />
The conference planners from last year were kind enough to provide a Dropbox account of the documents used in the 2010 conference. ''The documents that everyone should have a look at are the '''[[Media:Conference_Task_List_V3.pdf|Conference Task List]]''' and the '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiZSWQ5KVFfmdEtXbDhJSlI3YkYwMUtWNlJ0X2lJbFE&hl=en_GB|2010 Grad Conference Project Timeline]''' that were sent to the list via email. Both of these documents will be helpful at our planning meeting on Friday, September 9th; please try to read through them before the meeting and/or bring them with you to the meeting.''<br />
<br />
The following is a list of the documents that Rachel found most relevant and that we'll most likely use as templates for our documents:<br />
<br />
'''Scheduling & Preparation:'''<br />
* Conference Timeline (Excel & PDF)<br />
* Meeting Agendas<br />
* Meeting Minutes<br />
* Task List (Pre-Conference, Keynote Speaker Coordination, Presenter Coordination, Promotion, Registration, Day-Of Activities, Post-Conference Activities)<br />
<br />
'''Funding:'''<br />
* Letter to J. Saltman asking her to forward SLAIS funding request<br />
* Email to MACL professors re: funding request<br />
* SLAIS funding request<br />
* Innovative Projects Fund Application<br />
<br />
'''Pre-Conference:'''<br />
* Formal Conference Proposal<br />
* Call for Creative Writing (version 1 & PDF)<br />
* Call for Papers<br />
* Proposal Submission Form<br />
* Guide for Reviewers (of submitted papers)<br />
* Creative Writing Acceptance Template<br />
* Creative Writing Submission Form (for accepted creative writing presenters)<br />
* Acceptance Letter (for papers)<br />
* Acceptance Letter for Presenters<br />
* Keynote Speaker Confirmation Letter (with travel & accommodation information and request for biography, AV requirements, etc.)<br />
<br />
'''Day-Of:'''<br />
* Day of Conference Schedule<br />
* Day-Of Chairing Schedule<br />
<br />
'''Budget:'''<br />
* Budget vs. Actual Expenditure (August 2010)<br />
* Itemized Cost Breakdown (August 2010)<br />
<br />
'''Miscellaneous:'''<br />
* Scans of 2009 Conference Documents<br />
* Website documents<br />
* Wrap-up Documents<br />
* Survey Documents<br />
* Promotional Documents</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=112775Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-09-06T05:13:54Z<p>JJU: /* Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox) */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Next Meeting==<br />
Friday, September 9, 2011, 1 to 3 pm, in the Trail Room at the SLAIS Offices<br />
<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.<br />
<br />
==Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox)==<br />
The conference planners from last year were kind enough to provide a Dropbox account of the documents used in the 2010 conference. ''The documents that everyone should have a look at are the '''[[Media:Conference_Task_List_V3.pdf|Conference Task List]]''' and the '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiZSWQ5KVFfmdEtXbDhJSlI3YkYwMUtWNlJ0X2lJbFE&hl=en_GB|2010 Grad Conference Project Timeline]''' that were sent to the list via email. Both of these documents will be helpful at our planning meeting on Friday, September 9th; please try to read through them before the meeting and/or bring them with you to the meeting.''<br />
<br />
The following is a list of the documents that Rachel found most relevant and that we'll most likely use as templates for our documents:<br />
<br />
'''Scheduling & Preparation:'''<br />
* Conference Timeline (Excel & PDF)<br />
* Meeting Agendas<br />
* Meeting Minutes<br />
* Task List (Pre-Conference, Keynote Speaker Coordination, Presenter Coordination, Promotion, Registration, Day-Of Activities, Post-Conference Activities)<br />
<br />
'''Funding:'''<br />
* Letter to J. Saltman asking her to forward SLAIS funding request<br />
* Email to MACL professors re: funding request<br />
* SLAIS funding request<br />
* Innovative Projects Fund Application<br />
<br />
'''Pre-Conference:'''<br />
* Formal Conference Proposal<br />
* Call for Creative Writing (version 1 & PDF)<br />
* Call for Papers<br />
* Proposal Submission Form<br />
* Guide for Reviewers (of submitted papers)<br />
* Creative Writing Acceptance Template<br />
* Creative Writing Submission Form (for accepted creative writing presenters)<br />
* Acceptance Letter (for papers)<br />
* Acceptance Letter for Presenters<br />
* Keynote Speaker Confirmation Letter (with travel & accommodation information and request for biography, AV requirements, etc.)<br />
<br />
'''Day-Of:'''<br />
* Day of Conference Schedule<br />
* Day-Of Chairing Schedule<br />
<br />
'''Budget:'''<br />
* Budget vs. Actual Expenditure (August 2010)<br />
* Itemized Cost Breakdown (August 2010)<br />
<br />
'''Miscellaneous:'''<br />
* Scans of 2009 Conference Documents<br />
* Website documents<br />
* Wrap-up Documents<br />
* Survey Documents<br />
* Promotional Documents</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=112774Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-09-06T05:01:43Z<p>JJU: /* Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox) */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Next Meeting==<br />
Friday, September 9, 2011, 1 to 3 pm, in the Trail Room at the SLAIS Offices<br />
<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.<br />
<br />
==Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox)==<br />
The conference planners from last year were kind enough to provide a Dropbox account of the documents used in the 2010 conference. ''The documents that everyone should have a look at are the '''Conference Task List''' [[Media:Conference_Task_List_V3.pdf Conference Task List]] and the '''2010 Grad Conference Project Timeline''' that were sent to the list via email. Both of these documents will be helpful at our planning meeting on Friday, September 9th; please try to read through them before the meeting and/or bring them with you to the meeting.''<br />
<br />
The following is a list of the documents that Rachel found most relevant and that we'll most likely use as templates for our documents:<br />
<br />
'''Scheduling & Preparation:'''<br />
* Conference Timeline (Excel & PDF)<br />
* Meeting Agendas<br />
* Meeting Minutes<br />
* Task List (Pre-Conference, Keynote Speaker Coordination, Presenter Coordination, Promotion, Registration, Day-Of Activities, Post-Conference Activities)<br />
<br />
'''Funding:'''<br />
* Letter to J. Saltman asking her to forward SLAIS funding request<br />
* Email to MACL professors re: funding request<br />
* SLAIS funding request<br />
* Innovative Projects Fund Application<br />
<br />
'''Pre-Conference:'''<br />
* Formal Conference Proposal<br />
* Call for Creative Writing (version 1 & PDF)<br />
* Call for Papers<br />
* Proposal Submission Form<br />
* Guide for Reviewers (of submitted papers)<br />
* Creative Writing Acceptance Template<br />
* Creative Writing Submission Form (for accepted creative writing presenters)<br />
* Acceptance Letter (for papers)<br />
* Acceptance Letter for Presenters<br />
* Keynote Speaker Confirmation Letter (with travel & accommodation information and request for biography, AV requirements, etc.)<br />
<br />
'''Day-Of:'''<br />
* Day of Conference Schedule<br />
* Day-Of Chairing Schedule<br />
<br />
'''Budget:'''<br />
* Budget vs. Actual Expenditure (August 2010)<br />
* Itemized Cost Breakdown (August 2010)<br />
<br />
'''Miscellaneous:'''<br />
* Scans of 2009 Conference Documents<br />
* Website documents<br />
* Wrap-up Documents<br />
* Survey Documents<br />
* Promotional Documents</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=112773Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-09-06T04:59:33Z<p>JJU: /* Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox) */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Next Meeting==<br />
Friday, September 9, 2011, 1 to 3 pm, in the Trail Room at the SLAIS Offices<br />
<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.<br />
<br />
==Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox)==<br />
The conference planners from last year were kind enough to provide a Dropbox account of the documents used in the 2010 conference. ''The documents that everyone should have a look at are the '''Conference Task List''' [[Media:Conference_Task_List_V3.pdf]] and the '''2010 Grad Conference Project Timeline''' that were sent to the list via email. Both of these documents will be helpful at our planning meeting on Friday, September 9th; please try to read through them before the meeting and/or bring them with you to the meeting.''<br />
<br />
The following is a list of the documents that Rachel found most relevant and that we'll most likely use as templates for our documents:<br />
<br />
'''Scheduling & Preparation:'''<br />
* Conference Timeline (Excel & PDF)<br />
* Meeting Agendas<br />
* Meeting Minutes<br />
* Task List (Pre-Conference, Keynote Speaker Coordination, Presenter Coordination, Promotion, Registration, Day-Of Activities, Post-Conference Activities)<br />
<br />
'''Funding:'''<br />
* Letter to J. Saltman asking her to forward SLAIS funding request<br />
* Email to MACL professors re: funding request<br />
* SLAIS funding request<br />
* Innovative Projects Fund Application<br />
<br />
'''Pre-Conference:'''<br />
* Formal Conference Proposal<br />
* Call for Creative Writing (version 1 & PDF)<br />
* Call for Papers<br />
* Proposal Submission Form<br />
* Guide for Reviewers (of submitted papers)<br />
* Creative Writing Acceptance Template<br />
* Creative Writing Submission Form (for accepted creative writing presenters)<br />
* Acceptance Letter (for papers)<br />
* Acceptance Letter for Presenters<br />
* Keynote Speaker Confirmation Letter (with travel & accommodation information and request for biography, AV requirements, etc.)<br />
<br />
'''Day-Of:'''<br />
* Day of Conference Schedule<br />
* Day-Of Chairing Schedule<br />
<br />
'''Budget:'''<br />
* Budget vs. Actual Expenditure (August 2010)<br />
* Itemized Cost Breakdown (August 2010)<br />
<br />
'''Miscellaneous:'''<br />
* Scans of 2009 Conference Documents<br />
* Website documents<br />
* Wrap-up Documents<br />
* Survey Documents<br />
* Promotional Documents</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=112772Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-09-06T04:58:49Z<p>JJU: /* Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox) */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Next Meeting==<br />
Friday, September 9, 2011, 1 to 3 pm, in the Trail Room at the SLAIS Offices<br />
<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.<br />
<br />
==Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox)==<br />
The conference planners from last year were kind enough to provide a Dropbox account of the documents used in the 2010 conference. ''The documents that everyone should have a look at are the '''Conference Task List''' [[Media:File:Conference_Task_List_V3.pdf]] and the '''2010 Grad Conference Project Timeline''' that were sent to the list via email. Both of these documents will be helpful at our planning meeting on Friday, September 9th; please try to read through them before the meeting and/or bring them with you to the meeting.''<br />
<br />
The following is a list of the documents that Rachel found most relevant and that we'll most likely use as templates for our documents:<br />
<br />
'''Scheduling & Preparation:'''<br />
* Conference Timeline (Excel & PDF)<br />
* Meeting Agendas<br />
* Meeting Minutes<br />
* Task List (Pre-Conference, Keynote Speaker Coordination, Presenter Coordination, Promotion, Registration, Day-Of Activities, Post-Conference Activities)<br />
<br />
'''Funding:'''<br />
* Letter to J. Saltman asking her to forward SLAIS funding request<br />
* Email to MACL professors re: funding request<br />
* SLAIS funding request<br />
* Innovative Projects Fund Application<br />
<br />
'''Pre-Conference:'''<br />
* Formal Conference Proposal<br />
* Call for Creative Writing (version 1 & PDF)<br />
* Call for Papers<br />
* Proposal Submission Form<br />
* Guide for Reviewers (of submitted papers)<br />
* Creative Writing Acceptance Template<br />
* Creative Writing Submission Form (for accepted creative writing presenters)<br />
* Acceptance Letter (for papers)<br />
* Acceptance Letter for Presenters<br />
* Keynote Speaker Confirmation Letter (with travel & accommodation information and request for biography, AV requirements, etc.)<br />
<br />
'''Day-Of:'''<br />
* Day of Conference Schedule<br />
* Day-Of Chairing Schedule<br />
<br />
'''Budget:'''<br />
* Budget vs. Actual Expenditure (August 2010)<br />
* Itemized Cost Breakdown (August 2010)<br />
<br />
'''Miscellaneous:'''<br />
* Scans of 2009 Conference Documents<br />
* Website documents<br />
* Wrap-up Documents<br />
* Survey Documents<br />
* Promotional Documents</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=112771Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-09-06T04:57:51Z<p>JJU: /* Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox) */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Next Meeting==<br />
Friday, September 9, 2011, 1 to 3 pm, in the Trail Room at the SLAIS Offices<br />
<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.<br />
<br />
==Documents from 2010 Conference (from Dropbox)==<br />
The conference planners from last year were kind enough to provide a Dropbox account of the documents used in the 2010 conference. ''The documents that everyone should have a look at are the '''Conference Task List''' [[File:Conference_Task_List_V3.pdf]] and the '''2010 Grad Conference Project Timeline''' that were sent to the list via email. Both of these documents will be helpful at our planning meeting on Friday, September 9th; please try to read through them before the meeting and/or bring them with you to the meeting.''<br />
<br />
The following is a list of the documents that Rachel found most relevant and that we'll most likely use as templates for our documents:<br />
<br />
'''Scheduling & Preparation:'''<br />
* Conference Timeline (Excel & PDF)<br />
* Meeting Agendas<br />
* Meeting Minutes<br />
* Task List (Pre-Conference, Keynote Speaker Coordination, Presenter Coordination, Promotion, Registration, Day-Of Activities, Post-Conference Activities)<br />
<br />
'''Funding:'''<br />
* Letter to J. Saltman asking her to forward SLAIS funding request<br />
* Email to MACL professors re: funding request<br />
* SLAIS funding request<br />
* Innovative Projects Fund Application<br />
<br />
'''Pre-Conference:'''<br />
* Formal Conference Proposal<br />
* Call for Creative Writing (version 1 & PDF)<br />
* Call for Papers<br />
* Proposal Submission Form<br />
* Guide for Reviewers (of submitted papers)<br />
* Creative Writing Acceptance Template<br />
* Creative Writing Submission Form (for accepted creative writing presenters)<br />
* Acceptance Letter (for papers)<br />
* Acceptance Letter for Presenters<br />
* Keynote Speaker Confirmation Letter (with travel & accommodation information and request for biography, AV requirements, etc.)<br />
<br />
'''Day-Of:'''<br />
* Day of Conference Schedule<br />
* Day-Of Chairing Schedule<br />
<br />
'''Budget:'''<br />
* Budget vs. Actual Expenditure (August 2010)<br />
* Itemized Cost Breakdown (August 2010)<br />
<br />
'''Miscellaneous:'''<br />
* Scans of 2009 Conference Documents<br />
* Website documents<br />
* Wrap-up Documents<br />
* Survey Documents<br />
* Promotional Documents</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/portfolio&diff=112716User:JJU/portfolio2011-09-03T03:06:50Z<p>JJU: /* Personal Learning */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Introduction ==<br />
In my co-op work term at [http://prosentient.com.au Prosentient Systems Pty Ltd], in Sydney Australia, my job description is Systems Librarian. I've learned a great deal about library systems in this position and it's given me many more options for my future career path.<br />
<br />
Prosentient Systems is a small company. Aside from me there's one part-time worker, Rob, and the owner, Edmund. I'll refer to them throughout this document.<br />
<br />
== Responsibilities ==<br />
At work I had my own desk and four major responsibilities. In my first two months at work I kept [[User:JJU/portfolio/worklog|a detailed worklog]] of what I was doing, so you can see the specific tasks. Below is the executive summary report.<br />
<br />
=== IFLA ICT Handbook Research ===<br />
In the beginning of my term in May, while I was getting acquainted with the [http://koha-community.org Koha ILS] I was going to be assisting clients with I had an outside research project to help Edmund with. Edmund is the Information Officer for the [http://www.ifla.org/ International Federation of Library Associations]. Before I arrived Edmund had been asked to write up a policy manual for the United Nations on implementing Information and Communications Technology in Parliamentary Libraries. <br />
<br />
While Edmund was writing the document, I performed supplementary research on tools that would be useful to highlight in sidebars and the like. I also organized a wiki to make the document accessible as Edmund was writing it so the other members of the committee could have access and make any suggestions or comments they'd think Edmund would find useful. Edmund took his document to the IFLA conference in August and got further feedback from the committee there. Because the handbook will be published by the United Nations the wiki I created for the document is not public.<br />
<br />
Also in the leadup to the IFLA conference I performed some layout tasks in Microsoft Publisher for the IFLA newsletter. This involved proofreading, choosing fonts and repositioning text and graphics on the page.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Support ===<br />
While the IFLA tasks were interesting they were more of a sideline to my main work which was in the realm of technical support for libraries using Prosentient-hosted Koha installations. Early in my term I spent time getting to know the software (which I had used only a slight amount before coming to Australia) but soon I was answering all sorts of questions our client libraries would call in with (or submit on our bug-tracking forums). This involved getting right into the system preferences and figuring out the ways that many different libraries could be using the software. <br />
<br />
Most of our clients are special libraries supporting different institutions/businesses including healthcare groups, museums and the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, so I got to know a lot about different procedures at these different types of libraries.<br />
<br />
Because Koha is an open-source system the code is open for tinkering with. At Prosentient, Edmund does most of the major code-rewriting but as I got more familiar with how things worked behind the scenes I was able to rewrite code to customize Koha in small ways for our clients as well.<br />
Another part of my job in regard to Koha was monitoring the Koha email lists to keep up to date with what was happening in the open-source community.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Training ===<br />
I also was responsible for training new clients in configuring and using Koha in their libraries. This involved hands-on demonstrations and public-speaking kinds of things. I had to explain software to information professionals. This is the area I feel I really shone in. My knowledge of library systems from my previous working life and my SLAIS courses (especially [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 - Cataloguing]) made the process work really well. Clients enjoyed dealing with me and I enjoyed dealing with them. In June I travelled to rural Victoria to do training for two regional hospitals on-site and on my own, and there are plans to send me out again in September (in my second term at Prosentient).<br />
<br />
=== Other Duties & Responsibilities ===<br />
Apart from those tasks I did general help with some of Prosentient's other projects including Quality Assurance testing for some of their carpooling software, graphic design tasks like making icons for a map, and maintaining databases that support some of Prosentient's hosted mailing lists. In September Rob and I began to plan a website redesign using the open-source [http://joomla.org Joomla Content Management System].<br />
<br />
== Learning Objective Progress ==<br />
=== Technical/Software Skills ===<br />
In terms of my learning objectives, I've learned a lot about Koha and how the system operates. I've been learning more about coding in the [http://www.perl.org/ Perl programming language] that Koha uses. I can make template changes in the modified HTML that Koha 3.2 uses. I can replicate code found in one module in another.<br />
<br />
I have learned to use a number of Microsoft products in this position, including the programming aspects of Visual Studio and the layout functions of Publisher.<br />
I've also been using TechSmith's Camtasia to create screencasts which has been a challenging experience (I'm used to doing my audio-visual work on Macs and the PC environment is different) but one I've adapted to well. I use Photoshop to to minor graphics modifications including creating images wholesale for some of our clients' OPACs.<br />
<br />
This has been a very technical job and all of these software skills are the kinds of things I'll be able to bring with me to new positions, making them exceedingly useful.<br />
<br />
=== Interpersonal skills === <br />
I've developed include a greater facility with the telephone. One of the biggest challenges for me has actually been getting over the fear of asking people to repeat themselves for their names, since the Australian accent isn't something I was very used to hearing before coming down to Sydney.<br />
<br />
I've also gotten to do a lot of customer service work which is always useful. I'm getting better at explaining technical things to people who, while they may not be exceedingly technical, are also not stupid. I'm learning how to get to the heart of the question people want answered, even if they aren't sure exactly what it might be.<br />
My cataloguing coursework has been invaluable leading up to this position, and as my time at Prosentient progresses I've been learning much more about the nitty-gritty of how it works for real. Many small libraries do not have the time or resources to care very much about having detailed records. I've been running up against the practicalities of making a catalogue work with the time and staff available at all sorts of special libraries, which has been very enlightening.<br />
<br />
In the summer session at SLAIS I took a course on [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr559m.htm Social Media for Information Professionals] which came in very handy. I'm the most familiar with social media in our office so I've been kind of the go-to expert on that kind of thing. I created [http://twitter.com/prosentient a Twitter account for the company] and I've been the publicizer of our efforts within our client-base, and I've learned more about how this gets integrated into a real-world business. Our redesign of the Prosentient website (which is ongoing) has also been illuminating in the "How this works in the real world" sense.<br />
<br />
I've been exposed to more special libraries during my time here in Sydney than ever before. These are a window into diverse possibilities for my future career. I've also been involved with thinking specifically about parliamentary libraries because of my work on the IFLA documents and the rest of Prosentient's work with the Parliamentary Library of New South Wales. However, I don't think parliamentary libraries are for me exactly. I much prefer the style of most of the smaller organizations I've come into contact with. I've got a much more diverse view of libraries than the traditional Public/Academic library split we often think about in school.<br />
<br />
== Personal Learning Reflections ==<br />
One of the things I was excited about in this position was the chance to help in training. I know that if I end up in an academic library some day I will have an instructional role, so having some further experience in actual instruction (not just my English teaching experience in China).<br />
<br />
The biggest learning "experience" I had in this arena was heading out to Bairnsdale, Victoria to train a pair of librarians in using Koha in a two-day session. This involved overnight train travel and being out on my own to train these clients (with cell-phone contact to the office if necessary). I was nervous but the opportunity and trust placed in me to be able to do this was extremely encouraging. <br />
<br />
I spent my two days in Bairnsdale a bit over caffeinated but I was able to show the librarians how their systems were going to work and what they could do with them. Afterwards they praised me to Edmund and because of that two day training relationship I'm sort of their go-to contact in our office. That connection with clients is something I hadn't realized I would be making, but it's something I welcome.<br />
<br />
If you're interested in a bit more reflection on my experiences, here is a short selection of posts from my blog (note that there's a bit of cussing involved on my blog, so if that bothers you, don't feel the need to read these):<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/2011/05/13/techno-babble-as-a-second-language/ Techno-babble as a Second Language]<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/2011/05/24/it-is-tough/ IT is Tough]<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/2011/05/28/introducing-yourself-to-clients-avec-suavity/ Introducing Yourself to Clients Avec Suavity]<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/2011/07/03/the-matter-of-experience/ The Matter of Experience]<br />
<br />
== Feedback ==<br />
I've had an excellent time working in the small office environment at Prosentient. Edmund and Rob offer me a lot of autonomy and guidance. I've been given the chance to figure things out myself and then come in to Edmund to figure out why I am having trouble. I feel like my role in the office is as sort of a first filter for clients to try and help sort through their issues before sending them up to Edmund. I feel like that's a useful role and frees Edmund up to do other things.<br />
<br />
One thing I feel a bit sidelined on in my role is the NSW Parliament project, but that's because of their higher stakes relationship with Edmund. I know that my contributions there need to be quick and are a priority for Edmund because they are a large and important client. My role is a supportive one and it's there that my lack of technical skill with the servers comes to the fore. This isn't a terrible thing, as being a sysadmin isn't necessarily my career goal, but I do notice it. I feel like the learning curve on that would be terribly high to get beyond the assistance I'm currently able to give in those areas.<br />
<br />
== Recommendations to Students ==<br />
A student coming to work for Prosentient should be ready and able to poke around in systems. Documenting issues that are happening to clients and figuring out why they're happening is a big part of the job, so you need to be able to think like a computer. Having cataloguing skills is really useful, as you'll often be more knowledgeable than the people you're training. You have to temper that book-knowledge with how they do things in their libraries, so being flexible and willing to adapt to the client is important.<br />
=== Life in Sydney ===<br />
As far as working in Sydney, there are a few things to be aware of. We took a long time to get my visa. In fact, I entered the country on an electronic tourist visa because my work visa hadn't come through by the time I was scheduled to start. Edmund is very flexible (this is where Prosentient being a small company really helped) so we worked out a way for me to be able to live even if I couldn't legally be working. So start on the visa early.<br />
<br />
The visa application process requires a bunch of certified copies of your original documents (like your passport and student ID). I'd thought this meant notarized or certified by a pharmacist or some other arduous procedure, but in Australia it can be a university instructor. I got SLAIS profs to sign the photocopies I sent to Australia along with the phrase "I certify these are true copies of the original documents." They also attached UBC business cards. That all worked out fine.<br />
<br />
Once I was in Sydney I also needed to get a chest X-ray as part of the visa application. It's possible you might be able to get that done in Vancouver if you're working on your visa application earlier than we were.<br />
<br />
In Sydney, rent is very expensive. Advertisements (I used domain.com.au for my rental searching) show the price per week not per month. You also need to have four weeks' bond for the landlord before you move in (this is the deposit). That adds up quickly. Edmund helped me with that for me since I wasn't getting paid as soon as I arrived. I found a place in Ultimo (the area right near Prosentient) where my girlfriend and I pay $340/week for a room with a private bathroom in a shared student accommodation place. There are 8 international students living here sharing a kitchen.<br />
<br />
If I were looking for a place here now, I would look for something more in the Redfern suburb, which would be a twenty minute bike ride away. It's a bit more affordable (if a bit more sketchy an area - think East Vancouver).<br />
<br />
As far as the work goes, I think things have gone very well and I don't know what I would change. Having a bit more background in Perl beforehand would have been useful. I've learned a lot about SQL databases while working here, but actual programming has a steeper learning curve.<br />
<br />
I've learned how friendly librarians are and the fact that I'm Canadian makes people even more accommodating. All the librarians have been very good to work with, and Edmund and Rob have been very friendly and welcoming to their co-op student from the far side of the world.<br />
