opportunity and innovation in the information needs of millennials by shawnta smith june 19th, 2009...
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Opportunity and Innovation in the Information Needs of
Millennials
By Shawnta SmithJune 19th, 2009
Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries
Changing the way we read…
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from Julia McIntyre <[email protected]>to shawntasmith <[email protected]>date Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 3:47 PMsubject I have a reference questionmailed-by gmail.com Hi Shawn,
I'm doing research for my thesis on cultivating lesbian identity through art. I was wondering if you know how I can conduct some of my research.
I need something quick, in multiple formats, and that I can share.
Best, Julia
Opportunities and Innovations of Millenials
• Time Efficient Communication -Chatting & Document Management Software
• Multi-Formatted -A single reference question can have an answer with various formats
• Social Networking -Content Management Systems & Resource Sharing
3:52 PM me:
3:53 PM Julia:
Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency
3:56 PM me:
3:57 PM Julia:
3:57 PM me:
Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency
Document Management Software (Examples)
• XythosXythos –Provides document and file management software solutions and a subsidiary of Blackboard Inc. (1997).
• YouSendItYouSendIt –(2004) Digital Content Delivery Company whose mission is to build a global digital delivery platform empowering businesses to send, track, and receive files on-demand.
• Desire2LearnDesire2Learn (D2L) –(1999) Web-based learning management system (has a dropbox tool which acts as an intranet for file transfers).
• Google Documents –Google Documents –Project of Google(1998) where file-sharing up to 10MB is free for gmail account holders.
• XythosXythos –Provides document and file management software solutions and a subsidiary of Blackboard Inc. (1997).
• YouSendItYouSendIt –(2004) Digital Content Delivery Company whose mission is to build a global digital delivery platform empowering businesses to send, track, and receive files on-demand.
• Desire2LearnDesire2Learn (D2L) –(1999) Web-based learning management system (has a dropbox tool which acts as an intranet for file transfers).
• Google Documents –Google Documents –Project of Google(1998) where file-sharing up to 10MB is free for gmail account holders.
Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency
Why not GoogleDocs filesharing? When file-sharing a PDF, You CANNOT... • Share the PDF itself
• Upload a PDF larger than 10MB
• Share PDFs with mailing lists
• Publish a PDF so that anyone can view it
• Share a PDF with someone who does not have a Gmail
Account
Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency
4:02 PM me:
4:00 PM Julia:
Great let me walk you through it!
Scroll down past the literature review, and past the methodology to page 46.
There is a great index and appendix too.
Shawn, I’ve just opened the document!
It’s huge!
Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats
Barnes, Sherri L. “Lesbian Subjectivities: Theorizing, Critiquing, Personalizing” Black American Feminisms: A Multi-Disciplinary Bibliography. 2007. University of California Santa Barbara Libraries 25 April 2007 <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/ subjects/blackfeminism/>.
SOURCES on Queer Theories for the Production of Lesbian of Color Identity Formation
through Literature, Art or Documentation
CONTEXT
• Literature
• Visual art (paintings, film, photography)
• Performance Art (theatre, music, plays)
• Identity Discourse, Identity Formation, and Documentation
Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats
SOURCES on Queer Theories for the Production of Lesbian of Color Identity Formation
through Literature, Art or Documentation
• Monographs• Primary Sources• Encyclopedias • Bibliographies
• Anthologies • Websites • On-line Databases• Archival Material
FORMAT
Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats
Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats
4:21 PM me:
4:20 PM Julia:
No Problem, it was fun!
Shawn, thanks for walking me through the info.
4:25 PM Julia: One more thing. I’d like to show my professors and colleagues these sources, how do you suggest I share the info?
4:21 PM me:Hmm, there’s plenty of ways…
Friendster
Opportunity and Innovation #3 Social Networking
Yola
LiveJournal
Tumblr
Myspace
Social Networking
Ning
Tweets
Blogs
Content Management Systems
Wordpress
Websites
Which one do we use?
Opportunity and Innovation #3 Social Networking
• Professor’s at Marquette used Titter!
• Julia and I used Yola.com!
Opportunity and Innovation #3 Social Networking
6:02 PM me:
6:00 PM Julia:
Great!Can’t wait to see it. Well, gotta go.
Thanks Shawn, that was super fun. I’m gonna use Yola.com for my personal site too!
6:03 PM Julia: TTYL!