March 7, 2008
Second SLA President’s Column
Here's a copy of my second column as SLA President. It is in the March 2008 issue of Information Outlook.
Putting Meat on the Bones of Innovation Ideas
In this column I announce the following groups have been formed to do great things for SLA members:
1. Cindy Romaine is leading a large team of SLA volunteers and staff to build and promote the SLA Innovation Laboratory. This will be free to members on the SLA website as a virtual space that will have dozens of licensed and free software as well as thousands of video tutorials for SLA members to engage in learning useful technology, management and leadership skills.
2. Jill Hurst-Wahl is leading a small team of SLA volunteers to create a play area in Second Life for SLA.
3. Deb Hunt is leading our SLA Learning 2.0 team of SLA volunteers. The goal is to launch an international SLA version of the successful and innovative 23 Things, 15 minutes-a-day learning strategy at our annual conference in Seattle in June.
4. Gayle Gossen and Christina de Castell are leading the SLA First Five Years Task Force to survey and offer great learning and networking opportunities for new information professionals.
We also need to spend time in 2008 reinforcing to all members the wonderful progress SLA has made in developing a modern learning suite of services available exclusively to SLA members, including the free eBrary collection of over 1000 management and leadership e-books, thousands of CLICK University courses, degrees and certificate programs and the free course of the month, the free SLA IRC Factiva alerts as well as the free SLA NewsGator information pro RSS feeds. There's a lot more but this is enough to prove that there's a ton of value in our SLA membership and what you get for your member ID and password.
Stephen
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20 Things to Watch
So, what’s on my list of things to pay extra special attention to? When we’re deluged, swamped and overwhelmed by news and blog postings and other media, what do I use as my filter to trap just the important stuff that will matter to libraries? I am not going to purport that this column lists everything I pay attention to but it is a basic list of the things that I think will have a big impact on enterprises, libraries, information and librarians in the next five years. This article lists, in no particular order, 20 of the ones I think are worth watching. In the messy world of environmental and technology scanning nothing comes neatly packaged or sorted.
Information Outlook, Mar. 2008 Issue
20 Things to Watch
Stephen
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February 21, 2008
SLA: Innovate in 2008
I also get to do a bi-monthly column for Information Outlook as part of my presidential communication role. (The alternate months are written by SLA's CEO, Janice Lachance.)
In January's issue I outlined some of our agenda for the Association, Board and members in 2008.
You can read it here: Innovate in 2008.
I'll be writing a few more of these! It's a good thing I like to write.
We've got a lot going on! It's an exciting time to be an information professional.
Stephen
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Innovation at SLA
I write a monthly column for Information Outlook which is one of the benefits of membership in SLA. ,In the Jan. 2008 Issue I took the opportunity to pre-announce the SLA Innovation Laboratory which will be launched very soon. It's an exciting learning initiative based on the sandbox model. If you want ot know mre, read it here:
Innovation at SLA (7 page PDF)
If you want to play, just join SLA. Here.
Stephen
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December 27, 2007
Information Outlook Dec. 2007
And to cap off 2007, here's my last column as president-elect of SLA. For all of 2008 i'll be doing a few more as Prez.
Autumn 2007: A few weeks that shook our world
Stephen
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Information Outlook Nov. 2007
Here's a copy of my column from Information Outlook in November:
Stephen
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Information Outlook Oct. 2007
Here's a copy of my column for Information Outlook in October.
The Future of Reference in Special Libraries
Stephen
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August 22, 2007
Innovation and Special Libraries
Here's a preview of my next column for SLA's Information Outlook:
Challenges for Innovation in Special Libraries
It's based on some of my thinking during the debate we had at the Denver Conference and at ALA in DC.
Stephen
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Political Skills and 2.0
Here's a link to my August Column for SLA's Information Outlook.
Stephen
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Canaries in the Mine
Here's a link to my June 2007 column for SLA's Information Outlook.
How Many Canaries are there in Your Mine?
Stephen
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April 25, 2007
Earning the Right to an Opinion
Information Outlook, May 2007 Issue:
Earning the Right to an Opinion
Stephen
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Second Life and Special Libraries
And the April 2007 Information Outlook issue covered:
Second Life and Special Libraries
Stephen
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Association 1.5
Here's my column from the Information Outlook March. 2007 Issue:
The New Normal: Association 1.5
Stephen
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15 Minutes a Day
Here's my column from Information Outlook in the Feb. 2007 Issue:
15 Minutes a Day: A Personal Learning Management Strategy
Stephen
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Egofeeds
Hre's my Information Outlook Column on Egofeeds from Jan. 2007.
Stephen
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January 29, 2007
Ego Feeds
My Jan. 2007 Information Outlook column was on Egofeeds. Want to know more? Check it out here.
Stephen
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Using the 23 Things in Special Libraries
Here's my Feb. 2007 column on using the 23 Things Learning 2.0 strategies in special libraries.
15 Minutes a Day: A Personal Learning Management Strategy
Try it, you'll like it.
Stephen
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Personal Search
Ever tried to make your own search engine? Here's my Information Outlook column from Dec. 2006:
Growing Your Own Search Engine
Stephen
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Books and Special Libraries
This is my Oct. 2006 column for Information Outlook:
Books: Are they still important in Special Libraries?
Stephen
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Elevator Speeches
Here's my Nov. 2006 column for Information Outlook:
Beyond Elevator Speeches: A Process For Influence
Stephen
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October 30, 2006
Neat Peripherals
Here's my latest column for Information Outlook about computer periplerals, which aren't so peripheral anymore.
Stephen
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September 6, 2006
Sanctuary
Am I stressed? Probably a little. Lots of travel and loads of deadlines. So I wrote a column for Information Outlook on my summer reading and how to take some time for sanctuary from our techno-centered world. I am a failure at that but I try, sometimes.
Stephen
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Streaming
Here's a link to my Information Outlook column on streaming media and how to get up-to-speed on that technology. I was channeling Dolly and Kenny when I called it Islands in the Stream.
Stephen
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July 12, 2006
A Few Fun Things to Play With
Here's a recent Information Outlook column I wrote about a few fun things to play with. Just a few websites and stuff to keep your sandbox interesting.
Stephen
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May 20, 2006
Fun Stuff to Play With
My Information Outlook column called "A Few Fun Things to Play With."
So, I just listed a few things I was playing with on the web, Squidoo, Ziki, Wikis, Maxthon, etc. OK, I know it's an easy column to write but it's fun anyway!
Maxthon BrowserSquidoo
Library 2.0 LensAssociation Innovation Lens
Library and Information Science Lens
Library 2.0 Blog
Library 2.0 wikiLibrary Success: Best Practices Wiki
Ziki
Stephen
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MySpace and Special Libraries
Here's my recent column on "What Can MySpace Teach Special Librarians".
It's part of a series.
Stephen
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March 31, 2006
Podcasting
Here's a link to my Information Outlook column, "Podcasting: The Short Course".
Stephen
(Link is fixed now- Thanks for pointing it out.)
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Choosing an anti-Google
Here's a link to my Information Outlook article "Search Engine Alternatives: Will you suffer the DTs if you quit Google?"
Stephen
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