tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602428116070002432024-02-20T10:30:13.845+00:00vexed issuea librarian working in the mediaRichard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-43795995666147702262014-07-30T17:32:00.001+01:002014-07-30T17:32:53.508+01:00The modern news library<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The current issue of Refer, journal of the <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/about/special-interest-groups/information-services-group">Information Services Group</a>, looks at library services for writers and journalists. As well as articles about the <a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/thenewsroom/british-newspaper-archive/">British Library's Newsroom</a> and a look at how scribes are using social media, it includes a <a href="http://referisg.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/skivers-and-strivers-and-the-national-interest-working-with-journalists-at-the-guardian/">piece by me about the Guardian's Research & Information team</a>. Archive picture on the left rather more interesting than the modern open-plan office.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nelson-Mandela-life-reported-Guardian-ebook/dp/B00I63G27I/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391424453&sr=1-8">Nelson Mandela: a life reported</a>, an ebook I recently edited, tells the Nelson Mandela story as seen through the eyes of the Guardian and the Observer.<br /><br />From the first mention of him organising African independence movements in March 1953, to the reporting of his funeral, 60 years later, both papers have covered all the key moments of Mandela's life. This collection of news reports, interviews and commentary, offers a unique perspective on one of the 20th century's greatest statesmen.<br /><br />It was during the early 1960s and the emergence of the so-called ‘Black Pimpernel,’ that the papers started to regularly write about Mandela.<br /><br />The Observer in particular took a keen interest in South African affairs. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/03/david-astor-observer-editor-biography">David Astor</a>, the paper's editor, founded the Africa Bureau in 1952 as a focus of anti-colonialism and anti-apartheid in London, and his Sunday paper led the way in rousing British opinion against the racist system<br /><br />Colin Legum and later <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/21/pressandpublishing.booksobituaries">Anthony Sampson</a> became the Observer’s experts on South Africa, and they were among the first to spot the potential of the ANC. The paper covered the 1964 “treason trials” in great detail and campaigned for the men to be spared the death penalty. Mandela also asked Sampson to cast his eye over the famous ‘Why I am ready to die’ speech.<br /><br />During the long years of Mandela’s incarceration on Robben Island, the papers would print the occasional interview or scrap of information. However, it wasn’t until the launch of the campaign to free him in the early 1980s that Mandela’s name began to appear again.<br /><br />The book mixes news reports with more personal pieces by writers like <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jun/22/guardianobituaries.nelsonmandela">Mary Benson</a> who knew Mandela in the 1960s (she showed him around London when he was on the run).<br /><br />However, neither paper has shied away from carrying more critical pieces such as Chris McGreal’s Stain on the icon, a honest assessment of the Mandela presidency. But there is also commentary from the likes of Gary Younge who sought to restate Mandela as a determined political activist, rather than a kindly old gent. </span></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-5142066003160053462013-03-12T15:57:00.003+00:002013-03-12T15:57:16.698+00:00David Bowie: A life reviewed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">From hippie singer/songwriter, Ziggy Stardust, the ‘plastic soul’ phase, experimental electronic albums to 1980s global megastar, David Bowie’s musical reinventions have rarely been predicted. On top of this, he has confounded the critics by taking on serious acting roles (with good notices), becoming an internet pioneer, venturing onto Wall Street with his Bowie bonds, and dabbling in the art world.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bowie-reviewed-Guardian-Shorts-ebook/dp/B00BSGRIGE/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363103679&sr=1-9">Bowie: A life reviewed</a>, tells the ever-changing Bowie story as reported by the Guardian and the Observer. Starting with his elevation to pop stardom via 1969’s Space Oddity it covers most of the classic albums and tours through contemporaneous reviews, interviews and features. The book gives an insight into what critics really thought at the time, rather than the nostalgia-tinged selective memory occasionally favoured by pop historians. As such, releases that have attained near-mythic status sometimes receive less than glowing write-ups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The book closes with a review of the The Next Day - and the beginning of a new chapter in the life of David Bowie. </span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-41826016796440301342013-02-14T12:21:00.001+00:002013-02-14T12:24:56.379+00:00Nostalgia for press cuttings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Despite the prevalence of full-text databases, digital archives and other electronic sources, old-fashioned press cuttings can still be a valuable research tool for journalists. I wrote about this, along with the nostalgia for the scrappy files, for the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/10/nostalgia-press-cuttings">Guardian's Open door column</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The response was predictably misty-eyed, with the piece providing an excuse for people to reminisce about the good old days of Fleet Street. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it was interesting to discover that a campaign has been started by a group of journalists in Leeds to try and preserve cuttings libraries. <a href="http://www.presserve.org/">Pres<i>serve</i></a> aims to identity titles which still have such collections, with a view to estimating the amount of work (and the costs) necessary to digitise the material and make it publicly available online.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More details can be found on their website and a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/11/keep-the-cuttings">letter about the group</a> appeared in the Guardian.</span> </div>
