Google Gagets
Posted in News on Jul 31st, 2008
Here we go – The Library could sponsor a contest like this one: http://www.blyberg.net/2006/08/18/go-go-google-gadget Susan
Emerging Technologies Committee
Posted in News on Jul 31st, 2008
Here we go – The Library could sponsor a contest like this one: http://www.blyberg.net/2006/08/18/go-go-google-gadget Susan
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
Posted in News on Jul 31st, 2008
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
Posted in Resources on Jul 28th, 2008
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 […]
Posted in News on Jul 28th, 2008
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. […]
Posted in Meeting Agenda/Minutes on Jul 24th, 2008
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008
http://radar.oreilly.com/ is the url of the site I mentioned yesterday that tracks emerging technologies
Posted in Resources on Jul 21st, 2008
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
Posted in Resources on Jul 18th, 2008
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: […]
Posted in Meeting Agenda/Minutes on Jul 18th, 2008
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 […]