1. LIBRARIES MEET THE GRID: Librarians in Cyberspace Virginia Allen Beth Avery

2. Information Spaces RSS Feeds Blogs Wikis Social Networks Virtual Reality Online Community

3. What is Online Community People who connect –Through time –Through space –Using the Internet Also called Social Networking/media/computing All are invited New paradigm

4. What is a BLOG? Blogs are free, Personal web pages Displayed in reverse date order (like an online journal). Updated at various intervals Other people can post comments to them but can’t change the content. All have text, some also can have photos, audio, video. Some accept posts from mobile phones and other mobile devices. Each post has unique URL

5. Library Blogs Why start one? What do you want to accomplish? Talk to other librarians who have implemented successful blogs. Remember the software is constantly changing. Do you have the staff to handle it?

6. The Good WYSIWYG editor – Easy to do Can be multi-author Can have multiple blogs Comments by others Free software available Gives your web site a human touch Easily share information

7. The Bad No categories Must use external search engine Can be slow

8. The Very Bad

9. What is a WIKI? A Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser Comes from the Hawaiian phrase, "wiki wiki," which means "super fast."

10. The Good Collaborative editing – everyone contributes Share expertise Continuously growing Searchable Can create without knowing HTML Easy way to create documentation Create new “articles”

11. The Bad Loss of content or mis-information added Community needs to constantly monitor

12. RSS Feeds Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary XML format designed for easy distribution and updating of headlines to personal Web pages, news readers and aggregators Widely available:

13. Why Do I Want One? Solves the problem of going to many sites individually each day. Saves time. Don't have to visit each web site – do through RSS viewer

14. Social Networks Users create their own profile Can include pictures New way dimension of interaction Can create your own friends list

15. Social Networks My Space FaceBook Frienster Xanga Bebo

16. Good Things Creates an increased sense of community Expands social connections Inexpensive way to communicate

17. Bad things Privacy issues – how much do you reveal? Is the Cyber image true? Who is looking at your profile? Who belongs? Perception it's an individual thing, not institution

18. Virtual Reality Second Life – A project of The Alliance Library System and librarians around the world.

19. What is Second Life 3-D Virtual Environment Place to learn, teach, create community Growing community Owned by residents

20. New Media Consortium Campus

21. AVATARS » » Philosophy Rebel Hawt Librarian

22. Library of Congress in Secondlife Library

23. You're Invited Second Life Library/Info Island Grand Opening October 12-14, 2006 http://67.19.231.213/v4/login.asp?r=679556 73&p=0 for audio

24. THANK YOU! Virginia Allen – virginia.allen@lamar.edu Beth Avery – bavery@western.edu