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Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Google Gagets

Here we go – The Library could sponsor a contest like this one: http://www.blyberg.net/2006/08/18/go-go-google-gadget Susan

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Blogs

Two Blogs I like to read to keep up are: Librarian in Black http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/ The Shifted Librarian – http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/ Susan

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Cell Phone Serivce with a twist

New service called Slydial allows you to go directly to someone’s message service rather than talking to them. This would be good for automated messages. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/07/22/cellphone.voicemail.ap/index.html Susan

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Mashup Awards

This mashup awards site not only provides news about new ways of combining data that is freely available on the internet, but also gives instructions and tools for creating your own mashup. One of my favorite categories to look under is Amazon. Try the Zoomii tool, which allows you to view Amazon titles in a […]

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new Google?

Ex-Google engineers debut ‘Cuil’ way to search from PhysOrg.com (AP) — Anna Patterson’s last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more valuable – only this time it’s not for sale. […]

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Emerging Technologies Committee Meeting [Minutes, Word Document] July 22, 2008, 1:30 – 3:00 pm Present: Fred Barnhart, Bill Cuthbertson, Taya Franklin, Leslie Haas, Ewa Laska (recorder), Susan Malisch, Chulin Meng, Bruce Montes, Bob Seal, Adam Smeets, Susan Wardzala Agenda: Welcome and introductions Review goals and charge ETC blog Sharing information ETC resources list Learning 2.0/2.1 […]

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Emerging Technology Site

http://radar.oreilly.com/ is the url of the site I mentioned yesterday that tracks emerging technologies

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Stephen Abram’s collection of links for “The 23 Things and Learning 2.0”: http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/the_23_things_l.html

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Some readings for you to get started

1. Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow’s User Book available in Cudahy Library: http://pegasus.luc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Bbid=1124975   Amazon review at  here   2. ALA Library Technology Reports http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/   Full-text available in ProQuest Education Journals: Library Technology Reports in Loyola online databases   Some interesting issues: Jul/Aug 2006 (42:4) Michael Stephens: “Web 2.0 & Libraries: […]

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ETC Goals: Keep up with emerging technological developments (which may or may not have library applications or relevance, but might someday). Try out new technologies (hardware or software) (which may or may not have library applications or relevance, but might someday) Stay abreast of and inform library staff about developments in and applications of social […]

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