Tag Archives: Kathryn Greenhill

VALA2020 Session 3 Greenhill

Kindness and UX in GLAMR online presence: same, same but different?

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 3
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 12:00 – 12:30

Kathryn Greenhill
  • Western Australia

Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala2020 #6

Read the paper, view the video of the presentation on the VALAView channel and view the presentation slides here:

Icon
VALA2020 Session 3 Greenhill Paper 644KB
Icon
VALA2020 Session 3 Greenhill Video 0.00 KB
Icon
VALA2020 Session 4 Greenhill Slides 51MB
Abstract

Kindness, and its benefit to community and individuals, is a growing area of research and civic interest. This paper explores possible relationships between kindness and User Experience (UX), particularly within the online presence of publicly-funded Gallery, Library, Archives, Museums and Records (GLAMR) institutions. Library literature uses the term “kindness audit” to describe what are essentially UX studies within library buildings. This paper examines congruences and differences between UX and kindness, before extending the original idea of the kindness audit by suggesting four possible focus points, beyond UX, for a kindness audit of GLAMR online presence.

 

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

VALA2018 Session 8 Greenhill

vala conf home button
vala peer reviewed
Kathryn Greenhill
Kathryn Greenhill

Iterative and incremental evaluation works for software development, but can it be good for student learning initiatives in Australian academic libraries?

VALA2018 CONCURRENT SESSION  8
Wednesday 14 February 2018, 10:50 – 11:20

Kathryn Greenhill and Karen Miller

Curtin University

Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala2018 #s19

 

Icon
VALA2018 Session 8 Greenhill Paper 746 KB
Icon
VALA2018 Session 8 Greenhill Video 0.00 KB

Abstract

Iterative and incremental development in software engineering involves small, ongoing “evaluate, review, act” cycles, allowing rapid development of rough prototypes of a software product that can be altered and re-tested, long before the product is considered “finished” and made available to the final stakeholders. This paper investigates whether Australian academic libraries are currently applying iterative and incremental evaluation to the development of student learning initiatives run by the library. It examines whether there are possible places in the development-cycle of these initiatives where iterative evaluation could happen, and whether it actually does happen.

 

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

 

VALA2012 Session 11 Greenhill

VALA2012 Session 11 Greenhill

No library required: the free and easy backwaters of online content sharing

VALA2012 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Digitisation
Thursday 9 February 2012, 11:40 – 12:10
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012-proceedings/vala2012-session-11-greenhill

Kathryn Greenhill

Curtin University, WA

Constance Wiebrands

Edith Cowan University Library, WA

Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #VALA2012 and #S11KG

VALA2012VALA Peer Reviewed
Icon
VALA2012 Session 11 Greenhill Paper 518.20 KB
Watch the presentation View the presentation on the VALA2012 GigTV channel

Thursday, February 09, 2012, 11:40 AM AUSEDT, 31 Minutes 24 Seconds.

Abstract

Twentieth century libraries were funded to provide content to their communities legally, easily and free. In the twenty-first century, new online competitors supply home consumers – legally and illegally – with what libraries traditionally were best at providing to library users – free and easy content. This paper suggests that library staff arguing for the value of contemporary libraries should be aware of the quality, methods and material of “hidden competitors”. Some “hidden competitors” discussed include “blackmarket” journal article sharing, BitTorrenting sites, online textbook sharing sites, self-distributing artists, programs to strip Digital Rights Management from ebooks, Amazon’s ebook distribution and (fan fiction). Possible future models for both “hidden competitors” and libraries – and implications of these – are suggested.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

VALA2010 L-Plate Session 1 Open Source Library Systems

VALA L PlateMonday 8 February, 13:00 – 13:30

Integrated Library Management Systems (ILMS) that use open source software have been used for at least 10 years. However, with the rapid uptake of open source software across numerous industry sectors in recent time, more and more libraries are considering open source ILMS as an alternative to proprietary systems. This presentation looks at open source ILMS, how they differ from proprietary systems, and what libraries need to consider when looking to implement an open source ILMS.

Presenter: Kathryn Greenhill

Kathryn Greenhill is a well known and respected commentator within the Australian library community. Amoung other things, Kathryn is pasionately interested in the community building capacity of libraries (especially through new technologies), how Web2.0 will change library culture (and the best way to make this a smooth transition), emergent technology training in libraries, and open source.

