MLibrary 2.0 Summer 2007 Workshops
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[edit] Workshop Sessions
The goal of the Workshop Series is to provide an opportunity to learn about specific tools and resources. Every workshop will wrap-up with a challenge to complete two quick tasks using the technology of that session. For more information on how to participate visit the 13 Things page.
[edit] Blogs & RSS
June 14, 2007: noon-1
Feel as if the “blogosphere” is rolling right past (or over!) you? Blogs make it incredibly easy to post and aggregate information, creating a simple website that the reader can keep up with via RSS feeds. In this hands-on session you’ll create and post to your very own blog, discover how comments and blog posts can be linked to each other across blogs, and learn how you can Read Dozens of Blogs in Just Fifteen Minutes a Day. Along the way we’ll talk about how libraries and librarians are using blogs and RSS feeds to connect to their patrons and each other.
Notes and links from the Blog/RSS workshop
[edit] Social Tagging: What is it and what does it have to do with the library?
June 21, 2007: noon-1
Tag cloud? Flickr?, del.icio.us? Huh? The social tagging phenomenon is taking the internet by storm! In this hands-on session, you will learn about the enormous potential of social tagging and RSS as a means for personal research, public sharing of resources, and promotion of library collections and services. In addition to saving websites, images, and other resources for future use, tagging enables you to establish communities for sharing these resources and extending your research. RSS provides a means for further dissemination and sharing.
Notes and links from the Social Tagging workshop
[edit] Do you Social Network?
June 28, 2007: noon-1
Myspace? Facebook? You’ve heard the names – now come find out what all the buzz is about! This workshop will introduce social networking sites, focusing on the two most popular: Myspace and Facebook. We’ll take a look at the similarities and differences between them, explore their interfaces and features, and summarize the ways in which libraries are using social networking to extend their online presence.
[edit] Next Generation OPACs
July 12, 2007: noon-1 & 1:30-2:30
How can we make the OPAC more interactive? In this session you’ll learn about new ideas for enhancing the user’s OPAC experience. Faceted browsing (e.g., multiple views of data such as by author, date, subject), social tagging (e.g., allowing patrons to add tags to Library resources for future findability) and blog-models (e.g., customizable, RSS-enabled, API-enabled) will be discussed. Participants will leave this session energized to explore integrating these features with Mirlyn.
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[edit] Podcasting & YouTube
July 19, 2007: noon-1 & 1:30-2:30
With audio and video technologies broadly available, people are making themselves heard and seen on the Internet easier than ever before. Podcasting and online video sites like YouTube make it simple for people to share the sounds and sights of their lives. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of accessing and sharing user-created audio and video on the net, including how to make and post your very own simple podcasts & YouTube videos.
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[edit] LibX & Zotero: Firefox Extensions for Librarians and Library Patrons
July 26, 2007: noon-1 & 1:30-2:30
“What's Mirlyn?” “What's RefWorks?” “Do we have this journal?” Sound familiar? Increasing patron awareness of library resources has never been easy, and bibliographic instruction only goes so far. In this session we'll show you how to use cutting-edge Firefox extensions to make the library a ubiquitous presence in your patrons' lives. Put library resources at their fingertips with LibX, automatically link their web searches to Mirlyn using Greasemonkey, and give them a simple way to save and manage citations with Zotero. When used together these tools can give you (and, more importantly, your patrons) a simple yet powerful system for conducting high-quality research. No BI session? No problem!TM
[edit] Project Showcase
MLibrary2.0: Project Share
August 21, 2007: 11am-noon
Ehrlicher Room 411 West Hall
Do you have an idea for a project and would like to find someone to work on it with you or get feedback or help from other staff? As a part of the forum sessions we'd like to encourage all library staff to experiment with the web2.0 technologies and share their ideas and projects with other staff. Staff who have worked on a project over the summer will be invited to demonstrate their work in this forum.