<br />
== Conclusion ==<br />
I've enjoyed my time at Prosentient and feel I'm learning a lot about the kind of work that's possible in relation to libraries beyond the traditional Public/Academic type situation. Edmund has been an exceedingly supportive and encouraging supervisor who's given me lots of room to grow. This has been an excellent experience, all in all.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/portfolio&diff=112713User:JJU/portfolio2011-09-03T02:54:04Z<p>JJU: /* Life in Sydney */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Introduction ==<br />
In my co-op work term at [http://prosentient.com.au Prosentient Systems Pty Ltd], in Sydney Australia, my job description is Systems Librarian. I've learned a great deal about library systems in this position and it's given me many more options for my future career path.<br />
<br />
Prosentient Systems is a small company. Aside from me there's one part-time worker, Rob, and the owner, Edmund. I'll refer to them throughout this document.<br />
<br />
== Responsibilities ==<br />
At work I had my own desk and four major responsibilities. In my first two months at work I kept [[User:JJU/portfolio/worklog|a detailed worklog]] of what I was doing, so you can see the specific tasks. Below is the executive summary report.<br />
<br />
=== IFLA ICT Handbook Research ===<br />
In the beginning of my term in May, while I was getting acquainted with the [http://koha-community.org Koha ILS] I was going to be assisting clients with I had an outside research project to help Edmund with. Edmund is the Information Officer for the [http://www.ifla.org/ International Federation of Library Associations]. Before I arrived Edmund had been asked to write up a policy manual for the United Nations on implementing Information and Communications Technology in Parliamentary Libraries. <br />
<br />
While Edmund was writing the document, I performed supplementary research on tools that would be useful to highlight in sidebars and the like. I also organized a wiki to make the document accessible as Edmund was writing it so the other members of the committee could have access and make any suggestions or comments they'd think Edmund would find useful. Edmund took his document to the IFLA conference in August and got further feedback from the committee there. Because the handbook will be published by the United Nations the wiki I created for the document is not public.<br />
<br />
Also in the leadup to the IFLA conference I performed some layout tasks in Microsoft Publisher for the IFLA newsletter. This involved proofreading, choosing fonts and repositioning text and graphics on the page.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Support ===<br />
While the IFLA tasks were interesting they were more of a sideline to my main work which was in the realm of technical support for libraries using Prosentient-hosted Koha installations. Early in my term I spent time getting to know the software (which I had used only a slight amount before coming to Australia) but soon I was answering all sorts of questions our client libraries would call in with (or submit on our bug-tracking forums). This involved getting right into the system preferences and figuring out the ways that many different libraries could be using the software. <br />
<br />
Most of our clients are special libraries supporting different institutions/businesses including healthcare groups, museums and the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, so I got to know a lot about different procedures at these different types of libraries.<br />
<br />
Because Koha is an open-source system the code is open for tinkering with. At Prosentient, Edmund does most of the major code-rewriting but as I got more familiar with how things worked behind the scenes I was able to rewrite code to customize Koha in small ways for our clients as well.<br />
Another part of my job in regard to Koha was monitoring the Koha email lists to keep up to date with what was happening in the open-source community.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Training ===<br />
I also was responsible for training new clients in configuring and using Koha in their libraries. This involved hands-on demonstrations and public-speaking kinds of things. I had to explain software to information professionals. This is the area I feel I really shone in. My knowledge of library systems from my previous working life and my SLAIS courses (especially [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 - Cataloguing]) made the process work really well. Clients enjoyed dealing with me and I enjoyed dealing with them. In June I travelled to rural Victoria to do training for two regional hospitals on-site and on my own, and there are plans to send me out again in September (in my second term at Prosentient).<br />
<br />
=== Other Duties & Responsibilities ===<br />
Apart from those tasks I did general help with some of Prosentient's other projects including Quality Assurance testing for some of their carpooling software, graphic design tasks like making icons for a map, and maintaining databases that support some of Prosentient's hosted mailing lists. In September Rob and I began to plan a website redesign using the open-source [http://joomla.org Joomla Content Management System].<br />
<br />
== Learning Objective Progress ==<br />
=== Technical/Software Skills ===<br />
In terms of my learning objectives, I've learned a lot about Koha and how the system operates. I've been learning more about coding in the [http://www.perl.org/ Perl programming language] that Koha uses. I can make template changes in the modified HTML that Koha 3.2 uses. I can replicate code found in one module in another.<br />
<br />
I have learned to use a number of Microsoft products in this position, including the programming aspects of Visual Studio and the layout functions of Publisher.<br />
I've also been using TechSmith's Camtasia to create screencasts which has been a challenging experience (I'm used to doing my audio-visual work on Macs and the PC environment is different) but one I've adapted to well. I use Photoshop to to minor graphics modifications including creating images wholesale for some of our clients' OPACs.<br />
<br />
This has been a very technical job and all of these software skills are the kinds of things I'll be able to bring with me to new positions, making them exceedingly useful.<br />
<br />
=== Interpersonal skills === <br />
I've developed include a greater facility with the telephone. One of the biggest challenges for me has actually been getting over the fear of asking people to repeat themselves for their names, since the Australian accent isn't something I was very used to hearing before coming down to Sydney.<br />
<br />
I've also gotten to do a lot of customer service work which is always useful. I'm getting better at explaining technical things to people who, while they may not be exceedingly technical, are also not stupid. I'm learning how to get to the heart of the question people want answered, even if they aren't sure exactly what it might be.<br />
My cataloguing coursework has been invaluable leading up to this position, and as my time at Prosentient progresses I've been learning much more about the nitty-gritty of how it works for real. Many small libraries do not have the time or resources to care very much about having detailed records. I've been running up against the practicalities of making a catalogue work with the time and staff available at all sorts of special libraries, which has been very enlightening.<br />
<br />
In the summer session at SLAIS I took a course on [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr559m.htm Social Media for Information Professionals] which came in very handy. I'm the most familiar with social media in our office so I've been kind of the go-to expert on that kind of thing. I created [http://twitter.com/prosentient a Twitter account for the company] and I've been the publicizer of our efforts within our client-base, and I've learned more about how this gets integrated into a real-world business. Our redesign of the Prosentient website (which is ongoing) has also been illuminating in the "How this works in the real world" sense.<br />
<br />
I've been exposed to more special libraries during my time here in Sydney than ever before. These are a window into diverse possibilities for my future career. I've also been involved with thinking specifically about parliamentary libraries because of my work on the IFLA documents and the rest of Prosentient's work with the Parliamentary Library of New South Wales. However, I don't think parliamentary libraries are for me exactly. I much prefer the style of most of the smaller organizations I've come into contact with. I've got a much more diverse view of libraries than the traditional Public/Academic library split we often think about in school.<br />
<br />
== Personal Learning ==<br />
One of the things I was excited about in this position was the chance to help in training. I know that if I end up in an academic library some day I will have an instructional role, so having some further experience in actual instruction (not just my English teaching experience in China).<br />
The biggest learning "experience" I had in this arena was heading out to Bairnsdale, Victoria to train a pair of librarians in using Koha in a two-day session. This involved overnight train travel and being out on my own to train these clients (with cell-phone contact to the office if necessary). I was nervous but the opportunity and trust placed in me to be able to do this was extremely encouraging. <br />
<br />
I spent my two days in Bairnsdale a bit over caffeinated but I was able to show the librarians how their systems were going to work and what they could do with them. Afterwards they praised me to Edmund and because of that two day training relationship I'm sort of their go-to contact in our office. That connection with clients is something I hadn't realized I would be making, but it's something I welcome.<br />
<br />
== Feedback ==<br />
I've had an excellent time working in the small office environment at Prosentient. Edmund and Rob offer me a lot of autonomy and guidance. I've been given the chance to figure things out myself and then come in to Edmund to figure out why I am having trouble. I feel like my role in the office is as sort of a first filter for clients to try and help sort through their issues before sending them up to Edmund. I feel like that's a useful role and frees Edmund up to do other things.<br />
<br />
One thing I feel a bit sidelined on in my role is the NSW Parliament project, but that's because of their higher stakes relationship with Edmund. I know that my contributions there need to be quick and are a priority for Edmund because they are a large and important client. My role is a supportive one and it's there that my lack of technical skill with the servers comes to the fore. This isn't a terrible thing, as being a sysadmin isn't necessarily my career goal, but I do notice it. I feel like the learning curve on that would be terribly high to get beyond the assistance I'm currently able to give in those areas.<br />
<br />
== Recommendations to Students ==<br />
A student coming to work for Prosentient should be ready and able to poke around in systems. Documenting issues that are happening to clients and figuring out why they're happening is a big part of the job, so you need to be able to think like a computer. Having cataloguing skills is really useful, as you'll often be more knowledgeable than the people you're training. You have to temper that book-knowledge with how they do things in their libraries, so being flexible and willing to adapt to the client is important.<br />
=== Life in Sydney ===<br />
As far as working in Sydney, there are a few things to be aware of. We took a long time to get my visa. In fact, I entered the country on an electronic tourist visa because my work visa hadn't come through by the time I was scheduled to start. Edmund is very flexible (this is where Prosentient being a small company really helped) so we worked out a way for me to be able to live even if I couldn't legally be working. So start on the visa early.<br />
<br />
The visa application process requires a bunch of certified copies of your original documents (like your passport and student ID). I'd thought this meant notarized or certified by a pharmacist or some other arduous procedure, but in Australia it can be a university instructor. I got SLAIS profs to sign the photocopies I sent to Australia along with the phrase "I certify these are true copies of the original documents." They also attached UBC business cards. That all worked out fine.<br />
<br />
Once I was in Sydney I also needed to get a chest X-ray as part of the visa application. It's possible you might be able to get that done in Vancouver if you're working on your visa application earlier than we were.<br />
<br />
In Sydney, rent is very expensive. Advertisements (I used domain.com.au for my rental searching) show the price per week not per month. You also need to have four weeks' bond for the landlord before you move in (this is the deposit). That adds up quickly. Edmund helped me with that for me since I wasn't getting paid as soon as I arrived. I found a place in Ultimo (the area right near Prosentient) where my girlfriend and I pay $340/week for a room with a private bathroom in a shared student accommodation place. There are 8 international students living here sharing a kitchen.<br />
<br />
If I were looking for a place here now, I would look for something more in the Redfern suburb, which would be a twenty minute bike ride away. It's a bit more affordable (if a bit more sketchy an area - think East Vancouver).<br />
<br />
As far as the work goes, I think things have gone very well and I don't know what I would change. Having a bit more background in Perl beforehand would have been useful. I've learned a lot about SQL databases while working here, but actual programming has a steeper learning curve.<br />
<br />
I've learned how friendly librarians are and the fact that I'm Canadian makes people even more accommodating. All the librarians have been very good to work with, and Edmund and Rob have been very friendly and welcoming to their co-op student from the far side of the world.<br />
<br />
== Conclusion ==<br />
I've enjoyed my time at Prosentient and feel I'm learning a lot about the kind of work that's possible in relation to libraries beyond the traditional Public/Academic type situation. Edmund has been an exceedingly supportive and encouraging supervisor who's given me lots of room to grow. This has been an excellent experience, all in all.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/portfolio&diff=112712User:JJU/portfolio2011-09-03T02:50:59Z<p>JJU: /* Responsibilities */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Introduction ==<br />
In my co-op work term at [http://prosentient.com.au Prosentient Systems Pty Ltd], in Sydney Australia, my job description is Systems Librarian. I've learned a great deal about library systems in this position and it's given me many more options for my future career path.<br />
<br />
Prosentient Systems is a small company. Aside from me there's one part-time worker, Rob, and the owner, Edmund. I'll refer to them throughout this document.<br />
<br />
== Responsibilities ==<br />
At work I had my own desk and four major responsibilities. In my first two months at work I kept [[User:JJU/portfolio/worklog|a detailed worklog]] of what I was doing, so you can see the specific tasks. Below is the executive summary report.<br />
<br />
=== IFLA ICT Handbook Research ===<br />
In the beginning of my term in May, while I was getting acquainted with the [http://koha-community.org Koha ILS] I was going to be assisting clients with I had an outside research project to help Edmund with. Edmund is the Information Officer for the [http://www.ifla.org/ International Federation of Library Associations]. Before I arrived Edmund had been asked to write up a policy manual for the United Nations on implementing Information and Communications Technology in Parliamentary Libraries. <br />
<br />
While Edmund was writing the document, I performed supplementary research on tools that would be useful to highlight in sidebars and the like. I also organized a wiki to make the document accessible as Edmund was writing it so the other members of the committee could have access and make any suggestions or comments they'd think Edmund would find useful. Edmund took his document to the IFLA conference in August and got further feedback from the committee there. Because the handbook will be published by the United Nations the wiki I created for the document is not public.<br />
<br />
Also in the leadup to the IFLA conference I performed some layout tasks in Microsoft Publisher for the IFLA newsletter. This involved proofreading, choosing fonts and repositioning text and graphics on the page.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Support ===<br />
While the IFLA tasks were interesting they were more of a sideline to my main work which was in the realm of technical support for libraries using Prosentient-hosted Koha installations. Early in my term I spent time getting to know the software (which I had used only a slight amount before coming to Australia) but soon I was answering all sorts of questions our client libraries would call in with (or submit on our bug-tracking forums). This involved getting right into the system preferences and figuring out the ways that many different libraries could be using the software. <br />
<br />
Most of our clients are special libraries supporting different institutions/businesses including healthcare groups, museums and the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, so I got to know a lot about different procedures at these different types of libraries.<br />
<br />
Because Koha is an open-source system the code is open for tinkering with. At Prosentient, Edmund does most of the major code-rewriting but as I got more familiar with how things worked behind the scenes I was able to rewrite code to customize Koha in small ways for our clients as well.<br />
Another part of my job in regard to Koha was monitoring the Koha email lists to keep up to date with what was happening in the open-source community.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Training ===<br />
I also was responsible for training new clients in configuring and using Koha in their libraries. This involved hands-on demonstrations and public-speaking kinds of things. I had to explain software to information professionals. This is the area I feel I really shone in. My knowledge of library systems from my previous working life and my SLAIS courses (especially [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 - Cataloguing]) made the process work really well. Clients enjoyed dealing with me and I enjoyed dealing with them. In June I travelled to rural Victoria to do training for two regional hospitals on-site and on my own, and there are plans to send me out again in September (in my second term at Prosentient).<br />
<br />
=== Other Duties & Responsibilities ===<br />
Apart from those tasks I did general help with some of Prosentient's other projects including Quality Assurance testing for some of their carpooling software, graphic design tasks like making icons for a map, and maintaining databases that support some of Prosentient's hosted mailing lists. In September Rob and I began to plan a website redesign using the open-source [http://joomla.org Joomla Content Management System].<br />
<br />
== Learning Objective Progress ==<br />
=== Technical/Software Skills ===<br />
In terms of my learning objectives, I've learned a lot about Koha and how the system operates. I've been learning more about coding in the [http://www.perl.org/ Perl programming language] that Koha uses. I can make template changes in the modified HTML that Koha 3.2 uses. I can replicate code found in one module in another.<br />
<br />
I have learned to use a number of Microsoft products in this position, including the programming aspects of Visual Studio and the layout functions of Publisher.<br />
I've also been using TechSmith's Camtasia to create screencasts which has been a challenging experience (I'm used to doing my audio-visual work on Macs and the PC environment is different) but one I've adapted to well. I use Photoshop to to minor graphics modifications including creating images wholesale for some of our clients' OPACs.<br />
<br />
This has been a very technical job and all of these software skills are the kinds of things I'll be able to bring with me to new positions, making them exceedingly useful.<br />
<br />
=== Interpersonal skills === <br />
I've developed include a greater facility with the telephone. One of the biggest challenges for me has actually been getting over the fear of asking people to repeat themselves for their names, since the Australian accent isn't something I was very used to hearing before coming down to Sydney.<br />
<br />
I've also gotten to do a lot of customer service work which is always useful. I'm getting better at explaining technical things to people who, while they may not be exceedingly technical, are also not stupid. I'm learning how to get to the heart of the question people want answered, even if they aren't sure exactly what it might be.<br />
My cataloguing coursework has been invaluable leading up to this position, and as my time at Prosentient progresses I've been learning much more about the nitty-gritty of how it works for real. Many small libraries do not have the time or resources to care very much about having detailed records. I've been running up against the practicalities of making a catalogue work with the time and staff available at all sorts of special libraries, which has been very enlightening.<br />
<br />
In the summer session at SLAIS I took a course on [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr559m.htm Social Media for Information Professionals] which came in very handy. I'm the most familiar with social media in our office so I've been kind of the go-to expert on that kind of thing. I created [http://twitter.com/prosentient a Twitter account for the company] and I've been the publicizer of our efforts within our client-base, and I've learned more about how this gets integrated into a real-world business. Our redesign of the Prosentient website (which is ongoing) has also been illuminating in the "How this works in the real world" sense.<br />
<br />
I've been exposed to more special libraries during my time here in Sydney than ever before. These are a window into diverse possibilities for my future career. I've also been involved with thinking specifically about parliamentary libraries because of my work on the IFLA documents and the rest of Prosentient's work with the Parliamentary Library of New South Wales. However, I don't think parliamentary libraries are for me exactly. I much prefer the style of most of the smaller organizations I've come into contact with. I've got a much more diverse view of libraries than the traditional Public/Academic library split we often think about in school.<br />
<br />
== Personal Learning ==<br />
One of the things I was excited about in this position was the chance to help in training. I know that if I end up in an academic library some day I will have an instructional role, so having some further experience in actual instruction (not just my English teaching experience in China).<br />
The biggest learning "experience" I had in this arena was heading out to Bairnsdale, Victoria to train a pair of librarians in using Koha in a two-day session. This involved overnight train travel and being out on my own to train these clients (with cell-phone contact to the office if necessary). I was nervous but the opportunity and trust placed in me to be able to do this was extremely encouraging. <br />
<br />
I spent my two days in Bairnsdale a bit over caffeinated but I was able to show the librarians how their systems were going to work and what they could do with them. Afterwards they praised me to Edmund and because of that two day training relationship I'm sort of their go-to contact in our office. That connection with clients is something I hadn't realized I would be making, but it's something I welcome.<br />
<br />
== Feedback ==<br />
I've had an excellent time working in the small office environment at Prosentient. Edmund and Rob offer me a lot of autonomy and guidance. I've been given the chance to figure things out myself and then come in to Edmund to figure out why I am having trouble. I feel like my role in the office is as sort of a first filter for clients to try and help sort through their issues before sending them up to Edmund. I feel like that's a useful role and frees Edmund up to do other things.<br />
<br />
One thing I feel a bit sidelined on in my role is the NSW Parliament project, but that's because of their higher stakes relationship with Edmund. I know that my contributions there need to be quick and are a priority for Edmund because they are a large and important client. My role is a supportive one and it's there that my lack of technical skill with the servers comes to the fore. This isn't a terrible thing, as being a sysadmin isn't necessarily my career goal, but I do notice it. I feel like the learning curve on that would be terribly high to get beyond the assistance I'm currently able to give in those areas.<br />
<br />
== Recommendations to Students ==<br />
A student coming to work for Prosentient should be ready and able to poke around in systems. Documenting issues that are happening to clients and figuring out why they're happening is a big part of the job, so you need to be able to think like a computer. Having cataloguing skills is really useful, as you'll often be more knowledgeable than the people you're training. You have to temper that book-knowledge with how they do things in their libraries, so being flexible and willing to adapt to the client is important.<br />
=== Life in Sydney ===<br />
As far as working in Sydney, there are a few things to be aware of. We took a long time to get my visa. In fact, I entered the country on an electronic tourist visa because my work visa hadn't come through by the time I was scheduled to start. Edmund is very flexible (this is where Prosentient being a small company really helped) so we worked out a way for me to be able to live even if I couldn't legally be working. So start on the visa early.<br />
<br />
The visa application process requires a bunch of certified copies of your original documents (like your passport and student ID). I'd thought this meant notarized or certified by a pharmacist or some other arduous procedure, but in Australia it can be a university instructor. I got SLAIS profs to sign the photocopies I sent to Australia along with the phrase "I certify these are true copies of the original documents." They also attached UBC business cards. That all worked out fine.<br />
<br />
Once I was in Sydney I also needed to get a chest X-ray as part of the visa application. It's possible you might be able to get that done in Vancouver if you're working on your visa application earlier than we were.<br />
<br />
In Sydney, rent is very expensive. Advertisements (I used domain.com.au for my rental searching) show the price per week not per month. You also need to have four weeks' bond for the landlord before you move in (this is the deposit). That adds up quickly. Edmund helped me with that for me since I wasn't getting paid as soon as I arrived. I found a place in Ultimo (the area right near Prosentient) where my girlfriend and I pay $340/week for a room with a private bathroom in a shared student accommodation place. There are 8 international students living here sharing a kitchen.<br />
<br />
If I were looking for a place here now, I would look for something more in the Redfern suburb, which would be a twenty minute bike ride away. It's a bit more affordable (if a bit more sketchy an area - think East Vancouver).<br />
<br />
As far as the work goes, I think things have gone very well and I don't know what I would change. Having a bit more background in Perl beforehand would have been useful. I've learned a lot about SQL databases while working here, but actual programming has a steeper learning curve.<br />
<br />
I've learned how friendly librarians are and the fact that I'm Canadian makes people even more accommodating. All the librarians have been very good to work with, and Edmund and Rob have been very friendly and welcoming to their co-op student from the far side of the world.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/portfolio&diff=112711User:JJU/portfolio2011-09-03T02:49:51Z<p>JJU: </p>
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
In my co-op work term at [http://prosentient.com.au Prosentient Systems Pty Ltd], in Sydney Australia, my job description is Systems Librarian. I've learned a great deal about library systems in this position and it's given me many more options for my future career path.<br />
<br />
Prosentient Systems is a small company. Aside from me there's one part-time worker, Rob, and the owner, Edmund. I'll refer to them throughout this document.<br />
<br />
== Responsibilities ==<br />
At work I had my own desk and four major responsibilities. In my first two months at work I kept [[User:JJU/portfolio/worklog a detailed worklog]] of what I was doing, so you can see the specific tasks. Below is the executive summary report.<br />
<br />
=== IFLA ICT Handbook Research ===<br />
In the beginning of my term in May, while I was getting acquainted with the [http://koha-community.org Koha ILS] I was going to be assisting clients with I had an outside research project to help Edmund with. Edmund is the Information Officer for the [http://www.ifla.org/ International Federation of Library Associations]. Before I arrived Edmund had been asked to write up a policy manual for the United Nations on implementing Information and Communications Technology in Parliamentary Libraries. <br />
