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Topic Ideas for Social Software Showcase
Dropbox is the Bomb
I use Dropbox, a crossplatform solution, exclusively for files and file sharing. Could tie in the cloud computing topic too.
iPhone Apps
Building and using an iPhone app.
Leveraging Yelp
Should we use Yelp to market the library and the services? How do you get comments and feedback since you shouldn't do so as an employee?
Pecha Kucha
What it is, Why it is, and let's do it. Pecha Kucha all around...
Personal Learning Environments
PLE = the combination of tools and people that we use to learn.
Everyone has a PLE, but many LITA members have a PLE with a much bigger online compenent than most librarians.
What core tools are used?
What are some quirky tools?
What issues about privacy, time spent, identity do they raise?
Is the library user with a sophisticated online PLE any different to others and how can libraries serve them?
Proactive reference
In the new information economy, libraries are going to have to insert themselves into the information flow of their patrons. This will mean monitoring services like FriendFeed and Twitter in the same way that corporations do now, and proactively seeking to answer questions. How can libraries take part in this new way of providing reference services?
There's a module for that.
So much of what we present and talk about is how to use social software to connect with our patrons, our community, our peers outside our own institutions.
But social software, and open source software that allows for collaboration within the library has become an essential tool for breaking up the "silos" and spreading knowledge and communication to all. Social software is the most beneficial tool for staff planning, scheduling, and communication in mid-size to large libraries, and only recently has become affordable, and configurable by novices (and librarians!).
