1. Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends Alison Aldrich Technology Outreach Coordinator NN/LM PNR

3. Web 2.0

4. Social Media

6. 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

7. The Plan reak- Fun with - break -

8. What to Do With a Account  Search  Email  Blogs  Reader and iGoogle  Documents, Spreadsheets, Forms  Calendars  YouTube, Picasa

9. 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?

10. 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

15. Blogs of Interest? In a Good Way: American Indian College FundIn a Good Way Native American Legal Update ACRLog Kept-Up Academic Librarian Feel-Good Librarian

16.  Explore library-related blogs and feeds http://www.libworm.com

17. RSS  RSS = Really Simple Syndication

19. ticTOCS  Table of Contents alerts for 12,000+ journals

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

21. For Must-Reads

22. Social Networking “The beating heart of the internet has always been its ability to leverage our social connections.” - Madden & Fox Pew Internet Project

23. Golden Rules of Social Media From Web Worker Daily, 5-26-09 From Web Worker Daily  Listen.  Add Value.  Respond.  Give Kudos.  Be Real.  Collaborate.

24. 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

30. Facebook Groups

31. Facebook Pages

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

34. Using Twitter Personally Builds camaraderie Shows others you’re human Is sort of like instant messaging Is a way to discover new resources

35. 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

36. Instant Messaging  Another way to be available  Best for quick questions  Widgets!

37. Widgets

39. Links Are Here http://delicious.com/alison.aldrich/tcli

40. Questions? Alison Aldrich Technology Outreach Coordinator NN/LM PNR (206) 221-3489 aldrich3@u.washington.edu