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Constant Change: Habits for “Experts”

Constant Change: Habits for “Experts”. D. Gail Stahl The Boston Consulting Group Internet Librarian International March 22, 2000. Definitions. Constant change Habits Experts. Constant Change. “Internet Time” Learning organizations Life-long learning. Habits. Attitude

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Constant Change: Habits for “Experts”

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  1. Constant Change:Habits for “Experts” D. Gail Stahl The Boston Consulting Group Internet Librarian International March 22, 2000

  2. Definitions • Constant change • Habits • Experts

  3. Constant Change • “Internet Time” • Learning organizations • Life-long learning

  4. Habits • Attitude • Not necessarily instinctive • A matter of choice

  5. “Experts” • Experts may not know the answer off the top of their heads, but know where to locate it. • Share knowledge efficiently • Always interested in learning

  6. Professional Development • Historical definition • An annual plan of activities and conferences • Activities • Events • Tangible evidence • Static, measurable, not ”real time”

  7. Oscar Wilde “It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”

  8. Technology • Push or pull? • Network of friends and colleagues • Enables new habits

  9. Information Resources • Association websites • Websites for journals and “e-zines” • Discussion lists or listservs • Automatic e-mail updates

  10. Guides to New Information • Your organization’s intranet – people & information • Association websites for your industry • Sites for our profession • General Internet/e-commerce sites

  11. Professional Sites • LibraryLand – Index to Resources • http://www.librarylandindex.org • Librarians’ Index to the Internet • http://www.lii.org • SLA-Toronto, Canada - Librarians’ Resource Center – “The Toolbox” • http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/cover.html

  12. Professional Sites • BUBL Link (Strathclyde University) • http://bubl.ac.uk/link • Libweb – Library servers via WWW • http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/ • Buley Library, Southern Connecticut State University (USA) – Resources on WWW • http://library.scsu.ctsstateu.edu/libbib.html

  13. Professional Sites • Internet Library for Librarians • http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/index.html • Berkeley Digital Library • http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/ • Librarian’s Internet • http://merlin.cflc.lib.fl.us/libinter.html

  14. Internet/E-Commerce • The Industry Standard • http://www.thestandard.com • Business 2.0 • http://www.business2.com • E-Commerce Times • http://www.ecommercetimes.com • Internet News • http://www.internet.com • CIO (Chief Information Officer) • http://www.cio.com

  15. Listservs • Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences • http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS/ • CataList, catalog of LISTSERV lists • http://www.lsoft.com/listref.html • Business Librarians’ E-mail Discussion Group • http://www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/buslib-1.html

  16. Internet/E-Commerce • Tech News World • http://www.technewsworld.com • Internet.com/CyberAtlas • http://www.internet.com • http://www.cyberatlas.internet.com • Nua Internet Surveys - worldwide • http://www.nua.com • U.S. Bureau of the Census: Retail e-commerce sales • http://www.census.gov

  17. Habits & Goals • Keep a list of “sites to explore” – and explore them • Host a “Surfing Brown Bag Lunch” • Ask colleagues for news of useful new websites • Share new discoveries with others • Explore a new site every day/week/etc. • Utilize the “push” of e-mail updates

  18. T. H. White’s The Once and Future King “The best thing for being sad, replied Merlin, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails….There is only one thing for it then—to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the thing for you.”

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