Conference Toolkit

New Technologies: Libraries & Beyond SEFLIN Regional Conference July 30, 2009

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These links and resources are provided by SEFLIN and the Conference speakers and presenters. Enjoy further exploration of the topics you learned about at the SEFLIN 2009 Regional Conference. See the Conference Program for descriptions of the Conference presentations.

See photos on Flickr as SEFLIN Photo's New Technologies Conference 2009

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View the 2009 New Technologies Conference Evaluation Survey Results

Morning General Session:

Keynote Address:

Library automation after Web 2.0: Integrating Social Networking Concepts into the Library Infrastructure
  Presented by: Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University

• Vist the Library Technology Guides at: http://www.librarytechnology.org/

SEFLIN Technology Update:
  Presented by: Charles Mayberry, Director of Information Services at SEFLIN

• New Technology Services for SEFLIN Members -- slide presentation:  http://connect.seflin.org/seftechupdt/
• Login to use the new Web 2.0 tools on the SEFLIN Staff Networking Directory at: http://www.seflin.org
• Visit the Sunshine Library Card Web Site at: http://www.seflin.org/sunshinecard/

Social Media Literacy: Connecting With Twitter, Blogs, Facebook, and More
  Stephen Grubb, Programs Supervisor at Broward County Library

• View the Social Media Literacy conference presentation on Slideshare
• Stephen Grubb has organized all of the links for this session on Delicious at: http://delicious.com/stephenkg

Using LibGuides
  Alicia Ellison, Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus & Joanne Cameron, Palm Beach Community College

• Visit LibGuides, a Web 2.0 platform for all types of libraries at: http://www.springshare.com/libguides/
• Also see the Using LibGuides (for Librarians) online pathfinder at: http://libguides.hccfl.edu/ccla_webcast
• And see the Leap Into LibGuides page at: http://www.pbcc.libguides.com/seflin2009

Tablet Computers for Public Service
  Maria Crespi, Victor Hernandez, Charles Roig & Jennifer Dewsnap Shipley, Miami-Dade Public Library System

• View the conference slide presentation.
• PC Magazine
  Tablet PCs (Summary)  http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,2379,00.asp
• the gadgeteer
  the gadgeteer  http://the-gadgeteer.com/
• OQO – Ultra Mobile PC
  OQO  http://www.oqo.com/
  OQO Model 01+ Ultra Personal Computer 
  http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/01/23/oqo_model_01_ultra_personal_computer/
  Hands-On with the OLED-Blessed OQO model 02+  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2338334,00.asp
  OQO model 02  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2079384,00.asp
• Fujitsu
  Fujitsu  http://www.fujitsu.com
  Fujitsu LifeBook U820  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335963,00.asp
• Dell
  Dell  http://www.dell.com/
  Hands On with the Dell Inspiron Mini 10   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341321,00.asp
  Dell Intros Latitude XT2 Multitouch Tablet  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340668,00.asp
• Lenovo
  Lenovo  http://www.lenovo.com/
• Motion Computing
  Montion Computing http://www.motioncomputing.com
  Motion Computing F5  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2271755,00.asp

Social Media: Gems from Computers In Libraries 2009
  Prepared by Karen Coussey, Computer Center Supervisor at Broward County Library, Weston Branch Library
  Presented by Loria Hyatt, Computer Center Supervisor at Broward County Library, African American Research Library and Cultural Center

• Visit Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com; and see the following examples of library Facebook pages
• West Palm Beach Public Library
  http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Palm-Beach-FL/West-Palm-Beach-Public-Library/27487304991
• Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
  http://www.facebook.com/TopekaLibrary
• University of South Florida - Tampa
  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tampa-FL/University-of-South-Florida-Tampa-Library/14210035643
• Visit Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com
• Also see the Twitter Guide Book at: http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
• For other technology topics visit the Computers in Libraries 2009 'Tracking the Conference' page for blog posts, Del.icio.us Bookmarks and Slideshare Slideshows at: http://cil2009.pbworks.com/

The “Open World” - Getting to Free and Reliable Resources (presented in English)
El Mundo Abierto - Dónde Encontrar Recursos Confiables De Acceso Libre, Y Cómo Aprovechar De Los Mismos
  (Presented In Spanish)
  Nicholas Cop, Lecturer and Consultant

