We Meet Again!

The Cyber Explorers gathered on Tuesday for more discussion and sharing on the topic of social software as it applies to libraries. The good news - we had 100% participation, the bad news - our IT consultation was unexpectedly postponed.

Here's a quick overview of how we spent our time together:

1. Wiki demonstration, courtesy of Sonya, who is experimenting with this tool in her Let's Talk classes.
2. Discussion of problems, issues, and techniques relative to co-authoring this blog.
3. Expressions of concern about security, control of comment-content, generation of adequate meaningful content, promoting blogs to targeted publics, designated staff-time and training, proof-reading of content for facts/grammar/spelling, consistency of style and format.
4. Molly & Melissa volunteered to act as liaisons with Systems; a comprehensive list of queries is being compiled.
5. Each committee member will solicit her own dept. peers for interest in contributing to a blog and for potential blog ideas within their service area. Cheryl will also approach Circ. and TS for input.
6. Pam will continue to research existing social software policies to assist with the creation of our own policy, when necessary.

It was agreed that the Cyber Explorers will meet again in two weeks time, on Feb. 5, from 3:30-4:15, at the same location. So far, we have come to one conclusion: The more closely this topic is examined, the more complex it becomes!