Hi Andy,
I appreciate your frustration too,
although it may not be so bad here. It seems that the academic sector is much
more open to Web 2.0 than the the NHS. I know some library services had created
library blogs (even using them for their main site) and have been able to “get
away with it”. However, I believe some librarians are a bit apprehensive
about setting up sites independent of IT.
I know Andrew Keen in “Cult of the
Amateur” is rather disparaging about the whole Web 2.0 phenomena, but
then, as Phil Bradley, has pointed out you can try and see what works for you
and if it doesn’t drop it. Here in the
I am interested to see if NHS Evidence
persists with the MyLibrary/MyUpdate page(s) which NLH developed, as this is
the main way we’ve introduced Web 2.0 (RSS feeds in particular) to our
users and I still find very useful. I’ve also used Flickr to circulate
photos of our new work location to colleagues as well. Still there is more we
could be doing. Thankfully, our website is getting a facelift this autumn but
how much we can incorparate the Web 2.0 stuff remains to be seen.
Richard
Richard
Crookes
Tel: (0115) 883 4213 (x 34213)
The
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Sent: 30 July 2009 10:14
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Hi Utkarsh
'every senior manager I've spoken to
seems to be under the perception that staff would be permanently goofing off if
access was allowed.'
I've heard that one too, but again don't
buy into it. We already have Web 1.0 (or 0.5 in some cases!!) which has more
than enough capacity to enable 'goofing off', but does current evidence support
this behaviour?
Secondly, it seems a tad offensive to
apply such a broad brush to the 'anticipated' behaviour of NHS staff. Yes,
there will always be the odd one or two, but surely this could be managed
through current systems.
I think there is a bottom-up 'change
management' issue here. Users are demanding access to this technology, if its
not taken seriously will they not go elsewhere?!!!
Cheers
Andy ;-)
Andy Prue
Web Development Librarian
KSS Library & Knowledge Services Development Team,
Calverley House,
Tel: 01892 - 704246
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URL: http://www.ksslibraries.nhs.uk
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/andyprue
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From: Evidence based
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Grampian)
Sent: 30 July 2009 09:42
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Subject: Re: tweeting
Karen,
The NHS IT restrictions are a problem that probably won't
go away - every senior manager I've spoken to seems to be under
the perception that staff would be permanently goofing off if access was allowed.
And as you say, IT folk get spooked by the security/virus/worm
implications.
To follow a specific topic, the twitter RSS feed may
be useful - for example, we've set up an RSS reader on our obesity portal (www.obesityportal.org, still
in development) which picks up the RSS feed that Twitter allows you to define
on your profile. A specific topic could also be defined for a search RSS. As
long as the feed reader is within an "allowed site", you can at least
see what's being tweeted. It's very limitied and far from perfect even in that
limited functionality: you can't tweet out, only receive, and half a
conversation I suppose is no conversation at all.
I wonder if anyone has experience with a Twitter client in
the NHS system? Some NHS IT areas prevent new software installs too!
Utkarsh.
Dr Utkarsh Kulkarni
Centre for Obesity Research & Epidemiology
&
NHS Grampian
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Subject: Re: tweeting
Some of us are having problems accessing new
communication tools such as Twitter, Facebook etc
because of restrictive IT policies in the workplace. Have others experienced
this or found arguments or ways to overcome perceived security concerns?
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