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 ExpressGIL 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 MessagingSocial 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 SharingPodcasting / 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, GarageBand YouTube, 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 ProductivityPersonal Information

ManagementCitation/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