Comments on: And When There’s A 3-D Web We’ll Do What… http://acrlog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Micaela http://acrlog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/comment-page-1/#comment-35107 Micaela Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:56:17 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/#comment-35107 So basically they are talking about Web 3.0, eh? Sorry, Steven, couldn't resist. I've been waiting to hear it first, so instead, you heard it first...here. So basically they are talking about Web 3.0, eh?

Sorry, Steven, couldn’t resist. I’ve been waiting to hear it first, so instead, you heard it first…here.

]]> By: Craig Anderson http://acrlog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/comment-page-1/#comment-35102 Craig Anderson Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:22:25 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/#comment-35102 Hi there! Yeah, the "virtual web" experience seems exactly like the things that are currently happening in Second Life. Librarians are already getting involved and making their presence known. I have yet to be "frostily received" there. Most people that I encounter on Second Life are more of the "Wow, you're a REAL librarian!?" disposition. I agree that there has been a lot of buzz about the failures of Second Life specifically, but I do agree that even if that specific platform takes a nose-dive, it will have opened the way for more successful "virtual web" sites that will have a fresh complement of librarians waiting to help out. :) And yes, our main job is to serve our users, but is anyone really suggesting that we abandon our day jobs to work on outside projects? As academic librarians, I think we all work on projects, go to conferences, and do research in our field independently of helping our users. Although open access publishing is a very noble pursuit. I'm not saying that anyone should abandon that either. [nods] :) Hi there!

Yeah, the “virtual web” experience seems exactly like the things that are currently happening in Second Life. Librarians are already getting involved and making their presence known. I have yet to be “frostily received” there. Most people that I encounter on Second Life are more of the “Wow, you’re a REAL librarian!?” disposition.

I agree that there has been a lot of buzz about the failures of Second Life specifically, but I do agree that even if that specific platform takes a nose-dive, it will have opened the way for more successful “virtual web” sites that will have a fresh complement of librarians waiting to help out. :)

And yes, our main job is to serve our users, but is anyone really suggesting that we abandon our day jobs to work on outside projects? As academic librarians, I think we all work on projects, go to conferences, and do research in our field independently of helping our users.

Although open access publishing is a very noble pursuit. I’m not saying that anyone should abandon that either. [nods] :)

]]> By: Marc Meola http://acrlog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/comment-page-1/#comment-35011 Marc Meola Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:33:12 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/#comment-35011 Well, just to be contrarian, and since Steven wants librarians to mix it up more, isn't our main job to serve our users--the faculty and students of our institutions? Who cares if we aren't coming up with the next whatever? Let someone else do it and we'll use it later on. I'd actually be much happier if we spent the next 5-10 years working on making scholarly information more accessible to more people through open access publishing. The Indiana project looks interesting, but I think the user often needs help earlier in the process, such as formulating the question, which comes before evaluating the results for relevancy. Well, just to be contrarian, and since Steven wants librarians to mix it up more, isn’t our main job to serve our users–the faculty and students of our institutions? Who cares if we aren’t coming up with the next whatever? Let someone else do it and we’ll use it later on. I’d actually be much happier if we spent the next 5-10 years working on making scholarly information more accessible to more people through open access publishing.

The Indiana project looks interesting, but I think the user often needs help earlier in the process, such as formulating the question, which comes before evaluating the results for relevancy.

]]> By: Robin Sinn http://acrlog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/comment-page-1/#comment-35008 Robin Sinn Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:56:49 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/20/and-when-theres-a-3-d-web-well-do-what/#comment-35008 Does anyone remember the Librarian in Stephenson's Snow Crash? That was a program, but I think we should consider positioning ourselves as 'web guides'. While we might be frostily received in Second Life right now, I think that will change. Does anyone remember the Librarian in Stephenson’s Snow Crash? That was a program, but I think we should consider positioning ourselves as ‘web guides’. While we might be frostily received in Second Life right now, I think that will change.

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