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Geeks - FDU Library Staff Meeting - Summer 2007

Geeks Bearing Gifts

Unwrapping New Technology Trends


Goals and Objectives

This session is intended to provide a fun, fast-paced, and informative introduction to and update on today’s hottest technology trends.

Participants will be able to understand how these trends will impact, or can be integrated into traditional library services.


Web Gone Wild

RSS Wikis Blogs Social Media


Syndicate This: RSS

RSS is automated web surfing. RSS is an acronym for

Really Simple Syndication Look for orange icons on a webpage


How is RSS Used?

By news sites or web sites to syndicate news or news-like content.

Widely used by bloggers to share their latest entries.

Even includes multimedia files like those used in podcasting and vodcasting.


How RSS Works

1. Author creates the RSS file.2. User subscribes to RSS using a feed reader

(or aggregator).3. When author updates content, the feed reader

checks the user’s subscribed RSS feeds and displays the latest content.


RSS: One Click to View Them All


Bloglines

www.bloglines.com


How Libraries Use RSS

Calendar of events Latest news items or newsletter articles Staff recommendations – websites,

databases, etc. New materials acquisitions and book

reviews


Pew Looks at RSS


The Town Square: Blogs

A weblog or blog (derived from web + log) is a website consisting primarily of brief articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order).

Blogs can be a diary, a ‘What’s New’ page or comments/links to other websites.


Why Should Your Library Blog?

Quick way to provide news and event updates. It’s easy! All you need is internet access and the

ability to type an email. Blogs allow for participation and comments. Since blogs use RSS feeds, it’s easy for your

patrons to receive information.


Types of Blogs

Research Topical Literary Issues Student (personal) Professor / Course Audio, Video


www.loc.gov/blog/


Stiki Wiki

A wiki is a web application that allows anyone to add content and anyone to edit it.

Wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian. Wikis are simple, no HTML

know-how required – you focus on writing, not on technology.


Wiki History

Wikipedia was launched in January 2001. Common uses for Wikis include:

Project communication IntranetsDocumentation


Wiki Examples: Wikipedia

www.wikipedia.org


Wiki Usage


Wiki Examples: Professional Collaboration

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page


Wiki Examples: Conference Wikis

http://wikis.ala.org/annual2007/index.php/Main_Page


Wiki Examples: Subject Guides

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page


Wiki Examples: Library Intranet

https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/


Wiki Examples: Library Intranet

http://librarywiki.fdu.edu/index.php/Main_Page


Social Media

New applications for a new generation:Audio and video downloadingPodcastsTagging – Flickr, del.icio.usSocial Networking – MySpace, FacebookGaming – Second LifeMobile Text Messaging – Twitter, LooptCreating Content – YouTube


Getting Content


Creating Content


Gaming


Libraries are the living internet…

“Libraries are connected nodes of information and community exchange that we use to communicate, collaborate, share resources and preserve knowledge.” MMadden MLA Talk 3-16-07


Learning More / Keeping Up

ALA Technotes – http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plapubs/technotes/technotes.htm

Walt Crawford’s “Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large” – http://cical.info/

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