<br />
While Edmund was writing the document, I performed supplementary research on tools that would be useful to highlight in sidebars and the like. I also organized a wiki to make the document accessible as Edmund was writing it so the other members of the committee could have access and make any suggestions or comments they'd think Edmund would find useful. Edmund took his document to the IFLA conference in August and got further feedback from the committee there. Because the handbook will be published by the United Nations the wiki I created for the document is not public.<br />
<br />
Also in the leadup to the IFLA conference I performed some layout tasks in Microsoft Publisher for the IFLA newsletter. This involved proofreading, choosing fonts and repositioning text and graphics on the page.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Support ===<br />
While the IFLA tasks were interesting they were more of a sideline to my main work which was in the realm of technical support for libraries using Prosentient-hosted Koha installations. Early in my term I spent time getting to know the software (which I had used only a slight amount before coming to Australia) but soon I was answering all sorts of questions our client libraries would call in with (or submit on our bug-tracking forums). This involved getting right into the system preferences and figuring out the ways that many different libraries could be using the software. <br />
<br />
Most of our clients are special libraries supporting different institutions/businesses including healthcare groups, museums and the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, so I got to know a lot about different procedures at these different types of libraries.<br />
<br />
Because Koha is an open-source system the code is open for tinkering with. At Prosentient, Edmund does most of the major code-rewriting but as I got more familiar with how things worked behind the scenes I was able to rewrite code to customize Koha in small ways for our clients as well.<br />
Another part of my job in regard to Koha was monitoring the Koha email lists to keep up to date with what was happening in the open-source community.<br />
<br />
=== Koha Training ===<br />
I also was responsible for training new clients in configuring and using Koha in their libraries. This involved hands-on demonstrations and public-speaking kinds of things. I had to explain software to information professionals. This is the area I feel I really shone in. My knowledge of library systems from my previous working life and my SLAIS courses (especially [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 - Cataloguing]) made the process work really well. Clients enjoyed dealing with me and I enjoyed dealing with them. In June I travelled to rural Victoria to do training for two regional hospitals on-site and on my own, and there are plans to send me out again in September (in my second term at Prosentient).<br />
<br />
=== Other Duties & Responsibilities ===<br />
Apart from those tasks I did general help with some of Prosentient's other projects including Quality Assurance testing for some of their carpooling software, graphic design tasks like making icons for a map, and maintaining databases that support some of Prosentient's hosted mailing lists. In September Rob and I began to plan a website redesign using the open-source [http://joomla.org Joomla Content Management System].<br />
<br />
== Learning Objective Progress ==<br />
=== Technical/Software Skills ===<br />
In terms of my learning objectives, I've learned a lot about Koha and how the system operates. I've been learning more about coding in the [http://www.perl.org/ Perl programming language] that Koha uses. I can make template changes in the modified HTML that Koha 3.2 uses. I can replicate code found in one module in another.<br />
<br />
I have learned to use a number of Microsoft products in this position, including the programming aspects of Visual Studio and the layout functions of Publisher.<br />
I've also been using TechSmith's Camtasia to create screencasts which has been a challenging experience (I'm used to doing my audio-visual work on Macs and the PC environment is different) but one I've adapted to well. I use Photoshop to to minor graphics modifications including creating images wholesale for some of our clients' OPACs.<br />
<br />
This has been a very technical job and all of these software skills are the kinds of things I'll be able to bring with me to new positions, making them exceedingly useful.<br />
<br />
=== Interpersonal skills === <br />
I've developed include a greater facility with the telephone. One of the biggest challenges for me has actually been getting over the fear of asking people to repeat themselves for their names, since the Australian accent isn't something I was very used to hearing before coming down to Sydney.<br />
<br />
I've also gotten to do a lot of customer service work which is always useful. I'm getting better at explaining technical things to people who, while they may not be exceedingly technical, are also not stupid. I'm learning how to get to the heart of the question people want answered, even if they aren't sure exactly what it might be.<br />
My cataloguing coursework has been invaluable leading up to this position, and as my time at Prosentient progresses I've been learning much more about the nitty-gritty of how it works for real. Many small libraries do not have the time or resources to care very much about having detailed records. I've been running up against the practicalities of making a catalogue work with the time and staff available at all sorts of special libraries, which has been very enlightening.<br />
<br />
In the summer session at SLAIS I took a course on [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr559m.htm Social Media for Information Professionals] which came in very handy. I'm the most familiar with social media in our office so I've been kind of the go-to expert on that kind of thing. I created [http://twitter.com/prosentient a Twitter account for the company] and I've been the publicizer of our efforts within our client-base, and I've learned more about how this gets integrated into a real-world business. Our redesign of the Prosentient website (which is ongoing) has also been illuminating in the "How this works in the real world" sense.<br />
<br />
I've been exposed to more special libraries during my time here in Sydney than ever before. These are a window into diverse possibilities for my future career. I've also been involved with thinking specifically about parliamentary libraries because of my work on the IFLA documents and the rest of Prosentient's work with the Parliamentary Library of New South Wales. However, I don't think parliamentary libraries are for me exactly. I much prefer the style of most of the smaller organizations I've come into contact with. I've got a much more diverse view of libraries than the traditional Public/Academic library split we often think about in school.<br />
<br />
== Personal Learning ==<br />
One of the things I was excited about in this position was the chance to help in training. I know that if I end up in an academic library some day I will have an instructional role, so having some further experience in actual instruction (not just my English teaching experience in China).<br />
The biggest learning "experience" I had in this arena was heading out to Bairnsdale, Victoria to train a pair of librarians in using Koha in a two-day session. This involved overnight train travel and being out on my own to train these clients (with cell-phone contact to the office if necessary). I was nervous but the opportunity and trust placed in me to be able to do this was extremely encouraging. <br />
<br />
I spent my two days in Bairnsdale a bit over caffeinated but I was able to show the librarians how their systems were going to work and what they could do with them. Afterwards they praised me to Edmund and because of that two day training relationship I'm sort of their go-to contact in our office. That connection with clients is something I hadn't realized I would be making, but it's something I welcome.<br />
<br />
== Feedback ==<br />
I've had an excellent time working in the small office environment at Prosentient. Edmund and Rob offer me a lot of autonomy and guidance. I've been given the chance to figure things out myself and then come in to Edmund to figure out why I am having trouble. I feel like my role in the office is as sort of a first filter for clients to try and help sort through their issues before sending them up to Edmund. I feel like that's a useful role and frees Edmund up to do other things.<br />
<br />
One thing I feel a bit sidelined on in my role is the NSW Parliament project, but that's because of their higher stakes relationship with Edmund. I know that my contributions there need to be quick and are a priority for Edmund because they are a large and important client. My role is a supportive one and it's there that my lack of technical skill with the servers comes to the fore. This isn't a terrible thing, as being a sysadmin isn't necessarily my career goal, but I do notice it. I feel like the learning curve on that would be terribly high to get beyond the assistance I'm currently able to give in those areas.<br />
<br />
== Recommendations to Students ==<br />
A student coming to work for Prosentient should be ready and able to poke around in systems. Documenting issues that are happening to clients and figuring out why they're happening is a big part of the job, so you need to be able to think like a computer. Having cataloguing skills is really useful, as you'll often be more knowledgeable than the people you're training. You have to temper that book-knowledge with how they do things in their libraries, so being flexible and willing to adapt to the client is important.<br />
=== Life in Sydney ===<br />
As far as working in Sydney, there are a few things to be aware of. We took a long time to get my visa. In fact, I entered the country on an electronic tourist visa because my work visa hadn't come through by the time I was scheduled to start. Edmund is very flexible (this is where Prosentient being a small company really helped) so we worked out a way for me to be able to live even if I couldn't legally be working. So start on the visa early.<br />
<br />
The visa application process requires a bunch of certified copies of your original documents (like your passport and student ID). I'd thought this meant notarized or certified by a pharmacist or some other arduous procedure, but in Australia it can be a university instructor. I got SLAIS profs to sign the photocopies I sent to Australia along with the phrase "I certify these are true copies of the original documents." They also attached UBC business cards. That all worked out fine.<br />
<br />
Once I was in Sydney I also needed to get a chest X-ray as part of the visa application. It's possible you might be able to get that done in Vancouver if you're working on your visa application earlier than we were.<br />
<br />
In Sydney, rent is very expensive. Advertisements (I used domain.com.au for my rental searching) show the price per week not per month. You also need to have four weeks' bond for the landlord before you move in (this is the deposit). That adds up quickly. Edmund helped me with that for me since I wasn't getting paid as soon as I arrived. I found a place in Ultimo (the area right near Prosentient) where my girlfriend and I pay $340/week for a room with a private bathroom in a shared student accommodation place. There are 8 international students living here sharing a kitchen.<br />
<br />
If I were looking for a place here now, I would look for something more in the Redfern suburb, which would be a twenty minute bike ride away. It's a bit more affordable (if a bit more sketchy an area - think East Vancouver).<br />
<br />
As far as the work goes, I think things have gone very well and I don't know what I would change. Having a bit more background in Perl beforehand would have been useful. I've learned a lot about SQL databases while working here, but actual programming has a steeper learning curve.<br />
<br />
I've learned how friendly librarians are and the fact that I'm Canadian makes people even more accommodating. All the librarians have been very good to work with, and Edmund and Rob have been very friendly and welcoming to their co-op student from the far side of the world.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/portfolio&diff=112708User:JJU/portfolio2011-09-03T02:35:57Z<p>JJU: moved User:JJU/portfolio to User:JJU/portfolio/worklog: more formal document written</p>
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<div>Co-Op Portfolio - Justin Unrau<br />
for 2011 Summer Work Term at Prosentient Systems in Sydney, Australia.<br />
<br />
=== Research Project ===<br />
* Global Center for IT and IFLA <br />
* making a workbook for parliamentary libraries for developing countries <br />
* want it to be a useful checklist for implementing ICT (/being an ICT based library) especially in the parliamentary sense <br />
==== Justin's Task ==== <br />
* find representative Standards & Software for each of the Core Library Service sections in the document <br />
* write them up in the format shown. "Link - One sentence summary - EndNote reference" <br />
===== Progress ===== <br />
* set up the handbook's preliminary TOC and handbook contents as a wiki: http://handbook.intersearch.com.au/doku.php (this involved adding users, setting access control lists, installing plugins and formatting text) 5/16/11 <br />
* IFLA ICT Handbook notes: http://handbook.intersearch.com.au/doku.php?id=justin:notes (previously here: [[IFLA ICT Handbook notes]]) <br />
* added some standards, and the CMS software sidebar to the handbook 5/20/11 <br />
* added Reference Tracking links to the handbook 5/23/11 <br />
* reformatted chapters as single wiki pages instead of breaking them down at the subheading level 5/30/11 <br />
* added information on aggregate electronic resource providers (Summon, Zebra) 6/2/11 <br />
=== Code and Koha === <br />
* Prosentient has made a bunch of tweaks to Koha, it being open source and all <br />
* three categories of tweaks: 1 crossbrowser compatibility 2 generalizable functionality 3 library specific functionality (eg. JS for reordering news results) <br />
* on principle, PS stays a year behind main Koha branch to let the kinks get ironed out <br />
* But that means that the changes PS makes may or may not be integrated into the next form of Koha <br />
==== Justin's Task ==== <br />
* learn some Perl <br />
* identify and highlight major changes to the koha code and reintegrate those fixes into the Koha community, especially at the 3.4.x level so it'll go into the next stable release <br />
* get involved in the Koha community to give something back and to increase PS's visibility (see marketing, below) <br />
===== Progress ===== <br />
* provided help with Authority settings to user on Koha mailing list 5/10/11 <br />
* downloaded and began reading/doing the exercises in Beginning Perl http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/ 5/13/11 <br />
* sat in on Edmund making changes to scripts and templates in the course of bugfixing <br />
* reading up on github and how to integrate PS' code into the community 5/18/11 <br />
* [[http://wiki.ubc.ca/User:JJU/Portfolio/Koha_enhancement_candidate_list koha enhancement candidate list]] <br />
* setting up a way to search for local images before Amazon and Google is an issue that people in the Koha community (http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=1633) and Prosentient clients (Powerhouse mentioned it inre: booklists) would like resolved - might be a very good first project - requires us to set up a 3.4 instance of Koha for future compatibility <br />
* helped find a bug that was causing serials to expire early and [[expiring serials fix|notified the lists of Edmund's fix]]. 6/3/11<br />
<br />
=== Koha Support === <br />
* Koha's being used in a pile of special libraries around Australia, PS does training and tech support for those implementations. <br />
==== Justin's Task ==== <br />
* provide telephone assistance to the librarians calling in <br />
* work on tracking bugs using the Mantis system <br />
* assist in training sessions <br />
===== Progress ===== <br />
* sat in on Koha training session with Powerhouse Museum library staff 5/13/11 <br />
* fixed a catalogue record for (misreported on Mantis) barcode searching bug for South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Library Service 5/18/11 <br />
* helped a client set up catalogue reports over the phone 5/19/11 <br />
* tried and documented the attempts to recreate NSW Parliament's duplicated records issue 5/19 - 5/20/11 <br />
* tweaked settings for gsahs - will followup next week 5/20/11 <br />
* worked on figuring out how to change the default advanced search options in Koha (for gsahs) 5/23/11 <br />
* figured out sesiahs problem where renewals weren't being allowed [[changing circ rules]] 5/24/11 <br />
* tried to solve serials accession problem for sesiahs, failed had to get Edmund to show how to add end dates to all the subscriptions. 5/24/11 <br />
* discovered the problem with cloning fields for heart foundation was probably an IE7 javascript issue. 5/24/11 <br />
* created an [[acquisition frameworks guide]]. 5/30/11 <br />
* helped Karen at the Powerhouse Museum set up their Web Services guy as a Koha administrator. 6/3/11 <br />
* wrote [[Koha initial configuration emails]] as prep for talking librarians through initial Koha configuration. 6/6/11 * edited and updated {{:koha_configuration_guidelines.docx|Koha configuration guidelines}} to point to current versions of the Koha manual. 6/6/11<br />
<br />
=== GratisNet Support === <br />
* Using MySQL to prune the listserve database of duplicate entries <br />
=== Marketing/Social Media === <br />
* Show off the stuff that PS is doing <br />
* PS has done ads in journals and it didn't work very well, get more hits from marketing further services to existing clients <br />
==== Justin's Task ==== <br />
* come up with some good ways to raise PS' profile and generate new business, possibly in the spheres of Twitter/Facebook/etc. <br />
===== Progress ===== <br />
* [[social media ideas]] <br />
* Created [[https://twitter.com/#!/prosentient|Prosentient Twitter account]] 5/25/11 <br />
* Informed clients of the Twitter account and of the new features [[User:JJU/portfolio/new title banners & refined searching]]. 5/26/11 <br />
* Created Google Calendar for the office to sync their Outlooks with. 6/2/11<br />
<br />
=== Miscellaneous ==== <br />
* The infamous "Other duties as assigned." <br />
==== Justin's Task ==== <br />
* Acceptance Testing of CarpoolQ site 5/31/11</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/coursework&diff=108132User:JJU/coursework2011-08-06T10:14:10Z<p>JJU: /* LIBR559m Social Media for Information Professionals */</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
==Courses Taken==<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr559m.htm LIBR559M Social Media for Information Professionals]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr535.htm LIBR535 Instructional Role of the Information Professional]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 Cataloguing and Classification] <br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr579b.htm LIBR579B Topics in the Management of Libraries and Archives: Community-Led Libraries]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr561.htm LIBR561 Information Policy]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr505.htm LIBR505 Research Methods in Information Organizations]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr500.htm LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr501.htm LIBR501 Foundations of the Information Society and Information Organizations]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr502.htm LIBR502 Foundations of Resource Description and Access]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr503.htm LIBR503 Foundations of Information Sources and Services]<br />
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==Coursework==<br />
Since I'm in library school I do some assignments, and from time to time I like how they turn out. Here's a smattering of things I've done.<br />
===LIBR559M Social Media for Information Professionals===<br />
* [http://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:LIBR559M/Making_a_Mashup-Friendly_Library Making A Mashup Friendly Library]: A guide how libraries can make their content more remix-friendly, touching on open data, licensing and examples of what libraries have done already. (This was a group project.)<br />
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===LIBR535 The Instructional Role of the Information Professional===<br />
* [http://prezi.com/dmknn5etslsg/print-or-digital-self-publishing-comics/ Self-Publishing Comics]: The slides for a 10-minute workshop on the pros and cons of choosing to self-publish your comics in print or on the web. It was designed to be a segment of a larger comics-creation workshop for a public library's teen program. <br />
* [http://youtu.be/sLUXAKGFSb8?hd=1 Using Flickr to find Creative Commons photographs]: A 90-second YouTube video explaining how to find photos you can freely use (with attribution) on Flickr. <br />
===LIBR579B Topics in the Management of Libraries and Archives: Community-Led Libraries===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/ju-workplansna.pdf Growing Relationships in Winnipeg's Spence Neighbourhood Gardens (PDF)]: This is a hypothetical work plan for taking a Community-Led library outreach approach. It is written as if it has been approved and as if I work for the Winnipeg Public Library, neither of which are true. I still think it's a good plan.<br />
===LIBR502 Foundations of Resource Description and Access===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/502-justinunrau-subjectheadings.pdf Subject Headings Assignment (PDF)]: A list of structured subject headings for a subselection of my private comics library.<br />
===LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/tag/twitterbrary/ Twitterbrary project]: A series of blog posts analyzing how small libraries are using Twitter. <br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/10-11-wt1/www/J_Unrau/index.html Talking to Transhumanists]: This is a demonstration of my HTML and CSS coding abilities; don't worry about the weirdness of the content. It was all done in [http://macvim.org/OSX/index.php MacVim], which I am strangely proud of.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/coursework&diff=108131User:JJU/coursework2011-08-06T10:13:36Z<p>JJU: /* Courses Taken */</p>
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==Courses Taken==<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr559m.htm LIBR559M Social Media for Information Professionals]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr535.htm LIBR535 Instructional Role of the Information Professional]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 Cataloguing and Classification] <br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr579b.htm LIBR579B Topics in the Management of Libraries and Archives: Community-Led Libraries]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr561.htm LIBR561 Information Policy]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr505.htm LIBR505 Research Methods in Information Organizations]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr500.htm LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr501.htm LIBR501 Foundations of the Information Society and Information Organizations]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr502.htm LIBR502 Foundations of Resource Description and Access]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr503.htm LIBR503 Foundations of Information Sources and Services]<br />
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==Coursework==<br />
Since I'm in library school I do some assignments, and from time to time I like how they turn out. Here's a smattering of things I've done.<br />
===LIBR559m Social Media for Information Professionals===<br />
* [http://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:LIBR559M/Making_a_Mashup-Friendly_Library Making A Mashup Friendly Library]: A guide how libraries can make their content more remix-friendly, touching on open data, licensing and examples of what libraries have done already. (This was a group project.) <br />
===LIBR535 The Instructional Role of the Information Professional===<br />
* [http://prezi.com/dmknn5etslsg/print-or-digital-self-publishing-comics/ Self-Publishing Comics]: The slides for a 10-minute workshop on the pros and cons of choosing to self-publish your comics in print or on the web. It was designed to be a segment of a larger comics-creation workshop for a public library's teen program. <br />
* [http://youtu.be/sLUXAKGFSb8?hd=1 Using Flickr to find Creative Commons photographs]: A 90-second YouTube video explaining how to find photos you can freely use (with attribution) on Flickr. <br />
===LIBR579B Topics in the Management of Libraries and Archives: Community-Led Libraries===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/ju-workplansna.pdf Growing Relationships in Winnipeg's Spence Neighbourhood Gardens (PDF)]: This is a hypothetical work plan for taking a Community-Led library outreach approach. It is written as if it has been approved and as if I work for the Winnipeg Public Library, neither of which are true. I still think it's a good plan.<br />
===LIBR502 Foundations of Resource Description and Access===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/502-justinunrau-subjectheadings.pdf Subject Headings Assignment (PDF)]: A list of structured subject headings for a subselection of my private comics library.<br />
===LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/tag/twitterbrary/ Twitterbrary project]: A series of blog posts analyzing how small libraries are using Twitter. <br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/10-11-wt1/www/J_Unrau/index.html Talking to Transhumanists]: This is a demonstration of my HTML and CSS coding abilities; don't worry about the weirdness of the content. It was all done in [http://macvim.org/OSX/index.php MacVim], which I am strangely proud of.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU/coursework&diff=106334User:JJU/coursework2011-08-01T05:32:05Z<p>JJU: /* Coursework */</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
==Courses Taken==<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr535.htm LIBR535 Instructional Role of the Information Professional]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr511.htm LIBR511 Cataloguing and Classification] <br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr579b.htm LIBR579B Topics in the Management of Libraries and Archives: Community-Led Libraries]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr561.htm LIBR561 Information Policy]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr505.htm LIBR505 Research Methods in Information Organizations]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr500.htm LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr501.htm LIBR501 Foundations of the Information Society and Information Organizations]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr502.htm LIBR502 Foundations of Resource Description and Access]<br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/coursdes/libr/libr503.htm LIBR503 Foundations of Information Sources and Services]<br />
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==Coursework==<br />
Since I'm in library school I do some assignments, and from time to time I like how they turn out. Here's a smattering of things I've done.<br />
===LIBR559m Social Media for Information Professionals===<br />
* [http://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:LIBR559M/Making_a_Mashup-Friendly_Library Making A Mashup Friendly Library]: A guide how libraries can make their content more remix-friendly, touching on open data, licensing and examples of what libraries have done already. (This was a group project.) <br />
===LIBR535 The Instructional Role of the Information Professional===<br />
* [http://prezi.com/dmknn5etslsg/print-or-digital-self-publishing-comics/ Self-Publishing Comics]: The slides for a 10-minute workshop on the pros and cons of choosing to self-publish your comics in print or on the web. It was designed to be a segment of a larger comics-creation workshop for a public library's teen program. <br />
* [http://youtu.be/sLUXAKGFSb8?hd=1 Using Flickr to find Creative Commons photographs]: A 90-second YouTube video explaining how to find photos you can freely use (with attribution) on Flickr. <br />
===LIBR579B Topics in the Management of Libraries and Archives: Community-Led Libraries===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/ju-workplansna.pdf Growing Relationships in Winnipeg's Spence Neighbourhood Gardens (PDF)]: This is a hypothetical work plan for taking a Community-Led library outreach approach. It is written as if it has been approved and as if I work for the Winnipeg Public Library, neither of which are true. I still think it's a good plan.<br />
===LIBR502 Foundations of Resource Description and Access===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/502-justinunrau-subjectheadings.pdf Subject Headings Assignment (PDF)]: A list of structured subject headings for a subselection of my private comics library.<br />
===LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology===<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com/tag/twitterbrary/ Twitterbrary project]: A series of blog posts analyzing how small libraries are using Twitter. <br />
