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.
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Web Gone Wild RSS Wikis Blogs Social Media
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 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.
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 RSS: One Click to View Them All
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Bloglines
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 How Libraries Use RSS Calendar of events Latest news items or newsletter articles Staff recommendations – websites, databases, etc. New materials acquisitions and book reviews
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Pew Looks at RSS
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 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.
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 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 . Blogs allow for participation and comments. Since blogs use RSS feeds, it’s easy for your patrons to receive information.
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Types of Blogs Research Topical Literary Issues Student (personal) Professor / Course Audio, Video
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 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.
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki History Wikipedia was launched in January Common uses for Wikis include: Project communication Intranets Documentation
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Examples: Wikipedia
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Usage
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Examples: Professional Collaboration
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Examples: Conference Wikis
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Examples: Subject Guides
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Examples: Library Intranet
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Wiki Examples: Library Intranet
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Social Media New applications for a new generation: Audio and video downloading Podcasts Tagging – Flickr, del.icio.us Social Networking – MySpace, Facebook Gaming – Second Life Mobile Text Messaging – Twitter, Loopt Creating Content – YouTube
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Getting Content
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Creating Content
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Gaming
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 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
Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007 Learning More / Keeping Up ALA Technotes – es/technotes.htm es/technotes.htm Walt Crawford’s “Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large” –