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Transcript from June 15, 2010 to June 16, 2010

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June 16, 2010
1:31 pm librarianbyday: Looks like the hashtag for today's (and future) Wednesday Webinars will be #gawws
1:32 pm buffyjhamilton: #gawws is the official hashtag 4 today's Wed Webinars! @librarianbyday will discuss transliteracy; I will share pivot points for change.
1:33 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @liabrarianbyday Looks like the hashtag for today's (and future) Wednesday Webinars will be #gawws
1:34 pm librarianbyday: I've also set up a @wthashtag page for the Webinar series #gawws http://wthashtag.com/gawws
1:35 pm hashtager: # RT @liabrarianbyday Looks like the hashtag for today's (and future) Wednesday Webinars will be #gawws
1:35 pm hashtager: # #gawws is the official hashtag 4 today's Wed Webinars! @librarianbyday will discuss transliteracy; I will share pivot points for change.
1:35 pm librarianbyday: #gawws is the official hashtag 4 today's Wed Webinars! I will discuss transliteracy & @buffyjhamilton will share pivot points for change.
1:35 pm annavan: Wed Webinar today #gawws: @librarianbyday to discuss transliteracy; @buffyjhamilton to share pivot points for change
1:51 pm buffyjhamilton: Follow Wed Webinars today at http://tweetchat.com/room/gawws #gawws Today's topics: transliteracy and pivot points for change #libraries
1:52 pm librarianbyday: RT @buffyjhamilton: Follow Wed Webinars today at http://tweetchat.com/room/gawws #gawws Today's topics: transliteracy and pivot points for change #libraries
1:54 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Pick your poison http://wthashtag.com/gawws http://tweetchat.com/room/gawws for the #gawws on ransliteracy & pivot points for change
1:58 pm dkapuler: RT @buffyjhamilton: Follow Wed Webinars today at http://tweetchat.com/room/gawws #gawws Today's topics: transliteracy and pivot points for change #libraries
2:00 pm buffyjhamilton: @MLx if possible, can you help us Tweet #gawws today?
2:00 pm buffyjhamilton: @ashuping apparently, I forgot how to do a hashtag, lol! #gawws
2:01 pm buffyjhamilton: Here we go! Pat is introducing the very first ever Wednesday Webinars! Woot! #gawws
2:02 pm Strng_Dichotomy: GPLS: http://www.georgialibraries.org/ & GLA: http://gla.georgialibraries.org/ #gawws
2:02 pm steve_librarian: slipped into @librarianbyday 's Wednesday Webinar just in time - stupid computer took forever logging in #gawws
2:03 pm steve_librarian: RT @librarianbyday: #gawws is the official hashtag 4 today's Wed Webinars! I will discuss transliteracy & @buffyjhamilton will share pivot points for change.
2:19 pm tminchew: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." #gawws
2:19 pm buffyjhamilton: I would disagree that schools aren't teaching critical thinking or new literacies; just not as widespread as we'd all like to see. #gawws
2:19 pm steve_librarian: Reminded of Sean Connery in Indy Jones 3: "I wrote it down so I wouldn't HAVE to remember!" #gawws
2:19 pm tminchew: (That quote was Alvin Toffler.) #gawws
2:20 pm Strng_Dichotomy: More than 100 million American, can't get it afford it , or understand the need #gawws #transliteracy
2:20 pm buffyjhamilton: also complicating schools' efforts are those in rural or lower tax base; can't afford high speed Internet infrastructure/hardware #gawws
2:21 pm steve_librarian: US is lagging behind other countries in adopting broadband. Gaps between those who have net access & those who don't. New 2nd class. #gawws
2:21 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Looking at the digital divide as more a class issue or caste system #gawws #transliteracy
2:21 pm tminchew: We're looking at a new division of second-class citizens who have no access or reduced access to technology. #gawws
2:21 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @steve_librarian: US is lagging behind other countries in adopting broadband. Gaps between those who have net access & those who don't. New 2nd class. #gawws
2:23 pm buffyjhamilton: participation gap created by lack of sufficient Internet access #gawws
2:23 pm tminchew: No longer enough for libraries to focus on the need to read & write. Have to step up to the plate on technology & critical thinking. #gawws
2:24 pm buffyjhamilton: libraries must take on role of teaching these new literacies; we cannot put our heads in sand by privileging traditional literacy #gawws
2:24 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @buffyjhamilton: libraries must take on role of teaching these new literacies; we cannot put our heads in sand by privileging traditional literacy #gawws
