Comments on: It’s about more than converting print to e-formats http://www.web2learning.net/archives/961 Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today... covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nicole http://www.web2learning.net/archives/961#comment-37776 Nicole Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:40:40 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/961#comment-37776 What a great idea!!! I will certainly pass it on to those at my library. What a great idea!!! I will certainly pass it on to those at my library.

]]> By: Jonathan Clark http://www.web2learning.net/archives/961#comment-37774 Jonathan Clark Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:28:36 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/961#comment-37774 Nicole, Thank you very much for your very kind remarks, I really appreciate it. I gave the same presentation in Pittsburgh today and an idea came up that I wanted to share with you. You wrote: "It’s important to note that most of us can’t afford to do some of the things that Elsevier did". I can understand - User-Centred Design people & Human Factors Engineers are in demand and their expertise does not come cheaply. However, it occurred to me that your academic environment might be able to help you (and others) here. There are Human Factor programmes at various universities and colleges throughout the country and I could imagine that students would be interested in doing projects in collaboration with libraries to study library user needs and behaviours. How people use and consume information seems to me like a cool topic to do research on right now! Anyway, I hope this is useful to you and your readers Regards Jonathan Nicole,

Thank you very much for your very kind remarks, I really appreciate it.

I gave the same presentation in Pittsburgh today and an idea came up that I wanted to share with you.

You wrote: “It’s important to note that most of us can’t afford to do some of the things that Elsevier did”. I can understand - User-Centred Design people & Human Factors Engineers are in demand and their expertise does not come cheaply. However, it occurred to me that your academic environment might be able to help you (and others) here.

There are Human Factor programmes at various universities and colleges throughout the country and I could imagine that students would be interested in doing projects in collaboration with libraries to study library user needs and behaviours. How people use and consume information seems to me like a cool topic to do research on right now!

Anyway, I hope this is useful to you and your readers

Regards
Jonathan

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