“Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation.” Lankes, R. David, Silverstein, J. L., Nicholson, S. 52(2). Information Technology and Libraries.
Collecting Conversations in a Massive Scale World
Credibility on the Internet: Shifting From Authority to Reliability
“Credibility on the Internet: Shifting From Authority to Reliability” Lankes, R. David (2008). Journal of Documentation 64(5).
Quality Standards Workbook Translated into Chinese
The National Library of China has done a superb job of translating and re-publishing Statistics, Measures and Quality Standards for Assessing Digital Reference Library Services: Guidelines and Procedures. McClure, C., Lankes, R. David, Gross, M., and Choltco-Devlin, B.
Trusting the Internet: New Approaches to Credibility Tools
Trusting the Internet: New Approaches to Credibility Tools. Lankes, R. David. In MacArthur Digital Media Series, Volume on Credibility. MIT Press.
Conversants: Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
Introducing Conversants. Conversants (ISSN: 1940-5022) is a limited-run, open-access journal about participatory networks. Part of a joint project on Participatory Librarianship (http://ptbed.org) between the Information Institute of Syracuse and the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), the journal is a forum for the exchange of ideas relating to conversation-based theories as well as their applications in knowledge environments. Articles and essays are solicited not only to increase our understanding of participatory approaches to virtual and physical settings, but also to challenge the scholarly and practice communities. The emphasis of the journal is on durable concepts that transcend any particular technology or suite of functions.
While treatments related to all types of settings are welcome, a special emphasis is placed on the library domain and the role librarians play as facilitators of conversations. Submissions might include:
• Empirical articles analyzing user contributions to web resources;
• Thought pieces concerning the library as conversation;
• Podcasts of presentations concerning Library 2.0; and
• Discussions of curricular initiatives to incorporate new web technologies into information science education.
All submissions will be reviewed by the editors of the journal and then, in keeping with the central tenets of participatory networks, made available for ongoing public review via CommentPress. Authors are encouraged to follow these conversations, and can incorporate these comments into revised drafts.
Unlike most journals, pieces are published as they are accepted to encourage timely discussions of current trends and events. Selected pieces will be edited into a volume exploring participatory librarianship.
Please e-mail submissions to conversants@iis.syr.edu in Word, HTML, RTF or ASCII text format.
The editorial board of Conversants comprises:
Editors
• R. David Lankes, Associate Professor Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies
• Joseph Janes, Associate Professor University of Washington’s Information School
• Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library
Associate Editors
• Todd Marshall, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies
• David Pimentel, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies
If you are interested in joining the board, please contact David Lankes rdlankes@iis.syr.edu
More information is available on the project website at http://ptbed.org/conversants.php
Italian Translation of Tech Brief now Available
The technology brief “Particiaptory Networks: The Library as Conversation” is now available in Italian at:
http://www.aib.it/aib/cg/gbdigd07.htm3
The paper was translated by Angela Di Iorio and Marialaura Vignocchi on behalf of the Digital Libraries Working Group of the Italian Libraries Association.
Latest (Last?) VRD Book Now Available
Hot off the presses and now available the proceedings of the last VRD conference Virtual Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment. Also included are the results of the Digital Reference Education Initiative (DREI) project that include full competencies for virtual reference librarians developed by the virtual reference community.
Here’s a link on Amazon:
Participatory Librarianship and Virtual Reference
The Lankes article on participatory librarianship and virtual reference was just published in the ASIS and T Bulletin at:
Http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/lankes.html
There are also some other great virtual reference articles.
Virtual Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment
Virtual Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment. Lankes, R. David, Westbrook, L., Nicholson, S., Radford, M., Silverstein, J. (Eds.). (2007). New York: Neal-Schuman Pblishers.