2:26 pm Strng_Dichotomy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteracy #gawws #transliteracy
2:27 pm tminchew: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteracy #gawws #transliteracy
2:27 pm steve_librarian: There's no such thing as information overload, only filter failure (says Clay Shirkey). #gawws
2:28 pm tminchew: Transliterate divide isn't about age, gender or socio-economic status. #gawws
2:28 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Rt @ steve_librarian There's no such thing as information overload, only filter failure (says Clay Shirkey). #gawws
2:29 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Transliterate divide is about learning the new skill always learning how to communicate and collaborate #gawws #transliteracy
2:29 pm steve_librarian: Transliteracy is about more than technology. #gawws
2:29 pm buffyjhamilton: transliteracy is more than technology; it is about connectedness and weaving together multiple modes of reading/writing. #gawws
2:29 pm buffyjhamilton: RT @tminchew: Transliterate divide isn't about age, gender or socio-economic status. #gawws
2:30 pm tminchew: Transliteracy is more than technology. It's a very broad term that encompasses literacy with a wide variety of media. #gawws
2:30 pm Strng_Dichotomy: http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/transliteracy-as-a-blueberry-smoothie/ #gawws #transliteracy
2:30 pm TaraLSF: how is it not about those? RT @buffyjhamilton: RT @tminchew: Transliterate divide isn't about age, gender or socio-economic status. #gawws
2:31 pm tminchew: "The world is larger than the space you inhabit." (@librarianbyday) Preach it, sister! #gawws #transliteracy
2:31 pm steve_librarian: We librarians need to stop fighting amongst ourselves. #gawws
2:32 pm tminchew: We have to stop fighting amongst ourselves and focus on what our patrons really need. Find the balance for your community. #gawws
2:32 pm steve_librarian: The Balance (in my mind): MySpace is a waste of time but all social media is not. :) #gawws
2:32 pm Strng_Dichotomy: If your community is online, twitter, or FB . then go there if not don't. Help the patrons #gawws #translitercy
2:33 pm cmcgough: explain everything with patience and understanding of others - good words to train by #gawws
2:33 pm Strng_Dichotomy: If you are a techie, NEVER talk down to others. Help learn and take on the role of a supportive teacher #gawws #transliteracy
2:34 pm buffyjhamilton: we need to go where our patrons are. #gawws
2:34 pm lasweave: librarian techies have a responsibility to share knowledge without talking down to non-techies. #gawws
2:34 pm tminchew: RT @cmcgough: explain everything with patience and understanding of others - good words to train by #gawws
2:35 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Explore, get out of your bubble! #gawws #transliteracy
2:36 pm Strng_Dichotomy: It's not about your personal feelings but your obligation to help your patrons #gawws #transliteracy
2:36 pm hbraum: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Rt @steve_librarian There's no such thing as information overload, only filter failure (says Clay Shirkey). #gawws
2:36 pm tminchew: "Ask about stuff you don't know about. You don't look stupid. You look smart. Be inquisitive." (@librarianbyday) #gawws
2:37 pm cmcgough: when in doubt, ask! - librarians are a great place to start ;-) #gawws
2:37 pm steve_librarian: Everyone has information they can share. #gawws
2:37 pm Strng_Dichotomy: EVERYONE has information that they can share #gawws #transliteracy
2:38 pm Strng_Dichotomy: http://www.skokielibrary.info/s_about/how/Tech_Resources/DML.asp #gawws #tyransliteracy
2:38 pm buffyjhamilton: Howard Rheingold's concept of "infoattention" dovetails perfectly w/ transliteracy http://bit.ly/cA1akl #gawws
2:38 pm suelyn: It is okay to experiment #gawws
2:39 pm steve_librarian: Librarians can and are able to make a difference, need to be fearless. #gawws
2:39 pm Strng_Dichotomy: the 21st century is not place for timid librarians! you need to be fearless #gawws #transliteracy
2:39 pm Strng_Dichotomy: http://www.anythinklibraries.org/ #gawws #tranliteracy
2:39 pm buffyjhamilton: I agree---questions, inquiry should be the heart of libraries and our work as librarians. #gawws
2:39 pm tminchew: @TaraLSF I was paraphrasing @librarianbyday. Here's where she elaborates on the Transliterate Divide. http://bit.ly/8Ze1zP #gawws
2:40 pm Strng_Dichotomy: If we can't adopt the 21st century we are failing our patrons! #gawws #transliteracy