• View the conference slide presentation.
• Directories & Indeces
  Index to OAI (Open Archives Initiative compliant) repositories world-wide. It harvests records from all OAI repositories it encounters. http://www.oaister.org
  Directory of Open Access journals. http://www.doaj.org
  Directory of Open Access repositories in the world. http://roar.eprints.org
  Directory of Open Access repositories in the world. http://www.opendoar.org
  Spanish academic journals. http://dialnet.unirioja.es
  Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine. Has citation statistics for articles. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
  Engineering, Computer Science and Physics. http://g118.grainger.uiuc.edu/engroai 
• E-journal, article and thesis repositories
  Latin American, Caribbean, Portuguese and Spanish journals in all disciplines. http://www.redalyc.org
  Latin American and Caribbean journals in all disciplines. http://www.scielo.org
  Latin America and the Caribbean Virtual Health Library. http://www.bireme.br 
  Latin American journals in English in social sciences(SciELO). http://socialsciences.scielo.org
  Brazilian theses http://bdtd.ibict.br
  Brazilian academic journals. http://oasisbr.ibict.br
  Journals in biology, health and medicine. http://www.biomedcentral.com
  Journals in chemistry. http://www.chemistrycentral.com
  Journals in physics and mathematics. http://www.physmathcentral.com
  Pre-prints in physics, mathematics, computing and quantitative biology. http://arxiv.org
  Articles in psuchology and linguistics. http://cogprints.org
  Journals in biomedicine and life sciences. http://www.pubmedcentral.org
  Legal journals and databases from one hudred and twenty three countries. http://WWW.WORLDLII.ORG
  Journals in medicine, biology and sciences. http://www.plosjournals.org
  Journals in all areas. Refers to Open Acesss and commercial journals. http://www.highwire.org
  Journal of cartography, geography and geology. http://www.journalofmaps.com
  Research Papers in Economics. Artícles in economics. http://repec.org
• News about events and trends in Open Access
  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html
• Sites about free or Open Access resources
  http://www.resourceshelf.com/
  http://www.docuticker.com/
• Creative Commons licences
  http://creativecommons.org

Web Based Conferencing Using SEFLIN Connect Online Meeting Service
  Charles Mayberry, Director of Information Services at SEFLIN

• View the conference slide presentation at: http://connect.seflin.org/sefconnect730/
• For information about SEFLIN Connect, the Web Based Conferencing service for SEFLIN members, visit: http://www.seflin.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.ConnectRes
• Also see the SEFLIN Connect Training 2009 blog
  http://www.seflin.org/slsd/apps/blog/dspBlog.cfm?blogid=13

Going Mobile with Library Services
  Rich Ackerman, Director of Electronic Resources and Web Services & Carrie Gits, Assistant Director of Reference at Nova Southeastern University

• Click for links to handouts for this session, plus recommended reading, and more:  http://www.nova.edu/library/seflin/mobilelibrarytalk.html

A Rose is a Rose... A Book is a Book
  Brian Kelley, Estaline Rogers & Colleen Shaffer, Palm Beach Community College

• View the Kindle e-Book Readers in the Library Web page at: http://pbcc.libguides.com/kindle
• Also view the Kindle @ PBCC blog at: http://kindlepbcc.blogspot.com/

Second Life and Your Library
  Nicholas Cop, Lecturer & Consultant

• View the conference presentation - Part 1
  View the conference presentation - Part 2
  View the conference presentation - Part 3
• Sign up for free at Second Life, an online virtual world imagined and created by its residents, at: http://secondlife.com/
• Alliance Library System
  Alliance Library System http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com
  Libraries in Second Life blog http://infoisland.org/
  Info Island (Reference area in-world) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info Island International/116/237/33
• Tutorials on Building in Second Life
  Tutorials on the web http://secondlife.com/showcase/tutorials/
  Ivory Tower Library of Primitives (in-world)  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/175/174/26
• Tutorials on Scripting in Second Life
  College of Scripting Music and Science (in-world) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horsa/45/242/85
• Free Stuff (Clothing, Furniture, Buildings, Houses, Textures, Jewelry, etc.)
  Yadni’s Junkyard (in-world) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Leda/214/25/53
  Freebie Heaven (in-world) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sooseunhwa/30/95/59
• Romatic Video on Virtual Worlds
  Worldbuilder http://www.branitvfx.com/worldbuilder/index.html

Sponsors:

HW Wilson

• Wilsonweb http://www.hwwilson.com

Lyrasis

• Visit the Lyrasis home page at: http://www.lyrasis.org/
• Also see the Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative at: http://www.lyrasis.org/Products-and-Services/Digital-Services/Mass-Digitization-Collaborative.aspx

Neal-Schuman Publishers

• Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc http://www.neal-schuman.com/
• Neal-Schuman Professional Education Network http://neal-schumanpen.com