Putting it to Work And all that Jazz

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Putting it to WorkAnd all that Jazz

• Using old and emerging technologies in your
  library

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Goal

• To briefly look at applied technology that you
  may want to use at your library

Keywords
BRIEFLY
MAY
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Firefox extensions
Twitter
Flickr
Facebook
Fliggo
Webinar
Youtube
Second life
RSS
Digitizing
Skype
GoogleEarth
Blogs
Delicious

• Myspace

Tokbox
Meebo
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Ground rules

• Questions are good
• Stop me if I am using jargon you dont know

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General thoughts

• 1. This stuff takes time and interest

2. Not all technologies appeal to all people
3. Even if you build it, they may not come
4. It always takes longer than you expect
5. Short attention spans dominate
6. Volunteers are good
7. We become experts by doing
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• Twitter.com
• Find out what people/organizations you follow are
  up to without having to respond
• Let people/organizations that follow you know
  brief information
• Can be in real time
• You chose who you follow not who follows you
• You can deny followers if you want
• Works well with smart phones

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Twitter examples

• 4/26 chelliepingreeBipartisan closed briefing of
  what President will propose tomorrow.

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Twitter downsides

• Twitter Quitters Post Roadblock to Long-Term
  Growth April 28th, 2009 Posted in Nielsen News,
  Online And Mobile
• Currently, more than 60 percent of U.S. Twitter
  users fail to return the following month
• when Facebook and MySpace were emerging networks
  like Twitter is now, their retention rates were
  twice as high

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• Skype.com
• Free calls, video calls and instant messaging
  over the internet. Plus great value calls to
  phones anywhere in the world. from their web
  site

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Things to think about

• Skype software must be downloaded
• A video camera (internal or external) is needed
• Microphone needed
• Each person/patron/staff who wants to use it
  should set up their own account
• Know the user id of the person you want to contact

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TokBox

• Tokbox.com
• Alternative to Skype
• Send video messages
• Recipient does not need special stuff just an
  email
• Less need to coordinate time

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Demos/Tutorials

• PowerPoint
• Youtube
• Free
• Costly
• Accessibility
• Locally made
• Freeware
• Cooperative sites

• Video
• Paper like
• Interactive
• Webinars
• Webjunction
• Classes
• Easy
• Complicated

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• How hard is it?
• You have to make an account, then uploading
  videos is a breeze. product resides there, they
  supply the server space, thanks to googles
  billions of dollars. Posting links is incredibly
  easy, including you can embed then, so they dont
  have to leave the site to watch youtube, the
  youtube player shows up on your website.
• Peter Merbach
• - Nursing student
• - Director of Bear Vocals - www.umaine.edu/bearvoc
  als

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Fliggo

• Fliggo.com is an out-of-the-box, all-in-one,
  solution for creating your own video website.
  Whether it's a video blog, a YouTube-like
  community, a private site for your company or
  family, Fliggo is the most flexible platform for
  your needs. (from web page)

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Uses for video

• Book reviews
• http//oneminutecritic.wordpress.com/about
• Tour of Mantor Library UM Farmington
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v7aI5Ihhz_Eo

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Sample Demos

• UNE on using the library from off campus
• http//www.une.edu/library/services/tutorials/tuto
  rial1.asp
• Ebsco
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v2zbJL4x49K4
• Overdrive
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vr30x2mkoPPsfeature
  channel_page

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Homegrown tutorials

• Simple
• Evaluating web pages at NMCC
• http//www.nmcc.edu/pages/library/demos/web-evalua
  tion-1.php
• Elaborate
• Tilt
• http//tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

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