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Tantalizing Technology. Cliff Landis, Reference Librarian Odum Library Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Emerging Technologies. For Research: Odum Library’s New Website E-Journals ILLiad, Odum Express & GIL Express For Communicating: Instant Messaging Social Networking Sites.
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Tantalizing Technology Cliff Landis, Reference Librarian Odum Library Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Emerging Technologies • For Research: • Odum Library’s New Website • E-Journals • ILLiad, Odum Express & GIL Express • For Communicating: • Instant Messaging • Social Networking Sites
Emerging Technologies • For Marketing: • Blogs • Feeds • Photo Sharing • Podcasting / Vidcasting • For Collaborating: • Wikis • Productivity • Personal Information Management • Citation/Bookmark Management
For Research • Odum Library’s New Website • E-Journals • ILLiad & Odum Express • GIL Express
Odum Library’s New Website • The Technology • Improved interface • Find It, Get It, Learn It, Make It • RSS feed for news, improved Ask-a-Librarian chat service • The Product • http://www.valdosta.edu/library • For Your Class, Department, or You! • Ease of research for you and your students.
E-Journals • The Technology • Lists the journals that we have full-text access to, the databases they are located in, and the years that full-text access is available. • The Products • E-Journals • Citation Linker (on the way…) • For Your Class • Help your students get their hands on the resources they need in the easiest way possible. • For Your Department • Share the latest developments in your field with your colleagues. • For You! • Read the latest editions of your favorite magazines and journals online.
ILLiad & Odum Express • The Technology • An automated system allows articles to be requested and delivered automatically. • Turnaround for articles was previously about a week, and now averages 1-2 business days. • Odum Express allows books and articles to be delivered to your department. • The Product • ILLiad • For Your Class, Department or You! • You can now get your hands on articles from any journal in record time.
GIL Express • The Technology • A Universal Catalog and state-wide lending program allows users to borrow books from other USG libraries. • Books can be delivered to any USG library in two business days, and returned to any USG library. • Check out time is the same for home institution books. • The Products • GIL UC & GIL Express • For Your Class, Department, and You! • Books can be borrowed in record time, and checked out longer.
For Communicating • Instant Messaging • Social Networking Services
Instant Messaging • The Technology • These programs allow you to chat in real-time with friends. Some allow you to chat in groups, share pictures, use talk or video, or text via cell phones. • The Products • IM: AIM, YM, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Talk, Skype, etc. • Unifiers: Trillian, GAIM, meebo • For Your Class • Allow your students to ask you questions during your office hours—without coming to your office! • For Your Department • Doing field research? Stay in touch with colleagues & students while on a trip. • For You! • Keep up with friends, family members, and colleagues overseas.
Social Networking Services • The Technology • These websites allow users to join groups, share photos, converse on message boards, and build profiles that express their personalities. • The Products • WebCT, Blackboard,Facebook, MySpace, Tribe.net, Friendster, Orkut, Yahoo Groups, etc. • For Your Class • Take advantage of WebCT! • For Your Department • Advertise your services on Facebook. • For You! • Keep in touch with your students and colleagues online!
For Marketing • Blogs • Feeds • Photo Sharing • Podcasting / Vidcasting
Blogs • The Technology • Blogs (short for “web logs”) are online journals that are kept by individuals, institutions, and groups. • The Products • Slashdot, LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress etc. • Twitter • For Your Class • Have students blog about a project they are working on. • For Your Department • Blog about the latest developments in your department. • For You! • Blog about what you’re working on, what you’re reading, or what you’re thinking!
Feeds • The Technology • Feeds allow users to find out about the latest stories/updates at a particular website or blog without having to go to the website. • The Products • RSS & Atom feeds, and readers such as Bloglines. • For Your Class • Have students read and report on the latest happenings on the class’ topics. • For Your Department • Share with your colleagues the hot topics that you read about. • For You! • Keep up-to-date on the latest developments within your particular field of interest.
Photo Sharing • The Technology • Websites allow you to upload photos to their website, and then share those photos. • The Product • Flickr, Photobucket, Webshots, etc. • For Your Class • Have students check out digital cameras from Media Services, and make photo documentaries of their work. • For Your Department • Take pictures of yourselves, and all the amazing work you’re doing! • For You! • Share photos with friends & family members.
Podcasting / Vidcasting • The Technology • Websites allow you to upload audio and video clips, and share them. • The Products • GCast, GarageBandYouTube, etc. • For Your Class • Have students podcast or vidcast their project, to share with others or upload to the class’ blog or website. • For Your Department • Create a weekly podcast or vidcast, keeping folks up-to-date on what you are developing. • For You! • Podcast or vidcast your work or hobbies for the world to see!
For Collaborating • Wikis • Productivity • Personal Information Management • Citation/Bookmark Management
Wikis • The Technology • A subset of web pages that anyone can edit. Some are open to the public (such as Wikipedia), and some are open only to authorized contributors. • The Products • Wikipedia, Atmospheric Visualization Collection wiki, ALA New Orleans 2006 wiki, etc. • For Your Class • Create a wiki for students to collaborate on their work. • For Your Department • Collaborate with peers: create policies, articles or even books together. • For You! • Look for wikis on topics of professional or personal interest, such as the Kayak wiki.
Productivity • The Technology • Online and/or free versions of productivity software, which allow you to share your work with others. • The Products • Google Calendar, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, OpenOffice, Hamachi, Amazon S3 • For Your Class • Students can collaborate on group projects in real time over the web. • For Your Department • Organization of documents, calendars and files is now much easier. • For You! • Work from any PC no matter where you are. Organize schedules with friends and family.
Personal Information Management • The Technology • Information management software that allows individuals to organize and share information. • The Products • Microsoft Outlook & Microsoft OneNote, Mozilla Thunderbird, Backpack, Plaxo, LibraryThing, etc. • For Your Class, Department, and You! • Organize the massive amounts of information you come in contact with, and share it with others!
Citation / Bookmark Management • The Technology • Lists of web bookmarks, that you can organize and share. • The Products • del.icio.us, digg, CiteULike, Zotero, etc. • For Your Class • Have students explore and share web pages related to their projects. • For Your Department • Collaborate with peers to build and evaluate bibliographies. • For You! • Keep track of your favorite technology tools and websites no matter where you go!
See it in Action! • Tantalizing Technology • http://clifflandis.net/presentations/20070403TT.ppt • More questions? Just Ask A Librarian! • Cliff Landis, Reference Librarian jclandis@valdosta.edu 229.245.3744