Slides with text given at Internet Librarian 2009.

1. Fictioneurs, Versifiers, Thinkers & Tinkerers: Managing Virtual Collections and Services Across Platforms in the Web 2.0 Era JJ Jacobson, Danielle Kane, Karmon Runquist, Jennifer Hamilton, and Sarah Clark D204 – Managing Virtual Collections & Services, Across Platforms

3. Supplemented by resources on library website

4. Collections defined by Victorian/steampunk theme of Caledon

6. Continually evolving tools and shifting information environment

8. Interaction: Socializing and communicating synchronously and asynchronously

9. Library facilitates the conversation

10. Vetting and reflecting interests

11. collections, reference, exhibitions, events

12. Institutional personality: branding

13. Speak with the local accent

14. Take the civic life, values, and modes of expression seriously

18. Volunteer labor (~200 hours per month) Real Costs

19. Real Costs Data Storage

20. Real Costs Collections, Exhibits, Programs, and Miscellaneous

21. Real Costs Volunteer and Free Resources

23. Steep learning curve, including communication skills and effectively presenting information in a 3-D virtual environment

24. Volunteers must be particularly self-motivated, and cope with SL's inherent distractions

28. Interaction: Socializing and communicating synchronously and asynchronously

29. Library facilitates the conversation

30. Vetting and reflecting interests

31. collections, reference, exhibitions, events

32. Institutional personality: branding

33. Speak with the local accent

34. Take the civic life, values, and modes of expression seriously

36. Choices and Challenges Related to Digital Collections Management (1) Determining the best tool for the job (2) "What does the library do?" (3) Scope creep (4) How much is too much? (5) Copyright and open access materials

40. Collection Development and Management Across Platforms

42. Format (Notecard, Aetheric, Prim/Texture)

43. Creator/Contributor

44. Collection

45. Type of Literature

46. Location

47. URL

48. Source Location

49. Language

50. Author

51. Title (inventory based on SL object title)

52. Editor

53. Translator

54. Publication YearMetadata Collected

55. Colliding Spaces...

56. Caledon Heading Topics Included Chroniclers Biographies, History, Travel, Anthropology, Sociology, etc. Dramaturgists Dramatic works, whether or not intended for performance Fictioneurs Fiction, Novels and Short Stories Odds & Ends Miscellaneous non-fiction, fashion, women's lives, gardening, cooking, and everything not covered by other subject headings Thinkers Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Religion, Science, Economics, Politics, etc. Tinkerers Science & Engineering, Technology of any kind, Architecture, Gizmos Versifiers Poetry Fabulists Fairytales, folklore, myths, legends Arbiters Etiquette Steampunks Steampunk, Steampunk Precursor Works Caledon Subject Headings

60. Flickr, YouTube, and the Library Militant website

62. CMS features and tag clouds

63. Browsable reference collection arranged by subject on Library Militant website

64. IN DEVELOPMENT:Searchable collections database on LM siteVital Web 2.0 tools Technology... as a Framework for Community Patchwork Approach: SL tools (IM, chat, notecards) PLUS

65. Technology... as a Framework for Community