geeks bearing gifts

Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007

Geeks Bearing Gifts

Unwrapping New Technology Trends

Goals and Objectives

This session is intended to provide a fun, fast-paced, and informative introduction to and update on today’s hottest technology trends.

Participants will be able to understand how these trends will impact, or can be integrated into traditional library services.

Web Gone Wild

RSS Wikis Blogs Social Media

Syndicate This: RSS

RSS is automated web surfing. RSS is an acronym for

Really Simple Syndication Look for orange icons on a webpage

How is RSS Used?

By news sites or web sites to syndicate news or news-like content.

Widely used by bloggers to share their latest entries.

Even includes multimedia files like those used in podcasting and vodcasting.

How RSS Works

1. Author creates the RSS file.2. User subscribes to RSS using a feed reader

(or aggregator).3. When author updates content, the feed reader

checks the user’s subscribed RSS feeds and displays the latest content.

RSS: One Click to View Them All

Bloglines

www.bloglines.com

How Libraries Use RSS

Calendar of events Latest news items or newsletter articles Staff recommendations – websites,

databases, etc. New materials acquisitions and book

reviews

Pew Looks at RSS

The Town Square: Blogs

A weblog or blog (derived from web + log) is a website consisting primarily of brief articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order).

Blogs can be a diary, a ‘What’s New’ page or comments/links to other websites.

Why Should Your Library Blog?

Quick way to provide news and event updates. It’s easy! All you need is internet access and the

ability to type an email. Blogs allow for participation and comments. Since blogs use RSS feeds, it’s easy for your

patrons to receive information.

Types of Blogs

Research Topical Literary Issues Student (personal) Professor / Course Audio, Video

www.loc.gov/blog/

Stiki Wiki

A wiki is a web application that allows anyone to add content and anyone to edit it.

Wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian. Wikis are simple, no HTML

know-how required – you focus on writing, not on technology.

Wiki History

Wikipedia was launched in January 2001. Common uses for Wikis include:

Project communication IntranetsDocumentation

Wiki Examples: Wikipedia

www.wikipedia.org

Wiki Usage

Wiki Examples: Professional Collaboration

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Wiki Examples: Conference Wikis

http://wikis.ala.org/annual2007/index.php/Main_Page

Wiki Examples: Subject Guides

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page

Wiki Examples: Library Intranet

https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/

Wiki Examples: Library Intranet

http://librarywiki.fdu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Social Media

New applications for a new generation:Audio and video downloadingPodcastsTagging – Flickr, del.icio.usSocial Networking – MySpace, FacebookGaming – Second LifeMobile Text Messaging – Twitter, LooptCreating Content – YouTube

Getting Content

Creating Content

Gaming

Libraries are the living internet…

“Libraries are connected nodes of information and community exchange that we use to communicate, collaborate, share resources and preserve knowledge.” MMadden MLA Talk 3-16-07

Learning More / Keeping Up

ALA Technotes – http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plapubs/technotes/technotes.htm

Walt Crawford’s “Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large” – http://cical.info/

geeks bearing gifts

Documents

ukulele for geeks

god also bearing witness both with signs and wonders,...

the best gifts of 2015 for science geeks

the elephant in the room or why people don't trust geeks...

best azming online store gifts for geeks

gifts for geeks - 2012 (5th annual)

find the best prices gifts for geeks

elemental geeks

biotope for geeks

beware of emigrants bearing gifts: optimal fiscal and...

topeka history geeks

best products cool geeks gifts

geeks vs managers

geeks caracas n12

traveling geeks

beware of popular kids bearing gifts: a framed field

shropshire geeks

watch geeks

another route matthew 2:1-12 persians bearing gifts why the...

geeks bearing gifts: unwrapping new technologies penny...