We’ve Got The Technology, Now How Do We Find The Time?

Anne Welsh

Chambers Librarian, 18 Red Lion Court, formerly Information Officer, DrugScope

Online Information Conference

Tuesday 4 December 2007

• (potential for) increased profit and profile• provision of new services or

development of existing ones• efficiency gain• cost-effectiveness

TIME

Motivations

1. Make time for development ideas

My Wishlist, 2005

2. Think big …

… then scale to suit your resources

3. Keep up with new technology ...

… it may be more relevant over time

4. Make friends with feeds

Feed-reading saved DrugScope 2 days a week

5. Reuse and Repurpose …

… again …

… and again …

… and again

2.0 Timesavers

Monitoring sources using feeds

2.0 Timesavers

Feeds direct from the catalogue

2.0 Timesavers

Semi-automated blog posts

Flash demo at http://chillrssblog.wordpress.com/extras/semi-automated-catalogue-posts/

2.0 Timesavers

Commoncraft videos

Ideal for information literacy training – http://www.commoncraft.com/

2.0 Shortcuts

Social Bookmarking

2.0 Time Investments

Google Custom Search

2.0 Time Investments

Wikis to share knowledge

2.0 for All?

DON’T do it because it’s 2.0

DON’T do it because everyone else is 2.0

Do it because it meets your business needs for efficiency and time