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/10-11-wt1/www/J_Unrau/index.html Talking to Transhumanists]: This is a demonstration of my HTML and CSS coding abilities; don't worry about the weirdness of the content. It was all done in [http://macvim.org/OSX/index.php MacVim], which I am strangely proud of.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Course:LIBR559M/Making_a_Mashup-Friendly_Library&diff=106323Course:LIBR559M/Making a Mashup-Friendly Library2011-07-31T12:15:57Z<p>JJU: /* Other Mashup Examples */</p>
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<div>[http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#mashup Mashups]<ref>"Mashups" HLWiki Socialmedia glossary, accessed July 26, 2011. http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary</ref> are an intriguing means of knowledge creation in the Social Media universe (i.e. the 21st century). Peter Evans-Greenwood's definition of a mashup is "a user interface, or user interface element, that melds data and function from multiple sources to create one single, seamless view of a topic, eliminating unnecessary decisions and actions"<ref>Evans-Greenwood, Peter. 2009. "We need a better definition for 'mash-up'" PEG, accessed July 26, 2011. http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/24/we-need-a-better-definition-for-mash-up</ref>. <br />
In other words, this term merely describes the act of research - consolidating information from different sources into one piece of work. The library, then, is already a pre-eminent mashup tool. To go beyond the act of taking text from books and interpreting it in combination with text from other books is the kind of mashing up this wiki-page will discuss. <br />
==Introduction== <br />
Making your library mashup-friendly just requires a few things: <br />
* Interesting information no one else is sharing. <br />
* Storing that information in a format that makes it easy for others to use. <br />
* Tools to interpret the data in innovative ways. <br />
* Consideration of the legal issues around copyright in sharing and remixing data. <br />
* A willingness to experiment.<ref>Adapted from Greenhill, Kathryn. 2011. "What libraries need to do to create mashable data - Libraryhack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," Librarians Matter, accessed July 27, 2011. http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2011/05/26/what-libraries-need-to-do-to-create-mashable-data-libraryhack-interview-with-kathryn-greenhill/ </ref> <br />
The last point there is very important. It's a question of attitude, of relaxing control over the contents of your library so as to see what creative things your community can make happen. <br />
==What Needs Mashing?== <br />
One of the first steps to making a mashup-friendly library is to consider the information you're making available for remixing. Rather than duplicating the effort of other information organizations in this global society, it is more practical to focus on what is unique about your library. For public libraries, this could be topics of local importance like community history. Or, for academic libraries, their institutional repository. The point is to make available the things Google (or the big consortia) can't be bothered with (or don't have). <br />
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That said, it is very useful to collect some kinds of information similar to other groups. If more than one group makes a collection of pictures available with Creative Commons licensing, it is better for comparative purposes if they're of similar time periods or have some other basis for comparison. A completely haphazard approach means each collection might be interesting on its own, but ignores the wider scale of possibilities. <br />
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For a very good overview of this idea, check out this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc An Interview with Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack]<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref> <br />
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==Accessible Information== <br />
Making the locally interesting, not-catalogued anywhere else (at least not in a very detailed way), information in your institution available for others to use requires a few things. Making something available but only in a proprietary (or worse, proprietary and obsolete) format that was hand coded and used only by your organization isn't useful. Ideally the information is very local, but in a universal format/protocol. <br />
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===Open Data/Open Access=== <br />
Making data open or ‘freeing the data’ so that is accessible for re-use is the first step in making a mashup- friendly library. This also means looking ahead: when your library collects new data it needs to ask itself how this information could potentially reach people in the digital space, and thus collect and process it accordingly with an eye to future mashup projects. <br />
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As service organizations, libraries need to view data as something they can curate and then release to their clients so that they are enabled to participate more fully within their communities and the data these communities generate. By ensuring data is open, the library situates itself as a leader in providing both information and participatory access to it. <br />
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For more, watch this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview] <ref>"Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview" uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related</ref> <br />
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====Organizations Dedicated to Open Data==== <br />
* [http://www.opendefinition.org/ Open Definition]<ref>"Open Definition :," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://www.opendefinition.org/</ref> provides criteria for openness in relation to data, content, and software services. <br />
* [http://okfn.org/ The Open Knowledge Foundation]<ref>"Open Knowledge Foundation," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://okfn.org/</ref> promotes open knowledge, and its projects suggest ways in which libraries can use the open data vision to reach out to their communities. <br />
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===APIs=== <br />
While Excel spreadsheets of your library's local information are good (although the non-Microsoft-bound .csv format would be more universally readable), even more useful in today's social media environment is what is known as an API ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Api Application Programming Interface]<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Application programming interface," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed July 26, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Application_programming_interface&oldid=439816096</ref>). <br />
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An API is a set of rules that allows for live data exchange between programs. This is how people can overlay Google Maps with pictures from Flickr. Both websites are storing different kinds of data but the API lets a third party easily mash them together. It's possible to mash-up data by hand without the use of an API, but when dealing with large amounts of information this would be very tedious. Many social media platforms have APIs for you to work with, including [http://api.twitter.com Twitter], [http://www.delicious.com/help/api del.icio.us] and [http://code.google.com/more/ Google]. <br />
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A word of warning: Creating an API does require a bit of programming skill, mostly in php scripting. <br />
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====API Resources==== <br />
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide A Beginner's Guide to APIs]<ref>"The Nutshell: A Beginner's Guide to APIs," Guardian, last updated Friday 14, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide</ref> - APIs for laypeople from 2007. <br />
* [http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/ How to Create an API? (10 tutorials)]<ref>"How to Create an API?" WebResources Depot, posted July 14, 2009, accessed July 29, 2011. http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/</ref> - A bunch of links to API tutorials. <br />
* [http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/ Beginner’s guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation]<ref>"Beginner's guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation," Poynter, last updated July 11, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/</ref> - Information professionals from other disciplines are learning about APIs as well. <br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters]<ref>"How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters," uploaded by GoogleTechTalks on Oct 8, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw</ref> - A long video of a GoogleTechTalk <br />
* [http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/ How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening]<ref>"How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening," FluidInfo, posted January 27, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/</ref> <br />
* [http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/ Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API]<ref>"Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API," Bibliographic Wilderness, posted May 12, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/</ref> <br />
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==Remixable Information Tools== <br />
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===Data Mixing=== <br />
Mixing data of different types is the type of Mashup we usually think of. An example of putting together information from two different sources is when locations from books are mapped in Google Maps. The more information you have to work with, the easier it is to integrate two different data types. As Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack says<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>, while software can try deciphering addresses, actual geotags are more useful. <br />
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This is also where anticipating future uses of the data is useful. Retrofitting old information is going to be difficult and time-consuming, so ensuring that your current information is catalogued thoroughly (and according to Open Data standards and protocols) will make future mashers of your organization's data that much happier. <br />
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===Hardware Interpretation=== <br />
Mashups are not only confined to online sources, but can bring digital data into the physical world. Using mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with camera capabilities, digital data can be mashed up with real world objects such as books or buildings. [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#qrcode QR codes] can be used to bring library services outside the library setting via mobile phones. For example, Costa County Public Library's [http://guides.ccclib.org/qr/ Snap & Go Project] implemented QR codes in a variety of creative ways such as a sharing readalikes for popular books, providing access to free audiobooks using QR codes found on public transit, and running a library scavenger hunt. <br />
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Developments in [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#augment Augmented Reality (AR)] have also opened the door to a myriad of potential uses to benefit both library staff and patrons. William Brinkman of [http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ Miami University] in Ohio is developing a smartphone application for shelf-reading that can read special spine labels and detect out of place books <ref>"Augmented-Reality Shelving: Q&A with Miami University's Bo Brinkman on the ShelvAR App," Library Journal, updated April 18, 2011. http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890243-264/augmented-reality_shelving_qa_with_miami.html.csp</ref>. One can imagine the possibilities of similar applications that read QR codes, barcodes, or even RFID tags to display useful information about a book, such as user reviews, readalikes, or author notes.<br />
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Mashups can be used as a way of facilitating interaction between users and a library's digital or special collections. [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk/ WolfWalk] and [http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/beavertracks BeaverTracks] are two examples of self-guided walking tours developed by academic libraries that allow users to view geotagged historical photographs using the location-aware capabilities of smartphones to place the photographs in context with the actual locations on campus. <br />
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====Further AR Reading==== <br />
* [http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3035/ The Augmented Reality Library] - a blog post discussing the possibilities of AR in libraries <br />
* [http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/geolocation-augmented-reality-qr-codes-libraries/ (geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries] - Julie of The Strange Librarian blog discusses the value of these tools for libraries <br />
* [http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2011/07/meredith-farkas-on-mobile-services-and-the-mobile-library-future.html Meredith Farkas on Mobile Services and the Mobile Library Future] <br />
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==Licensing New Knowledge== <br />
===Creative Commons=== <br />
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2001<ref>Lysecki, Sara. 2007. “Creative Commons expands in Canada and Beyond.” ComputerWorld Canada 23.15.</ref>. Their goal is to facilitate the free use, copying, distribution, editing, and re-mixing of creative works<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. To this end, they provide a variety of free licenses for creators to apply to their work as an alternative to exclusive copyright<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. <br />
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Of course, Creative Commons licenses are not the only options out there. A popular alternative, especially for software, is the GNU General Public License<ref>“GNU General Public License, version 3,” GNU, last updated June 29, 2007. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ref>. However, Creative Commons allows for finer grained decisions about the use of intellectual property (although, the two are now inter-operable, depending on the CC license)<ref>Maracke, Catherina. 2010. “Creative Commons International: the International License Porting Project – Origins, Experiences, and Challenges.” JIPITEC 4.1: 13.</ref>. <br />
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The last benefit of CC is its international scope, whereby they have been adapting the original American-based licenses to the copyright laws of countries around the world (Canada among them)<ref>“Big legal win for free licenses,” Joi Ito, August 14, 2008. http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/08/13/lessighuge-and.html</ref>. <br />
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Understanding copyright can be daunting at the best of times. Here are the advantages of the CC system: <br />
# The human-readable parts of the licenses really are readable by humans. <br />
# If a contributor chooses a CC license they retain full copyrights; if the license is violated, legal action under copyright law can be taken. <br />
# These licenses are legally binding, as they now have case-law precedent<ref>“Does Creative Commons need more court cases?” TechnoLlama, Accessed July 21, 2011. http://www.technollama.co.uk/does-creative-commons-need-more-court-cases</ref>. <br />
# The licenses have also moved into the international realm. <br />
# Users can fill in this simple form to aid them in selecting a license<ref>“Choose,” Creative Commons, accessed July 21, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/choose/</ref>. <br />
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===Flickr Commons=== <br />
In 2008 Library of Congress started a pilot program with Flickr, in which it shared thousands of historical photos from its Prints and Photographs Online Catalog with the Flickr community, inviting people to add tags, comment, and offer additional descriptive information about the uncatalogued collection. The success of the project led numerous other cultural institutions<ref>"Participating Institutions," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/</ref> to jump aboard in an initiative named "The Commons" on Flickr. The goals of the program are to "increase access to publicly-held photography collections and to "provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge"<ref>"FAQ," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons?GXHC_gx_session_id_=6afecb2055a3c52c#faq</ref>. <br />
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Because most of the photos shared in The Commons photostream are publicly-held and the copyrights are not held or controlled by the institutions, a new copyright designation was formulated by Flickr: "No known copyright restrictions." By selecting this option when contributing to The Commons, a library asserts that it has "reasonably concluded that a photograph is free of copyright restrictions" either because it is in the public domain or because the library has control over the copyright. This is not a guarantee, and leaves it up to the user of the image to do his/her own research- a caveat clearly specified in the rights statement<ref>"Usage," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/</ref>. Thus, although it is oftentimes difficult to establish provenance for photographs, this option allows you to freely share your library's holdings with the general public. <br />
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====Mashups Using The Commons==== <br />
The aggregation of photos in The Commons has led to some interesting mashups. Some notable examples: <br />
* [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nypl/ New York Then and Now] and [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nationallibrarynz_commons/ New Zealand Then and Now]: displays historic images from The Commons and compares them with their modern day Google street view locations <br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/sidetracks/map.htm Sydney Sidetracks]: an interactive map from Australian Broadcasting Company, providing video, audio, and photos from The Commons for specific locations <br />
* [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2010/04/16/new-version-of-powerhouse-museum-in-layar-augmented-reality-browsing-of-museum-photos-around-sydney/ Powerhouse Museum in Layar]: a tutorial for using the Layar Augmented Reality smartphone app, using GPS and Powerhouse Museum's Flickr Commons images to see historical photographs of the buildings you are standing by, or to find nearby locations with photos and navigation directions in Sydney. <br />
<br />
===Mashed into the Community=== <br />
When you're making large swathes of your locally interesting information accessible to the world to remix reuse and mashup, it's important to tell your stakeholders about it. This is so they know about the excellent work you're doing and why it's important. It's also possible that some people who've donated items to your organization will not be all right with their information being put out there for modification by nameless others<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>. Being very clear about the licensing is important. This is also where conversation needs to be happening. <br />
<br />
==Other Mashup Examples== <br />
* [http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/fictionmap Edinburgh Reads] - A literary map of locations in books featuring Edinburgh, Scotland. <br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/japan-earthquake/ PBS' Live Seismic Data from Japan] - This was very useful during the Japanese tsunami of 2011. <br />
* [http://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/maphappy/ Map Happy: University of Minnesota Libraries] - Searches University of Minnesota's map collection and shows the coverage area of each map. <br />
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/airphotos/1919.htm/ McMaster University Air Photo Collection Index] - Search by date to see an index and locations of McMaster University Library's air photo holdings. <br />
* [http://www.umpqua.edu/library Umpqua Community College Library] - Uses Delicious Bookmarks and Tagroll on its homepage. <br />
* [http://www.housingmaps.com/ Housing Maps] - Using craigslist and Google Maps, it allows a user to select a city and view housing rentals and sales.<br />
* [http://experimental.worldcat.org/IDNetwork/ WorldCat Identities Network] - Uses two WorldCat services to show the connections between WorldCat entities (like persons, subjects and characters).<br />
<br />
===Libraryhack=== <br />
[http://libraryhack.org/ Libraryhack] was a 2011 library mashup and app competition which invited participants to use data from Australia and New Zealand libraries in creative new ways. The entries included: <br />
* [http://www.talkingmaps.com.au/ Talking Maps] - Using libraryhack datasets and other online sources, this entry combines photographs, manuscripts, and audio and superimposes them onto maps to produce fleshed out historical stories. <br />
* [http://www.conviz.info/ Conviz] - Using data from the British Convict Transportation Registry, this online application gives people a fuller story of the European settlement of Australia. It allows one to search for convicts and offers numerous charts, maps, and other visualisations to display info about the convicts, including the boats they came over on, their sentences, and their departure and arrival locations. <br />
* [http://www.3colors.com.au/newserve/# Newserve] - Maps out all of the newspapers in the State Library of New South Wales and the Trove digital collection. Via a timeline, newspapers and the dates they are available are displayed, and it also allows users to search for digital collections or catalogue data. <br />
<br />
All Libraryhack entries can be found [http://libraryhack.org/mix-mash-win/hack-entries/ here]<br />
<br />
==References== <br />
<references/> <br />
<br />
===Byline=== <br />
Since this is a wiki more hands might get involved down the line, but the original team responsible for this wikipage include: Abraham DeJesus, Jamie Fong, Jennifer Pappas, Kerry Taillefer and Justin Unrau. It was created for [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/LIBR_559M_-_Social_Media_for_Information_Professionals_-_Online_Modules LIBR559m - Social Media for Information Professionals] in July 2011.<br />
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<div>[http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#mashup Mashups]<ref>"Mashups" HLWiki Socialmedia glossary, accessed July 26, 2011. http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary</ref> are an intriguing means of knowledge creation in the Social Media universe (i.e. the 21st century). Peter Evans-Greenwood's definition of a mashup is "a user interface, or user interface element, that melds data and function from multiple sources to create one single, seamless view of a topic, eliminating unnecessary decisions and actions"<ref>Evans-Greenwood, Peter. 2009. "We need a better definition for 'mash-up'" PEG, accessed July 26, 2011. http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/24/we-need-a-better-definition-for-mash-up</ref>. <br />
In other words, this term merely describes the act of research - consolidating information from different sources into one piece of work. The library, then, is already a pre-eminent mashup tool. To go beyond the act of taking text from books and interpreting it in combination with text from other books is the kind of mashing up this wiki-page will discuss. <br />
==Introduction== <br />
Making your library mashup-friendly just requires a few things: <br />
* Interesting information no one else is sharing. <br />
* Storing that information in a format that makes it easy for others to use. <br />
* Tools to interpret the data in innovative ways. <br />
* Consideration of the legal issues around copyright in sharing and remixing data. <br />
* A willingness to experiment.<ref>Adapted from Greenhill, Kathryn. 2011. "What libraries need to do to create mashable data - Libraryhack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," Librarians Matter, accessed July 27, 2011. http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2011/05/26/what-libraries-need-to-do-to-create-mashable-data-libraryhack-interview-with-kathryn-greenhill/ </ref> <br />
The last point there is very important. It's a question of attitude, of relaxing control over the contents of your library so as to see what creative things your community can make happen. <br />
==What Needs Mashing?== <br />
One of the first steps to making a mashup-friendly library is to consider the information you're making available for remixing. Rather than duplicating the effort of other information organizations in this global society, it is more practical to focus on what is unique about your library. For public libraries, this could be topics of local importance like community history. Or, for academic libraries, their institutional repository. The point is to make available the things Google (or the big consortia) can't be bothered with (or don't have). <br />
<br />
That said, it is very useful to collect some kinds of information similar to other groups. If more than one group makes a collection of pictures available with Creative Commons licensing, it is better for comparative purposes if they're of similar time periods or have some other basis for comparison. A completely haphazard approach means each collection might be interesting on its own, but ignores the wider scale of possibilities. <br />
<br />
For a very good overview of this idea, check out this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc An Interview with Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack]<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref> <br />
<br />
==Accessible Information== <br />
Making the locally interesting, not-catalogued anywhere else (at least not in a very detailed way), information in your institution available for others to use requires a few things. Making something available but only in a proprietary (or worse, proprietary and obsolete) format that was hand coded and used only by your organization isn't useful. Ideally the information is very local, but in a universal format/protocol. <br />
<br />
===Open Data/Open Access=== <br />
Making data open or ‘freeing the data’ so that is accessible for re-use is the first step in making a mashup- friendly library. This also means looking ahead: when your library collects new data it needs to ask itself how this information could potentially reach people in the digital space, and thus collect and process it accordingly with an eye to future mashup projects. <br />
<br />
As service organizations, libraries need to view data as something they can curate and then release to their clients so that they are enabled to participate more fully within their communities and the data these communities generate. By ensuring data is open, the library situates itself as a leader in providing both information and participatory access to it. <br />
<br />
For more, watch this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview] <ref>"Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview" uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related</ref> <br />
<br />
====Organizations Dedicated to Open Data==== <br />
* [http://www.opendefinition.org/ Open Definition]<ref>"Open Definition :," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://www.opendefinition.org/</ref> provides criteria for openness in relation to data, content, and software services. <br />
* [http://okfn.org/ The Open Knowledge Foundation]<ref>"Open Knowledge Foundation," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://okfn.org/</ref> promotes open knowledge, and its projects suggest ways in which libraries can use the open data vision to reach out to their communities. <br />
<br />
===APIs=== <br />
While Excel spreadsheets of your library's local information are good (although the non-Microsoft-bound .csv format would be more universally readable), even more useful in today's social media environment is what is known as an API ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Api Application Programming Interface]<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Application programming interface," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed July 26, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Application_programming_interface&oldid=439816096</ref>). <br />
<br />
An API is a set of rules that allows for live data exchange between programs. This is how people can overlay Google Maps with pictures from Flickr. Both websites are storing different kinds of data but the API lets a third party easily mash them together. It's possible to mash-up data by hand without the use of an API, but when dealing with large amounts of information this would be very tedious. Many social media platforms have APIs for you to work with, including [http://api.twitter.com Twitter], [http://www.delicious.com/help/api del.icio.us] and [http://code.google.com/more/ Google]. <br />
<br />
A word of warning: Creating an API does require a bit of programming skill, mostly in php scripting. <br />
<br />
====API Resources==== <br />
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide A Beginner's Guide to APIs]<ref>"The Nutshell: A Beginner's Guide to APIs," Guardian, last updated Friday 14, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide</ref> - APIs for laypeople from 2007. <br />
