How do you relate with the Millennium Generation who constantly interact, form networks, gather information, and assess reliability of information? Explore ideas on what types of information services will be relevant to the new generation of workers and how info pros can build a presence in the social network sites that the Millennium Generation use in order to effect relevant outreach to this group.

This cybertour presents multimedia web resources for all types of gaming in all types of libraries: informational resources, review sites, and even game design tools. Put the fun into your library with tips from this cybertour.

Drupal is a free, open source web content management system that has been gaining interest in the library world. Drupal offers a flexible modular configuration that allows website creators to incorporate functionality such as content description, blogs, forums, tagging, groups, and more! This intro gives you the basics on Drupal and demos some Drupal-based library websites.

Join our finding expert for tips and tools for getting the most out of your, or your clients’, mobile devices.

Hear about an innovative federated search solution that integrates several cutting-edge technologies in order to provide increased retrieval precision, relevancy, and productivity for its users. This cybertour demonstrates how semantic searching is utilized at every step of the federated search process: automatic query enhancement, semantic search result clustering, information mashups, and more.

This cybertour provides tips to use for raising a library’s profile through hyperlocal social networking sites.

This how-to presentation shows you how to start with a digital camera and a scanner, and end with a full website complete with word search capability, OAI-PMH server, and archive stability test. See how to do this in under 20 minutes and all with free downloaded software.

Podcasting is a low-cost, innovative way to reach out to users and supplement in-person teaching. Get tips on setting up a podcasting program, ideas for content, ways to integrate podcasts with other instructional activities, free and inexpensive podcast technologies, pitfalls to avoid, and incorporating podcasts into iTunes U.

Clay Shirky said, “Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.” Wikipedia has now reached that stage. We take its usage for granted, but what can we learn from its popularity and creation process? Is it redefining knowledge as we know it? This cybertour highlights ways in which Wikipedia is being used, the nitty-gritty details of how it is edited, and discusses implications for information professionals as we design and direct individuals to information sources.

With the increasing amount of real-time information sources on the web (FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook) and new services enabling more and more instant communication (pubsub, CloudRSS), library services need to start thinking about how to deal with the real-time web. Come see what the buzz is about with Jason Griffey as he explains why the real-time web changes library services.

Get up-to-speed on Web 2.0 tools, how to utilize them to get the word out about your skills, and how the tools can benefit potential employers and/or clients. This cybertour shares tips and tools for ramping up an independent consulting business or finding another job.

Do you work with colleagues who aren’t in your building, or even your city? Come get tips for working on projects or services with people you may never see using free and for fee tools.

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