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Cyber Zed Shed Presentations
Learn how librarians are using new technologies in innovative ways. Cyber Zed Shed presentations are 20-minutes in length, including five minutes for audience Q&A. Presentations will be held in the Cyber Zed Shed Theater in the exhibit hall on Saturday, March 31. John Houser, PALINET Senior Technology Consultant, will conduct a series of brief five-minute interviews with each Cyber Zed Shed presenter on Saturday, March 31 at the ACRL 13th National Conference in Baltimore. The week after the ACRL conference, the set of presentation synopsis/interviews will appear as a podcast on PALINET’s Technology Conversations at www.palinet.org/lts_techupdates_podcasts.aspx#Tech.
9:00 a.m.
Mobile Librarians: Insight into the Portable Web
Discover the potential that smart phone technology offer libraries, including: reference and outreach, collection management, and systems. Explore an on-going pilot project aimed to increase productivity and communication amongst a cross-section of staff. Learn about the possibilities and limitations of smart phone devices and the overall impact of portable web access.
Presenters: Brian Mathews, Georgia Tech; Bonnie Tijerina, Georgia Tech
9:30 a.m.
Implementing a Technical Services Wiki: Improving Communication and Increasing Productivity
The Electronic Resources Cataloging Committee (ERCC) at Princeton University Library created an internal wiki in order to improve its effectiveness. Since its implementation, the ERCC wiki has not only introduced staff to a new technology, it has also reduced the number of committee‑related emails, provided a one‑stop place for drafting and revising policies, helped the committee be more timely in making decisions, and has encouraged more widespread participation among all committee members. This presentation will demonstrate the process of setting up a wiki and will cover some of the benefits and drawbacks of using a wiki to facilitate group work.
Presenter: Jennifer Lang, Princeton University
10:00 a.m.
Effective use of Innovative Technologies in Library Instruction Sessions: InterWrite SchoolPad and TurningPoint Software
Learn about the use of interactive classroom technology and see how it makes instructional sessions more engaging and effective for undergraduates. The presenters will demonstrate the use of two innovative technologies and show how they can be used in the classroom. Using an InterWrite SchoolPad, students can interact with a presentation and become more engaged with the material. We will also demonstrate TurningPoint Software’s Student Response system which uses polling software that allows the instructor to quickly gauge student knowledge of and interest in the material.
Presenters: Anne Behler, Pennsylvania State University; Emily Rimland, Pennsylvania State University; Beth Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
10:30 a.m.
Energize Your Classroom Using the CPS‑ Classroom Performance System
There is nothing like a little competition and accountability, along with an occasional prize, to peak students' interest in learning. Adding the Classroom Performance System, an interactive response system with 32 individual remote controlled hand‑held paddles, takes library instruction classes to the next level by allowing for one hundred percent student engagement. Our hands‑on session will focus on how we have used CPS to enhance student learning, improve the quality of our library instruction program, and increase opportunities for the assessment of students' research skills.
Presenter: Dawn Eckenrode, SUNY Fredonia; Emily Hart, SUNY Oswego
11:00 a.m.
Cite it Right with "Dr. Cite Right", An Interactive Flash Animation on Avoiding Plagiarism
Come see a demonstration of "Dr. Cite Right", an interactive learning-centered Flash animation, in the artistic style of South Park and Jib-Jab.com. The animation was created by librarians at Central Piedmont Community College in conjunction with a student from the college's Information Systems department. Other libraries have created Flash tutorials, but Dr. Cite Right is unique due to the narrative style in which it is presented, the way it was created, and the amount of interactivity within it. It includes branching paths and imbedded quizzes that offer users immediate feedback on their answers.
Presenter: Steve Osler, Central Piedmont Community College
11:30 a.m.
Library Instruction Software for Assessment (LISA)
Library instruction has typically been assessed using paper surveys. As technology has transformed many collections and services in libraries, most libraries have only slightly modified their assessment methods by putting those same paper surveys in an electronic format. At the University of North Texas Libraries, we recognized that as finding books and articles has been transformed in the online environment, assessment of students' ability to locate relevant materials should also change. Library Instruction Software for Assessment (LISA) allows us to ask our students to perform searches and then provides us with immediate feedback on whether or not they were successful and allows us to see where they went wrong.
Presenters: Annie Downey, University of North Texas; Gayla Byerly, University of North Texas
12:00 p.m.
DIY Intranet with Drupal
This “show-and-tell” session will demonstrate how Washington State University Vancouver Library used the free, open-source content management system (CMS), Drupal, to build an intranet that meets our growing and changing communications needs. Drupal allowed us to implement blogs, discussion forums, group-editable web pages (wiki-like functionality), and a bunch of additional exciting features with a single piece of server software. At the start of the semester we were using email, hallway discussions, and an old yellow binder to facilitate information sharing, now we’re up and running with a fully-featured intranet!
