[Libs-Or] FW: CLS MSALDG topic/announcement

[Pollitz, John]

Greetings!

 

Please join the ACRL-CLS Medium-Sized Academic Library Discussion Group at ALA Midwinter
on Sunday 1/21, 10:30-12:30 PM
at W. Seattle room: Studio 1

 

To discuss the following topic:

 

>From F2F to MySpace: New Tools for Connecting with Our Students?

 

Librarians give great face-to-face service, but how do we take advantage of social software tools to make our resources even more available to students? All the news tells us that our students are using Web 2.0 services more than ever. Which ones offer a real solution for libraries connecting with students and which are great fun but not related to our mission? What services does your library use and what have you discarded?  

 

To stimulate your thinking on these issues, check out the following links:

"Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace" at http://www.danah.org/papers/AAAS2006.html

"Social Software >> Social Revolution" at http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/01/03/social-software-social-revolution/ 

IL 2006: What's Hot & New with Social Software at http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/10/il_2006_whats_h.html

And for a lighter look at MySpace, see John Stewart's Daily Show gig:  http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=59182

 

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John Pollitz
Associate University Librarian 
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
John.Pollitz at oregonstate.edu

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