Thursday, August 20, 2009

ALA 2009--Chicago

Web 2.0 Meet the Standard of 21st Century Learner

Friendfeed : FriendFeed is a real-time feed aggregator that consolidates the updates from social media and social networking websites, social bookmarking websites, blogs and micro-blogging updates, as well as any other type of RSS/ Atom feed.

Slideshare : Embeds powerpoints. Example: 10 Things We Bet You Didn't Know About the Library http://www.slideshare.net/westervillelibrary/10-things-we-bet-you-didnt-know-about-the-library

Pageflakes : A personal portal or start page. Organized into tabs, each tab containing Flakes, which are modules with various content. Similar to iGoogle.

Alice Down the YouTube: Ethical Training in the Online Wonderland

Videos hosted on Youtube, created by staff dealing with ethical issues

King County Library System Training
KCLS Training – Michael Denton

Bunnies

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Patrons Gone Wild


Eric Faden
Fair(y) Use Tale


Art Institute of Washington
Goofus and Gallant in the Library

Part 2


Dan Conley
Managarian
Part 1 – Intro

Part 3 – Customer Service

Part 5 – Where do patrons come from?



Making Virtual Reality-Based Library Services Real for K-12 Teachers & Librarians

Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries Second Life Project



My Avatar Will Contact Your Avatar: Virtual Worlds, Real Opportunities

What are the trends and developments in virtual worlds, such as Second Life, Lively, Qwaq, Teen Second Life, and Whyville? How are they being used by libraries and library-related organizations? What factors should libraries consider in deciding whether or not to develop a virtual world presence? What is the future of librarianship in virtual worlds? What resources and skills are needed to start and sustain a virtual world library presence?


Has Library 2.0 Fulfilled its Promise?

http://litablog.org/2009/07/15/has-library-2-0-fulfilled-its-promise