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<br />Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-25002068720844881352013-01-08T18:12:00.001+00:002013-01-08T18:13:53.929+00:00Digging out gems from the archives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I recently wrote a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/30/guardian-library-gems-from-archives">piece about about how the Guardian library uses archive material</a> in the paper. It was for the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/open-door">Open door column</a> which is a good place to look if you're interested in reading about the day-to-day business of running a large news operation.</span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-30468157592753335292012-10-04T18:17:00.003+01:002012-10-04T18:18:52.517+01:00The Beatles: A band reviewed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Fifty years ago the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do. It eventually reached No 17 in the UK charts, but this modest debut was the trigger for a musical revolution.<br /><br />I've just edited a new ebook, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009K58DW8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B009K58DW8&linkCode=as2&tag=guardianunlim-21">The Beatles: A Band Reviewed</a>, that tells the story of the 'revolution' through news items, reviews and interviews that appeared in the Guardian and The Observer. From the heyday of Beatlemania and the groundbreaking albums to the mixed successes of the solo years, it covers all the key events. It also includes not so well-known stories, such as that of a Guardian reporter who received hundreds of phone calls, night and day, from people asking if they could speak to 'Sgt J Pepper'. <br /><br />Read about the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/oct/04/beatles-anthology-band-reviewed">very first Beatles related feature to appear in the Guardian</a> on the paper's music blog, along some fascinating Pathé news footage. </span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-20146281507726902062012-10-02T21:36:00.000+01:002012-10-05T18:19:25.239+01:00SLA Europe: Engaging with social media<div style="text-align: left;">
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the right social media voice can be one of the biggest challenges for those new
to the world of Twitter, Facebook, and the community conversation. Just how
much personal information should you reveal without damaging your professional
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<span style="font-size: small;">This
was one of the key themes to emerge from <a href="http://www.sla-europe.org/2012/09/03/25-september-2012-engaging-with-social-media-for-fun-and-career-success/">Engaging with social media for fun and career success</a>, a recent SLA Europe seminar, held at Morgan Stanley’s Canary
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<span style="font-size: small;">Three
speakers, <a href="https://twitter.com/ninfield">Neil Infield</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/barbaragordon">Meghan Jones</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/WoodsieGirl">Laura Woods</a>, all early adopters of
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<span style="font-size: small;">Laura
began the session by saying that when on Twitter it important to present
yourself as a real person, not just an automated RSS feed. She suggested taking a
‘profersonal’ approach - that is blending professional comments with something a
bit more personal. Instead of just retweeting and making dry comments, throw in
tweets about your own interests and engage in conversation. The key thing to
remember is that just because you’re talking about work issues you don’t have
to erase your personality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This
point was echoed by Neil who stated that you <span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;">'need to present
yourself as a whole human being' when using social media. </span>Of course to what extent you can
do this varies from sector to sector. Meghan suggested having multiple
personas through different accounts and possibly using pseudonyms. All speakers
emphasised the fact that anyone - not just your dedicated followers - can read your posts and
comments, so think twice before writing or uploading pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Perhaps
it came as a surprise to some, but there are clear career benefits to using social media.
Through blogging and tweeting Laura explained how she had raised her profile
and as a result had been offered speaking and writing commissions. Meghan
talked about the ‘serendiptious opportunities’, be it making new contacts or
promoting work projects, while Neil said that his blog was an important tool
for driving traffic to the British Library’s <a href="http://www.bl.uk/bipc/">Business & IP Centre</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As
a warning to those who still feel uncomfortable about the whole ‘engaging with
social media’ business, Neil made the simple point that whether you like it or
not, your clients are already out there using it. If you don’t get involved,
they’ll pass you by. </span></div>
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said, don’t feel obliged to sign up to everything. Sample different tools (take
note: Twitter may not be around forever), but stick to what you feel
comfortable with. As Meghan confessed, ‘I’m a Facebook refusnik’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Other
points made included the fact that LinkedIn is perfect for those with a bad
memory as after an event you can remind yourself as to who you were talking to.
Also, tweeting may be a much more effective note taking method than scribbling away
in a notebook - condensing a point into 140 characters focuses the mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Possibly the
best piece of advice though came from Neil who suggested that it is better to
‘ask for forgiveness rather than permission’ when in doubt about something you
want to publish. Perhaps this should have come with a disclaimer but is
very much in keeping with the ‘<a href="http://bbcjournalism.oup.com/blog/posts/24-hour-news-or-never-wrong-for-long">never wrong for long</a>’ approach taken by news
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Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-15140348292632822642012-08-16T18:36:00.000+01:002012-08-17T07:21:22.752+01:00The Spoiler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">My holiday reading included Annalena McAfee's novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spoiler-Annalena-McAfee/dp/0099551969/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345134266&sr=1-2">The Spoiler</a>. Set in 1997, the book follows young reporter Tamara Sim as she profiles the much-feted aging war correspondent Honor Tait in the hope of landing a staff job on a national newspaper. A satire on what used to be called Fleet Street, the book includes very funny descriptions of life on both broadsheets and tabloids, as well as exposing all the backstabbing, lying and cheating that goes on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Having said that, students of journalism may well want to read it in the hope of picking up some tips - particularly on how/how not to carry out an interview. Also, a recurring theme throughout the book is how the media is on the cusp of technological revolutions - and the resistance of many of the characters to the internet shows just how far we have come over the past 15 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">That includes the library. McAfee's description of the old cuttings collection is almost spot on:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">'the busiest department in the building, a maze of tightly packed, floor-to-ceiling metal shelves crammed with hanging files containing envelopes of photographs and wads of cuttings on everyone who had ever appeared in a newspaper'. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And as a senior editor explains its purpose to Tamara, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">'Here is the compost...which nourishes our freshest bloom; the poop behind the scoop. '</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;">Very good. One minor quibble though is the use of 'the Morgue' as a name for the newspaper library. Perfectly fine for a North American archive but in Britain it's nearly always 'cuts' or just 'the library'. Of course this is something that any self-respecting fact-checker would have spotted...