Comments for CommonPlace.Net http://commonplace.net Library2.0 and beyond Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Social networking high and low of the year by WoW!ter http://commonplace.net/2008/12/social-networking-high-low/comment-page-1/#comment-24 WoW!ter Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:27:09 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=314#comment-24 Indeed, observations in stark contrast with each other! I don't have to tell you that the first example is much more to my preference of the effect of communities than the ban placed on hyves by the Drenthe college. Indeed, observations in stark contrast with each other! I don’t have to tell you that the first example is much more to my preference of the effect of communities than the ban placed on hyves by the Drenthe college.

]]> Comment on Antisocial Networking by lukask http://commonplace.net/2008/11/antisocial-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-10 lukask Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:16:16 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=281#comment-10 WoW!ter, so size does matter! ;-) I like your description of the best social network. I think it's only a matter of time. WoW!ter, so size does matter! ;-)

I like your description of the best social network. I think it’s only a matter of time.

]]> Comment on Antisocial Networking by WoW!ter http://commonplace.net/2008/11/antisocial-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-9 WoW!ter Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:40:13 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=281#comment-9 Interesting post. I didn't really appreciate Plaxo at first since they had a quite aggressive way of using you addressbook to contact all you acquaintances. I made a small mistake, and the all were send an invitation. They handled that too lightly. So I am not a real fan. On the other hand network size you don't address in your post. I think the size of the network does play a role as well. It is the sole reason for existence of Hyves in the Netherlands. But the best social network needs to be invented yet. Linkedin I like because of it's business card function. The recently added stuff are not really that important yet. I would be interested however, if they integrate my Twitter, but with a plaxo like protection levels. But also the ning stuff, and integration of those communities. Then of course the various feeds I have. And some cloud applications to finishe it off. But that still needs to be invented. Interesting post. I didn’t really appreciate Plaxo at first since they had a quite aggressive way of using you addressbook to contact all you acquaintances. I made a small mistake, and the all were send an invitation. They handled that too lightly. So I am not a real fan.
On the other hand network size you don’t address in your post. I think the size of the network does play a role as well. It is the sole reason for existence of Hyves in the Netherlands.
But the best social network needs to be invented yet. Linkedin I like because of it’s business card function. The recently added stuff are not really that important yet. I would be interested however, if they integrate my Twitter, but with a plaxo like protection levels. But also the ning stuff, and integration of those communities. Then of course the various feeds I have. And some cloud applications to finishe it off.
But that still needs to be invented.

]]> Comment on System librarians 2.0 by Owen Stephens http://commonplace.net/2008/10/system-librarians-20/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Owen Stephens Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:56:14 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=275#comment-6 I would say that what Ex Libris (and we in the UK) term 'System Librarians' are essentially 'Application Administrators' - as you say, the boundaries are fuzzy, and in the end it has to be a local decision how tasks are divided up between the various teams. In my experience, security often seems to be a major deciding factor - what level of permission do you need to carry out a task. I think that getting the right teams with the right responsibilities and the right skills is one of the hardest things to get right with IT system implementations. In the UK HE sector there tends to be a tension between IT department based teams, and Library department based teams - and of course links with staffing and other budgets can make these tensions political as well as practical. Unfortunately I think these issues also lead to problems in the development of the use of IT in Libraries - this question of whether you have library-based expertise, or outsource to IT departments. Although I'm in favour of outsourcing some of the system admin tasks to IT - e.g. OS installation and patching, H/W setup and maintenance, I also believe that we need strong technical teams in libraries who can do development as well as application configuration - but it seems to be a fine line to walk, and working with limited budgets having dedicated technical staff for the library system looks like (and possibly is) a luxury. I would say that what Ex Libris (and we in the UK) term ‘System Librarians’ are essentially ‘Application Administrators’ - as you say, the boundaries are fuzzy, and in the end it has to be a local decision how tasks are divided up between the various teams. In my experience, security often seems to be a major deciding factor - what level of permission do you need to carry out a task.

I think that getting the right teams with the right responsibilities and the right skills is one of the hardest things to get right with IT system implementations. In the UK HE sector there tends to be a tension between IT department based teams, and Library department based teams - and of course links with staffing and other budgets can make these tensions political as well as practical. Unfortunately I think these issues also lead to problems in the development of the use of IT in Libraries - this question of whether you have library-based expertise, or outsource to IT departments.

Although I’m in favour of outsourcing some of the system admin tasks to IT - e.g. OS installation and patching, H/W setup and maintenance, I also believe that we need strong technical teams in libraries who can do development as well as application configuration - but it seems to be a fine line to walk, and working with limited budgets having dedicated technical staff for the library system looks like (and possibly is) a luxury.

]]> Comment on How open are open systems? by lukask http://commonplace.net/2008/10/how-open-are-open-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-4 lukask Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:11:53 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=255#comment-4 Peter, yes ‘fear of losing customers’ sounds a little negative, I admit that. It was meant to be a little provocative. It would also be nice if companies would just plainly say that they support openness for commercial reasons instead of expressing their "commitment to openness"; everybody knows this already. Peter, yes ‘fear of losing customers’ sounds a little negative, I admit that. It was meant to be a little provocative. It would also be nice if companies would just plainly say that they support openness for commercial reasons instead of expressing their “commitment to openness”; everybody knows this already.

]]> Comment on How open are open systems? by Peter van Boheemen http://commonplace.net/2008/10/how-open-are-open-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Peter van Boheemen Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:58:48 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=255#comment-3 The reasons of companies to support openness will always be motivated by the fact that they see it in their own interest. There is nothing wrong with that. We all think that way, most of the time. Defining it as 'fear of losing customers' (which is of course a logical incentive) may sound a little negative. Saying this, I think it is in Ex Libris own interest to provide open access to the developers' platform. There is of course a risk, some company may make a better commercial front end, but this will also boost the sales of the total Ex Libris solution. At this moment, developers within the Ex Libris user community may come up with solutions that are better for some customers, so it makes no sense to restrict this to the Ex Libris community. The reasons of companies to support openness will always be motivated by the fact that they see it in their own interest. There is nothing wrong with that. We all think that way, most of the time. Defining it as ‘fear of losing customers’ (which is of course a logical incentive) may sound a little negative. Saying this, I think it is in Ex Libris own interest to provide open access to the developers’ platform. There is of course a risk, some company may make a better commercial front end, but this will also boost the sales of the total Ex Libris solution. At this moment, developers within the Ex Libris user community may come up with solutions that are better for some customers, so it makes no sense to restrict this to the Ex Libris community.

]]> Comment on So, commonplace.net…. by WoW!ter http://commonplace.net/2008/10/so-commonplacenet/comment-page-1/#comment-2 WoW!ter Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:37:27 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=150#comment-2 Hi Lukas, Glad you finally found the right format to express you thought on libraries, library automation and more. Wouter Hi Lukas,

Glad you finally found the right format to express you thought on libraries, library automation and more.

Wouter

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