* [http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/ How to Create an API? (10 tutorials)]<ref>"How to Create an API?" WebResources Depot, posted July 14, 2009, accessed July 29, 2011. http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/</ref> - A bunch of links to API tutorials. <br />
* [http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/ Beginner’s guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation]<ref>"Beginner's guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation," Poynter, last updated July 11, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/</ref> - Information professionals from other disciplines are learning about APIs as well. <br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters]<ref>"How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters," uploaded by GoogleTechTalks on Oct 8, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw</ref> - A long video of a GoogleTechTalk <br />
* [http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/ How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening]<ref>"How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening," FluidInfo, posted January 27, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/</ref> <br />
* [http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/ Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API]<ref>"Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API," Bibliographic Wilderness, posted May 12, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/</ref> <br />
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==Remixable Information Tools== <br />
<br />
===Data Mixing=== <br />
Mixing data of different types is the type of Mashup we usually think of. An example of putting together information from two different sources is when locations from books are mapped in Google Maps. The more information you have to work with, the easier it is to integrate two different data types. As Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack says<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>, while software can try deciphering addresses, actual geotags are more useful. <br />
<br />
This is also where anticipating future uses of the data is useful. Retrofitting old information is going to be difficult and time-consuming, so ensuring that your current information is catalogued thoroughly (and according to Open Data standards and protocols) will make future mashers of your organization's data that much happier. <br />
<br />
===Hardware Interpretation=== <br />
Mashups are not only confined to online sources, but can bring digital data into the physical world. Using mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with camera capabilities, digital data can be mashed up with real world objects such as books or buildings. [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#qrcode QR codes] can be used to bring library services outside the library setting via mobile phones. For example, Costa County Public Library's [http://guides.ccclib.org/qr/ Snap & Go Project] implemented QR codes in a variety of creative ways such as a sharing readalikes for popular books, providing access to free audiobooks using QR codes found on public transit, and running a library scavenger hunt. <br />
<br />
Developments in [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#augment Augmented Reality (AR)] have also opened the door to a myriad of potential uses to benefit both library staff and patrons. William Brinkman of [http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ Miami University] in Ohio is developing a smartphone application for shelf-reading that can read special spine labels and detect out of place books <ref>"Augmented-Reality Shelving: Q&A with Miami University's Bo Brinkman on the ShelvAR App," Library Journal, updated April 18, 2011. http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890243-264/augmented-reality_shelving_qa_with_miami.html.csp</ref>. One can imagine the possibilities of similar applications that read QR codes, barcodes, or even RFID tags to display useful information about a book, such as user reviews, readalikes, or author notes.<br />
<br />
Mashups can be used as a way of facilitating interaction between users and a library's digital or special collections. [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk/ WolfWalk] and [http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/beavertracks BeaverTracks] are two examples of self-guided walking tours developed by academic libraries that allow users to view geotagged historical photographs using the location-aware capabilities of smartphones to place the photographs in context with the actual locations on campus. <br />
<br />
====Further AR Reading==== <br />
* [http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3035/ The Augmented Reality Library] - a blog post discussing the possibilities of AR in libraries <br />
* [http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/geolocation-augmented-reality-qr-codes-libraries/ (geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries] - Julie of The Strange Librarian blog discusses the value of these tools for libraries <br />
* [http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2011/07/meredith-farkas-on-mobile-services-and-the-mobile-library-future.html Meredith Farkas on Mobile Services and the Mobile Library Future] <br />
<br />
==Licensing New Knowledge== <br />
===Creative Commons=== <br />
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2001<ref>Lysecki, Sara. 2007. “Creative Commons expands in Canada and Beyond.” ComputerWorld Canada 23.15.</ref>. Their goal is to facilitate the free use, copying, distribution, editing, and re-mixing of creative works<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. To this end, they provide a variety of free licenses for creators to apply to their work as an alternative to exclusive copyright<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. <br />
<br />
Of course, Creative Commons licenses are not the only options out there. A popular alternative, especially for software, is the GNU General Public License<ref>“GNU General Public License, version 3,” GNU, last updated June 29, 2007. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ref>. However, Creative Commons allows for finer grained decisions about the use of intellectual property (although, the two are now inter-operable, depending on the CC license)<ref>Maracke, Catherina. 2010. “Creative Commons International: the International License Porting Project – Origins, Experiences, and Challenges.” JIPITEC 4.1: 13.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The last benefit of CC is its international scope, whereby they have been adapting the original American-based licenses to the copyright laws of countries around the world (Canada among them)<ref>“Big legal win for free licenses,” Joi Ito, August 14, 2008. http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/08/13/lessighuge-and.html</ref>. <br />
<br />
Understanding copyright can be daunting at the best of times. Here are the advantages of the CC system: <br />
# The human-readable parts of the licenses really are readable by humans. <br />
# If a contributor chooses a CC license they retain full copyrights; if the license is violated, legal action under copyright law can be taken. <br />
# These licenses are legally binding, as they now have case-law precedent<ref>“Does Creative Commons need more court cases?” TechnoLlama, Accessed July 21, 2011. http://www.technollama.co.uk/does-creative-commons-need-more-court-cases</ref>. <br />
# The licenses have also moved into the international realm. <br />
# Users can fill in this simple form to aid them in selecting a license<ref>“Choose,” Creative Commons, accessed July 21, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/choose/</ref>. <br />
<br />
===Flickr Commons=== <br />
In 2008 Library of Congress started a pilot program with Flickr, in which it shared thousands of historical photos from its Prints and Photographs Online Catalog with the Flickr community, inviting people to add tags, comment, and offer additional descriptive information about the uncatalogued collection. The success of the project led numerous other cultural institutions<ref>"Participating Institutions," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/</ref> to jump aboard in an initiative named "The Commons" on Flickr. The goals of the program are to "increase access to publicly-held photography collections and to "provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge"<ref>"FAQ," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons?GXHC_gx_session_id_=6afecb2055a3c52c#faq</ref>. <br />
<br />
Because most of the photos shared in The Commons photostream are publicly-held and the copyrights are not held or controlled by the institutions, a new copyright designation was formulated by Flickr: "No known copyright restrictions." By selecting this option when contributing to The Commons, a library asserts that it has "reasonably concluded that a photograph is free of copyright restrictions" either because it is in the public domain or because the library has control over the copyright. This is not a guarantee, and leaves it up to the user of the image to do his/her own research- a caveat clearly specified in the rights statement<ref>"Usage," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/</ref>. Thus, although it is oftentimes difficult to establish provenance for photographs, this option allows you to freely share your library's holdings with the general public. <br />
<br />
====Mashups Using The Commons==== <br />
The aggregation of photos in The Commons has led to some interesting mashups. Some notable examples: <br />
* [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nypl/ New York Then and Now] and [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nationallibrarynz_commons/ New Zealand Then and Now]: displays historic images from The Commons and compares them with their modern day Google street view locations <br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/sidetracks/map.htm Sydney Sidetracks]: an interactive map from Australian Broadcasting Company, providing video, audio, and photos from The Commons for specific locations <br />
* [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2010/04/16/new-version-of-powerhouse-museum-in-layar-augmented-reality-browsing-of-museum-photos-around-sydney/ Powerhouse Museum in Layar]: a tutorial for using the Layar Augmented Reality smartphone app, using GPS and Powerhouse Museum's Flickr Commons images to see historical photographs of the buildings you are standing by, or to find nearby locations with photos and navigation directions in Sydney. <br />
<br />
===Mashed into the Community=== <br />
When you're making large swathes of your locally interesting information accessible to the world to remix reuse and mashup, it's important to tell your stakeholders about it. This is so they know about the excellent work you're doing and why it's important. It's also possible that some people who've donated items to your organization will not be all right with their information being put out there for modification by nameless others<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>. Being very clear about the licensing is important. This is also where conversation needs to be happening. <br />
<br />
==Other Mashup Examples== <br />
* [http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/fictionmap Edinburgh Reads] - A literary map of locations in books featuring Edinburgh, Scotland. <br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/japan-earthquake/ PBS' Live Seismic Data from Japan] - This was very useful during the Japanese tsunami of 2011. <br />
* [http://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/maphappy/ Map Happy: University of Minnesota Libraries] - Searches University of Minnesota's map collection and shows the coverage area of each map. <br />
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/airphotos/1919.htm/ McMaster University Air Photo Collection Index] - Search by date to see an index and locations of McMaster University Library's air photo holdings. <br />
* [http://www.umpqua.edu/library Umpqua Community College Library] - Uses Delicious Bookmarks and Tagroll on its homepage. <br />
* [http://www.housingmaps.com/ Housing Maps] - Using craigslist and Google Maps, it allows a user to select a city and view housing rentals and sales. <br />
<br />
===Libraryhack=== <br />
[http://libraryhack.org/ Libraryhack] was a 2011 library mashup and app competition which invited participants to use data from Australia and New Zealand libraries in creative new ways. The entries included: <br />
* [http://www.talkingmaps.com.au/ Talking Maps] - Using libraryhack datasets and other online sources, this entry combines photographs, manuscripts, and audio and superimposes them onto maps to produce fleshed out historical stories. <br />
* [http://www.conviz.info/ Conviz] - Using data from the British Convict Transportation Registry, this online application gives people a fuller story of the European settlement of Australia. It allows one to search for convicts and offers numerous charts, maps, and other visualisations to display info about the convicts, including the boats they came over on, their sentences, and their departure and arrival locations. <br />
* [http://www.3colors.com.au/newserve/# Newserve] - Maps out all of the newspapers in the State Library of New South Wales and the Trove digital collection. Via a timeline, newspapers and the dates they are available are displayed, and it also allows users to search for digital collections or catalogue data. <br />
<br />
All Libraryhack entries can be found [http://libraryhack.org/mix-mash-win/hack-entries/ here]<br />
<br />
==References== <br />
<references/> <br />
<br />
===Byline=== <br />
Since this is a wiki more hands might get involved down the line, but the original team responsible for this wikipage include: Abraham DeJesus, Jamie Fong, Jennifer Pappas, Kerry Taillefer and Justin Unrau. It was created for [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/LIBR_559M_-_Social_Media_for_Information_Professionals_-_Online_Modules LIBR559m - Social Media for Information Professionals] in July 2011.<br />
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<div>[http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#mashup Mashups]<ref>"Mashups" HLWiki Socialmedia glossary, accessed July 26, 2011. http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary</ref> are an intriguing means of knowledge creation in the Social Media universe (i.e. the 21st century). Peter Evans-Greenwood's definition of a mashup is "a user interface, or user interface element, that melds data and function from multiple sources to create one single, seamless view of a topic, eliminating unnecessary decisions and actions"<ref>Evans-Greenwood, Peter. 2009. "We need a better definition for 'mash-up'" PEG, accessed July 26, 2011. http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/24/we-need-a-better-definition-for-mash-up</ref>. <br />
In other words, this term merely describes the act of research - consolidating information from different sources into one piece of work. The library, then, is already a pre-eminent mashup tool. To go beyond the act of taking text from books and interpreting it in combination with text from other books is the kind of mashing up this wiki-page will discuss. <br />
==Introduction== <br />
Making your library mashup-friendly just requires a few things: <br />
* Interesting information no one else is sharing. <br />
* Storing that information in a format that makes it easy for others to use. <br />
* Tools to interpret the data in innovative ways. <br />
* Consideration of the legal issues around copyright in sharing and remixing data. <br />
* A willingness to experiment.<ref>Adapted from Greenhill, Kathryn. 2011. "What libraries need to do to create mashable data - Libraryhack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," Librarians Matter, accessed July 27, 2011. http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2011/05/26/what-libraries-need-to-do-to-create-mashable-data-libraryhack-interview-with-kathryn-greenhill/ </ref> <br />
The last point there is very important. It's a question of attitude, of relaxing control over the contents of your library so as to see what creative things your community can make happen. <br />
==What Needs Mashing?== <br />
One of the first steps to making a mashup-friendly library is to consider the information you're making available for remixing. Rather than duplicating the effort of other information organizations in this global society, it is more practical to focus on what is unique about your library. For public libraries, this could be topics of local importance like community history. Or, for academic libraries, their institutional repository. The point is to make available the things Google (or the big consortia) can't be bothered with (or don't have). <br />
<br />
That said, it is very useful to collect some kinds of information similar to other groups. If more than one group makes a collection of pictures available with Creative Commons licensing, it is better for comparative purposes if they're of similar time periods or have some other basis for comparison. A completely haphazard approach means each collection might be interesting on its own, but ignores the wider scale of possibilities. <br />
<br />
For a very good overview of this idea, check out this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc An Interview with Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack]<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref> <br />
<br />
==Accessible Information== <br />
Making the locally interesting, not-catalogued anywhere else (at least not in a very detailed way), information in your institution available for others to use requires a few things. Making something available but only in a proprietary (or worse, proprietary and obsolete) format that was hand coded and used only by your organization isn't useful. Ideally the information is very local, but in a universal format/protocol. <br />
<br />
===Open Data/Open Access=== <br />
Making data open or ‘freeing the data’ so that is accessible for re-use is the first step in making a mashup- friendly library. This also means looking ahead: when your library collects new data it needs to ask itself how this information could potentially reach people in the digital space, and thus collect and process it accordingly with an eye to future mashup projects. <br />
<br />
As service organizations, libraries need to view data as something they can curate and then release to their clients so that they are enabled to participate more fully within their communities and the data these communities generate. By ensuring data is open, the library situates itself as a leader in providing both information and participatory access to it. <br />
<br />
For more, watch this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview] <ref>"Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview" uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related</ref> <br />
<br />
====Organizations Dedicated to Open Data==== <br />
* [http://www.opendefinition.org/ Open Definition]<ref>"Open Definition :," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://www.opendefinition.org/</ref> provides criteria for openness in relation to data, content, and software services. <br />
* [http://okfn.org/ The Open Knowledge Foundation]<ref>"Open Knowledge Foundation," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://okfn.org/</ref> promotes open knowledge, and its projects suggest ways in which libraries can use the open data vision to reach out to their communities. <br />
<br />
===APIs=== <br />
While Excel spreadsheets of your library's local information are good (although the non-Microsoft-bound .csv format would be more universally readable), even more useful in today's social media environment is what is known as an API ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Api Application Programming Interface]<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Application programming interface," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed July 26, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Application_programming_interface&oldid=439816096</ref>). <br />
<br />
An API is a set of rules that allows for live data exchange between programs. This is how people can overlay Google Maps with pictures from Flickr. Both websites are storing different kinds of data but the API lets a third party easily mash them together. It's possible to mash-up data by hand without the use of an API, but when dealing with large amounts of information this would be very tedious. Many social media platforms have APIs for you to work with, including [http://api.twitter.com Twitter], [http://www.delicious.com/help/api del.icio.us] and [http://code.google.com/more/ Google]. <br />
<br />
A word of warning: Creating an API does require a bit of programming skill, mostly in php scripting. <br />
<br />
====API Resources==== <br />
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide A Beginner's Guide to APIs]<ref>"The Nutshell: A Beginner's Guide to APIs," Guardian, last updated Friday 14, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide</ref> - APIs for laypeople from 2007. <br />
* [http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/ How to Create an API? (10 tutorials)]<ref>"How to Create an API?" WebResources Depot, posted July 14, 2009, accessed July 29, 2011. http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/</ref> - A bunch of links to API tutorials. <br />
* [http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/ Beginner’s guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation]<ref>"Beginner's guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation," Poynter, last updated July 11, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/</ref> - Information professionals from other disciplines are learning about APIs as well. <br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters]<ref>"How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters," uploaded by GoogleTechTalks on Oct 8, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw</ref> - A long video of a GoogleTechTalk <br />
* [http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/ How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening]<ref>"How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening," FluidInfo, posted January 27, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/</ref> <br />
* [http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/ Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API]<ref>"Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API," Bibliographic Wilderness, posted May 12, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/</ref> <br />
<br />
==Remixable Information Tools== <br />
<br />
===Data Mixing=== <br />
Mixing data of different types is the type of Mashup we usually think of. An example of putting together information from two different sources is when locations from books are mapped in Google Maps. The more information you have to work with, the easier it is to integrate two different data types. As Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack says<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>, while software can try deciphering addresses, actual geotags are more useful. <br />
<br />
This is also where anticipating future uses of the data is useful. Retrofitting old information is going to be difficult and time-consuming, so ensuring that your current information is catalogued thoroughly (and according to Open Data standards and protocols) will make future mashers of your organization's data that much happier. <br />
<br />
===Hardware Interpretation=== <br />
Mashups are not only confined to online sources, but can bring digital data into the physical world. Using mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with camera capabilities, digital data can be mashed up with real world objects such as books or buildings. [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#qrcode QR codes] can be used to bring library services outside the library setting via mobile phones. For example, Costa County Public Library's [http://guides.ccclib.org/qr/ Snap & Go Project] implemented QR codes in a variety of creative ways such as a sharing readalikes for popular books, providing access to free audiobooks using QR codes found on public transit, and running a library scavenger hunt. <br />
<br />
Developments in [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#augment Augmented Reality (AR)] have also opened the door to a myriad of potential uses to benefit both library staff and patrons. William Brinkman of [http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ Miami University] in Ohio is developing a smartphone application for shelf-reading that can read special spine labels and detect out of place books <ref>"Augmented-Reality Shelving: Q&A with Miami University's Bo Brinkman on the ShelvAR App," Library Journal, updated April 18, 2011. http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890243-264/augmented-reality_shelving_qa_with_miami.html.csp</ref>. One can imagine the possibilities of similar applications that read QR codes, barcodes, or even RFID tags to display useful information about a book, such as user reviews, readalikes, or author notes.<br />
<br />
Mashups can be used as a way of facilitating interaction between users and a library's digital or special collections. [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk/ WolfWalk] and [http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/beavertracks BeaverTracks] are two examples of self-guided walking tours developed by academic libraries that allow users to view geotagged historical photographs using the location-aware capabilities of smartphones to place the photographs in context with the actual locations on campus. <br />
<br />
====Further AR Reading==== <br />
* [http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3035/ The Augmented Reality Library] - a blog post discussing the possibilities of AR in libraries <br />
* [http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/geolocation-augmented-reality-qr-codes-libraries/ (geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries] - Julie of The Strange Librarian blog discusses the value of these tools for libraries <br />
* [http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2011/07/meredith-farkas-on-mobile-services-and-the-mobile-library-future.html Meredith Farkas on Mobile Services and the Mobile Library Future] <br />
<br />
==Licensing New Knowledge== <br />
===Creative Commons=== <br />
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2001<ref>Lysecki, Sara. 2007. “Creative Commons expands in Canada and Beyond.” ComputerWorld Canada 23.15.</ref>. Their goal is to facilitate the free use, copying, distribution, editing, and re-mixing of creative works<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. To this end, they provide a variety of free licenses for creators to apply to their work as an alternative to exclusive copyright<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. <br />
<br />
Of course, Creative Commons licenses are not the only options out there. A popular alternative, especially for software, is the GNU General Public License<ref>“GNU General Public License, version 3,” GNU, last updated June 29, 2007. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ref>. However, Creative Commons allows for finer grained decisions about the use of intellectual property (although, the two are now inter-operable, depending on the CC license)<ref>Maracke, Catherina. 2010. “Creative Commons International: the International License Porting Project – Origins, Experiences, and Challenges.” JIPITEC 4.1: 13.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The last benefit of CC is its international scope, whereby they have been adapting the original American-based licenses to the copyright laws of countries around the world (Canada among them)<ref>“Big legal win for free licenses,” Joi Ito, August 14, 2008. http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/08/13/lessighuge-and.html</ref>. <br />
<br />
Understanding copyright can be daunting at the best of times. Here are the advantages of the CC system: <br />
# The human-readable parts of the licenses really are readable by humans. <br />
# If a contributor chooses a CC license they retain full copyrights; if the license is violated, legal action under copyright law can be taken. <br />
# These licenses are legally binding, as they now have case-law precedent<ref>“Does Creative Commons need more court cases?” TechnoLlama, Accessed July 21, 2011. http://www.technollama.co.uk/does-creative-commons-need-more-court-cases</ref>. <br />
# The licenses have also moved into the international realm. <br />
# Users can fill in this simple form to aid them in selecting a license<ref>“Choose,” Creative Commons, accessed July 21, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/choose/</ref>. <br />
<br />
===Flickr Commons=== <br />
In 2008 Library of Congress started a pilot program with Flickr, in which it shared thousands of historical photos from its Prints and Photographs Online Catalog with the Flickr community, inviting people to add tags, comment, and offer additional descriptive information about the uncatalogued collection. The success of the project led numerous other cultural institutions<ref>"Participating Institutions," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/</ref> to jump aboard in an initiative named "The Commons" on Flickr. The goals of the program are to "increase access to publicly-held photography collections and to "provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge"<ref>"FAQ," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons?GXHC_gx_session_id_=6afecb2055a3c52c#faq</ref>. <br />
<br />
