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1. Google Wave Music Library Association Annual Meeting, March 24, 2010
“A Match Made in Heaven: Merging Emerging Technical and Public Services”
Nara Newcomer
Assistant Music Librarian, East Carolina University
newcomern@ecu.edu
2. What is Google Wave? “Google Wave is an online communication and collaboration tool that makes real-time interactions more seamless -- in one place, you can communicate and collaborate using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”
--Google Wave Help
Google Wave was released Fall 2009. I’ve been using it since Jan. 2010. “Cross between IM and email”, with embedding media added in.Google Wave was released Fall 2009. I’ve been using it since Jan. 2010. “Cross between IM and email”, with embedding media added in.
3. Let’s look at a Wave… But the easiest way to understand Wave is to look at oneBut the easiest way to understand Wave is to look at one
4. Navigation
6. Extensions
7. Contacts
8. Contacts
9. Inbox
11. Wave
13. Various repliesVarious replies
14. Sharing files on the waveSharing files on the wave
15. Polling featurePolling feature
16. Embedded YouTube video YouTube videosYouTube videos
17. Embedded Google Map MapsMaps
18. Public Waves… Public waves – you can search for them. However, most I saw were pretty unfocused and resemble large discussion groups.Public waves – you can search for them. However, most I saw were pretty unfocused and resemble large discussion groups.
19. Research Notes With Waves…
20. Positives of Google Wave Sharing links, media, and text with others
Keeping track of links, media, and text for yourself—everything is in one place
Records changes made and can play back
Easy collaboration
Reduces email clutter
21. Drawbacks of Google Wave Large waves can become unwieldy and hard to read–no way to sort
Can’t print or export wave
Public waves quickly become unfocused
Still in limited release – invitation needed to get a Wave account
Buggy–freezes up/error messages
22. Error message