Virtual Dave…Real Blog

So I decided to check out second life for real. Even bought myself a piece of property and built a modest office (see movie below). Feel free to stop by and visit (search for “Virtual Dave’s Office”).

next week I’m actually teaching a class (my digital libraries class working on Massive Scale Librarianship) in Second Life. This should be fun.

Found a neat site that maps the sates in the US you have visited, and the countries you have been to. I thought I’d give it a try:

create your own visited states map

I have a little further to go internationally though:

create your own visited countries map

“Massive Scale Librarianship” Plenary Presentation, Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC.
Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Abstract: There are two types of discontinuities faced by a field: those you expect, and those that you don’t. The Internet was an unexpected event in librarianship. Few could look at the early days of telnet, gopher, and even the web and truly appreciate its impact on libraries. Yet even so, library science has adapted. Not always elegantly, not always completely, but adapted. Unlike the Internet that had a largely unexpected impact, very large scale computing is an obvious coming challenge. We know computing power, storage and bandwidth are going to increase. Knowing this, it is incumbent upon the library and information science field to consider what is a world like where you can walk around with the entire contents of the Internet in your pocket.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2006/Charleston.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/Charleston.mp3

Slides available at: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2006/Charleston.pdf

You can also download and listen to an audio recording of the presentation here (or through my Podcast): http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/Charleston.mp3

There are two types of discontinuities faced by a field: those you expect, and those that you don’t. The Internet was an unexpected event in librarianship. Few could look at the early days of telnet, gopher, and even the web and truly appreciate its impact on libraries. Yet even so, library science has adapted. Not always elegantly, not always completely, but adapted. Unlike the Internet that had a largely unexpected impact, very large scale computing is an obvious coming challenge. We know computing power, storage and bandwidth are going to increase. Knowing this, it is incumbent upon the library and information science field to consider what is a world like where you can walk around with the entire contents of the Internet in your pocket.

For those interested, here is a list of presentations I have coming up.

• November 9: Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC “Massive Scale Librarianship“
• January 16: ALISE, Seattle, WA “Information seeking behaviors: Habits of practice of K-12 educators and learners“
• January 30: Information Online Conference, Sydney, AU “Changing Face of Service“
• February 2: Information Online Satellite Event, Sydney, AU “Using Virtual Reference to Rule the World“
• April 17-18: Connecticut Library Association’s Annual Conference, New Hartford, CT Speaking on IMLS Study on the Library Workforce in the 21st Century
• May 2: Amigos Conference, Dallas TX Speaking on Participatory Librarians

I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with GIS and GPS applications recently. I thought I’d show my latest learning: how to integrate a GPS reciever with a digital camera and Google Maps.

Click here for a demonstration on creating photo tours then:

Click here to download a file you can load into Google Earth.