Library and Information Technology Association’s 2008 National Forum, “Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library”

Store Music Online @ MP3tunes.com (25GB of free space)

For music educators wishing to store music online for download, conduct lectures, etc, MP3tunes might be a good online service to consider using, since it offers up to 25GB of your music files free of charge.   I have not evaluated this service, but I think it’s worth investigating.

Google’s Lively Challenges Second Life

Lively, a new 3D social spaces tool created by Google.  It lets users create and personalize avatars and their own virtual rooms.  Lively users can embed rooms in their websites, blogs, Facebook, MySpace, etc.  To access Lively beta, go to www.lively.com.

Ustream.tv

I am currently experimenting this new video streaming or live broadcast tool for possible use by libraries. Best of all, it’s free. You can experience live video broadcast, chat online with the audience, etc.

About Ustream.tv (http://www.ustream.tv/about)

Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand.

What I Learned from ALA 2008 Conference

My weekend at the ALA conference at Anaheim was filled with excitement and got to meet lots of librarians. I had the opportunity to attend numerous presentations conducted by librarians (or techies) and decided to provide some highlights of the topics presented.

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BIGWIG ’s 2008 Social Software Showcase.

• Citation Bookmarking Tools – Lorena O’English
• Community Building & Experience – David Lee King
• Apps in Facebook & Opensocial, and Why Librarians Should Pay Attention – Rachel Vacek
• LibGuides – Cindi Trainor
• Video 2.0 and the new Media Revolution – Jason Griffey
• Niche Social Networks: The Power of Yarn – Katie Dunneback
• OpenID – Robin Hastings
• VuFind : Social Features – Chris Barr
• WorldCat API, Social Software, and making things easier – David Walker
• WorldCat Local: Social Features – Jennifer L. Ward
• WorldCat Widget for WordPress – Karen A. Coombs

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Sarah’s Top Technology Trends – virtual presentation for ALA 2008

1. Bandwith
2. Sustainability
3. Looking away from the bright shiny things and at ourselves instead
4. Catalogs
5. Open Access Content

See complete details at:

http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/06/sarahs-top-tech.html

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Tech Trends at ALA

June 19th, 2008 by Eric Lease Morgan

1. “Bling” in your website
2. Data sets
3. Institutional repositories
4. Mobile devices
5. Net Neutrality
6. “Next generation” library catalogs
7. Open Access Publishing
8. Social networking
9. Web Services-based APIs

More at:

http://litablog.org/2008/06/19/top-tech-trends-for-ala-summer-08/