2:42 pm tminchew: @TaraLSF I think she meant that Transliterate Divide doesn't _just_ affect lower income people, eldery, etc. Cuts across the groups. #gawws
2:43 pm steve_librarian: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: If we can't adopt the 21st century we are failing our patrons! #gawws #transliteracy
2:44 pm tminchew: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: If we can't adopt the 21st century we are failing our patrons! #gawws #transliteracy
2:46 pm dorevabelfiore: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: It's not about your personal feelings but your obligation to help your patrons #gawws #transliteracy
2:47 pm buffyjhamilton: great questions from audience about issues of access to information streams due to fines/debts #gawws
2:47 pm mamcginley: RT @buffyjhamilton: we need to go where our patrons are. #gawws
2:48 pm martinls0030: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: the 21st century is not place for timid librarians! you need to be fearless #gawws #transliteracy #gawws
2:53 pm michellv123: Yes! RT @Strng_Dichotomy: If your community is online, twitter, or FB . then go there if not don't. Help the patrons #gawws #translitercy
2:56 pm steve_librarian: @librarianbyday Is it "transliteracy" for fast-talkers to learn to communicate with slow-talking southerners? :) #gawws
2:56 pm himissjulie: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: If your community is online, twitter, or FB . then go there if not don't. Help the patrons #gawws #translitercy
2:57 pm Strng_Dichotomy: @Librarianbyday GREAT JOB! #gawws #transliteracy
2:58 pm himissjulie: what is the #gawws hashtag?
2:58 pm steve_librarian: @librarianbyday fantastic job with the webinar - I thought I knew a lot about the subject but I still learned things! #gawws
2:58 pm tminchew: Indeed! Really enjoyed it! RT @Strng_Dichotomy: @librarianbyday GREAT JOB! #gawws #transliteracy
2:59 pm steve_librarian: up next is @buffyjhamilton's webinar on Pivot Points for Change! #gawws
3:00 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Here is the link to the next Wednesday Webinar Series: The Social Library with Cliff Landis (@clifflandis)http://bit.ly/cOYmFu #gawws
3:01 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @steve_librarian: up next is @buffyjhamilton's webinar on Pivot Points for Change! #gawws
3:03 pm tminchew: @himissjulie The GPLS/GLA Wednesday Webinar Series. The first ones are being held today. http://bit.ly/9JxIXN http://bit.ly/9DFasm #gawws
3:03 pm librarianbyday: Thank you! @tminchew @Strng_Dichotomy @cmcgough @steve_librarian #gawws #transliteracy
3:03 pm suelyn: @himissjulie #gawws is Georgia Wednesday Webinar Series- Highlighting Trends, Innovation & Best Practices in GA Libraries
3:04 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: The Next Wednesday Webinar Series: The Social Library with Cliff Landis (@clifflandis)http://bit.ly/cOYmFu #gawws
3:06 pm tminchew: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: The next Wednesday Webinar Series: The Social Library with Cliff Landis (@clifflandis)http://bit.ly/cOYmFu #gawws
3:09 pm sarah_pants: Break before @buffyjhamilton tells us about Pivot Points for Change. #gawws
3:14 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Getting ready to hear @buffyjhamilton tells us about Pivot Points for Change. #gawws
3:18 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Getting ready to hear @buffyjhamilton tells us about Pivot Points for Change. #gawws
3:19 pm steve_librarian: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Here is the link to the next Wednesday Webinar Series: The Social Library with Cliff Landis (@clifflandis)http://bit.ly/cOYmFu #gawws
3:20 pm tminchew: About to listen to @buffyjhamilton speak about Pivot Points for Change. #gawws
3:20 pm rashford: Just attended great #transliteracy presentation by @librarianbyday - Academic & public librarians can def. learn from each other-thx #gawws
3:23 pm steve_librarian: Changing EVERYTHING is too difficult. - Seth Godin #gawws
3:24 pm Strng_Dichotomy: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/pivots-for-change-swords-and-plowshares.html #gawws
3:24 pm steve_librarian: don't reinvent the wheel; instead, find pivot points for change #gawws
3:26 pm tminchew: RT @steve_librarian: don't reinvent the wheel; instead, find pivot points for change #gawws
3:26 pm librarianbyday: RT @steve_librarian: don't reinvent the wheel; instead, find pivot points for change #gawws
3:26 pm librarianbyday: Introducing Transliteracy Georgia Public Library Service & Georgia Library Association #gawws http://bit.ly/aXDPFN
