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Video of “A Risks and Opportunities Framework For Web 2.0″

Posted by Brian Kelly on 6th April 2009

I previously announced my talk on “A Risks And Opportunities Framework For Archives 2.0” which I presented at the “Archives 2.0: Shifting Dialogues between Users and Archivists” conference which was held in Manchester on 19-20th March 2009.

My previous post included an embedded screencast of a rehearsal of the talk, with an audio track being played together with the slides.

For the talk itself I removed a number of the slides. And a video recording of the talk was taken which is available in .avi and .flv formats. In addition the video is also available on the Vimeo video service. This video recording is also embedded in this blog post for Web browsers which can render .flv files:

The video of the talk, the accompanying PowerPoint file and the slidecast of the rehearsal of the talk are all available under a Creative Commons licence which permits reused by others for non-commercial purposes. These resources may be particularly useful for the participants at the conference, who may find them useful for jogging their memory about talks given at the conference, whether in the short term (for writing a trip report) or over a longer period.  But how useful are such resources for others, I wonder? And should I try to synchronise the video with the slides in order to provide a richer experience?

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A Risks And Opportunities Framework For Archives 2.0

Posted by Brian Kelly on 16th March 2009

I’m pleased that a proposal for a talk entitled “A Risks And Opportunities Framework For Archives 2.0” has been accepted by the organisers of the “Archives 2.0: Shifting Dialogues between Users and Archivists” conference which will be held in Manchester on 19-20th March 2009.

I’m in the process of finalising my slides for my talk.  In order to estimate how long the talk would take I decided last night to record the talk. As the talk took over the 30 minutes which I have for the slot I will have to remove some of the slides. But it did occur to me that the recording of the rehearsal may be of interest to others, including those who can’t attend the conference.  So I have synched the audio with the slides and made the talk available on Slideshare. This is also embedded in this blog post (for browsers with appropriate plugin support).



I am conscious of the umms and errs in the audio. I also find it difficult to communicate my enthusiasm when I recording the talk in my office without the adrenaline buzz which a live talk gives. However as someone who seeks to embrace the Web 2.0 culture of ‘always beta’ and ‘trusting the audience’ I have decided to share this resource.  And I’d welcome feedback on both the content and also the approach I’ve taken.

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