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  Go home with practical ideas incorporating new web tools into your workflow

The Plan reak- Fun with - break -

What to Do With a Account  Search   Blogs  Reader and iGoogle  Documents, Spreadsheets, Forms  Calendars  YouTube, Picasa

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?

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

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

 Explore library-related blogs and feeds

RSS  RSS = Really Simple Syndication

ticTOCS  Table of Contents alerts for 12,000+ journals

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

For Must-Reads

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

Golden Rules of Social Media From Web Worker Daily, From Web Worker Daily  Listen.  Add Value.  Respond.  Give Kudos.  Be Real.  Collaborate.

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

Facebook Groups

Facebook Pages

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

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

Instant Messaging  Another way to be available  Best for quick questions  Widgets!

Widgets

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Questions? Alison Aldrich Technology Outreach Coordinator NN/LM PNR (206)