Social Software and Libraries program Buck, Marguerite 10 Nov 2006 17:07 UTC
Social Software and Libraries Part two in the series "Solving the Puzzle of Library Technology ... Piece by Piece" presented by Tri-state College Library Cooperative (TCLC) December 12, 2006 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM The CBPA Graduate Business Center, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383 Directions available at http://training.btcwcu.org/Detailed%20Directions.htm <http://training.btcwcu.org/Detailed%20Directions.htm> Registration is $15.00 This workshop series has been partially funded with Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries Social Software and Libraries (IM, RSS, Blogs, Wikis, Folksonomies, Social Bookmarking and more): what pieces of the puzzle do we need to know and how do they fit into the big picture? In this presentation Edward Corrado and Jim Robertson will discuss social software and what implications it has for libraries. Clay Shirky, who is largely credited with creating the term, defines social software as software that supports group interaction. Some examples of social software include instant messaging, RSS, blogs, wikis, folksonomies (tagging), photo sharing, social bookmarking, and more. The presentation will start with an overview of some of these social software technologies and their applications in libraries will be provided. After the overview Corrado and Robertson will discuss the current and future implications of social software for librarians, library systems, and libraries in general. Edward M. Corrado is Systems Librarian at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ where he is responsible for the Integrated Library System and other library technology. Corrado has presented at various library-oriented workshops and has recently authored articles for Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship and Computers in Libraries. Jim Robertson has been a librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) since 1992. For the last five years, he was the Assistant University Librarian and responsible for much of the library's technology initiatives. Jim has presented his work at conferences in the New Jersey area and nationally. Register for this session by December 1, 2006 Forward registration form and payment of $15.00 to Tri-state College Library Cooperative (TCLC) c/o Rosemont College Library, 1400 Montgomery Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010 phone: (610) 525-0796 fax: (610) 525-1939 email: tclc@hslc.org Name ____________________________________________________________________ Institution ______________________________________ Phone ____________________ Address __________________________________________________________________ Email __________________________ Special Needs __________________________ Registration form also available at www.tclclibs.org <http://www.tclclibs.org> Coming soon in 2007 ... Third session -- February 2007 - Hands-on workshop partnering librarians and faculty to begin a project that promotes library integration into academic coursework. Fourth session - April 2007 - Using PDAs, handhelds and mobile technologies in libraries. Fifth session - June 2007 - A long look at visual catalogs. Does the OPAC fit into the puzzle? First session was November 15, 2006 - a general discussion on academic libraries and technology ________________________________ Marguerite Buck, M.S.L.S Serials Librarian Gabriele Library P.O. Box 705 Immaculata University Immaculata, PA 19345 610-647-4400, EX. 3833 mbuck@immaculata.edu