<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92"> <channel><title>Emerging Technologies</title><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies</link> <description>Information on new Library Technologies for Drexel University Libraries staff</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:07:53 +0000</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs> <language>en</language><item><title>Springer Realtime</title> <description><![CDATA[Springer launched a free analytics tool providing visualizations for usage of Springer&#8217;s online products, called Springer Realtime. It shows keywords for recently downloaded articles, mapping of downloads, charts and article-level information. What if there was something like this for your library&#8217;s downloads? [Thanks, Martha!]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/08/03/springer-realtime/</link> </item> <item><title>Staff-directed tech training</title> <description><![CDATA[The January issue of ITAL (Information Technology and Libraries) had an interesting article on academic librarians learning to keep up with the changing pace of technology. Here&#8217;s a Drexel proxied link to the article, and an ITALica blog post with the abstract. Even though &#8220;emerging technologies&#8221; in libraries are somewhat different from the rest of [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/07/20/staff-directed-tech-training/</link> </item> <item><title>Our XC book is out!</title> <description><![CDATA[Co-edited by yours truly.  From our press release: We are pleased to announce the release of a new book, Scholarly Practice, Participatory Design and the eXtensible Catalog, based on user research for eXtensible Catalog, available now from ACRL or Amazon. As part of the development of eXtensible Catalog (XC), a project to develop open source [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/05/16/our-xc-book-is-out/</link> </item> <item><title>EDUCAUSE 5-day Mobile Sprint</title> <description><![CDATA[EDUCAUSE is running an interesting experiment &#8212; they&#8217;re holding a 5-day online event called the Mobile Computing 5-day Sprint.  It&#8217;s a collection of five days worth of webinars, including polls, interactive discussions and other features.  The live sessions are booked, but they promise to post recordings each day. I&#8217;m especially interested in tomorrow&#8217;s theme: Teaching [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/04/25/educause-5-day-mobile-sprint/</link> </item> <item><title>Did you ever use Google Video?</title> <description><![CDATA[Former Google Video user?  If so, you should think back to see if you have any files there you want to keep. Google has decided to shut down Google Video, which actually stopped allowing uploads in 2009.  If you&#8217;re (were) a Google Video user, here&#8217;s some info that can help you save your files.  You [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/04/22/did-you-ever-use-google-video/</link> </item> <item><title>April Spark! Constitutional History</title> <description><![CDATA[Please join us for our next Spark! Presentation featuring John Cannan and his Constitution Project. Tuesday, April 5 : Hagerty L33 : 10 am John is a Legal Reference Librarian at the Legal Research Center, and has been working on a Drupal-based web site to organize the Constitutional Convention&#8217;s debates in a topical form.  The [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/03/21/april-spark-constitutional-history/</link> </item> <item><title>Google&#8217;s Shared Spaces</title> <description><![CDATA[Last fall, Google released a new collaboration product, Shared Spaces.  This allows you to create customized collaboration work spaces with anyone.  You can create a place to play games, plan a trip, make lists or search Amazon, with people you know.]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/03/18/googles-shared-spaces/</link> </item> <item><title>Staff technology training program</title> <description><![CDATA[After observing the technology knowledge gap between undergraduates and librarians at Brigham Young University&#8217;s Harold B. Lee Library created a self-directed training program for staff, offering incentives and methods for improving technology skills in a flexible manner. From the article: The Technology Challenge was implemented from June 2007 to January 2008. HBLL staff included 175 [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/03/10/staff-technology-training-program/</link> </item> <item><title>Marginalia and the Electronic Book</title> <description><![CDATA[One of the common complaints about electronic book formats is the loss of marginalia &#8212; the little notes that readers add as they read through a print book.  Researchers use these notes to gain insight into a famous reader&#8217;s thought processes, or to keep track of their own thoughts as they read through a volume. [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/03/03/marginalia-and-the-electronic-book/</link> </item> <item><title>Spark! Short Talks: March 1, 2011</title> <description><![CDATA[Join us for our next Spark! event on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Hagerty Library, room L33. Because staff suggested that a longer time slot with fewer presenters could be beneficial for the audience, the 5&#215;5 event has been renamed Short Talks and will feature 3-5 speakers leaving 20 minutes at the end of the [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/technologies/2011/02/22/spark-short-talks-march-1-2011/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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