Because most of the photos shared in The Commons photostream are publicly-held and the copyrights are not held or controlled by the institutions, a new copyright designation was formulated by Flickr: "No known copyright restrictions." By selecting this option when contributing to The Commons, a library asserts that it has "reasonably concluded that a photograph is free of copyright restrictions" either because it is in the public domain or because the library has control over the copyright. This is not a guarantee, and leaves it up to the user of the image to do his/her own research- a caveat clearly specified in the rights statement<ref>"Usage," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/</ref>. Thus, although it is oftentimes difficult to establish provenance for photographs, this option allows you to freely share your library's holdings with the general public. <br />
<br />
====Mashups Using The Commons==== <br />
The aggregation of photos in The Commons has led to some interesting mashups. Some notable examples: <br />
* [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nypl/ New York Then and Now] and [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nationallibrarynz_commons/ New Zealand Then and Now]: displays historic images from The Commons and compares them with their modern day Google street view locations <br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/sidetracks/map.htm Sydney Sidetracks]: an interactive map from Australian Broadcasting Company, providing video, audio, and photos from The Commons for specific locations <br />
* [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2010/04/16/new-version-of-powerhouse-museum-in-layar-augmented-reality-browsing-of-museum-photos-around-sydney/ Powerhouse Museum in Layar]: a tutorial for using the Layar Augmented Reality smartphone app, using GPS and Powerhouse Museum's Flickr Commons images to see historical photographs of the buildings you are standing by, or to find nearby locations with photos and navigation directions in Sydney. <br />
<br />
===Mashed into the Community=== <br />
When you're making large swathes of your locally interesting information accessible to the world to remix reuse and mashup, it's important to tell your stakeholders about it. This is so they know about the excellent work you're doing and why it's important. It's also possible that some people who've donated items to your organization will not be all right with their information being put out there for modification by nameless others<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>. Being very clear about the licensing is important. This is also where conversation needs to be happening. <br />
<br />
==Other Mashup Examples== <br />
* [http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/fictionmap Edinburgh Reads] - A literary map of locations in books featuring Edinburgh, Scotland. <br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/japan-earthquake/ PBS' Live Seismic Data from Japan] - This was very useful during the Japanese tsunami of 2011. <br />
* [http://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/maphappy/ Map Happy: University of Minnesota Libraries] - Searches University of Minnesota's map collection and shows the coverage area of each map. <br />
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/airphotos/1919.htm/ McMaster University Air Photo Collection Index] - Search by date to see an index and locations of McMaster University Library's air photo holdings. <br />
* [http://www.umpqua.edu/library Umpqua Community College Library] Uses Delicious Bookmarks and Tagroll on its homepage. <br />
* [http://www.housingmaps.com/ Housing Maps] - Using craigslist and Google Maps, it allows a user to select a city and view housing rentals and sales. <br />
<br />
===Libraryhack=== <br />
[http://libraryhack.org/ Libraryhack] was a 2011 library mashup and app competition which invited participants to use data from Australia and New Zealand libraries in creative new ways. The entries included: <br />
* [http://www.talkingmaps.com.au/ Talking Maps] - Using libraryhack datasets and other online sources, this entry combines photographs, manuscripts, and audio and superimposes them onto maps to produce fleshed out historical stories. <br />
* [http://www.conviz.info/ Conviz] - Using data from the British Convict Transportation Registry, this online application gives people a fuller story of the European settlement of Australia. It allows one to search for convicts and offers numerous charts, maps, and other visualisations to display info about the convicts, including the boats they came over on, their sentences, and their departure and arrival locations. <br />
* [http://www.3colors.com.au/newserve/# Newserve] - Maps out all of the newspapers in the State Library of New South Wales and the Trove digital collection. Via a timeline, newspapers and the dates they are available are displayed, and it also allows users to search for digital collections or catalogue data. <br />
<br />
All Libraryhack entries can be found [http://libraryhack.org/mix-mash-win/hack-entries/ here] <br />
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==References== <br />
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===Byline=== <br />
Since this is a wiki more hands might get involved down the line, but the original team responsible for this wikipage include: Abraham DeJesus, Jamie Fong, Jennifer Pappas, Kerry Taillefer and Justin Unrau. It was created for [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/LIBR_559M_-_Social_Media_for_Information_Professionals_-_Online_Modules LIBR559m - Social Media for Information Professionals] in July 2011.<br />
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<div>[http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#mashup Mashups]<ref>"Mashups" HLWiki Socialmedia glossary, accessed July 26, 2011. http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary</ref> are an intriguing means of knowledge creation in the Social Media universe (i.e. the 21st century). Peter Evans-Greenwood's definition of a mashup is "a user interface, or user interface element, that melds data and function from multiple sources to create one single, seamless view of a topic, eliminating unnecessary decisions and actions"<ref>Evans-Greenwood, Peter. 2009. "We need a better definition for 'mash-up'" PEG, accessed July 26, 2011. http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/24/we-need-a-better-definition-for-mash-up</ref>. <br />
In other words, this term merely describes the act of research - consolidating information from different sources into one piece of work. The library, then, is already a pre-eminent mashup tool. To go beyond the act of taking text from books and interpreting it in combination with text from other books is the kind of mashing up this wiki-page will discuss. <br />
==Introduction== <br />
Making your library mashup-friendly just requires a few things: <br />
* Interesting information no one else is sharing. <br />
* Storing that information in a format that makes it easy for others to use. <br />
* Tools to interpret the data in innovative ways. <br />
* Consideration of the legal issues around copyright in sharing and remixing data. <br />
* A willingness to experiment.<ref>Adapted from Greenhill, Kathryn. 2011. "What libraries need to do to create mashable data - Libraryhack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," Librarians Matter, accessed July 27, 2011. http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2011/05/26/what-libraries-need-to-do-to-create-mashable-data-libraryhack-interview-with-kathryn-greenhill/ </ref> <br />
The last point there is very important. It's a question of attitude, of relaxing control over the contents of your library so as to see what creative things your community can make happen. <br />
==What Needs Mashing?== <br />
One of the first steps to making a mashup-friendly library is to consider the information you're making available for remixing. Rather than duplicating the effort of other information organizations in this global society, it is more practical to focus on what is unique about your library. For public libraries, this could be topics of local importance like community history. Or, for academic libraries, their institutional repository. The point is to make available the things Google (or the big consortia) can't be bothered with (or don't have). <br />
<br />
That said, it is very useful to collect some kinds of information similar to other groups. If more than one group makes a collection of pictures available with Creative Commons licensing, it is better for comparative purposes if they're of similar time periods or have some other basis for comparison. A completely haphazard approach means each collection might be interesting on its own, but ignores the wider scale of possibilities. <br />
<br />
For a very good overview of this idea, check out this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc An Interview with Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack]<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref> <br />
<br />
==Accessible Information== <br />
Making the locally interesting, not-catalogued anywhere else (at least not in a very detailed way), information in your institution available for others to use requires a few things. Making something available but only in a proprietary (or worse, proprietary and obsolete) format that was hand coded and used only by your organization isn't useful. Ideally the information is very local, but in a universal format/protocol. <br />
<br />
===Open Data/Open Access=== <br />
Making data open or ‘freeing the data’ so that is accessible for re-use is the first step in making a mashup- friendly library. This also means looking ahead: when your library collects new data it needs to ask itself how this information could potentially reach people in the digital space, and thus collect and process it accordingly with an eye to future mashup projects. <br />
<br />
As service organizations, libraries need to view data as something they can curate and then release to their clients so that they are enabled to participate more fully within their communities and the data these communities generate. By ensuring data is open, the library situates itself as a leader in providing both information and participatory access to it. <br />
<br />
For more, watch this video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview] <ref>"Anna Raunik & Margaret Warren (from State Library of Queensland) Interview" uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4BgsP2PYo&feature=related</ref> <br />
<br />
====Organizations Dedicated to Open Data==== <br />
* [http://www.opendefinition.org/ Open Definition]<ref>"Open Definition :," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://www.opendefinition.org/</ref> provides criteria for openness in relation to data, content, and software services. <br />
* [http://okfn.org/ The Open Knowledge Foundation]<ref>"Open Knowledge Foundation," Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed July 26, 2011. http://okfn.org/</ref> promotes open knowledge, and its projects suggest ways in which libraries can use the open data vision to reach out to their communities. <br />
<br />
===APIs=== <br />
While Excel spreadsheets of your library's local information are good (although the non-Microsoft-bound .csv format would be more universally readable), even more useful in today's social media environment is what is known as an API ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Api Application Programming Interface]<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Application programming interface," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed July 26, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Application_programming_interface&oldid=439816096</ref>). <br />
<br />
An API is a set of rules that allows for live data exchange between programs. This is how people can overlay Google Maps with pictures from Flickr. Both websites are storing different kinds of data but the API lets a third party easily mash them together. It's possible to mash-up data by hand without the use of an API, but when dealing with large amounts of information this would be very tedious. Many social media platforms have APIs for you to work with, including [http://api.twitter.com Twitter], [http://www.delicious.com/help/api del.icio.us] and [http://code.google.com/more/ Google]. <br />
<br />
A word of warning: Creating an API does require a bit of programming skill, mostly in php scripting. <br />
<br />
====API Resources==== <br />
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide A Beginner's Guide to APIs]<ref>"The Nutshell: A Beginner's Guide to APIs," Guardian, last updated Friday 14, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2007/dec/14/thenutshellabeginnersguide</ref> - APIs for laypeople from 2007. <br />
* [http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/ How to Create an API? (10 tutorials)]<ref>"How to Create an API?" WebResources Depot, posted July 14, 2009, accessed July 29, 2011. http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-create-an-api-10-tutorials/</ref> - A bunch of links to API tutorials. <br />
* [http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/ Beginner’s guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation]<ref>"Beginner's guide for journalists who want to understand API documentation," Poynter, last updated July 11, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/138211/beginners-guide-for-journalists-who-want-to-understand-api-documentation/</ref> - Information professionals from other disciplines are learning about APIs as well. <br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters]<ref>"How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters," uploaded by GoogleTechTalks on Oct 8, 2007, accessed July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw</ref> - A long video of a GoogleTechTalk <br />
* [http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/ How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening]<ref>"How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening," FluidInfo, posted January 27, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/2011/01/27/how-we-made-an-api-for-boingboing-in-an-evening/</ref> <br />
* [http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/ Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API]<ref>"Librarian commentary on the 2011 Google Books API," Bibliographic Wilderness, posted May 12, 2011, accessed July 25, 2011. http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/new-google-books-api/</ref> <br />
<br />
==Remixable Information Tools== <br />
<br />
===Data Mixing=== <br />
Mixing data of different types is the type of Mashup we usually think of. An example of putting together information from two different sources is when locations from books are mapped in Google Maps. The more information you have to work with, the easier it is to integrate two different data types. As Kathryn Greenhill of Libraryhack says<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>, while software can try deciphering addresses, actual geotags are more useful. <br />
<br />
This is also where anticipating future uses of the data is useful. Retrofitting old information is going to be difficult and time-consuming, so ensuring that your current information is catalogued thoroughly (and according to Open Data standards and protocols) will make future mashers of your organization's data that much happier. <br />
<br />
===Hardware Interpretation=== <br />
Mashups are not only confined to online sources, but can bring digital data into the physical world. Using mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with camera capabilities, digital data can be mashed up with real world objects such as books or buildings. [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#qrcode QR codes] can be used to bring library services outside the library setting via mobile phones. For example, Costa County Public Library's [http://guides.ccclib.org/qr/ Snap & Go Project] implemented QR codes in a variety of creative ways such as a sharing readalikes for popular books, providing access to free audiobooks using QR codes found on public transit, and running a library scavenger hunt. <br />
<br />
Developments in [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Social_media_glossary#augment Augmented Reality (AR)] have also opened the door to a myriad of potential uses to benefit both library staff and patrons. William Brinkman of [http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ Miami University] in Ohio is developing a smartphone application for shelf-reading that can read special spine labels and detect out of place books <ref>"Augmented-Reality Shelving: Q&A with Miami University's Bo Brinkman on the ShelvAR App," Library Journal, updated April 18, 2011. http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890243-264/augmented-reality_shelving_qa_with_miami.html.csp</ref>. One can imagine the possibilities of similar applications that read QR codes, barcodes, or even RFID tags to display useful information about a book, such as user reviews, readalikes, or author notes.<br />
<br />
Mashups can be used as a way of facilitating interaction between users and a library's digital or special collections. [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk/ WolfWalk] and [http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/beavertracks BeaverTracks] are two examples of self-guided walking tours developed by academic libraries that allow users to view geotagged historical photographs using the location-aware capabilities of smartphones to place the photographs in context with the actual locations on campus. <br />
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====Further AR Reading==== <br />
* [http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3035/ The Augmented Reality Library] - a blog post discussing the possibilities of AR in libraries <br />
* [http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/geolocation-augmented-reality-qr-codes-libraries/ (geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries] - Julie of The Strange Librarian blog discusses the value of these tools for libraries <br />
* [http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2011/07/meredith-farkas-on-mobile-services-and-the-mobile-library-future.html Meredith Farkas on Mobile Services and the Mobile Library Future] <br />
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==Licensing New Knowledge== <br />
===Creative Commons=== <br />
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2001<ref>Lysecki, Sara. 2007. “Creative Commons expands in Canada and Beyond.” ComputerWorld Canada 23.15.</ref>. Their goal is to facilitate the free use, copying, distribution, editing, and re-mixing of creative works<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. To this end, they provide a variety of free licenses for creators to apply to their work as an alternative to exclusive copyright<ref>“About the Licenses,” Creative Commons, accessed July 24, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/</ref>. <br />
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Of course, Creative Commons licenses are not the only options out there. A popular alternative, especially for software, is the GNU General Public License<ref>“GNU General Public License, version 3,” GNU, last updated June 29, 2007. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ref>. However, Creative Commons allows for finer grained decisions about the use of intellectual property (although, the two are now inter-operable, depending on the CC license)<ref>Maracke, Catherina. 2010. “Creative Commons International: the International License Porting Project – Origins, Experiences, and Challenges.” JIPITEC 4.1: 13.</ref>. <br />
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The last benefit of CC is its international scope, whereby they have been adapting the original American-based licenses to the copyright laws of countries around the world (Canada among them)<ref>“Big legal win for free licenses,” Joi Ito, August 14, 2008. http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/08/13/lessighuge-and.html</ref>. <br />
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Understanding copyright can be daunting at the best of times. Here are the advantages of the CC system: <br />
# The human-readable parts of the licenses really are readable by humans. <br />
# If a contributor chooses a CC license they retain full copyrights; if the license is violated, legal action under copyright law can be taken. <br />
# These licenses are legally binding, as they now have case-law precedent<ref>“Does Creative Commons need more court cases?” TechnoLlama, Accessed July 21, 2011. http://www.technollama.co.uk/does-creative-commons-need-more-court-cases</ref>. <br />
# The licenses have also moved into the international realm. <br />
# Users can fill in this simple form to aid them in selecting a license<ref>“Choose,” Creative Commons, accessed July 21, 2011. http://creativecommons.org/choose/</ref>. <br />
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===Flickr Commons=== <br />
In 2008 Library of Congress started a pilot program with Flickr, in which it shared thousands of historical photos from its Prints and Photographs Online Catalog with the Flickr community, inviting people to add tags, comment, and offer additional descriptive information about the uncatalogued collection. The success of the project led numerous other cultural institutions<ref>"Participating Institutions," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/</ref> to jump aboard in an initiative named "The Commons" on Flickr. The goals of the program are to "increase access to publicly-held photography collections and to "provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge"<ref>"FAQ," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons?GXHC_gx_session_id_=6afecb2055a3c52c#faq</ref>. <br />
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Because most of the photos shared in The Commons photostream are publicly-held and the copyrights are not held or controlled by the institutions, a new copyright designation was formulated by Flickr: "No known copyright restrictions." By selecting this option when contributing to The Commons, a library asserts that it has "reasonably concluded that a photograph is free of copyright restrictions" either because it is in the public domain or because the library has control over the copyright. This is not a guarantee, and leaves it up to the user of the image to do his/her own research- a caveat clearly specified in the rights statement<ref>"Usage," Flickr: The Commons, accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/</ref>. Thus, although it is oftentimes difficult to establish provenance for photographs, this option allows you to freely share your library's holdings with the general public. <br />
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====Mashups Using The Commons==== <br />
The aggregation of photos in The Commons has led to some interesting mashups. Some notable examples: <br />
* [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nypl/ New York Then and Now] and [http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/nationallibrarynz_commons/ New Zealand Then and Now]: displays historic images from The Commons and compares them with their modern day Google street view locations <br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/sidetracks/map.htm Sydney Sidetracks]: an interactive map from Australian Broadcasting Company, providing video, audio, and photos from The Commons for specific locations <br />
* [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2010/04/16/new-version-of-powerhouse-museum-in-layar-augmented-reality-browsing-of-museum-photos-around-sydney/ Powerhouse Museum in Layar]: a tutorial for using the Layar Augmented Reality smartphone app, using GPS and Powerhouse Museum's Flickr Commons images to see historical photographs of the buildings you are standing by, or to find nearby locations with photos and navigation directions in Sydney. <br />
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===Mashed into the Community=== <br />
When you're making large swathes of your locally interesting information accessible to the world to remix reuse and mashup, it's important to tell your stakeholders about it. This is so they know about the excellent work you're doing and why it's important. It's also possible that some people who've donated items to your organization will not be all right with their information being put out there for modification by nameless others<ref>"LibraryHack interview with Kathryn Greenhill," uploaded by TheQUTube on YouTube, May 25, 2011, accessed on July 25, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASD48M7pc</ref>. Being very clear about the licensing is important. This is also where conversation needs to be happening. <br />
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==Other Mashup Examples== <br />
* [http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/fictionmap Edinburgh Reads] - A literary map of locations in books featuring Edinburgh, Scotland. <br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/japan-earthquake/ PBS' Live Seismic Data from Japan] - This was very useful during the Japanese tsunami of 2011. <br />
* [http://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/maphappy/ Map Happy: University of Minnesota Libraries] - Searches University of Minnesota's map collection and shows the coverage area of each map. <br />
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/airphotos/1919.htm/ McMaster University Air Photo Collection Index] - Search by date to see an index and locations of McMaster University Library's air photo holdings. <br />
* [http://www.umpqua.edu/library Umpqua Community College Library] Uses Delicious Bookmarks and Tagroll on its homepage. <br />
* [http://www.housingmaps.com/ Housing Maps] - Using craigslist and Google Maps, it allows a user to select a city and view housing rentals and sales. <br />
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===Libraryhack=== <br />
[http://libraryhack.org/ Libraryhack] was a 2011 library mashup and app competition which invited participants to use data from Australia and New Zealand libraries in creative new ways. The entries included: <br />
* [http://www.talkingmaps.com.au/ Talking Maps] - Using libraryhack datasets and other online sources, this entry combines photographs, manuscripts, and audio and superimposes them onto maps to produce fleshed out historical stories. <br />
* [http://www.conviz.info/ Conviz] - Using data from the British Convict Transportation Registry, this online application gives people a fuller story of the European settlement of Australia. It allows one to search for convicts and offers numerous charts, maps, and other visualisations to display info about the convicts, including the boats they came over on, their sentences, and their departure and arrival locations. <br />
* [http://www.3colors.com.au/newserve/# Newserve] - Maps out all of the newspapers in the State Library of New South Wales and the Trove digital collection. Via a timeline, newspapers and the dates they are available are displayed, and it also allows users to search for digital collections or catalogue data. <br />
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All Libraryhack entries can be found [http://libraryhack.org/mix-mash-win/hack-entries/ here] <br />
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==References== <br />
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===Byline=== <br />
Since this is a wiki more hands might get involved down the line, but the original team responsible for this wikipage include: Abraham DeJesus, Jamie Fong, Jennifer Pappas, Kerry Taillefer and Justin Unrau. It was created for [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/LIBR_559M_-_Social_Media_for_Information_Professionals_-_Online_Modules LIBR559m - Social Media for Information Professionals] in July 2011.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103813Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T01:04:19Z<p>JJU: /* Possible Themes */</p>
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<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about which you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103812Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:52:17Z<p>JJU: /* Possible Themes */</p>
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<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you, or talk about whcih you'd prefer on [[Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children’s_Literature_Conference_2012|the Discussion page]]<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103811Documentation talk:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:50:55Z<p>JJU: Talk page autocreated when first thread was posted.</p>
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<div></div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Thread:Documentation_talk:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Themes&diff=103810Thread:Documentation talk:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Themes2011-07-20T00:50:55Z<p>JJU: New thread: Themes</p>
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<div>As far as the two themes posted so far, I'd much prefer the border crossing one. I don't know if that kind of topic is done to death in KidsLit circles, but I think it lends itself to more interesting explorations of the future than just talking about how childhood's been constructed.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103806Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:42:14Z<p>JJU: /* Co-chairs */</p>
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<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Volunteers==<br />
===Co-Chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List===<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU&diff=103805User:JJU2011-07-20T00:41:06Z<p>JJU: /* Student Activities */</p>
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I'm Justin Unrau, a writer/gamer/librarianaut. That last word refers to being a travelling book person. While I enjoy and am comfortable with the media of the twenty-first century, but deep in my soul I'm a book lover.<br />
