Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends

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Geeks Bearing Gifts Unwrapping New Technology
Trends

• Alison Aldrich
• Technology Outreach Coordinator
• NN/LM PNR

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Web 2.0
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Social Media
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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

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The Plan

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Fun with
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Social Networking
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What to Do With a Account

• Search
• Email
• Blogs
• Reader and iGoogle
• Documents, Spreadsheets, Forms
• Calendars
• YouTube, Picasa

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Blogs
Bloggers dont have anything important to say.
But Im suffering from information overload
already! I can barely keep up with my listservs!
Geez, doesnt that blogger have a REAL job?
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Blogs vs. Wikis

• Blogs are better for

• Wikis are better for

• Archiving information
• Gathering information from a large group of people

• Sharing new information quickly
• Generating discussions

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Blogs of Interest?

• In a Good Way American Indian College Fund
• Native American Legal Update
• ACRLog
• Kept-Up Academic Librarian
• Feel-Good Librarian

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• Explore library-related blogs and feeds
• http//www.libworm.com

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RSS

• RSS Really Simple Syndication

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ticTOCS

• Table of Contents alerts for 12,000 journals

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Try it!

• Get a Google account
• Create a Blog with Blogger, or
• Subscribe to Feeds with Google Reader

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For Must-Reads
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Social Networking

• The beating heart of the internet has always
  been its ability to leverage our social
  connections.
• -Madden Fox
• Pew Internet Project

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Golden Rules of Social MediaFrom Web Worker
Daily, 5-26-09

• Listen.
• Add Value.
• Respond.
• Give Kudos.
• Be Real.
• Collaborate.

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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

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Facebook Groups
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Facebook Pages
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Source http//siteanalytics.compete.com/twitter.c
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Using Twitter Personally

• Builds camaraderie
• Shows others youre human
• Is sort of like instant messaging
• Is a way to discover new resources

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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

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Instant Messaging

• Another way to be available
• Best for quick questions
• Widgets!

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Links Are Here

• http//delicious.com/alison.aldrich/tcli

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Questions?

• Alison Aldrich
• Technology Outreach Coordinator
• NN/LM PNR
• [phone]
• aldrich3_at_u.washington.edu