Join us for hands-on explorations of cool tools in libraries, continuing the theme of last year’s popular technology series! All sessions will be held in Lourdes Library, Gwynedd-Mercy College.
Lunch (noon-1pm) will be provided for all sessions
Monday, July 14 [Both Monday sessions are now filled to capacity as of June 27, 2008. Please email office@tclclibs.org if you would like to be on a waiting list.]
Session A: 10am - noon OMG! RSS!
look at rss applications inlibraries
set up an rss reader
find rss feeds, add them to your new reader
explore rss offerings from journals & databases
Session B: 1pm - 3pm Kum-Bai-Yahoo Pipes combine multiple RSS feeds into one using Yahoo! Pipes
find out why you would want to do that, anyway
make a widget to show feeds on your website
Tuesday, July 15 [Tuesday sessions are filled to capacity as of June 17, 2008. Please email office@tclclibs.org if you would like to be on a waiting list for either of these workshops.]
[This session is now filled to capacity as of June 30, 08. Please email office@tclclibs.org if you would like to be on a waiting list this workshop.]
explore free tools for creating & working with screen captured images & video
see examples of short tutorials created using these tools
Session F: 1pm - 3pm S’more del.icio.us sites
explore library applications of social bookmarking sites, such as del.icio.us
Create a Google Custom Search Engine of selected sites
Thursday, July 17
Session G: 10am - noon Blog cabin fever
look at different ways libraries are using blogs (news, new books, etc.)
create a Blogger account and a practice blog
discover ideas for developing content
Session G: 1pm - 3pm Weaving Wikis [This session is filled to capacity as of June 26, 2008. Please email office@tclclibs.org if you would like to be on a waiting list.]
explore the use of wikis in libraries, both as an internal organizational tool and as a way to promote your resources