3:26 pm Strng_Dichotomy: During budget crunches still see what is going on at conferences by looking at hashtags #gawws
3:28 pm nerdybookgirl: Virtual connections! Webinaring #gawws
3:28 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @librarianbyday: RT @steve_librarian: don't reinvent the wheel; instead, find pivot points for change #gawws
3:29 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Use hashtag to find information, handouts, and presentations through services like Slideshare #gawws
3:30 pm Strng_Dichotomy: PP # 2 how do we interact with our patrons: How can we innovate and take the lib to our patrons. #gawws
3:30 pm hildakw: personalize your library #gawws
3:32 pm steve_librarian: engage your patrons on social media; don't just broadcast #gawws
3:32 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Some Libraries using twitter: http://twitter.com/#/list/Strng_Dichotomy/libraries #gawws
3:32 pm hildakw: fllickr to tell your story #gawws
3:34 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Some Libraries using twitter: http://twitter.com/#/list/Strng_Dichotomy/libraries #gawws
3:34 pm nerdybookgirl: Hooray for libguides! #gawws
3:37 pm willywaldo: RT @librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Some Libraries using twitter: http://twitter.com/#/list/Strng_Dichotomy/libraries #gawws
3:37 pm steve_librarian: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Some Libraries using twitter: http://twitter.com/#/list/Strng_Dichotomy/libraries #gawws
3:37 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Create multiple blogs on subjects for various patrons: example NYPL http://www.nypl.org/blogs_all #gawws
3:38 pm lasweave: talking about cloud computing tools. I looked it up on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing #gawws
3:39 pm steve_librarian: read print journals but supplement with feeds from journals, blogs, podcasts, youtube videos, twitter feeds for cutting edge info #gawws
3:40 pm Strng_Dichotomy: PP 3 How do we keep up with the profession: What tools can we use to access and organize the information we are looking for #gawws
3:40 pm steve_librarian: I loves me some Google Reader #gawws
3:40 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Think of a feed aggregator as a Big Butterfly Net #gawws
3:42 pm cmcgough: keep up with favorite journals in GALILEO with journal alerts- http://bit.ly/9F5tJr #GALILEO #gawws
3:42 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @cmcgough: keep up with favorite journals in GALILEO with journal alerts- http://bit.ly/9F5tJr #GALILEO #gawws
3:42 pm lasweave: periodically weeding your online information sources is just as important as weeding your print resources. #gawws
3:43 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @lasweave: periodically weeding your online information sources is just as important as weeding your print resources. #gawws
3:43 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: RT @cmcgough: keep up with favorite journals in GALILEO with journal alerts- http://bit.ly/9F5tJr #GALILEO #gawws
3:43 pm tminchew: RT @cmcgough: keep up with favorite journals in GALILEO with journal alerts- http://bit.ly/9F5tJr #GALILEO #gawws
3:43 pm tminchew: Yes! RT @lasweave: periodically weeding your online information sources is just as important as weeding your print resources. #gawws
3:43 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: RT @lasweave: periodically weeding your online info sources is just as important as weeding print resources. #gawws
3:43 pm Strng_Dichotomy: PP 4 how do we broaden our personal learning network #gawws
3:44 pm steve_librarian: network f2f but also cultivate an online personal learning network #gawws
3:44 pm hildakw: http://www.ilovelibraries.org/loveyourlibrary/ILoveLibrariesonYouTube.cfm for librarles using Youtube #gawws
3:45 pm librarianbyday: RT @steve_librarian: network f2f but also cultivate an online personal learning network #gawws
3:46 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Use http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text #gawws
3:47 pm Strng_Dichotomy: PP 5 How can we explain our menu of productivity tools to share and network with others #gawws
3:47 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Use http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text #gawws
3:49 pm jkennerly: Hate to be missing the webinar (http://bit.ly/9sgvt8) w/ @buffyjhamilton. But following @ http://wthashtag.com/gawws #gawws
3:49 pm cmcgough: work smarter, not harder (@buffyjhamilton) - you tell it! #gawws
3:50 pm librarianbyday: RT @jkennerly: Hate to be missing the webinar (http://bit.ly/9sgvt8) w/ @buffyjhamilton. But following @ http://wthashtag.com/gawws #gawws
