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Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends

Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends. Alison Aldrich Technology Outreach Coordinator NN/LM PNR. Web 2.0. Social Media. Objectives. Learn about new and evolving web technologies Understand how the participatory web is enhancing traditional library service

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Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends

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  1. Geeks Bearing Gifts:Unwrapping New Technology Trends Alison Aldrich Technology Outreach Coordinator NN/LM PNR

  2. Web 2.0

  3. Social Media

  4. Objectives • Learn about new and evolving web technologies • Understand how the participatory web is enhancing traditional library service • Go home with practical ideas incorporating new web tools into your workflow

  5. The Plan reak- Fun with - break - Social Networking

  6. What to Do With a Account • Search • Email • Blogs • Reader and iGoogle • Documents, Spreadsheets, Forms • Calendars • YouTube, Picasa

  7. Blogs Bloggers don’t have anything important to say. But I’m suffering from information overload already! I can barely keep up with my listservs! Geez, doesn’t that blogger have a REAL job?

  8. Blogs vs. Wikis Blogs are better for: Wikis are better for: Archiving information Gathering information from a large group of people • Sharing new information quickly • Generating discussions

  9. Blogs of Interest? • In a Good Way: American Indian College Fund • Native American Legal Update • ACRLog • Kept-Up Academic Librarian • Feel-Good Librarian

  10. Explore library-related blogs and feeds http://www.libworm.com

  11. RSS • RSS = Really Simple Syndication

  12. ticTOCS • Table of Contents alerts for 12,000+ journals

  13. Try it! • Get a Google account • Create a Blog with Blogger, or • Subscribe to Feeds with Google Reader

  14. For Must-Reads

  15. Social Networking “The beating heart of the internet has always been its ability to leverage our social connections.” -Madden & Fox Pew Internet Project

  16. Golden Rules of Social MediaFrom Web Worker Daily, 5-26-09 • Listen. • Add Value. • Respond. • Give Kudos. • Be Real. • Collaborate.

  17. Facts about Facebook • Started in a dorm room in 2004 • Made this guy a billionaire • 200 million+ active users • Fastest growing demographic: 35 and older

  18. Facebook Groups

  19. Facebook Pages

  20. Source: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitter.com/?metric=uv

  21. Using Twitter Personally • Builds camaraderie • Shows others you’re human • Is sort of like instant messaging • Is a way to discover new resources

  22. Using Twitter as a Library or College • Gets announcements in front of eyeballs • Is a way to see what others say about you [link to Twitter Advanced Search][link to twtpolls] • Is easier than blogging? • Is very trendy right now

  23. Links Are Here http://delicious.com/alison.aldrich/tcli

  24. Questions? Alison Aldrich Technology Outreach Coordinator NN/LM PNR (206) 221-3489 aldrich3@u.washington.edu

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