Cyber Zed Shed Webcast Series 1: Facebook, Twitter and Sprout
Live Webcast
February 9, 2010
11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
1.5 hours
Registration is now open!
Webcast description:
Miss the ACRL 2009 National Conference in Seattle or one of the Cyber Zed Shed presentations? Now is your chance to check out what you may have missed! Learn how librarians are using new technologies in innovative ways! Cyber Zed Shed Webcast presentations, similar to their in-person National Conference versions, are 20 minutes in length each, including 5-10 minutes for participant questions and answers. In our first online series of the Cyber Zed Shed webcasts, we will be presenting three topics: Facebook, Twitter, and Sprout. Learn how other libraries and librarians are using these technologies in their own libraries and how to apply these technologies in your library!
Sessions Included:
Facebook
Facebook provides a means to disseminate library information quickly and efficiently in a medium that college students are already familiar with and already use. Facebook requires very little set up and a minimal amount of time for daily upkeep. It can be a sounding board and a place for experimental and user feedback. Facebook provides a platform to incorporate Web 2.0 aspects and user interaction into the library's traditional services. Discover how to use Facebook to post photo albums of library exhibits, a virtual library tour, upcoming events, and short notes on library-related subjects. From a librarian's standpoint, it is a great service because it is free, requires a small amount of time, and announces library information where students already are.
Presenter: Lauren Jensen, Public Services Librarian, Monmouth College
Sprout
Join an innovative librarian as they demonstrate how to use free Web tools to improve library services. Because these tools are free, simple to use, and customizable, they can enhance library services without the steep learning curve and huge time commitment that providing high-quality Web content used to require. Find out how these tools are used to reach library patrons for instruction, to deliver Web content to the user (rather than requiring them to come to us), to help organize research resources, and to generate creative new content.
Presenter: Memo Cordova, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Boise State University
Twitter
Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that mixes instant messaging and weblogs in only 140 characters and it has hundreds of thousands of users. It's also a way for librarians to quickly send information directly to a large group at once. This presentation will focus on how libraries can use the program for marketing everything from upcoming events to recent acquisitions. Learn how to pull recent acquisition data and publish it using tools readily available to any librarian. The presenter will also share tips on providing titles, authors, a link to a Worldcat record and a descriptive subject tag without going over the 140 character limit. Issues involved with using Twitter, including downtime, how to build a following and uploading limits will also be covered. The presentation also identifies some of the third-party applications available for the platform and how to blend Twitter in with other social networks.
Presenter: John Rodzvilla, Library Assistant, Simmons College
Registration fees:
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295
* Webcasts take place in an interactive, online classroom environment with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one person must register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group registration allows an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same location.
Registration is now open!
- You will need to log in with your ALA ID & password. If you do not have an ALA ID & password, you will be asked to create one in order to register.
- Download and complete the PO registration form.
- Submit the form along with your actual PO to ALA registration (fax or mail; see form for details).
- You will not be considered registered for the course until both your PO and the registration form have been received and processed by ALA registration.
Member rates apply to personal memberships only. Want to join ACRL or ALA? Complete the online membership form, available on the ALA Web site. If you join ALA/ACRL within five days of registering, we will adjust your fee (please fax a copy of your completed registration form to ACRL at 312-280-2520).
Payment may be made by credit card or purchase order (PO) only.
If paying by PO, the PO number is required at the time of registration.
Class size is limited to 60 participants. Full refunds will be granted up to 14 days prior to the start of the seminar.