3:51 pm Strng_Dichotomy: PP 6 rethink your library forms and reports to better tell the story of our libraries #gawws
3:52 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Another place to share is WebJunction Georgia - http://ga.webjunction.org/1 #gawws
3:53 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: PP 6 rethink your library forms and reports to better tell the story of our libraries #gawws
3:54 pm Strng_Dichotomy: List of mind Mapping Tools http://bit.ly/N5Uvp #gawws
3:57 pm Strng_Dichotomy: PP 8 We really have to rethink and expand our def of Literacy #gawws
3:57 pm steve_librarian: expand the definition of literacy #gawws #transliteracy
3:57 pm jlborgerding: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: List of mind Mapping Tools http://bit.ly/N5Uvp #gawws
3:58 pm librarianbyday: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: PP 8 We really have to rethink and expand our def of Literacy #gawws
3:58 pm librarianbyday: RT @cmcgough: keep up with favorite journals in GALILEO with journal alerts- http://bit.ly/9F5tJr #GALILEO #gawws
3:58 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Literacy can no longer be define by container or format #gawws
3:59 pm steve_librarian: We cannot define literacy by container or format; transliteracy is a process of reading and writing the world. #gawws
3:59 pm tminchew: We can no longer defiine literacy by container or format. (@buffyjhamilton) #gawws
3:59 pm pfanderson: RT @steve_librarian: We cannot define literacy by container or format; transliteracy is a process of reading and writing the world. #gawws
4:00 pm georgiawebgurl: RT @cmcgough: keep up with favorite journals in GALILEO with journal alerts- http://bit.ly/9F5tJr #GALILEO #gawws
4:02 pm steve_librarian: fine tune and find your pivot points for change #gawws
4:03 pm tminchew: Don't have to change everything to keep up. Make small adjustments and find change that can yield the most powerful results for you. #gawws
4:03 pm jlborgerding: RT @tminchew: We can no longer defiine literacy by container or format. (@buffyjhamilton) #gawws
4:04 pm broniba: Enjoying #sla2010 and #gawws #transliteracy tweets this morning.
4:06 pm uMCLE: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Some Libraries using twitter: http://twitter.com/#/list/Strng_Dichotomy/libraries #gawws via @librarianbyday
4:06 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Awesome--->RT @ broniba Enjoying #sla2010 and #gawws #transliteracy tweets this morning.
4:07 pm sla2010: Strng_Dichotomy: Awesome--->RT @ broniba Enjoying #sla2010 and #gawws #transliteracy tweets this morning.
4:11 pm jkennerly: RT @tminchew: Don't have to change everything to keep up. Make small adjustments and find change that can yield the most powerful results for you. #gawws
4:13 pm Strng_Dichotomy: GREAT JOB @buffyjhamilton ! #gawws
4:13 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Would like to give props to two Awesome Ladies on their Webinars this AM @Librarianbyday @buffjhamilton #gawws
4:14 pm tminchew: Thanks @buffyjhamilton for a great presentation! http://bit.ly/9DFasm #gawws
4:15 pm steve_librarian: a great morning of professional development thanks to @buffyjhamilton and @librarianbyday #gawws
4:15 pm springshare: couldn't have said it better myself!! RT @nerdybookgirl: Hooray for libguides! #gawws
4:16 pm steve_librarian: already registered for Cliff's webinar in July - glad GLA and GPLS is offereing such great programming #gawws
4:17 pm Strng_Dichotomy: Great job award goes to @sarah_pants for helping provide us with such great professional development! #gawws
4:17 pm Strng_Dichotomy: RT @steve_librarian: already registered for Cliff's webinar in July - glad GLA and GPLS is offereing such great programming #gawws
4:33 pm buffyjhamilton: Wow, sincere thanks to everyone who made our first #gawws such a terrific morning of learning and fun!
5:35 pm tminchew: Here here! RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Great job award goes to @sarah_pants for helping provide us with such great professional development! #gawws
5:59 pm Strng_Dichotomy: recording of Introducing Transliteracy with Bobbi Newman & Pivot Points for Change with Buffy Hamilton http://bit.ly/aD10hD #gawws
6:02 pm jkennerly: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: recording of Introducing Transliteracy with Bobbi Newman & Pivot Points for Change with Buffy Hamilton http://bit.ly/aD10hD #gawws
7:12 pm Library_demon: RT @buffyjhamilton: transliteracy is more than technology; it is about connectedness and weaving together multiple modes of reading/writing. #gawws