Presenter: Rachel Bridgewater, Washington State University Vancouver
12:30 p.m.
Second Life: Academic Libraries on the MUVE
Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVE) like Second Life are becoming places where academic librarians can meet and collaborate on projects; where they can obtain continuing education and professional development; and where they can support colleges and universities in both distance learning and virtual education projects. This presentation is based on Second Life, a virtual world being used by over 3.3 million users and over 200 colleges and universities. It will cover specific ways that academic librarians are making a difference in this virtual environment.
Presenter: Rhonda Trueman, Alliance Second Life Library
1:00 p.m.
I-GO Library Toolbar: Embedding the Library in the Web Browser
Users gravitate to search engines for their convenience and ease of use. Many have downloaded a toolbar for a search engine (e.g., Google) but the focus is not scholarly resources. A team at UIUC created a toolbar (I-GO) focused on effective and efficient access to Library resources. I-GO searches the catalog, journal and database lists, and the library website. I-GO provides links to departmental libraries, hours, Ask-a-Librarian, and logins to library resources (e.g. MyAccount in catalog, RefWorks, and Interlibrary Loan). Also included are non-library resources relevant to learning and research (e.g. campus courseware system, course registration and grades system, and campus email).
Presenter: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1:30 p.m.
Staff Learning and Sharing Using Squidoo
Wayne State's Emerging Issues Forum uses the web service, Squidoo.com, to organize, provide background information on, and document discussions of topics of interest to the staff of Wayne State University Library System. Each topic has its own Squidoo "lens," which brings together web resources like photos from flickr.com, tagged web pages from del.icio.us, and videos from YouTube, along with polls and a visitor's guest book. The Squidoo lens offers an easy way to compile information of interest on a single topic, through a variety of template modules which the "lensmaster" can employ to create the lens. Squidoo lenses are attractive to the user, accessible by the public at large, self-updating (through RSS) and persistent web records of topics and discussions.
Presenter: Mike Sensiba, Wayne State University
2:00 p.m.
Using Firefox Extensions to Reveal Library Holdings
Jon Udell’s Library Lookup bookmarklet is a Creative Commons licensed tool that lets users quickly check local library holdings from any Amazon book page. Most patrons are unfamiliar with the “bookmarklet” concept, but may recognize the more widespread model of Firefox extensions. Find out how a non-programmer librarian can take a Greasemonkey adaptation of the bookmarklet, edit it to reflect their library’s catalog information, and compile it into a Firefox extension that shows patrons a view of Amazon.com pages with local holdings information "mashed" in. Also learn how to create and use Firefox search box plug-ins.
Presenter: Priscilla Finley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2:30 p.m.
Make Your Services Smarter: How Smartphones can extend your service and let you work away from your office and the reference desk.
Explore the services your can offer through Smartphones and how they can help you with your workload. Use cell phones for chat reference, text reference and helping patrons locate items in the stacks. Learn how simple it can be to use IM with your cell phone. Also check out some great bluetooth accessories and see how you can mobilize your office!
Presenter: Michelle Jacobs, UC Merced
3:00 p.m.
Video IM – The Next Step in Virtual Reference
Mourning the lack of face‑to‑face contact in your virtual reference interactions? As built‑in webcams and free video call software continue to increase in popularity, video IM presents a unique opportunity to communicate virtually and visually with users. From stationary reference kiosks to incoming video calls, various applications of the technology are possible. Using a pilot video chat reference program at Ohio University as a case study, this session will cover the trials, tribulations, and technical issues involved in enhancing virtual reference services with video IM.
Presenter: Char Booth, Ohio University
3:30 p.m.
PennTags – A Social Bookmarking Tool
Learn about PennTags, an example of social bookmarking technology made into a research tool. Developed by the University of Pennsylvania Library, PennTags is a progressive resource for storing, sharing, finding, and organizing research links. Examine how PennTags was developed and see the many ways the tool is currently used.
Presenter: Robert Cagna, Penn Biomedical Library
4:00 p.m.
The Library Will Now Be Podcast
Podcasting is an emerging technology that allows for the easy online distribution of media files. The use of podcasts for both personal broadcasting and as a media tool has grown greatly in the past couple of years. Many colleges and universities are now utilizing this technology as a method of distributing educational content. This session outlines podcasting efforts at the Georgia Perimeter College Decatur Campus Library and explores how other academic libraries are using podcasts in innovative ways for outreach and learning.
Presenter: David Free, Georgia Perimeter College
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