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Japanese Collections as Learning Centers:

Japanese Collections as Learning Centers:. Connecting Users with Libraries through Web 2.0 Technologies. Shirin Eshghi Japanese Language Librarian University of British Columbia. Maureen Donovan Japanese Studies Librarian Ohio State University. Web 2.0 Technologies facilitate:. Creativity

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Japanese Collections as Learning Centers:

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  1. Japanese Collections as Learning Centers: Connecting Users with Libraries throughWeb 2.0 Technologies Shirin Eshghi Japanese Language Librarian University of British Columbia Maureen Donovan Japanese Studies Librarian Ohio State University

  2. Web 2.0Technologies facilitate: • Creativity • Information sharing • “Collaborative remixability”

  3. Web 2.0 in Libraries Web 2.0 in Libraries • Wiki research guides • Library Blogs • Biblioblogs • RSS feeds to web pages • Del.icio.us • ProQuest, etc • Flickr, podcasting, etc

  4. Teaching • Learning • Communicating • Making connections • Reference work • Public relations • Current awareness Why a wiki?

  5. How? • East Asian Information Literacy Project • Student assistants • Faculty input • Workshops

  6. Shashi wiki is a cooperative project – Please join us!

  7. Next steps: Wiki • Join a wiki project: • Wikipedia • Shashi Wiki • Ohio State’s Wiki • Start your own wiki at a “wiki farm”

  8. Tips for blogging: Delegate to students! Del.icio.us tags! Facebook link!

  9. Biblioblogging in Japan

  10. 京都精華大学 情報館

  11. 大学図書館問題研究会 福岡支部

  12. Next steps: • Blogging • Comment on someone else’s blog!! • Start a blog! • blogger.com • hatena.ne.jp • Trackback to a Japanese biblioblogger!! • Del.icio.us & Facebook • Get an account! • Start a CJM network?

  13. Web 2.0: Why not join the fun?

  14. Challenges • time commitment • technical knowledge • continual maintenance • user buy-in • Opportunities • outreach and collection awareness • information literacy tool • library program news • record of library activities • e-resource trials and updates • current events information

  15. Outreach and Collection Awareness • provide monthly updates on new titles • include images to highlight special works available at the library • most time consuming

  16. Information Literacy Tool • introduce resources and search skills • highlight e-resource aspect of library services

  17. Library Program News & Record of Library Activities • advertise instructional sessions • create archive of library activities

  18. E-Resource Trials and Updates Current Events Information • keep users up-to-date on new databases • provide useful links and resources about topics in the news

  19. Useful Resources • Books • Castro, Elizabeth. HTML, XHTML & CSS. Berkley: Peachpit Press, 2007. • Wyke-Smith, Charles. Stylin’ with CSS. Berkley: New Riders, 2005. • Links • http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/jllb (UBC Japanese Librarian Blog) • http://www.movabletype.org/ (platform for UBC blog) • http://feed2js.org/ (to insert blog feed into web page) • http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/ • http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/ Contact Shirin Eshghi Japanese Language Librarian Asian Library, University of British Columbia shirin.eshghi@ubc.ca

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