</span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-64457603340384792912012-07-20T17:51:00.000+01:002012-08-16T18:36:58.469+01:00The scandalous history of the Tour de France<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">All the scandalous stories - the drugs, drink and punchups - from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tour-France-bitter-end/dp/0852653360/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342802868&sr=1-1">The Tour de France...to the bitter end</a> - can be found in a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/shortcuts/2012/jul/15/scandalous-history-tour-de-france">recent G2 piece</a>.</span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-88110103725198933402012-07-03T17:35:00.000+01:002012-07-03T17:35:54.473+01:00The Tour de France...to the bitter end<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Over the past few months I have been putting together <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Tour-France-bitter/dp/0852653360/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341333130&sr=1-1">The Tour de France...to the bitter end</a>, a collection of Guardian/Observer journalism about the world's greatest sporting spectacle. More information <a href="http://thosewhodared.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tour-de-franceto-bitter-end.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780852653364">here</a>.</span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-56207044280310076472012-01-30T16:49:00.001+00:002012-02-04T11:11:00.950+00:00LIKE 32: digital preservation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">While over 90% of data is born digital, there is no official strategy in the UK for preserving the material. From private companies to public bodies, it is often unclear who is responsible for capturing all the emails, blogs, online videos etc. that are generated every day. As such, items of historical importance are simply disappearing.<br /><br />This, then, was a perfect discussion topic for <a href="http://www.likenews.org.uk/">LIKE</a>. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/lenaroland">Lena Roland </a>started the session by stating that digital preservation is the process of ensuring the continued access to digital material of enduring value for present and future generations. She clearly set out the issues noting that while gaps in current preservation programmes could be filled with print versions, this will not be possible in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Of course not everything can be archived - would anyone seriously think of archiving an individual's entire Twitter account? The key point is to have a clear selection and deletion policy. Lena also mentioned that she uses <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/">WebCite</a>, an online service that enables readers permanent access to the cited material, for her own work. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianjbrown">Adrian Brown</a>, Assistant Clerk of the Records at The Parliamentary Archives, then talked about his own digital preservation experience at the House of Commons. One of the most interesting points was an explanation of the 'performance' model as a framework for describing digital preservation strategies. Developed by the National Archives of Australia in 2002, the idea in its most basic form is for the archivist to concentrate on the actual information content, or 'performance', rather than the processes used to deliver it. Read more about the concept <a href="http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/49636/20050511-0000/www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/er/digital_preservation/Green_Paper.pdf">here</a> as well as in a <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/digitalpreservationpolicy1.0.pdf">A digital preservation policy for Parliament</a> paper.<br /><br />There is no one answer to prevent digital obsolescence but current practices include migration, whereby file formats are changed so that information remains accessible, or, emulation which involves ensuring old software functions can still be read. There is always hardware preservation but, as Adrian pointed out while waving floppy discs of various sizes in the air, it is proving harder and harder to find machines that still work. <br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">LIKE 32 was an informative evening that generated a lot of debate - as demonstrated by the fact that people were still talking long after the food had finished. </span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-15885966790959356442012-01-26T16:34:00.002+00:002012-01-26T16:34:23.049+00:00Jazz: From New Orleans to the new generation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/info/2011/dec/21/jazz-ebook">Jazz: From New Orleans to the new generation</a> is a new Guardian ebook that offers a distinctively British perspective on the history of jazz. Consisting of Guardian and Observer reviews and profiles from 1919 to the present day, the book includes everyone from Duke Ellington, Miles Davis to Robert Glasper. I've written a bit more about this unique collection in a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/17/guardian-ebook-jazz">blog for the Guardian's music pages</a>.</span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-60992672862387538612011-07-21T17:29:00.007+01:002011-07-23T12:03:11.825+01:00Knights of the scissors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMul2DwLryTOrCEXOF11GzyhA7V_n_mVQBlH-rUO53W3kxOh6h0vvXdTNj7YsVR-BcukfJX15MJ7ZyNKQklnPx8fCNUafN4HKrjyWIJI6I1z2GOdGclCZNr3BFn_7ySgwMEOCQ3DGr_wSA/s1600/cuts.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMul2DwLryTOrCEXOF11GzyhA7V_n_mVQBlH-rUO53W3kxOh6h0vvXdTNj7YsVR-BcukfJX15MJ7ZyNKQklnPx8fCNUafN4HKrjyWIJI6I1z2GOdGclCZNr3BFn_7ySgwMEOCQ3DGr_wSA/s200/cuts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631846247262411522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The life of the news librarian used to revolve around a pile of newspapers, a pair of scissors and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the organisation's classification system. I was reminded of those long gone days when I came across an 1827 Manchester Guardian article about French censors chopping out offending passages from newspapers. The piece is an interesting read but it's the description of 'knights of the scissors' fulfilling 'thought-clipping functions' that caught my eye - a perfect description for all those people who used to gut the papers for their news archives.