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I'm also, and more to the point here, perhaps, an MLIS student at UBC's [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/ School of Library Archival and Information Studies]. I'm on a Co-Op term with [http://prosentient.com.au/ Prosentient Systems] in Sydney, Australia until December 2011, when I'll return to finish my degree before 2012 is done.<br />
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I've worked in public libraries, where I did storytimes for preschoolers, helped people research obscure northern Manitoban poets and got in trouble for blogging about it. Two out of three of those were fun.<br />
==Coursework==<br />
* [[/portfolio|Co-Op Portfolio]]<br />
* [[/coursework|SLAIS Coursework]]<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/unrau/ Librarianautica] - My social media focused library blog (created for LIBR559m in summer 2011).<br />
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==Webpresences==<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com librarianaut.com] - My blog about books, school and library issues.<br />
* [http://twitter.com/jjackunrau @jjackunrau] - My Twitter account.<br />
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/junrau LinkedIn Profile] - For "professional purposes."<br />
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==Student Activities==<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/asist/ ASIS&T] - I'm the Communications Officer for the UBC student branch of the American Society of Information Science & Technology<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/lwbubc/ Librarians Without Borders] - I'm the co-secretary for the UBC student branch of Librarians Without Borders<br />
* [[Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012|Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012]] - I'm helping with the social media aspects of a student-run Children's Literature conference happening at UBC in 2012.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU&diff=103804User:JJU2011-07-20T00:40:35Z<p>JJU: /* Student Activities */</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__ <br />
I'm Justin Unrau, a writer/gamer/librarianaut. That last word refers to being a travelling book person. While I enjoy and am comfortable with the media of the twenty-first century, but deep in my soul I'm a book lover.<br />
<br />
I'm also, and more to the point here, perhaps, an MLIS student at UBC's [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/ School of Library Archival and Information Studies]. I'm on a Co-Op term with [http://prosentient.com.au/ Prosentient Systems] in Sydney, Australia until December 2011, when I'll return to finish my degree before 2012 is done.<br />
<br />
I've worked in public libraries, where I did storytimes for preschoolers, helped people research obscure northern Manitoban poets and got in trouble for blogging about it. Two out of three of those were fun.<br />
==Coursework==<br />
* [[/portfolio|Co-Op Portfolio]]<br />
* [[/coursework|SLAIS Coursework]]<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/unrau/ Librarianautica] - My social media focused library blog (created for LIBR559m in summer 2011).<br />
<br />
==Webpresences==<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com librarianaut.com] - My blog about books, school and library issues.<br />
* [http://twitter.com/jjackunrau @jjackunrau] - My Twitter account.<br />
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/junrau LinkedIn Profile] - For "professional purposes."<br />
<br />
==Student Activities==<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/asist/ ASIS&T] - I'm the Communications Officer for the UBC student branch of the American Society of Information Science & Technology<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/lwbubc/ Librarians Without Borders] - I'm the co-secretary for the UBC student branch of Librarians Without Borders<br />
* [[Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012]] - I'm helping with the social media aspects of a student-run Children's Literature conference happening at UBC in 2012.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Thread:User_talk:JJU/Moved_your_conference_pages/reply_(3)&diff=103803Thread:User talk:JJU/Moved your conference pages/reply (3)2011-07-20T00:37:33Z<p>JJU: Reply to Moved your conference pages</p>
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<div>That makes sense. Thanks, Will.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Meeting_1&diff=103802Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 12011-07-20T00:35:52Z<p>JJU: /* Introduction/Opening */</p>
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<div>==July 13, 2011 Meeting Notes==<br />
Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference, Organization Meeting #1 <br />
* Notes: '''Saeyong Kim''' <br />
* Began at 2pm, ended about 3:30 or so.<br />
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===Introduction/Opening===<br />
'''Judi Saltman'''<br />
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Nature of the conference: academic conference organized and led by graduate students. <br />
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Short history of the conference. <br />
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Conference planning and faculty: departments of CRWR, ENGL, LLED, and SLAIS will/can be involved, as well as children’s literature groups outside UBC, such as the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. <br />
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'''[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] with contact info was handed out.'''<br />
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===Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips===<br />
'''Karen Taylor, Kay Weisman, Ellen Wu'''<br />
* The importance of group work, the need for decision making. A chair or co-chairs will be necessary to keep things moving efficiently. <br />
* Think of specific skills to contribute. <br />
* Budget development, funding. The budget should be practical, and planned in advance of any grant applications. The number of people at the conference could be from one hundred to about two hundred; budget and registration fees should reflect this. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable very important to get involved, as they can help with publicity, registration and other matters. (Join the VCLR!) <br />
* AMS IPF (Important Project Fund) grant is useful, but after application the funding will be confirmed sometime in January so one should plan flexibly, without counting on it. <br />
* Conference space: I.K.Barber is best and was used for the 2010 conference, but rooms in Ponderosa or the Asian Centre are available if worst comes to worst. Timing of the conference is important as the exam period may cause rooms to be used for finals. Also, conference must be on a Saturday, and timed so as not to coincide with other events/conferences, to ensure that many people can come. <br />
* Keynote speakers should be contacted one at a time, well in advance, and reminded or checked up on periodically. Flight tickets, accommodation, fee and gifts etc should be considered, and included in budget. -Guardian Angels (GA?): hospitality and moral support persons, one for each speaker. <br />
* Protocol for administrative support, etc: all letters and requests should go through a faculty member, no direct contact with department heads or administrative staff. LLED Margot Filipenko, SLAIS Judi Saltman, ENGL Judi Brown etc. <br />
* Registration and publicity: matters of paypal, checks, bank accounts, a conference website/blog, mailing lists and other contacts. When sending out information to mailing lists, know who the keynote speaker(s) will be first, and it’s good to have the booklet ready as well, to call up more interest in the conference. Add information to the website/blog as more plans are made, and update the emails accordingly. Space emails apart skillfully, so they will be read and not deleted. <br />
* Call for proposals: go through mailing lists for grad students, library associations, childlit groups, MACL etc., North America and Canada-wide. <br />
* Peer reviewal system: contact the appropriate faculty to establish a structure. <br />
* Presentations and posters should be reviewed and selected in advance. Contact presenters so they have guidelines and can prepare to come and to present. <br />
* Plan in advance, always double check. Whenever something is being done, have a second person to check it. <br />
* (wo)manpower: People to introduce speakers, facilitate presentations, and timekeep will be necessary on the day (possibly one in each room), as well as an A/V person. Tables, chairs, setting up and clearing away, keeping an eye on catering and the movements of conference people will also require a number of people. <br />
* CRWR: they might present as a panel of readers (for moral support, less intimidating than standing up alone). Maggie DeVries will review submissions. <br />
* Catering, lunch, snacks and decorations will be done by Kathie Shoemaker and volunteers (Anita Lok Yan Chan). <br />
* Planning the timetable and making booklets should be done quite early on. Goody bags for the (grad) speakers: find groups and people to contact for stuff. <br />
* Accommodations on campus reasonably priced and useful. Rides to and from airports, after-conference Dinner with the keynote speakers should be arranged. Liaison/hospitality persons (GA). <br />
* Everything done (letters, applications or requests) should be checked with the entire group before being sent off/sent out. <br />
* Ask keynote speaker(s) about any books they might bring, or if you might ask a bookseller to prepare the titles for a book table. Keep very, very good track of money. Pay attention to your budget. Check the requirements of everyone – do the speakers need a PC/MAC, projectors, slides, food,anything?<br />
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===Volunteer list with contact info===<br />
Everyone’s email address was checked, and skills or area of interest stated.<br />
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===Co-chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Meeting_1&diff=103801Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 12011-07-20T00:35:14Z<p>JJU: /* Introduction/Opening */</p>
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<div>==July 13, 2011 Meeting Notes==<br />
Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference, Organization Meeting #1 <br />
* Notes: '''Saeyong Kim''' <br />
* Began at 2pm, ended about 3:30 or so.<br />
<br />
===Introduction/Opening===<br />
'''Judi Saltman'''<br />
<br />
Nature of the conference: academic conference organized and led by graduate students. <br />
<br />
Short history of the conference. <br />
<br />
Conference planning and faculty: departments of CRWR, ENGL, LLED, and SLAIS will/can be involved, as well as children’s literature groups outside UBC, such as the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. <br />
<br />
'''Volunteer list with contact info was handed out.''' - [[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]]<br />
<br />
===Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips===<br />
'''Karen Taylor, Kay Weisman, Ellen Wu'''<br />
* The importance of group work, the need for decision making. A chair or co-chairs will be necessary to keep things moving efficiently. <br />
* Think of specific skills to contribute. <br />
* Budget development, funding. The budget should be practical, and planned in advance of any grant applications. The number of people at the conference could be from one hundred to about two hundred; budget and registration fees should reflect this. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable very important to get involved, as they can help with publicity, registration and other matters. (Join the VCLR!) <br />
* AMS IPF (Important Project Fund) grant is useful, but after application the funding will be confirmed sometime in January so one should plan flexibly, without counting on it. <br />
* Conference space: I.K.Barber is best and was used for the 2010 conference, but rooms in Ponderosa or the Asian Centre are available if worst comes to worst. Timing of the conference is important as the exam period may cause rooms to be used for finals. Also, conference must be on a Saturday, and timed so as not to coincide with other events/conferences, to ensure that many people can come. <br />
* Keynote speakers should be contacted one at a time, well in advance, and reminded or checked up on periodically. Flight tickets, accommodation, fee and gifts etc should be considered, and included in budget. -Guardian Angels (GA?): hospitality and moral support persons, one for each speaker. <br />
* Protocol for administrative support, etc: all letters and requests should go through a faculty member, no direct contact with department heads or administrative staff. LLED Margot Filipenko, SLAIS Judi Saltman, ENGL Judi Brown etc. <br />
* Registration and publicity: matters of paypal, checks, bank accounts, a conference website/blog, mailing lists and other contacts. When sending out information to mailing lists, know who the keynote speaker(s) will be first, and it’s good to have the booklet ready as well, to call up more interest in the conference. Add information to the website/blog as more plans are made, and update the emails accordingly. Space emails apart skillfully, so they will be read and not deleted. <br />
* Call for proposals: go through mailing lists for grad students, library associations, childlit groups, MACL etc., North America and Canada-wide. <br />
* Peer reviewal system: contact the appropriate faculty to establish a structure. <br />
* Presentations and posters should be reviewed and selected in advance. Contact presenters so they have guidelines and can prepare to come and to present. <br />
* Plan in advance, always double check. Whenever something is being done, have a second person to check it. <br />
* (wo)manpower: People to introduce speakers, facilitate presentations, and timekeep will be necessary on the day (possibly one in each room), as well as an A/V person. Tables, chairs, setting up and clearing away, keeping an eye on catering and the movements of conference people will also require a number of people. <br />
* CRWR: they might present as a panel of readers (for moral support, less intimidating than standing up alone). Maggie DeVries will review submissions. <br />
* Catering, lunch, snacks and decorations will be done by Kathie Shoemaker and volunteers (Anita Lok Yan Chan). <br />
* Planning the timetable and making booklets should be done quite early on. Goody bags for the (grad) speakers: find groups and people to contact for stuff. <br />
* Accommodations on campus reasonably priced and useful. Rides to and from airports, after-conference Dinner with the keynote speakers should be arranged. Liaison/hospitality persons (GA). <br />
* Everything done (letters, applications or requests) should be checked with the entire group before being sent off/sent out. <br />
* Ask keynote speaker(s) about any books they might bring, or if you might ask a bookseller to prepare the titles for a book table. Keep very, very good track of money. Pay attention to your budget. Check the requirements of everyone – do the speakers need a PC/MAC, projectors, slides, food,anything?<br />
<br />
===Volunteer list with contact info===<br />
Everyone’s email address was checked, and skills or area of interest stated.<br />
<br />
===Co-chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103800Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:34:37Z<p>JJU: /* Co-chairs */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]] - from the first meeting. Hopefully will get more people and their skills listed.<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103799Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:33:37Z<p>JJU: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Volunteer_List&diff=103797Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List2011-07-20T00:32:05Z<p>JJU: Created page with "==Volunteer List by Faculty== ===MACL=== '''Rob Bittner: co-chair.''' Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to ..."</p>
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<div>==Volunteer List by Faculty==<br />
===MACL===<br />
'''Rob Bittner: co-chair.''' Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
<br />
'''Laura Quintana Crelis:''' general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
<br />
'''Saeyong Kim:''' general help <br />
<br />
'''Lara LeMoal:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Phobe Li:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Stacey Matson: co-chair.''' Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
<br />
'''Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010):''' not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010):''' busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Thea Wilson-Scorgie:''' lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week).<br />
<br />
===MFA (CRWR)===<br />
'''Rebecca Hales:''' not present<br />
<br />
===MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS===<br />
'''Rachel Balko: co-chair.''' much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
<br />
'''Anita Lok Yan Chan:''' general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
<br />
'''Dan Gillean:''' not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
<br />
'''Katie Kinsley:''' good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
<br />
'''Megan Sorenson:''' not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
<br />
'''Justin Unrau:''' not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
<br />
'''Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010):''' probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks!<br />
<br />
===LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION===<br />
'''Magdalena Vergara:''' general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
<br />
'''Kathie Shoemaker:''' not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.”<br />
<br />
===FACULTY CONTACTS===<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman<br />
<br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103796Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:31:20Z<p>JJU: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
- [[Graduate Student Children's Literature Conference 2012/Volunteer List|Volunteer List]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103795Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:30:15Z<p>JJU: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103793Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:29:41Z<p>JJU: /* LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List by Faculty===<br />
====MACL====<br />
'''Rob Bittner: co-chair.''' Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
<br />
'''Laura Quintana Crelis:''' general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
<br />
'''Saeyong Kim:''' general help <br />
<br />
'''Lara LeMoal:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Phobe Li:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Stacey Matson: co-chair.''' Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
<br />
'''Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010):''' not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010):''' busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Thea Wilson-Scorgie:''' lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week).<br />
<br />
====MFA (CRWR)====<br />
'''Rebecca Hales:''' not present<br />
<br />
====MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS====<br />
'''Rachel Balko: co-chair.''' much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
<br />
'''Anita Lok Yan Chan:''' general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
<br />
'''Dan Gillean:''' not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
<br />
'''Katie Kinsley:''' good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
<br />
'''Megan Sorenson:''' not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
<br />
'''Justin Unrau:''' not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
<br />
'''Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010):''' probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks!<br />
<br />
====LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION====<br />
'''Magdalena Vergara:''' general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
<br />
'''Kathie Shoemaker:''' not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.”<br />
<br />
====FACULTY CONTACTS====<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman<br />
<br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103792Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:29:17Z<p>JJU: /* MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List by Faculty===<br />
====MACL====<br />
'''Rob Bittner: co-chair.''' Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
<br />
'''Laura Quintana Crelis:''' general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
<br />
'''Saeyong Kim:''' general help <br />
<br />
'''Lara LeMoal:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Phobe Li:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Stacey Matson: co-chair.''' Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
<br />
'''Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010):''' not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010):''' busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Thea Wilson-Scorgie:''' lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week).<br />
<br />
====MFA (CRWR)====<br />
'''Rebecca Hales:''' not present<br />
<br />
====MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS====<br />
'''Rachel Balko: co-chair.''' much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
<br />
'''Anita Lok Yan Chan:''' general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
<br />
'''Dan Gillean:''' not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
<br />
'''Katie Kinsley:''' good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
<br />
'''Megan Sorenson:''' not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
<br />
'''Justin Unrau:''' not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
<br />
'''Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010):''' probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks!<br />
<br />
====LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION====<br />
Magdalena Vergara: general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
Kathie Shoemaker: not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.” <br />
====FACULTY CONTACTS====<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman<br />
<br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103791Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:28:18Z<p>JJU: /* MFA (CRWR) */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List by Faculty===<br />
====MACL====<br />
'''Rob Bittner: co-chair.''' Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
<br />
'''Laura Quintana Crelis:''' general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
<br />
'''Saeyong Kim:''' general help <br />
<br />
'''Lara LeMoal:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Phobe Li:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Stacey Matson: co-chair.''' Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
<br />
'''Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010):''' not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010):''' busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Thea Wilson-Scorgie:''' lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week).<br />
<br />
====MFA (CRWR)====<br />
'''Rebecca Hales:''' not present<br />
<br />
====MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS====<br />
Rachel Balko: co-chair, much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
Anita Lok Yan Chan: general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
Dan Gillean: not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
Katie Kinsley: good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
Megan Sorenson: not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
Justin Unrau: not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010): probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks! <br />
====LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION====<br />
Magdalena Vergara: general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
Kathie Shoemaker: not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.” <br />
====FACULTY CONTACTS====<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman<br />
<br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103790Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:27:53Z<p>JJU: /* MACL */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List by Faculty===<br />
====MACL====<br />
'''Rob Bittner: co-chair.''' Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
<br />
'''Laura Quintana Crelis:''' general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
<br />
'''Saeyong Kim:''' general help <br />
<br />
'''Lara LeMoal:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Phobe Li:''' not present <br />
<br />
'''Stacey Matson: co-chair.''' Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
<br />
'''Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010):''' not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010):''' busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
<br />
'''Thea Wilson-Scorgie:''' lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week).<br />
<br />
====MFA (CRWR)====<br />
Rebecca Hales: not present <br />
====MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS====<br />
Rachel Balko: co-chair, much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
Anita Lok Yan Chan: general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
Dan Gillean: not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
Katie Kinsley: good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
Megan Sorenson: not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
Justin Unrau: not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010): probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks! <br />
====LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION====<br />
Magdalena Vergara: general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
Kathie Shoemaker: not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.” <br />
====FACULTY CONTACTS====<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman<br />
<br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103789Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:26:26Z<p>JJU: /* FACULTY CONTACTS */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List by Faculty===<br />
====MACL====<br />
Rob Bittner: co-chair. Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
Laura Quintana Crelis: general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
Saeyong Kim: general help <br />
Lara LeMoal: not present <br />
Phobe Li: not present <br />
Stacey Matson: co-chair. Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010): not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010): busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
Thea Wilson-Scorgie: lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week). <br />
====MFA (CRWR)====<br />
Rebecca Hales: not present <br />
====MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS====<br />
Rachel Balko: co-chair, much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
Anita Lok Yan Chan: general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
Dan Gillean: not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
Katie Kinsley: good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
Megan Sorenson: not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
Justin Unrau: not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010): probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks! <br />
====LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION====<br />
Magdalena Vergara: general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
Kathie Shoemaker: not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.” <br />
====FACULTY CONTACTS====<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman<br />
<br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103788Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-20T00:26:10Z<p>JJU: /* Co-chairs */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
===Volunteer List by Faculty===<br />
====MACL====<br />
Rob Bittner: co-chair. Graduating this year, so next year’s plans are a little unclear. Has lots of contacts, so will be able to email keynote speakers and get calls out to several mailing lists, universities etc. <br />
Laura Quintana Crelis: general help, children’s literature in Spanish/from Mexico. <br />
Saeyong Kim: general help <br />
Lara LeMoal: not present <br />
Phobe Li: not present <br />
Stacey Matson: co-chair. Experience organizing conferences. Interested in integrating the CRWR folks more into the conference. <br />
Karen Taylor (worked on the 2010): not actively participating in this conference, but good for information and feedback, and may be able to lend a hand (physically) sometimes. Will take care of the Paypal stuff (links etc) for us. Thanks! <br />
Kay Weisman (worked on the 2010): busy with thesis, but may have some more free time in term 2. Will be happy to give help through email. Thanks! <br />
Thea Wilson-Scorgie: lives out of the city; being physically far away, prefers remote help such as website or communications. Not possible to be present for the setup (first week). <br />
====MFA (CRWR)====<br />
Rebecca Hales: not present <br />
====MLIS or JOINT MLIS/MAS====<br />
Rachel Balko: co-chair, much experience with communications (writing letters to department head, applying for grant etc.) <br />