VALA Travel ScholarKathryn is also the VALA2008 travel scholar As a VALA Travel Scholar Kathryn travelled to the United States and Canada in order to study Alternative Discovery Layers and Open Source Library Management Systems. VALA is therefore delighted Kathryn enthusiastically agreed to introduce the topic of Open Source Library Management Systems to the VALA2010 L Plate Series.

  • View the Vodcast of this L Plate Session.
  • Icon
    VALA2010 L-Plate Session 1 Open Source Library Systems Presentation 1.81 MB
  • Listen to the Podcast of this L Plate Session.

 

VALA2010 Session 12 Greenhill

VALA20120Taking matters into our own hands: influencing factors and concerning factors for libraries that developed Open Source library software

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 12 – IT Management
Thursday 11 February 2010 10:30 – 11:00
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-12-greenhill

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperKathryn Greenhill, 2008 VALA Travel Scholar

Special Services Librarian, Cottesloe-Mosman Park-Peppermint Grove Library
http://KathrynGreenhill.com and http://www.thegrovelibrary.com

VALA Travel ScholarPlease tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #VALA2010

  • Icon
    VALA2010 Session 12 Greenhill Paper 977.71 KB
  • Icon
    VALA2010 Session 12 Greenhill Presentation 4.08 MB
  • Icon
    VALA2010 Session 12 Greenhill Podcast 14.54 MB

Abstract

Libraries that develop Open Source library software are influenced by a number of factors. The insights from this group are useful for library staff who are considering adopting Open Source library software. The author surveyed and interviewed staff who developed Scriblio, SOPAC2, VUFind, Blacklight, Koha and Evergreen. She also interviewed librarians who specified the Open Library Environment. The interviews and questionnaires revealed a common attitude to the cost of Open Source Software; similar concerns about speed and process for enhancements to proprietary library software; and similar satisfaction with the control and community that Open Source software has brought to their library operations.

VALA2008 Session 10 Bradley

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperLibraries interact: collaboration and community in the Australian library blogosphere

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Enabling Technologies
Wednesday 6 February 2008 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-10-bradley

Fiona Bradley

Information Services Librarian, University of Technology, Sydney Library
http://librariesinteract.info

Kathryn Greenhill

Emerging Technology Specialist, Murdoch University Library
http://librariesinteract.info

Constance Wiebrands

Acting Manager, Flexible Delivery and Lending Services, Curtin University Library
http://librariesinteract.info

Please tag your comments, tweets, and blob posts about this session: #VALA2008

Icon
VALA2008 Session 10 Bradley Paper 54.15 KB

Podcast not available

Abstract

Since July 2006, a group of Australian librarians have co-ordinated the group blog librariesinteract.info (LINT). This blog was created as a forum for professional communication and discussion of change in the Australian library sector. Communication and planning is conducted using a variety of web tools including an email list, instant messaging, collaborative bookmarking and a wiki. This paper compares the experience of the LINT authors with that of other authors of collaborative library blogs, as reported in a survey of the library blogosphere in September 2007.

VALA2008 Session 1 Greenhill

VALA2008Do we remove all the walls? Second Life librarianship

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Library 2.0
Tuesday 5 February 2008, 11:20 – 11:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-1-greenhill

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperKathryn Greenhill

Reference Librarian, Murdoch University Library
http://librariansmatter.com

Please tag your comments, tweets, and blob posts about this session: #VALA2008

Icon
VALA2008 Session 1 Greenhill Paper 346.67 KB

Podcast not available

Abstract

Over five hundred librarians worldwide are experimenting with providing library services in the Multi User Virtual Environment (MUVE) called Second Life, including a small group of Australian librarians who constructed the Australian Libraries Building. This paper describes the interface and capabilities of a MUVE, the evolution of the Australian Libraries Building and the library objects built and scripted within it. It suggests some professional advantages for librarians who experiment within Second Life and the technical and managerial considerations of setting up a library presence there. It concludes by describing how Second Life library services have evolved, as librarians better understood the potential of the MUVE interface.

Travel Scholar 2008

 

Kathryn Greenhill

Travel ScholarThe VALA Travel Scholarship for 2008 was awarded to Kathryn Greenhill from Murdoch University. Kathryn traveled to the United States and Canada in order to study Alternative Discovery Layers and Open Source Library Management Systems. She investigated what they do technically and whether organisations that implement them have common factors that make them early adopters of technology.

Kathryn’s findings were presented at the VALA2010 Conference.