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Read the article </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jul/21/archive-foreign-news-the-french-censorship-1827"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-82161039354965113582011-05-13T18:01:00.003+01:002011-05-13T18:04:21.233+01:00Guardian 190: 1821-2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcaersHJgpphyphenhyphenikqKqd0XWhyphenhyphen7guez2uTZ879MsOf1bZ8gSfqPzS3N6P73taUkXBaEB16FM6m8fri9IJzElMsq_AMh0zGwUWhrOrSsrE-rjKP82Kw5o6HsFFKYJdMtbF5GBSoHA3-InMFN/s1600/190blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcaersHJgpphyphenhyphenikqKqd0XWhyphenhyphen7guez2uTZ879MsOf1bZ8gSfqPzS3N6P73taUkXBaEB16FM6m8fri9IJzElMsq_AMh0zGwUWhrOrSsrE-rjKP82Kw5o6HsFFKYJdMtbF5GBSoHA3-InMFN/s400/190blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606247616439034658" /></a><br /><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/may/05/guardian190-1821-found-dog#zoomed-picture"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">first issue</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of the Guardian appeared on 5 May 1821. To mark the occasion, </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/guardianlibrary"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@guardianlibrary</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is tweeting articles from the Guardian and important moments in the paper’s history throughout the month – one per year, starting with 1821 and coming right up to the present. Even the dullest years, 1835 for instance, will get a mention in this rapid run-through of the past couple of centuries. Each tweet will link to an article or image on the Guardian’s new </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">From the archive blog</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. We’ll tweet several times a day between now and May 30, providing by the end of the month 190 fascinating insights into the way the Guardian has evolved. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">See more on the </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/series/guardian-190"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guardian 190</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> site.</span></span></p>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-30546382431045140362011-04-26T15:40:00.012+01:002011-04-27T15:11:13.648+01:00LIKE 24: The Human Library<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XYG8JU8tv_oVSIiIGonVw-ilk6e5-PjqpTNVe5fYfq2E5tmmgJ9qKtnmbe9BUpHYne9zggAZvEulAXAKkH6hLCuFJFbEBnneqnesOX41UsuNGtH8TQ0KXkJYmqjnczvtidfylKruB5gC/s1600/like.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 165px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XYG8JU8tv_oVSIiIGonVw-ilk6e5-PjqpTNVe5fYfq2E5tmmgJ9qKtnmbe9BUpHYne9zggAZvEulAXAKkH6hLCuFJFbEBnneqnesOX41UsuNGtH8TQ0KXkJYmqjnczvtidfylKruB5gC/s200/like.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600230584135909234" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The phrase '</span></span><a href="http://humanlibrary.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Human library</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">' has the whiff of Dave Cameron's </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Society"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Big Society</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about it - something, perhaps, along the lines of getting volunteers to run the reference desk. Well, that was my first thought when I recieved the invitation to </span></span><a href="http://www.likenews.org.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LIKE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 24: The Human Library. A little research revealed that in fact this is a scheme whereby readers 'borrow' a person or 'book' for a conversation - just as they would borrow a book from a library. Hopefully </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">this leads to people engaging with others to draw upon their experiences.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It all sounded very interesting but I was still a little doubtful about the concept. </span></span><a href="http://edge2011.wordpress.com/speakers/linda-constable-ba-hons-mclip/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Linda Constable</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, who has been involved with Human Libraries since 2007, began the talk by explaining that the </span></span><a href="http://humanlibrary.org/the-concept-of-the-living-library.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">idea started </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in Denmark in 2000 and used to be known as the Living library. To illustrate that power of the 'library', she talked about number of popular 'books' that can be borrowed such as a recovering alcoholic, Big Issue seller, or a Muslim lady who helped 'readers' gain a better understanding of cultural differences. This was all very interesting but can the concept be used in a business environment?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Once the explanation was over, it was time to put the idea into practice. The room divided roughly into those who had volunteered to be books and those who wanted to read. Topics ranged from KM issues, Italy, to something about adults and comics. There was soon plenty of conversation and from the people I spoke to the general consensus seemed to be that it was a useful technique for passing on knowledge. Initial reservations about the concept only being relevant to more marginal areas of society were dismissed and they could see it being useful in connecting work colleagues, seeing the benefits of being able to 'read up' from an expert. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the LIKE experiment, the Human Library seemed to work best where the 'book' was about a specific subject or an autobiography, rather than a general topic like Travel. For example, I volunteered myself as a Mountaineering book. I chatted away about the subject but feel that it would have been better for my readers if I'd narrowed the title to a particular area of the subject. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">An interesting evening that left introduced LIKE members to something new and useful. A short film about the Human Library can be seen </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2010/mar/09/human-library-borrow-person"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div></div></span></span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-71579060266873379492011-04-08T08:45:00.014+01:002011-04-18T14:27:44.015+01:00LIKE 23: Information in the palm of your hand<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There seems little doubt that the future of computing is mobile. Eric Schimdt, Google's chief executive and chairman, </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/15/eric-schmidt-smartphone-future"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">recently said </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">that soon mobiles will be able to "do things that we haven't even begun to think of."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Numerous commentators seem to be predicting the same thing, backed up by the phenomenal sales of smart phones.<br /><br />According to Mark Needham, Chairman of </span></span><a href="http://www.widget.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Widget UK</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the technology that drives these devices has actually been around for 20 years. Mark was talking at </span></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=1824702&type=member&item=45195296&qid=2f2537dc-d8d2-4601-bf6c-b3bad1d2163a&goback=.gmp_1824702"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LIKE 23</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on the subject of Information in the plam of your hand: evolution of mobile information access. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He started his career working at </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Psion</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, makers of the first handheld computers, and has been in the industry ever since. Interestingly Mark thinks that future generations will recognise the devices we use today in much the same as we see many similarities between today's cars and the Ford Model T.