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Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-up Presented by the ACRL-ULS Technology & Libraries Committee Jason Coleman Undergraduate & Community Services Librarian K-State Libraries Kansas State University Photo credit: Scott McLeod - Flickr

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Jason Coleman's slides from the ULS Tech committee's Lightning round-up for ACRL 2011

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Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-up

Presented by the ACRL-ULS Technology & Libraries Committee

Jason ColemanUndergraduate & Community Services Librarian

K-State LibrariesKansas State University

Photo credit: Scott McLeod - Flickr

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BiblioBouts: Online Social Gaming for Developing Information Literacy Skills and Concepts

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BiblioBouts2: Online Social Gaming for Developing Information Literacy Skills and Concepts

Instructor selects the game’s topic

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BiblioBouts3: Online Social Gaming for Developing Information Literacy Skills and Concepts

And sets the beginning and ending dates for each phase

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BiblioBouts4: Online Social Gaming for Developing Information Literacy Skills and Concepts

Phases:

1.Donor: find specified number of articles, save information to Zotero, attach full text.

2.Closer: choose your best five articles and put them in play.

3.Tagging & Rating: process specified number of articles by describing content with tags & rating credibility and relevance.

4.Best Bibliography: select the best sources submitted by the players and build a bibliography.

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BiblioBouts5: Online Social Gaming for Developing Information Literacy Skills and Concepts

Game mechanics:

Points Levels

Badges Leader board

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BiblioBouts6: Online Social Gaming for Developing Information Literacy Skills and Concepts

Session Presenter: Chris Leeder from the University of Michigan

Session handout: http://s3.goeshow.com/acrl/national/2011/client_uploads/handouts/BBACRLhandout.pdf

Demo version: http://www.bibliobouts.org login: [email protected]: demo

Questions: e-mail [email protected] OR contact BiblioBouts Principal Investigator Karen Markey ([email protected]).

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To the Cloud! Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Animoto: www.animoto.com

•Free version allows 30 second slideshows

•You supply text and slides and pick music.

•Animoto adds random effects

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•Free with Google Account

•7 question types:

•Responses saved to a spreadsheet

•Example http://goo.gl/inEcw

To the Cloud!2 Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Google Forms: http://docs.google.com

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•Free

•Create an avatar – easy & fun!

•Upload audio files

•Audacity is useful for this

•Embed on web pages

•Example (see bottom center of page) http://libguides.starkstate.edu/content.php?pid=192838&sid=1631903

To the Cloud!3 Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Voki: http://www.voki.com

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•Free

•Collaborative whiteboard

•Does not require login to post to a wall

•Easy to add text, images, video, sound

To the Cloud!4 Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Wallwisher: http://www.wallwisher.com/

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•Free

•Huge 3-dimensional canvas for building presentations

•Can set a path through the canvas, specifying rotation and zooming

•Easy to create, hard to master

•Example: http://prezi.com/aww2hjfyil0u/

To the Cloud!5 Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Prezi: http://prezi.com/

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Session presenters:

Sara [email protected]  

Diane [email protected]

Session Site: http://libguides.starkstate.edu/thecloud

To the Cloud!6 Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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Fostering Library as Place for Distance Students: Best Practices from Two Universities

Norwich University

• Every program has its own library page

• Collects user-friendly online resources

• E book Library – recommended over ebrary

• R2 digital library – medical resources

• Swank digital campus – streaming movies

• Place ask-a-librarian link near drop-box in Angel and near assignment instructions.

• Offer drop-in consultation sessions

• Use EventBrite for managing registrations

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Fostering2 Library as Place for Distance Students: Best Practices from Two Universities

University of North Carolina Greensboro

• Distance Education web page: http://library.uncg.edu/info/distance_education/

• Every student has a customized library tab in Blackboard

• Shows databases and libguides related to major and currently enrolled classes.

• Collects user-friendly online resources

• Has an ebook search box: http://library.uncg.edu/collection/catalog/electronic_books.aspx

• Has page of streaming film resources: http://library.uncg.edu/info/distance_education/online_films.aspx

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Fostering3 Library as Place for Distance Students: Best Practices from Two Universities

University of North Carolina Greensboro

• Places an expandable, customized help box on several library web pages, e.g., http://library.uncg.edu/borrowing/

• Developed an information literacy tutorial, PATH: http://library.uncg.edu/tutorials/

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Session presenters:

Heidi Steinerhsteiner[at]norwich.edu

Beth Filar-Williamsefwilli3[at]uncg.edu

PowerPoint: http://bit.ly/i1l6XW

Fostering4 Library as Place for Distance Students: Best Practices from Two Universities

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Creating Dynamic Tutorials Fast

Keith Rocci [email protected]– Washburn University

Example: http://www.articulate.com/community/showcase/?page_id=96

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The Library's Swiss-Army Knife: Using Smart Phones For Information Discovery, Content Delivery, and

Inventory Management

Miami University Libraries’ Mobile Site:http://www.lib.muohio.edu/m

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The Library's2 Swiss-Army Knife: Using Smart Phones For Information Discovery, Content Delivery,

and Inventory Management

Mobile catalog built on solr index from main catalog.

• Provides links to book reviews and related items.

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The Library's3 Swiss-Army Knife: Using Smart Phones For Information Discovery, Content Delivery,

and Inventory Management

QR Codes at Miami University Libraries: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/qr-codes

•In the Library Catalog

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The Library's4 Swiss-Army Knife: Using Smart Phones For Information Discovery, Content Delivery,

and Inventory Management

QR Codes at Miami University Libraries: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/qr-codes

•On posters and signs

•QR code on computers links to page with list of software on the computer•QR code near equipment links to instructions

•In books (coming)

•Will link to page with information about the book, other books by the author, and reviews.

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The Library's5 Swiss-Army Knife: Using Smart Phones For Information Discovery, Content Delivery,

and Inventory Management

Augmented reality app for shelf reading

• Place small tags on spines of books• Application uses camera on mobile device• Will place red X over books out of order• Can show shortest set of steps to put an unordered series

in order• Watch in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=NgZVI630SsI&feature=player_embedded#at=27

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The Library's6 Swiss-Army Knife: Using Smart Phones For Information Discovery, Content Delivery,

and Inventory Management

Session Presenters:

• Stacy Brinkman, Art/Architecture and Asian Studies librarian, Miami University

• Jason Paul Michel, User Experience Librarian, Miami University

• Kwabena Sekyere, Information Services Librarian, Miami University

• Jim Clarke, Engineering Librarian, Miami University • Bo Brinkman, Associate Professor of Computer Science,

Miami University