The real question is, how do we get real about the role of control and/or openess is our work! Beyond the cleverness of this video, it is interesting to note that the creator decided to focus on the control aspect as the key difference between wikis and blogs. Openness or tight control can exist in either tool. Enjoy the video. MORE >>

Presentations from the Canadian Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) annual conference (held June 1-3, 2011) are being added to the website. Ones already there include: - DO Get Technical! Using Technology in Library Instruction - Harnessing New Tools to Provide Quality Instruction through Chat Reference. MORE >>

October is a month on the road… and one stop is Lyon, France, where I’ll be presenting at the third edition of the fOSSa Conference taking place from October 26 to 28, 2011. The role of transversal connections in online communities and networks. So maybe this is about roles, eh? What is fOSSa? ” Yum. MORE >>

While I spent much of my presentation looking at some of the more interesting implications of a hyperconnected world, suitable for an audience well used to these ideas, I also explored the critical role of knowledge-based relationships in effectively innovating beyond boundaries. The spectrum of relationship styles. MORE >>

Presentations need an overhaul. don’t mean your PowerPoint or your presentation style; I mean our cultural approach to presenting. Question: What is the purpose of the presentation? submit that in the information age the traditional presentation model needs to change from. presenter>audience to. MORE >>