<br /><br />Continuing with the evolution theme, he suggested that one of the the first written references to a handheld computer was in the 1974 science fiction novel </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mote-Gods-Eye-Larry-Niven/dp/0586217460"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Mote in God's Eye</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. This book charts the first contact between humans and alien lifeforms and is noted for its attention to scientific detail.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I was interested to see how the book was reviewed when it was first published. Martin Amis devoted a few words to it on the Observer's Science Fiction review (as an aside, his father, the novelist Kingsley Amis, wrote the Observer's Science Fiction review during the 1960s).</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><div face="times new roman"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRF-i2EHFzwZFe9-oXg_btzhLUv0_LXzis8HUSSdo24LRF3ZE6fbg1ItkqKW1LUtAGw-2xfqY6ruqIFs5idqkqXN6LAvDU77SOv102WBy8dbZHvii_h13yO7t3W8yN7YRoZ10FpdicHeg/s1600/mote1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRF-i2EHFzwZFe9-oXg_btzhLUv0_LXzis8HUSSdo24LRF3ZE6fbg1ItkqKW1LUtAGw-2xfqY6ruqIFs5idqkqXN6LAvDU77SOv102WBy8dbZHvii_h13yO7t3W8yN7YRoZ10FpdicHeg/s400/mote1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593123860547694002" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CFYOk9axnMeiwL8CO1N9Iwn5E3PMeXVX_kmhDKixeUexqe0IuRusoIpAAWzZGv9kPs3TF9RVFuG4APuBEWvO6LKMAXKT1n-Y82Z4gFnDRk1UNcfeS92BPxnW3iAJOjX0Cqbc1yjNUxKW/s1600/mote2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CFYOk9axnMeiwL8CO1N9Iwn5E3PMeXVX_kmhDKixeUexqe0IuRusoIpAAWzZGv9kPs3TF9RVFuG4APuBEWvO6LKMAXKT1n-Y82Z4gFnDRk1UNcfeS92BPxnW3iAJOjX0Cqbc1yjNUxKW/s400/mote2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593124104348289202" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mark was followed by </span></span><a href="http://swaine.me.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Andrew Swaine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> from </span></span><a href="http://www.arm.com/index.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ARM</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a technology company know for its processors and software development tools. Points made included that mobile development is all about power consumption and the battery technology. Also that the industry has been surprised at the success of apps, plus the problem of losing data is becoming a thing of the past as most devices now automatically save data.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> Some sort of manageable keyboard was top of the wishlists that arose from the following discussion.</span><br /></span></span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-22657161201450151622011-04-06T12:20:00.011+01:002011-04-06T21:49:49.991+01:00The changing face of corporate information services<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Outsourcing, the contracting with another company to provide a particular service, has been part of business practice for a number of decades. Originally this covered non-core areas such as pay-roll or data-entry. However, in recent years services to internal clients, such as law libraries, have been outsourced, or offshored (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">outsourced business processes carried out in another country.)</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But is this practice an efficient business model that delivers benefits both to the an organisation and employees? If ever there was a subject waiting to be discussed by <a href="http://www.sla-europe.org/">SLA Europe</a>, then this was it. And so on March 30 around 50 people gathered at Balls Brothers, Mincing Lane, to take part in a SLA debate, <a href="http://www.sla-europe.org/2011/02/13/the-changing-face-of-corporate-information-services-new-service-models-and-partnerships/">The Changing face of corporate information services - new service models and partnerships. </a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The panel of experts included both those who had outsourced services - <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-fahy/4/36b/13">Sarah Fahy</a> from Allen & Overy and<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3489985&authType=name&authToken=_aU0&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore"> Kate Stanfield</a> formerly of CMS Cameron McKenna, and vendors <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3824365&authType=name&authToken=M4b9&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore">Greg Simidian</a>, CEO of Perfect Information and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.integreon.com/about-us/management-team.html">Liam Brown</a>, CEO of Integreon. The event was chaired by <a href="http://www.perfectinfo.com/event_PIC09_speaker.asp">Stephen Phillips</a> from Morgan Stanley.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The debate centred mainly on the the legal sector but the issues raised were relevant to anyone working in information management. Excellent accounts of the evening can be read on both Nicola Franklin's <a href="http://fabric-recruitment.blogspot.com/2011/03/sla-event-changing-face-of-corporate.html">Fabric blog</a> and <a href="http://tinamariereynolds.blogspot.com/2011/03/sla-europe-outsourcing.html">Tina's Library Related stuff</a>. One thing that I'd add is that it was reassuring to find the whole subject of professionalism being discussed - both in terms of the efforts that have been made to maintain professional development for outsourced staff, and the fact that senior management, particularly in law firms, respect and expect to deal with well qualified information personnel. However, as Tina Reynolds points out: "</span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">if firms hive off their less complicated work but keep senior professionals in house then where will we find the next generation of professionals?"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The speakers were certainly knowledegable about the subject and generally delivered their points well. Perhaps the evening could have started with a general summing up of what exactly outsourcing is, along with an explanation of the terminology. At times the discussion veered into</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/characters/profile_david.shtml">David Brent</a> territory with a liberal use of acronyms and overuse of phrases such as 'moving the needle.' All in all though, a worthwhile attempt at trying to get to grips with what exactly outsourcing involves. </span></span></div></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-16378015649906047202011-02-07T16:49:00.010+00:002011-02-07T17:42:10.792+00:00Digital archives and crowdsourcing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWI0Tt2hQXHCZtuL7q_9-w0YB7-PuTdCe_Two_8bPlErPMMWJ_4FXyIFhZw97q8tcHMYkOTDPyBuhjVqb2qCfG_bi9P3qvyP3UxFX4XYl1wC8S502qpwokqORhqKkoVdm1VJH77NAYPvS/s1600/aus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWI0Tt2hQXHCZtuL7q_9-w0YB7-PuTdCe_Two_8bPlErPMMWJ_4FXyIFhZw97q8tcHMYkOTDPyBuhjVqb2qCfG_bi9P3qvyP3UxFX4XYl1wC8S502qpwokqORhqKkoVdm1VJH77NAYPvS/s320/aus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571002393620663362" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As regular users of newspaper digital archives well know, when a scanned image is turned into text as little as 60% of the resulting article's words can turn up in the right place. It is an irritatant but as the cost of correcting an entire archive is so prohibitive most institutions choose to only do this on an ad hoc basis. However, the National Library of Australia has turned to its users to amend jumbled text in a massive </span></span><a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/issues/102/story06.