Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends

Alison AldrichTechnology Outreach Coordinator

NN/LM PNR

Web 2.0

Social Media

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

The Plan

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What to Do With a Account

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

Blogs

Bloggers don’t have anything important to

say.

But I’m suffering from information

overload already! I can barely keep up with my listservs!

Geez, doesn’t that

blogger have a REAL

job?

Blogs vs. Wikis

Blogs are better for:

• Sharing new information quickly

• Generating discussions

Wikis are better for:• Archiving information• Gathering information

from a large group of people

http://www.aadl.org/

http://www.buttepubliclibrary.info/

Blogs of Interest?

• In a Good Way: American Indian College Fund

• Native American Legal Update• ACRLog• Kept-Up Academic Librarian• Feel-Good Librarian

Explore library-related blogs and feeds

http://www.libworm.com

RSS

RSS = Really Simple Syndication

ticTOCS

Table of Contents alerts for 12,000+ journals

Try it! Get a Google account Create a Blog with Blogger, or Subscribe to Feeds with Google Reader

For Must-Reads

Social Networking

“The beating heart of the internet has always been its ability to leverage our social connections.”

-Madden & Fox

Pew Internet Project

Golden Rules of Social Media

From Web Worker Daily, 5-26-09

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

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

Facebook Groups

Facebook Pages

Source: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitter.com/?metric=uv

Using Twitter Personally

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

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

Links Are Here

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

Questions?

Alison AldrichTechnology Outreach CoordinatorNN/LM PNR(206) 221-3489aldrich3@u.washington.edu