1. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Tech Toys (for the Technically Challenged!) Marty Magee National Network/Libraries of Medicine Education and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of Medicine Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center 986706 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE 68198-6706 402-559-7076 1-800-338-7657 mmagee@unmc.edu

2. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region What was different 10 years ago? Students Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. “ - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977 640 K ought to be enough for anybody” -Bill Gates

3. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Laptop: Toshiba Portege to Sony Vaio PortegeTablet capabilities good, but additional DVD player – lugging it along is a disadvantage

4. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Double Your Pleasure – Double Your Fun with…. Two Screens Windows XP Professional

5. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region LCD Projector Portability Lumens

6. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Printer/Copier/Fax Multiple functions Two trays Card slots HP Officejet 7410

7. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Phone With a camera or without? Are you texting? With Internet or without? Managing Contacts Katana by Sanyo from Sprint

8. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Text Messaging – E-Mail to Cell Phone Verizon: http://tinyurl.com/yvgzbs Address the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @vtext.comhttp://tinyurl.com/yvgzbs ATT:http://tinyurl.com/2ae92s Address the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @txt.att.nethttp://tinyurl.com/2ae92s T-Mobile: http://tinyurl.com/2tymt6 Address the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @tmomail.nethttp://tinyurl.com/2tymt6 Sprint and Nextel: http://tinyurl.com/2m3ofn Address the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @messaging.nextel.comhttp://tinyurl.com/2m3ofn

9. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region PDA’s ---On the Way Out?!!  PC- based – Word and Excel files Rosters Expenses Books to read Frequent Flyers Travel Gifts Goals Resume BUT – not my calendar!! Can you believe it?  WiFi – wireless access to Internet  Bluetooth – wireless access  Windows Media 10 – listen to a book  Microsoft Reader – read a book  SDRAM storage to match camera  Contacts – about 600!! Now with GPS Don’t leave home without it. ….Really!!

10. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Digital Camera: Canon Power Shot 450 ELPH 3x zoom 5.0 megapixels Viewfinder AND monitor SD RAM Small charger Can take short videos, too!

11. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region IPOD for MP3’S Transfer CD’s to the player Can buy books from ww.Audible.comww.Audible.com Can buy music from www.itunes.comwww.itunes.com 4gb 4 hours battery life 8 GB = 2000songs 24 hour battery life ** Can add a radio component or a recorder *** Pay attention to the ear phones!!

12. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Podcasts (You don’t need an IPOD to listen to a podcast!) From MedlinePlus with Director Lindberg From NN/LM MidContinental Region http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcasts.html http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcasts.html For Fun: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

13. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Other nice things to have... Portable printer - Canon Thumb Drive - USB mini storage 1 gb of storage – multiple presentations Offered by many companies (Sony, Sonnet, CigarPro, yadda yadda) 32MB - 1gig Pictures are not to scale!!

14. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Card reader: www.lexar.com Many times can be faster then hooking your camera up to your cpu Will not kill your camera batteries as well!

15. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Camtasia & SnagIt www.techsmith.com www.techsmith.com Camtasia Record desktop demonstrations with narration and video Publish to CD-ROM and streaming video SnagIt Only $39.95 One of the best software products I have

16. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Marty’s Little Helpers $290 $120 $150

17. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region VOIP : Voice Over IP Skype—voice with instant chat/pictures www.skype.com Logitech camera www.logitech.com Plantronics headset www.plantronics.com Big Brother really is watching you….

18. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Google from your phone 466-453 Entered : corkscrew omaha Returns: Corkscrew Wine and Cheese 10924 Prairie Brook Rd. Omaha NE 68144 402-991-2927

19. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Blogs and RSS Feeds Blogger.com for blogs More than 50 million blogs out there….according to Technorati Easy to create – use for business or pleasure Bloglines.com for RSS **YouTube – RSS in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

20. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Blogs I Subscibe to…. BHIC- Bringing Health Information to the Community – Siobhan Champ-Blackwell MidContinental Region News Nebraska Library Commission Stephen’s Lighthouse - Stephen Abram – from SirsiDynix From the NN/LM MidContinental Region - http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/technology/blogs.html

21. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Wiki – a shared resource Anybody can edit it! i.e. www.wikipedia.com or www.wikihow.com www.wikipedia.comwww.wikihow.com Set up your own at wetpaint.com

22. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region What I like to read Fast Company Smart Computing PC Magazine Pocket PC

23. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Other sites to check…. HowStuffWorks.com Augmented reality – (or what a librarian may really look like) CNET.com Product Reviews Tutorials Classes MLA – Web 2.0 Class

24. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Things are changing… Sony Wii Dance Dance Revolution www.surface.com What’s next for YOU?