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">crowdsourcing exercise</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. This has has seen millions of lines of newspaper text being tweaked thus ensuring more accurate searching.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Sydney Morning Herald recently </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/volunteers-with-an-eagleeye-on-the-news-20110206-1aifk.html">reported</a> that</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> the public's help in working on the text has been particularly important over the past few weeks as, with huge areas of Queensland under water, many Australians have been seeking news reports from 1974 - the last time there was flooding on such a massive scale. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A video about the library's project can be see </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a19icvJO_HE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> while an article about </span></span><a href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/holley/03holley.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">how and why libraries should do crowdsourcing</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> appeared in The Magazine of Digital Research. </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/crowdsourcing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">See also</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> how newspapers such as the Guardian engage their readers in similar exercises. </span></span></div></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-41256443786399928852010-11-28T20:25:00.010+00:002010-11-29T11:54:44.318+00:00Double Measures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5hOtGzl_dLAoyGeF4jno_jlxD6Vrc-e9cYPKM9XRdWJ4K72-dOSbxmqr3szlB8fDd7H0sSajZ1gddB-758mWQHq5Yw4BXD_gSC8kVWC7pN7lXCM-IG6bxA8WWkm7zcXXV9hnBFVsdUuY/s1600/doublem.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5hOtGzl_dLAoyGeF4jno_jlxD6Vrc-e9cYPKM9XRdWJ4K72-dOSbxmqr3szlB8fDd7H0sSajZ1gddB-758mWQHq5Yw4BXD_gSC8kVWC7pN7lXCM-IG6bxA8WWkm7zcXXV9hnBFVsdUuY/s200/doublem.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544925324899393282" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Moral fears about drink have often exercised British newspapers, something that soon became apparent when I began compiling material for </span></span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Double-Measures-22Guardian-22-Drinking-Guardian/dp/0852651058"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Double Measures: The Guardian Book of Drinking</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. From concerns in the 1860s about drunken children, the dangers of absinthe, the very act of drinking itself during WW1 to current debates about 24-hour licensing, the paper has not been afraid to warn of the dangers of drinking alcohol. That said, the editorial lectures are leavened by plenty of celebratory pieces about all things grape and grain. </span></span></div><span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />Many of the articles were accompanied by cartoons. As Drawing Drunks, a new exhibition at the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.cartoonmuseum.org.whisky.webhoster.co.uk/index.php?page=home"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cartoon Museum</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> demonstrates, artists and cartoonists have long played out the dilemmas over drink in the country's press. The Today Programme recently reported on the exhibition and a number of cartoons can be seen </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9224000/9224913.stm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">unfortunately the museum's site is a little out of date). One of the most famous is William Hogarth's Gin Lane.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5KYvdzjoKEEM8ONjj5IeK1CQMRO2-FFbiU7wWUW919SHebM-XeTxSyNKqdOTxvWCpNEjtgT-EO7mvXc8GOivA20qAMN-AxIj_6q8KK3Cvu0S_gb5w4pbMgqzvyJM3Xqb78l2UbTKnV15/s1600/ginlane.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5KYvdzjoKEEM8ONjj5IeK1CQMRO2-FFbiU7wWUW919SHebM-XeTxSyNKqdOTxvWCpNEjtgT-EO7mvXc8GOivA20qAMN-AxIj_6q8KK3Cvu0S_gb5w4pbMgqzvyJM3Xqb78l2UbTKnV15/s320/ginlane.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544924955010781394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read Martin Rowson's piece about the love-hate relationship between editors and cartoonists </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/nov/29/cartoonists-twilight-zone-martin-rowson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-87680503391514295122010-11-27T20:48:00.015+00:002010-11-27T21:38:59.190+00:00LIKE 20 and the art of networking<span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >With the Christmas party season almost upon us, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=1824702&type=member&item=34238850&qid=3196fc5f-9255-4ed7-9059-db6aea6ec3c2&goback=.gmp_1824702">LIKE20</a> focused on how to be more successful with your networking. Guest speaker <a href="http://lesleyrobinson.co.uk/">Lesley Robinson</a> passed on a few tips but the bulk of the evening was spent putting the theory into practice. Simple advice such as catching someone's eye or having a few pre-prepared opening gambits soon made sense and before long the room was alive with the sound of some serious networking.<br /><br />So far, so good, but what happens when you want to move on from a conversation and engage with someone else? Extricating yourself from a group or person without giving offence is much harder to do than making the initial contact. Lesley offered some ideas but unfortunately there wasn't much time to put these into practice.<br /><br />Chatting about this after the main networking session elicited a number of responses. More than one person suggested the simple, direct, and usually effective, 'eff off, you're boring me' approach. Fair enough, although someone else commented that having a host/hostess to connect the like-minded etc. might be a more subtle way of going about this. Good idea, although not always possible. At professional events </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >it is usually easier to move onto the next person as everyone (hopefully) knows the rules of the networking game. Of course it's harder to do at social gatherings - guess it's just a case of getting out there and practicing...<br /><br />Once again, a great LIKE event. More of Lesley's networking tips can be read <a href="http://lesleyrobinson.co.uk/test/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/How-To-Network-Effectively.pdf">here</a>.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-19218476490064282042010-11-26T18:06:00.013+00:002010-11-28T21:35:59.411+00:00Beyond the echo chamber<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0i9d_jjOuw62jMNaTQxVE-lC8UcvDnXlQiHg8zRnyg7R9Z0lifP4YK6vMh3W4ZKQnsZwk5QkoufGTSKjym6YfGstaIxtwT7tWh_7qbddTatiwzBcRrRFoccWOfhbI4Cv-zWz5AEXW86M/s1600/escape.