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Rob Coers Michael Stephens

Two Trainers Trade Twenty Technology Training Tips Internet Librarian International October 17, 2006. Rob Coers Michael Stephens. Who We Are. Rob Qualified as a music librarian Worked in several public libraries Since 1996 internet trainer and consultant in the Netherlands

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Rob Coers Michael Stephens

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  1. Two Trainers TradeTwenty Technology Training Tips Internet Librarian InternationalOctober 17, 2006 Rob Coers Michael Stephens

  2. Who We Are Rob • Qualified as a music librarian • Worked in several public libraries • Since 1996 internet trainer and consultant in the Netherlands • www.robcoers.nl

  3. Who We Are Michael • Training since 1995 in libraries • PhD student & blogger • Instructor, Dominican University GSLIS • Fired up about tools, tech & librarians • www.tametheweb.com

  4. Introduction • Why technology training? Why now? • Technology training VS training

  5. Our Goal: We will discuss: • Teaching people how to work with technology, software and the Internet. • Ways YOU can train effectively • Some new ideas to think about

  6. Where do you fit in?

  7. Training = change management

  8. Organizations, libraries, colleagues, society • 10 % trendsetters, early adaptors, leaders, US • 70% followers, want to be guided and open to hear your story • 20% oppose to everything what is new

  9. This is what often happens • As trainers we are often focused on these 20% • LOST TIME, LOST ENERGY • They won’t jump on anyway

  10. So … • Focus on the 70% • Convince them WHY what you have to tell can be important for THEM

  11. Emphasize on: • Professionality • Being ahead of others • Know what is going on in the digital world • Show what you know

  12. Emphasize on: • Necessity • Libraries are on the edge of irrelevance • Knowledge = power • You may lose your job if you don’t …

  13. Emphasize on: • Personal advantages • Get to meet interesting people • Be the first to buy a new 2nd hand bicycle • Find people with the same hobby as you

  14. How to do all this? • Tell your personal experiences with … • Look at succesful libraries • Tell “what’s in it for YOU”

  15. And … • “Stop trying to provide step-by-step directions” • “Encourage independence” Brenda Hough, and Michael Porter, podcast at OPAL session

  16. What has changed since 2005 • Enormous growth of Web 2.0 applications • Further expansion of Google • More people get connected worldwide • People have basic computer literacies

  17. Already doing this? • Mouse instructions • Surfing the internet • E-mail for beginners • Searching the internet

  18. Consider if you are still doing this for the 20 % of opposers

  19. Develop new classes • Tips & tricks for succesful blogging • Do more with your digital camera! Explore Flickr with us • Organize your life with RSS • Looking for del.icio.us recipies?

  20. Examples

  21. Weblogs • Why train about this? • How to train?

  22. Why blog? • Professionality • Tell the people what is going on in your library or in your field of interest • Search engines love weblogs, so get your library rank higher in their search results

  23. Why blog? • Necessity • Get in control of your own press releases • Get in touch with your readers

  24. Why blog? • Personal advantages • Get to know other bloggers • Be “in the know” • It’s free, it’s easy and it’s fun to do

  25. How to train on blogs? • Let participants create their own weblog (WordPress, Blogger, local blogware) • Start posting articles • Let participants comment on postings • Writing tips, how to trigger comments • Find other weblogs via Bloglines

  26. RSS • Why train about this? • How to train?

  27. Why RSS? • Professionality • Have the library news published on other websites in your community • Select local websites with RSS feeds

  28. Why RSS? • Necessity • Stay on top of the news on any topic • Save time by reading RSS headlines

  29. Why RSS? • Personal advantages • Be rss’ed on the cheapest fuel in your neighbourhood • Know it when the library has new items about your subject

  30. How? • Comes naturally when you train about weblogs • Let participants subscribe to Netvibes • Show some popular news- and commericial websites with RSS

  31. You may be focussing on the 70%

  32. “Why are we doing this?”

  33. Pew Study: Millennials • Team Oriented • Immersed in media & gadgets (that’s mobile!) • They use the Social Web and IM • Accept loss of privacy for accessibility • Their learning is shaped by technology & collaboration

  34. IM Stats • IM is here! (AOL Instant Messaging Trends Survey, August ‘04) • 80 million Americans use IM (27%) • 250 million world wide • 7 billion messages sent each day • Pew Internet Study • 53 million American adults use instant messaging and its appeal is especially apparent among young adults and technology enthusiasts.

  35. OCLC’s Perceptions • 51% Have Used Instant Messaging • 30% have never heard of online databases.

  36. Flickr • YOUR PART MICHAEL • Why train about this? • What to train? • How to train?

  37. http://www.rutlandfree.org/

  38. http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarian/14645140/

  39. http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/sets/632151/

  40. http://www.flickr.com/photos/11329886@N00/sets/72157594291410121/http://www.flickr.com/photos/11329886@N00/sets/72157594291410121/

  41. http://www.flickr.com/photos/slzimm1/53707946/

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