This 90-minute workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 4:00pm Eastern.
The
subject guide has been a valuable tool for school and academic
librarians for decades, first as a print resource and more recently as
web pages and web-based documents. In this ALA TechSource Workshop,
Buffy Hamilton of The Unquiet Library will show how to revitalize the
subject guide as a dynamic, customizable, social resource by integrating
it into the web.
Topics include:
- How to use free resources such as widgets, RSS feeds, mashups, cloud computing, videos, and social bookmarking to create streams of quality information
- Understanding the concept of social scholarship
- How to use non-traditional social media sources of information such as blogs, Twitter streams, podcasts, and YouTube in your subject guides
- Free and subscription-based tools you can use to host these information portals/research guides
Instructor(s)
Buffy Hamilton is the Learning Strategist for the Cleveland
Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, she was a high school
librarian and teacher at The Unquiet Library in Canton, Georgia. Buffy
has over twenty years of experience in public education as a high school
English teacher, technology integration specialist, and librarian. Her
interests include social media, participatory learning and culture,
ethnographic studies, digital composition, personal learning
environments, critical pedagogy, and social scholarship. She was a 2011
Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and blogs at The Unquiet Librarian and
ALA Learning.
Fee
Registration is $50 for individuals and $100 for groups.
How to Register
Registration for this ALA TechSource Workshop is available on the ALA Store. You can purchase registration at both individual and group rates. This 90-minute workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 4:00pm Eastern.