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0i9d_jjOuw62jMNaTQxVE-lC8UcvDnXlQiHg8zRnyg7R9Z0lifP4YK6vMh3W4ZKQnsZwk5QkoufGTSKjym6YfGstaIxtwT7tWh_7qbddTatiwzBcRrRFoccWOfhbI4Cv-zWz5AEXW86M/s200/escape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543921704207450962" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Complaining or commenting about something in an enclosed space acts like an echo chamber with the same things being heard over and over again. No matter whether it's in the social media sphere or a trade journal, airing the issues may be reassuring for those involved but has little impact outside the space. This is particularly true in the library world where there is an awful lot of chatter about the forthcoming cuts in services but little that makes it into the mainstream media. It was with this in mind, that SLA Europe organised <a href="http://www.sla-europe.org/2010/10/29/echo-chamber/">Marketing Libraries Outside the Echo Chamber</a>, a seminar that aimed to show information professionals how to reach beyond the converted. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Held at the <a href="http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Libraries/City_of_London_libraries/cbl.htm">City Business Library</a>, one part of the the evening was taken up with <a href="http://prezi.com/if9wccvvunup/escaping-the-echo-chamber/">Escaping the Echo Chamber</a>, a talk by <a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/">Ned Potter</a> and <a href="http://woodsiegirl.wordpress.com/">Laura Woods</a>. Using a series of examples they built up a strong case for the need to challenge inaccurate reporting in areas where non-librarians and opinion formers will take notice. A good case in point is that of a blog post by the influential marketing guru Seth Godin who wrote, amongst a number of things, that <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/01/the-future-of-the-library.html"> 'information is free now'</a>. Naturally there was a huge response but it was <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toby-greenwalt/to-know-the-library-is-to_b_421775.html">Toby Greenwalt's response</a> on the Huffington Post that was probably read by the most. Another point made was to use a popular medium to get the message across as illustrated by this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs">very funny film</a> on YouTube. There are lots more useful links on their respective blogs and presentation (which, incidentally was a brilliant demonstration of<a href="http://prezi.com/"> Prezi</a>.) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How to go about putting all this into practice had been demonstrated by two of the organisers behind <a href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/">Voices for the Library</a>, a campaign that "seeks to highlight everyone who loves libraries to share their stories and experiences of the value of public libraries". <a href="http://bethaninfoprof.wordpress.com/">Bethan Ruddock</a> and <a href="http://johannaboanderson.wordpress.com/">Jo Anderson</a> gave a truly inspiring talk, describing how they they were getting (and encouraging others) a positive library message across through stories in the local press, commenting on popular blogs and writing on forums such as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree">Comment is Free</a>.<br /><br />There was no doubting the enthusiaism of all of the speakers. However, Ned seemed to suggest it was an information professional's duty to promote libraries. As he put it, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"if people don't know how we can help them, they won't come to us for help."<br /><br />This was an evening that challenged all those present to do something. Thanks to SLA Europe and also the City Business Library staff for hosting the event.</span></span></span></span></div></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-27287719811558321542010-11-19T16:49:00.006+00:002010-11-19T17:04:45.049+00:00History of Social Media Infographic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Those Who Dared recently featured a </span></span><a href="http://thosewhodared.blogspot.com/2010/10/putting-online-communities-on-map.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">post about Munroe's Map of Online Communities</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> which showed current levels of social activity around the globe. Now there is a </span></span><a href="http://blog.skloog.com/history-social-media-history-social-media-bookmarking/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">History of Social Media Infographic</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a timeline that acts as a useful companion piece to the map. Produced by </span></span><a href="http://blog.skloog.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Skloog</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, it traces everything from the birth of the telegraph in the late 18th century to Google Buzz in the present day. It's so easy to forget that Wikipedia is nearly 10 years old and Second Life has been around since 2003. </span></span>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-27540711136203915202010-11-08T22:03:00.014+00:002010-11-09T10:48:19.671+00:00Books about journalism<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michael Frayn's </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Towards-End-Morning-Michael-Frayn/dp/0571204244"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Towards the End of the Morning</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1967) is often cited as the ultimate 'old Fleet Street' novel. Set in an obscure national newspaper it follows the lives of the journalists from the crossword and nature department in the decling years of the street. Most of their time seems to be spent in the pub, usually accompanied by the stout-drinking Lucy from the library, moaning about workloads and life on the paper. The novel is very funny and much loved.</span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />However, many other fine books have been written about Fleet Street - something that has been dubbed hack-lit. This month's </span></span><a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Press Gazette</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> features a piece about Revel Barker's </span></span><a href="http://booksaboutjournalism.com/home_1.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Books About Journalism</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> which republishes long lost classics. A former Mirror Group executive and brains behind </span></span><a href="http://www.gentlemenranters.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gentlemen Ranters</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Barker's catalogue includes such tales as as Murray Sayles's </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2008/aug/15/acrookedsixpencethebestbo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A Crooked Sixpence</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and Anthony Delano's Slip-Up, not to mention the ever popular Waterhouse on Newspaper Style.<br /><br />The Press Gazette publishes his top 20 classics but plenty more can be found on the website.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRb9ryMxgi-bfk6_jV4yh9-XM7tfZU9w5kY8NQH7E0lHZjoWJoqK8EiXwfuAoM52otwkAzzpIjN2pcQ5y_IcmMsdUfoh_1jXnH4vSzGo5-ryKSolPcLnVOX12udlOzu-sMODhKDFOr7D7q/s1600/PressG.