15 New Technologies Lynn Hoffman Allen County Public Library ILF District 3 Meeting – April 26, 2007 in 50 Minutes

Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies 15 New Technologies in 50 Minutes

Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience

Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective

Other New Technologies

1. Blogs Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs.

Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs.

1. Blogs Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs. Use search engines like Google , Ask , MSN and Technorati to find blog posts.

Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs.

Use search engines like Google , Ask , MSN and Technorati to find blog posts.

1. Blogs Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs. Use search engines like Google , Ask , MSN and Technorati to find blog posts. Keep track of new blog posts with an RSS feed reader like Bloglines or Google Reader .

Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs.

Use search engines like Google , Ask , MSN and Technorati to find blog posts.

Keep track of new blog posts with an RSS feed reader like Bloglines or Google Reader .

2. Photos Share your photos online with sites like Photobucket and Flickr .

Share your photos online with sites like Photobucket and Flickr .

2. Photos Share your photos online with sites like Photobucket and Flickr . Use a service like Moo to print cards that point the people who them back to your Flickr collection.

Share your photos online with sites like Photobucket and Flickr .

Use a service like Moo to print cards that point the people who them back to your Flickr collection.

3. Video YouTube is ubiquitous, and anyone can put anything on it.

YouTube is ubiquitous, and anyone can put anything on it.

4. Maps You’ve tried Google Maps , but Windows Live Local has some really cool features.

You’ve tried Google Maps , but Windows Live Local has some really cool features.

4. Maps You’ve tried Google Maps , but Windows Live Local has some really cool features. Sites like CommunityWalk and Wayfarer allow you to personalize maps and share them.

You’ve tried Google Maps , but Windows Live Local has some really cool features.

Sites like CommunityWalk and Wayfarer allow you to personalize maps and share them.

5. Presentations This presentation is posted on SlideShare . It’s like YouTube for Power Point – you can view presentations from any web-enabled computer.

This presentation is posted on SlideShare . It’s like YouTube for Power Point – you can view presentations from any web-enabled computer.

6. Digital Residences MySpace and Facebook are digital bulletin boards where you post stuff and people respond. In Second Life you create an identity, live in a virtual community, and conduct virtual commerce with other users.

MySpace and Facebook are digital bulletin boards where you post stuff and people respond.

In Second Life you create an identity, live in a virtual community, and conduct virtual commerce with other users.

Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies 15 New Technologies in 50 Minutes

Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience

Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective

Other New Technologies

7. Learning 2.0 Helene Blowers at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County developed this framework for helping library staff become more familiar with Web 2.0 tools. It’s been adapted for use by libraries all over the world.

Helene Blowers at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County developed this framework for helping library staff become more familiar with Web 2.0 tools.

It’s been adapted for use by libraries all over the world.

8. Reinvented Catalogs North Carolina State University – using Endeca, they’ve enriched the search experience

North Carolina State University – using Endeca, they’ve enriched the search experience

8. Reinvented Catalogs North Carolina State University – using Endeca, they’ve enriched the search experience Ann Arbor District Library – adding Amazonish features like keeping track of the things you’ve already read

North Carolina State University – using Endeca, they’ve enriched the search experience

Ann Arbor District Library – adding Amazonish features like keeping track of the things you’ve already read

9. Ways into Your Catalog Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores.

Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores.

9. Ways into Your Catalog Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores. LibraryThing lets you catalog your home collection and compare with other users.

Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores.

LibraryThing lets you catalog your home collection and compare with other users.

9. Ways into Your Catalog Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores. LibraryThing lets you catalog your home collection and compare with other users. Library Elf keeps track of a whole family’s worth of library cards from one website, email or RSS feed.

Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores.

LibraryThing lets you catalog your home collection and compare with other users.

Library Elf keeps track of a whole family’s worth of library cards from one website, email or RSS feed.

Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies 15 New Technologies in 50 Minutes

Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience

Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective

Other New Technologies

10. Windows Vista Go to the store and try it out so that you know what it looks like. Reviews are mixed. Unless they’re less than 8 months old, Vista probably won’t work on your computers. Vista ships standard on new computers unless you specify otherwise.

Go to the store and try it out so that you know what it looks like.

Reviews are mixed.

Unless they’re less than 8 months old, Vista probably won’t work on your computers.

Vista ships standard on new computers unless you specify otherwise.

11. Move Digital Media Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer.

Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer.

11. Move Digital Media Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer. AppleTV – takes what’s on your computer and shoots it to your TV

Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer.

AppleTV – takes what’s on your computer and shoots it to your TV

11. Move Digital Media Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer. AppleTV – takes what’s on your computer and shoots it to your TV Amazon Unbox + TiVo – buy or rent video on Amazon and download directly to your TiVo

Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer.

AppleTV – takes what’s on your computer and shoots it to your TV

Amazon Unbox + TiVo – buy or rent video on Amazon and download directly to your TiVo

12. VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol – phones use your data network instead of separate phone lines Wifi phones are a cross between a cordless and a cell phone They’re on the phone system, so you can dial extensions and transfer. They use the wireless network, so you can use them anywhere in the building.

Voice Over Internet Protocol – phones use your data network instead of separate phone lines

Wifi phones are a cross between a cordless and a cell phone

They’re on the phone system, so you can dial extensions and transfer.

They use the wireless network, so you can use them anywhere in the building.

13. Green Technology CFLs – There have been vast improvements in the light quality and price of compact fluorescent lightbulbs. Calculate your carbon footprint.

CFLs – There have been vast improvements in the light quality and price of compact fluorescent lightbulbs.

Calculate your carbon footprint.

13. Green Technology CFLs – There have been vast improvements in the light quality and price of compact fluorescent lightbulbs. Calculate your carbon footprint. Buy carbon offsets from organizations that take the emissions out of the system you can’t help but produce ( TerraPass , Native Energy ).

CFLs – There have been vast improvements in the light quality and price of compact fluorescent lightbulbs.

Calculate your carbon footprint.

Buy carbon offsets from organizations that take the emissions out of the system you can’t help but produce ( TerraPass , Native Energy ).

14. iPhone It’s pretty.

It’s pretty.

14. iPhone It’s pretty. It puts together a cell phone, a music and video player, a camera and a wifi-enabled handheld computer.

It’s pretty.

It puts together a cell phone, a music and video player, a camera and a wifi-enabled handheld computer.

14. iPhone It’s pretty. It puts together a cell phone, a music and video player, a camera and a wifi-enabled handheld computer. The iPhone is due in June; Cingular /AT&T will be the exclusive provider.

It’s pretty.

It puts together a cell phone, a music and video player, a camera and a wifi-enabled handheld computer.

The iPhone is due in June; Cingular /AT&T will be the exclusive provider.

15. Nintendo Wii The Wii re-imagines the video game experience so that anyone can play.

The Wii re-imagines the video game experience so that anyone can play.

15. Nintendo Wii The Wii re-imagines the video game experience so that anyone can play. Intuitive motion-sensing remotes drive much of game play instead of buttons.

The Wii re-imagines the video game experience so that anyone can play.

Intuitive motion-sensing remotes drive much of game play instead of buttons.