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Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals
with Ellyssa Kroski
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Web Conference
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
1:00 pm ET
One Hour
Member: $75.00
Non-Member: $95.00

Tech Tuesdays: Talking with Techies Series

In today’s Web environment, users are cataloging their personal libraries, organizing their favorite bookmarks, writing on-line documents, and sharing their information with others through new generation social software. Take a tour of Web 2.0 technologies such as; del.icio.us, Facebook, YouTube, LibraryThing, and more in this session based on the recently published guidebook Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals. Learn how to use these social software applications to keep up with the latest Internet trends and discover how libraries are already using them. Be the librarian who is tech savvy and fluent in emerging Web technologies.

Who Should Participate:
Open to anyone interested in learning about Web 2.0 technology.

The Key Benefits For Participants:
  • Learn about the latest Web 2.0 technologies.
  • Learn how libraries are integrating new technologies into programs and services.
  • Learn about new technology best practices.
Key Topics to be Explored:
  • Social Networking
  • Social Bookmarking
  • Social Cataloging
  • Media Sharing
  • Library Implementations of this new technology
Ellyssa Kroski
Ellyssa Kroski is a Reference Librarian at Columbia University as well as an independent Information Consultant. She is an adjunct faculty member at Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library Science where she teaches LIS students about Web 2.0 technologies. Her book Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals will be published in late 2007. Ellyssa teaches professional development workshops and provides technology instruction throughout the northeast and is a national conference speaker and moderator. She writes a successful blog called InfoTangle, and another at iLibrarian, and holds an MLIS from Long Island University.

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