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRb9ryMxgi-bfk6_jV4yh9-XM7tfZU9w5kY8NQH7E0lHZjoWJoqK8EiXwfuAoM52otwkAzzpIjN2pcQ5y_IcmMsdUfoh_1jXnH4vSzGo5-ryKSolPcLnVOX12udlOzu-sMODhKDFOr7D7q/s400/PressG.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537492819288423490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /></span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-50363553062278333722010-10-26T10:37:00.007+01:002010-10-26T10:56:00.138+01:00All Facts Considered<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww29vtjHNe-5GvqIONMa7Sm0chPjgTEb6BMmKYaPZ8eLbvQmgxfL9FW-VVvL0jE2JRn-lHSgT02FU-t3bJWT8H9zkdxF2U1B2QD9k4PrHRK55lr5XFRquNr23ousM-uxzAuA2z500cnO_/s1600/Facts.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 126px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww29vtjHNe-5GvqIONMa7Sm0chPjgTEb6BMmKYaPZ8eLbvQmgxfL9FW-VVvL0jE2JRn-lHSgT02FU-t3bJWT8H9zkdxF2U1B2QD9k4PrHRK55lr5XFRquNr23ousM-uxzAuA2z500cnO_/s200/Facts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532289071463785090" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In an age when fact-checking often goes little further than a quick glance at Wikipedia (good resource that it is though), it's heartening to hear about a book that is not only full of facts, but is written by a professional whose job it is to ensure they are all correct. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Facts-Considered-Essential-Inessential/dp/0470559659">All Facts Considered: The Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge</a> is a compendium of information about history, science and the arts written by Kee Malesky, librarian at <a href="http://www.npr.org/">NPR</a> (National Public Radio). </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">See <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130729448&ft=1&f=1033">here</a> for an article about the book. This includes excerpts plus a few of Kee's favourite questions such as: </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- The first e-book was the Declaration of Independence, typed into a computer in 1971 by the founder of Project Gutenberg.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Red hair, the rarest human color (less than 2 percent of the population), is caused by a variation in what is called the "Celtic" gene.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All sounds fascinating and I'm about to order a copy for the <a href="http://twitter.com/guardianlibrary">Guardian library</a> (where we double check everything). Wonder if it's going to be made available online...</span></span></span></div></span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660242811607000243.post-75605420634084533222010-10-01T15:33:00.017+01:002010-10-07T11:13:20.948+01:00Information hygiene<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twenty-first century Info Pros: Changing roles and skills in knowledge and information, was the rather ominous title for </span></span><a href="http://www.likenews.org.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LIKE 18</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (London Information and Knowledge Exchange). Over 40 people packed into an upstairs room at the </span></span><a href="http://www.thecrowntavernec1.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crown Tavern</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Clerkenwell, to hear Luisa Jefford, </span></span><a href="http://www.tfpl.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TFPL</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'s Director of Public Sector Recruitment, pass on her some of her inside knowledge.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After talking about the current jobs market, including the fact that many vacancies attract applicants from all around the world, Luisa divided the room into smaller groups to discuss the skills that are essential for the modern information professional. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not surprisingly, everything from being able to budget, organise and present, as well as core information skills made it onto the list. One attribute though that made a (very) brief appearance in my group was the art of blagging. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, obviously, blagging is not something that's going to appear on the average information professional's CV - the Collins dictionary definition of 'obtain by wheedling or cadging' is enough to put paid to that. However, a wider definition of presenting a confident front even when uncertain about something is surely a skill worth having. Random examples of this can be seen </span></span><a href="http://www.4docs.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Blagging"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and, with the line 'a blagger persuades. They do not coerce,' </span></span><a href="http://changingminds.org/blog/0810blog/081021blog.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Luisa concluded her talk by stressing that you should be fully aware of all of your transferable skills. These are are as valid as formal qualifiactions on a CV, especially when backed up with evidence and examples.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyCMp9ysfYO_6aJhcGenA3EilmBLsAfd-S8nSMygjgkPYGAUpJNl3LgFgfeHaubac4sLTURM0jd2hc724DphY3mYFW6_9qW8ei-2a3ULWZ2yACEGWKagbYEku93okirUy9D7Tnjk7O2-P/s1600/Like18.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyCMp9ysfYO_6aJhcGenA3EilmBLsAfd-S8nSMygjgkPYGAUpJNl3LgFgfeHaubac4sLTURM0jd2hc724DphY3mYFW6_9qW8ei-2a3ULWZ2yACEGWKagbYEku93okirUy9D7Tnjk7O2-P/s320/Like18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523099246183218626" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Once the formal part of the evening had finished, the conversation began. Exchanging ideas and knowledge over dinner is one of LIKE's strengths. In the 'fish and chips corner', discussion ranged over everything from issues raised in Luisa's talk, Wikipedia (again) to Ed Miliband's marital status. At one point the phrase 'information hygiene' was introduced into the conversation, the context being something to do with making sure users don't download unsuitable or 'toxic' material.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Naturally I wanted to know more. A quick search on the </span></span><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cilip</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> website directed me to 'Top tips on sensitive issues - personal hygiene'. Very important, but not quite what I was looking for. The definition of '</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">managing your personal information' </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">from this </span></span><a href="http://blueoxen.net/wiki/Group_Information_Hygiene"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">site</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> seems more like it. Perhaps a future meeting idea for LIKE? </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks again to Virginia, Jennifer, Marja, et al for organising such a great evening. <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More information about changes in the information management jobs market can found on the TFPL </span></span><a href="http://www.tfpl.com/resources/reports.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">reports section</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div>Richard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.com0