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Unwrapping New Technology Trends. Geeks Bearing Gifts. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007
Geeks Bearing Gifts
Unwrapping New Technology Trends
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007
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.
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Web Gone Wild
RSS Wikis Blogs Social Media
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Syndicate This: RSS
RSS is automated web surfing. RSS is an acronym for
Really Simple Syndication Look for orange icons on a webpage
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007
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.
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007
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.
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RSS: One Click to View Them All
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Bloglines
www.bloglines.com
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How Libraries Use RSS
Calendar of events Latest news items or newsletter articles Staff recommendations – websites,
databases, etc. New materials acquisitions and book
reviews
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Pew Looks at RSS
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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.
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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.
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Types of Blogs
Research Topical Literary Issues Student (personal) Professor / Course Audio, Video
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www.loc.gov/blog/
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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.
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Wiki History
Wikipedia was launched in January 2001. Common uses for Wikis include:
Project communication IntranetsDocumentation
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Wiki Examples: Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.org
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Wiki Usage
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Wiki Examples: Professional Collaboration
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Wiki Examples: Conference Wikis
http://wikis.ala.org/annual2007/index.php/Main_Page
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Wiki Examples: Subject Guides
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page
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Wiki Examples: Library Intranet
https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/
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Wiki Examples: Library Intranet
http://librarywiki.fdu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
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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
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Getting Content
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Creating Content
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Gaming
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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
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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/