Anita Lok Yan Chan: general help, interested in doing the catering with Kathie Shoemaker. At the moment, working at VPL – may be helpful in terms of VPL contacts. <br />
Dan Gillean: not present – “unavailable in summer, but back in September” <br />
Katie Kinsley: good at organization, some experience with conference coordination. Can work with accounts and budgets. Alice MacGougan: not present <br />
Megan Sorenson: not present – “not available until end of August/would like to contribute by distance until then” <br />
Justin Unrau: not present – “in Australia until January/help long distance…would be to run a wiki or blog to keep track of the planning as it goes along…” (note: Ellen recommended Justin as the A/V person for the day) <br />
Ellen Wu (worked on the 2010): probably busy, as has 3-4 courses lined up, but will be happy to be on-call help. Thanks! <br />
====LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION====<br />
Magdalena Vergara: general help, contact with the LLED grad students <br />
Kathie Shoemaker: not present, dissertation coming up. “also co-chair of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Kathie has offered to do the décor and the food as she has in past years – but may be more of a guide and consultant depending on her dissertation.” <br />
====FACULTY CONTACTS====<br />
'''SLAIS –''' Judi Saltman <br />
'''LLED –''' Margot Filipenko<br />
<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Thread:User_talk:JJU/Moved_your_conference_pages/reply&diff=103673Thread:User talk:JJU/Moved your conference pages/reply2011-07-19T19:33:00Z<p>JJU: Reply to Moved your conference pages</p>
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<div>Hey Will,<br />
<br />
Thanks. I figured it would get moved, but I had no idea where you'd put it. I hope the description at the top of the page helped you make your decision. Your namespaces aren't very intuitive if your wiki topic doesn't specifically show up show up in those example categories. (I say "your" because we all know you designed all the UBC wiki policies yourself to fit your idiosyncratic whims, you tyrant!)<br />
<br />
If I'm assigning categories to these wiki pages will those get changed because they're different from categories that already exist? Or does UBC allow me more freedom in making categories than situating pages?<br />
<br />
Thanks!</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103409Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-16T07:15:40Z<p>JJU: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
# [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103408Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-16T07:15:10Z<p>JJU: /* Possible Themes */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
[[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Meeting_1&diff=103407Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 12011-07-16T07:14:18Z<p>JJU: /* Co-chairs */</p>
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<div>==July 13, 2011 Meeting Notes==<br />
Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference, Organization Meeting #1 <br />
* Notes: '''Saeyong Kim''' <br />
* Began at 2pm, ended about 3:30 or so.<br />
<br />
===Introduction/Opening===<br />
'''Judi Saltman'''<br />
<br />
Nature of the conference: academic conference organized and led by graduate students. <br />
<br />
Short history of the conference. <br />
<br />
Conference planning and faculty: departments of CRWR, ENGL, LLED, and SLAIS will/can be involved, as well as children’s literature groups outside UBC, such as the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. <br />
<br />
'''Volunteer list with contact info was handed out.'''<br />
<br />
===Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips===<br />
'''Karen Taylor, Kay Weisman, Ellen Wu'''<br />
* The importance of group work, the need for decision making. A chair or co-chairs will be necessary to keep things moving efficiently. <br />
* Think of specific skills to contribute. <br />
* Budget development, funding. The budget should be practical, and planned in advance of any grant applications. The number of people at the conference could be from one hundred to about two hundred; budget and registration fees should reflect this. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable very important to get involved, as they can help with publicity, registration and other matters. (Join the VCLR!) <br />
* AMS IPF (Important Project Fund) grant is useful, but after application the funding will be confirmed sometime in January so one should plan flexibly, without counting on it. <br />
* Conference space: I.K.Barber is best and was used for the 2010 conference, but rooms in Ponderosa or the Asian Centre are available if worst comes to worst. Timing of the conference is important as the exam period may cause rooms to be used for finals. Also, conference must be on a Saturday, and timed so as not to coincide with other events/conferences, to ensure that many people can come. <br />
* Keynote speakers should be contacted one at a time, well in advance, and reminded or checked up on periodically. Flight tickets, accommodation, fee and gifts etc should be considered, and included in budget. -Guardian Angels (GA?): hospitality and moral support persons, one for each speaker. <br />
* Protocol for administrative support, etc: all letters and requests should go through a faculty member, no direct contact with department heads or administrative staff. LLED Margot Filipenko, SLAIS Judi Saltman, ENGL Judi Brown etc. <br />
* Registration and publicity: matters of paypal, checks, bank accounts, a conference website/blog, mailing lists and other contacts. When sending out information to mailing lists, know who the keynote speaker(s) will be first, and it’s good to have the booklet ready as well, to call up more interest in the conference. Add information to the website/blog as more plans are made, and update the emails accordingly. Space emails apart skillfully, so they will be read and not deleted. <br />
* Call for proposals: go through mailing lists for grad students, library associations, childlit groups, MACL etc., North America and Canada-wide. <br />
* Peer reviewal system: contact the appropriate faculty to establish a structure. <br />
* Presentations and posters should be reviewed and selected in advance. Contact presenters so they have guidelines and can prepare to come and to present. <br />
* Plan in advance, always double check. Whenever something is being done, have a second person to check it. <br />
* (wo)manpower: People to introduce speakers, facilitate presentations, and timekeep will be necessary on the day (possibly one in each room), as well as an A/V person. Tables, chairs, setting up and clearing away, keeping an eye on catering and the movements of conference people will also require a number of people. <br />
* CRWR: they might present as a panel of readers (for moral support, less intimidating than standing up alone). Maggie DeVries will review submissions. <br />
* Catering, lunch, snacks and decorations will be done by Kathie Shoemaker and volunteers (Anita Lok Yan Chan). <br />
* Planning the timetable and making booklets should be done quite early on. Goody bags for the (grad) speakers: find groups and people to contact for stuff. <br />
* Accommodations on campus reasonably priced and useful. Rides to and from airports, after-conference Dinner with the keynote speakers should be arranged. Liaison/hospitality persons (GA). <br />
* Everything done (letters, applications or requests) should be checked with the entire group before being sent off/sent out. <br />
* Ask keynote speaker(s) about any books they might bring, or if you might ask a bookseller to prepare the titles for a book table. Keep very, very good track of money. Pay attention to your budget. Check the requirements of everyone – do the speakers need a PC/MAC, projectors, slides, food,anything?<br />
<br />
===Volunteer list with contact info===<br />
Everyone’s email address was checked, and skills or area of interest stated.<br />
<br />
===Co-chairs===<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Meeting_1&diff=103406Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 12011-07-16T07:13:54Z<p>JJU: /* Volunteer list with contact info */</p>
<hr />
<div>==July 13, 2011 Meeting Notes==<br />
Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference, Organization Meeting #1 <br />
* Notes: '''Saeyong Kim''' <br />
* Began at 2pm, ended about 3:30 or so.<br />
<br />
===Introduction/Opening===<br />
'''Judi Saltman'''<br />
<br />
Nature of the conference: academic conference organized and led by graduate students. <br />
<br />
Short history of the conference. <br />
<br />
Conference planning and faculty: departments of CRWR, ENGL, LLED, and SLAIS will/can be involved, as well as children’s literature groups outside UBC, such as the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. <br />
<br />
'''Volunteer list with contact info was handed out.'''<br />
<br />
===Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips===<br />
'''Karen Taylor, Kay Weisman, Ellen Wu'''<br />
* The importance of group work, the need for decision making. A chair or co-chairs will be necessary to keep things moving efficiently. <br />
* Think of specific skills to contribute. <br />
* Budget development, funding. The budget should be practical, and planned in advance of any grant applications. The number of people at the conference could be from one hundred to about two hundred; budget and registration fees should reflect this. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable very important to get involved, as they can help with publicity, registration and other matters. (Join the VCLR!) <br />
* AMS IPF (Important Project Fund) grant is useful, but after application the funding will be confirmed sometime in January so one should plan flexibly, without counting on it. <br />
* Conference space: I.K.Barber is best and was used for the 2010 conference, but rooms in Ponderosa or the Asian Centre are available if worst comes to worst. Timing of the conference is important as the exam period may cause rooms to be used for finals. Also, conference must be on a Saturday, and timed so as not to coincide with other events/conferences, to ensure that many people can come. <br />
* Keynote speakers should be contacted one at a time, well in advance, and reminded or checked up on periodically. Flight tickets, accommodation, fee and gifts etc should be considered, and included in budget. -Guardian Angels (GA?): hospitality and moral support persons, one for each speaker. <br />
* Protocol for administrative support, etc: all letters and requests should go through a faculty member, no direct contact with department heads or administrative staff. LLED Margot Filipenko, SLAIS Judi Saltman, ENGL Judi Brown etc. <br />
* Registration and publicity: matters of paypal, checks, bank accounts, a conference website/blog, mailing lists and other contacts. When sending out information to mailing lists, know who the keynote speaker(s) will be first, and it’s good to have the booklet ready as well, to call up more interest in the conference. Add information to the website/blog as more plans are made, and update the emails accordingly. Space emails apart skillfully, so they will be read and not deleted. <br />
* Call for proposals: go through mailing lists for grad students, library associations, childlit groups, MACL etc., North America and Canada-wide. <br />
* Peer reviewal system: contact the appropriate faculty to establish a structure. <br />
* Presentations and posters should be reviewed and selected in advance. Contact presenters so they have guidelines and can prepare to come and to present. <br />
* Plan in advance, always double check. Whenever something is being done, have a second person to check it. <br />
* (wo)manpower: People to introduce speakers, facilitate presentations, and timekeep will be necessary on the day (possibly one in each room), as well as an A/V person. Tables, chairs, setting up and clearing away, keeping an eye on catering and the movements of conference people will also require a number of people. <br />
* CRWR: they might present as a panel of readers (for moral support, less intimidating than standing up alone). Maggie DeVries will review submissions. <br />
* Catering, lunch, snacks and decorations will be done by Kathie Shoemaker and volunteers (Anita Lok Yan Chan). <br />
* Planning the timetable and making booklets should be done quite early on. Goody bags for the (grad) speakers: find groups and people to contact for stuff. <br />
* Accommodations on campus reasonably priced and useful. Rides to and from airports, after-conference Dinner with the keynote speakers should be arranged. Liaison/hospitality persons (GA). <br />
* Everything done (letters, applications or requests) should be checked with the entire group before being sent off/sent out. <br />
* Ask keynote speaker(s) about any books they might bring, or if you might ask a bookseller to prepare the titles for a book table. Keep very, very good track of money. Pay attention to your budget. Check the requirements of everyone – do the speakers need a PC/MAC, projectors, slides, food,anything?<br />
<br />
===Volunteer list with contact info===<br />
Everyone’s email address was checked, and skills or area of interest stated.<br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Meeting_1&diff=103405Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 12011-07-16T07:13:35Z<p>JJU: /* Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips */</p>
<hr />
<div>==July 13, 2011 Meeting Notes==<br />
Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference, Organization Meeting #1 <br />
* Notes: '''Saeyong Kim''' <br />
* Began at 2pm, ended about 3:30 or so.<br />
<br />
===Introduction/Opening===<br />
'''Judi Saltman'''<br />
<br />
Nature of the conference: academic conference organized and led by graduate students. <br />
<br />
Short history of the conference. <br />
<br />
Conference planning and faculty: departments of CRWR, ENGL, LLED, and SLAIS will/can be involved, as well as children’s literature groups outside UBC, such as the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. <br />
<br />
'''Volunteer list with contact info was handed out.'''<br />
<br />
===Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips===<br />
'''Karen Taylor, Kay Weisman, Ellen Wu'''<br />
* The importance of group work, the need for decision making. A chair or co-chairs will be necessary to keep things moving efficiently. <br />
* Think of specific skills to contribute. <br />
* Budget development, funding. The budget should be practical, and planned in advance of any grant applications. The number of people at the conference could be from one hundred to about two hundred; budget and registration fees should reflect this. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable very important to get involved, as they can help with publicity, registration and other matters. (Join the VCLR!) <br />
* AMS IPF (Important Project Fund) grant is useful, but after application the funding will be confirmed sometime in January so one should plan flexibly, without counting on it. <br />
* Conference space: I.K.Barber is best and was used for the 2010 conference, but rooms in Ponderosa or the Asian Centre are available if worst comes to worst. Timing of the conference is important as the exam period may cause rooms to be used for finals. Also, conference must be on a Saturday, and timed so as not to coincide with other events/conferences, to ensure that many people can come. <br />
* Keynote speakers should be contacted one at a time, well in advance, and reminded or checked up on periodically. Flight tickets, accommodation, fee and gifts etc should be considered, and included in budget. -Guardian Angels (GA?): hospitality and moral support persons, one for each speaker. <br />
* Protocol for administrative support, etc: all letters and requests should go through a faculty member, no direct contact with department heads or administrative staff. LLED Margot Filipenko, SLAIS Judi Saltman, ENGL Judi Brown etc. <br />
* Registration and publicity: matters of paypal, checks, bank accounts, a conference website/blog, mailing lists and other contacts. When sending out information to mailing lists, know who the keynote speaker(s) will be first, and it’s good to have the booklet ready as well, to call up more interest in the conference. Add information to the website/blog as more plans are made, and update the emails accordingly. Space emails apart skillfully, so they will be read and not deleted. <br />
* Call for proposals: go through mailing lists for grad students, library associations, childlit groups, MACL etc., North America and Canada-wide. <br />
* Peer reviewal system: contact the appropriate faculty to establish a structure. <br />
* Presentations and posters should be reviewed and selected in advance. Contact presenters so they have guidelines and can prepare to come and to present. <br />
* Plan in advance, always double check. Whenever something is being done, have a second person to check it. <br />
* (wo)manpower: People to introduce speakers, facilitate presentations, and timekeep will be necessary on the day (possibly one in each room), as well as an A/V person. Tables, chairs, setting up and clearing away, keeping an eye on catering and the movements of conference people will also require a number of people. <br />
* CRWR: they might present as a panel of readers (for moral support, less intimidating than standing up alone). Maggie DeVries will review submissions. <br />
* Catering, lunch, snacks and decorations will be done by Kathie Shoemaker and volunteers (Anita Lok Yan Chan). <br />
* Planning the timetable and making booklets should be done quite early on. Goody bags for the (grad) speakers: find groups and people to contact for stuff. <br />
* Accommodations on campus reasonably priced and useful. Rides to and from airports, after-conference Dinner with the keynote speakers should be arranged. Liaison/hospitality persons (GA). <br />
* Everything done (letters, applications or requests) should be checked with the entire group before being sent off/sent out. <br />
* Ask keynote speaker(s) about any books they might bring, or if you might ask a bookseller to prepare the titles for a book table. Keep very, very good track of money. Pay attention to your budget. Check the requirements of everyone – do the speakers need a PC/MAC, projectors, slides, food,anything?<br />
<br />
==Volunteer list with contact info==<br />
Everyone’s email address was checked, and skills or area of interest stated. <br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012/Meeting_1&diff=103404Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 12011-07-16T07:13:13Z<p>JJU: /* Introduction/Opening */</p>
<hr />
<div>==July 13, 2011 Meeting Notes==<br />
Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference, Organization Meeting #1 <br />
* Notes: '''Saeyong Kim''' <br />
* Began at 2pm, ended about 3:30 or so.<br />
<br />
===Introduction/Opening===<br />
'''Judi Saltman'''<br />
<br />
Nature of the conference: academic conference organized and led by graduate students. <br />
<br />
Short history of the conference. <br />
<br />
Conference planning and faculty: departments of CRWR, ENGL, LLED, and SLAIS will/can be involved, as well as children’s literature groups outside UBC, such as the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. <br />
<br />
'''Volunteer list with contact info was handed out.'''<br />
<br />
==Past Organizers’ Experience/Tips==<br />
'''Karen Taylor, Kay Weisman, Ellen Wu'''<br />
* The importance of group work, the need for decision making. A chair or co-chairs will be necessary to keep things moving efficiently. <br />
* Think of specific skills to contribute. <br />
* Budget development, funding. The budget should be practical, and planned in advance of any grant applications. The number of people at the conference could be from one hundred to about two hundred; budget and registration fees should reflect this. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable very important to get involved, as they can help with publicity, registration and other matters. (Join the VCLR!) <br />
* AMS IPF (Important Project Fund) grant is useful, but after application the funding will be confirmed sometime in January so one should plan flexibly, without counting on it. <br />
* Conference space: I.K.Barber is best and was used for the 2010 conference, but rooms in Ponderosa or the Asian Centre are available if worst comes to worst. Timing of the conference is important as the exam period may cause rooms to be used for finals. Also, conference must be on a Saturday, and timed so as not to coincide with other events/conferences, to ensure that many people can come. <br />
* Keynote speakers should be contacted one at a time, well in advance, and reminded or checked up on periodically. Flight tickets, accommodation, fee and gifts etc should be considered, and included in budget. -Guardian Angels (GA?): hospitality and moral support persons, one for each speaker. <br />
* Protocol for administrative support, etc: all letters and requests should go through a faculty member, no direct contact with department heads or administrative staff. LLED Margot Filipenko, SLAIS Judi Saltman, ENGL Judi Brown etc. <br />
* Registration and publicity: matters of paypal, checks, bank accounts, a conference website/blog, mailing lists and other contacts. When sending out information to mailing lists, know who the keynote speaker(s) will be first, and it’s good to have the booklet ready as well, to call up more interest in the conference. Add information to the website/blog as more plans are made, and update the emails accordingly. Space emails apart skillfully, so they will be read and not deleted. <br />
* Call for proposals: go through mailing lists for grad students, library associations, childlit groups, MACL etc., North America and Canada-wide. <br />
* Peer reviewal system: contact the appropriate faculty to establish a structure. <br />
* Presentations and posters should be reviewed and selected in advance. Contact presenters so they have guidelines and can prepare to come and to present. <br />
* Plan in advance, always double check. Whenever something is being done, have a second person to check it. <br />
* (wo)manpower: People to introduce speakers, facilitate presentations, and timekeep will be necessary on the day (possibly one in each room), as well as an A/V person. Tables, chairs, setting up and clearing away, keeping an eye on catering and the movements of conference people will also require a number of people. <br />
* CRWR: they might present as a panel of readers (for moral support, less intimidating than standing up alone). Maggie DeVries will review submissions. <br />
* Catering, lunch, snacks and decorations will be done by Kathie Shoemaker and volunteers (Anita Lok Yan Chan). <br />
* Planning the timetable and making booklets should be done quite early on. Goody bags for the (grad) speakers: find groups and people to contact for stuff. <br />
* Accommodations on campus reasonably priced and useful. Rides to and from airports, after-conference Dinner with the keynote speakers should be arranged. Liaison/hospitality persons (GA). <br />
* Everything done (letters, applications or requests) should be checked with the entire group before being sent off/sent out. <br />
* Ask keynote speaker(s) about any books they might bring, or if you might ask a bookseller to prepare the titles for a book table. Keep very, very good track of money. Pay attention to your budget. Check the requirements of everyone – do the speakers need a PC/MAC, projectors, slides, food,anything?<br />
<br />
==Volunteer list with contact info==<br />
Everyone’s email address was checked, and skills or area of interest stated. <br />
<br />
==Co-chairs==<br />
Rob Bittner, Stacey Matson and Rachel Balko</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Graduate_Student_Children%E2%80%99s_Literature_Conference_2012&diff=103403Documentation:Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 20122011-07-16T07:11:56Z<p>JJU: /* Tasks and Responsibilities */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to support and document the 2012 Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference being hosted and run by Grad Students at UBC's School of Library Archival and Information Studies in.<br />
[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:Conference]]<br />
==Meeting Notes==<br />
[[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012/Meeting 1|July 13, 2011]]<br />
==Possible Themes==<br />
* Difficult Subjects: How All Children's Texts Are "Problem Novels"<br />
: The idea here is that papers could investigate any number of topics in children's literature, and still be "on theme" - race, disability, addiction, gender, sexuality, politics, violence, abuse, what childhood means and has meant - lots of "downer" topics.<br />
* Crossing Borders: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents.<br />
: The thought was that this would allow for papers on topics outside of just books and it would give a more international focus as well, allowing for an explorations of "texts" crossing geographical borders as well as cultural borders, genre borders, audience borders, etc.<br />
Add more as they occur to you!<br />
<br />
==Tasks and Responsibilities==<br />
Sign up for the things you want to do to get the conference running.<br />
* Set up wiki (and possible future blog for the conference? do people want that?) - [[User:JJU|JJU]]<br />
* Call for proposals - Rob<br />
* Contact speakers - Rob<br />
* Book space - Katie?<br />
* Organize volunteers<br />
* Grant Applications - Rachel<br />
* Budget - Katie/Stacey<br />
* Catering - Kathie/Anita<br />
* Meeting Minutes - Saeyong<br />
* Paypal Setup - Karen<br />
* Make a more complete list than this.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU&diff=103399User:JJU2011-07-16T03:00:50Z<p>JJU: </p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__ <br />
I'm Justin Unrau, a writer/gamer/librarianaut. That last word refers to being a travelling book person. While I enjoy and am comfortable with the media of the twenty-first century, but deep in my soul I'm a book lover.<br />
<br />
I'm also, and more to the point here, perhaps, an MLIS student at UBC's [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/ School of Library Archival and Information Studies]. I'm on a Co-Op term with [http://prosentient.com.au/ Prosentient Systems] in Sydney, Australia until December 2011, when I'll return to finish my degree before 2012 is done.<br />
<br />
I've worked in public libraries, where I did storytimes for preschoolers, helped people research obscure northern Manitoban poets and got in trouble for blogging about it. Two out of three of those were fun.<br />
==Coursework==<br />
* [[/portfolio|Co-Op Portfolio]]<br />
* [[/coursework|SLAIS Coursework]]<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/unrau/ Librarianautica] - My social media focused library blog (created for LIBR559m in summer 2011).<br />
<br />
==Webpresences==<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com librarianaut.com] - My blog about books, school and library issues.<br />
* [http://twitter.com/jjackunrau @jjackunrau] - My Twitter account.<br />
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/junrau LinkedIn Profile] - For "professional purposes."<br />
<br />
==Student Activities==<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/asist/ ASIS&T] - I'm the Communications Officer for the UBC student branch of the American Society of Information Science & Technology<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/lwbubc/ Librarians Without Borders] - I'm the co-secretary for the UBC student branch of Librarians Without Borders<br />
* [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012]] - I'm helping with the social media aspects of a student-run Children's Literature conference happening at UBC in 2012.</div>JJUhttps://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=User:JJU&diff=103398User:JJU2011-07-16T03:00:32Z<p>JJU: </p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__ I'm Justin Unrau, a writer/gamer/librarianaut. That last word refers to being a travelling book person. While I enjoy and am comfortable with the media of the twenty-first century, but deep in my soul I'm a book lover.<br />
<br />
I'm also, and more to the point here, perhaps, an MLIS student at UBC's [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/ School of Library Archival and Information Studies]. I'm on a Co-Op term with [http://prosentient.com.au/ Prosentient Systems] in Sydney, Australia until December 2011, when I'll return to finish my degree before 2012 is done.<br />
<br />
I've worked in public libraries, where I did storytimes for preschoolers, helped people research obscure northern Manitoban poets and got in trouble for blogging about it. Two out of three of those were fun.<br />
==Coursework==<br />
* [[/portfolio|Co-Op Portfolio]]<br />
* [[/coursework|SLAIS Coursework]]<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/unrau/ Librarianautica] - My social media focused library blog (created for LIBR559m in summer 2011).<br />
<br />
==Webpresences==<br />
* [http://librarianaut.com librarianaut.com] - My blog about books, school and library issues.<br />
* [http://twitter.com/jjackunrau @jjackunrau] - My Twitter account.<br />
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/junrau LinkedIn Profile] - For "professional purposes."<br />
<br />
==Student Activities==<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/asist/ ASIS&T] - I'm the Communications Officer for the UBC student branch of the American Society of Information Science & Technology<br />
* [http://blogs.ubc.ca/lwbubc/ Librarians Without Borders] - I'm the co-secretary for the UBC student branch of Librarians Without Borders<br />
* [[Graduate Student Children’s Literature Conference 2012]] - I'm helping with the social media aspects of a student-run Children's Literature conference happening at UBC in 2012.</div>JJU