Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $285 (nonmember, $430)
Attendance Maximum: 24

Instructor(s): Sharon Dennis, Technology Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Midcontinental and Pacific Southwest Regions, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah-Salt Lake City

Offered: Wednesday, May 21, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

By the end of the class, participants will be well equipped to create a blog for communicating with patrons and to use a wiki in a collaborative setting. Participants will learn basic blog and wiki technology, the important differences between and appropriate usages for blogs and wikis, and potential uses in a health sciences library setting. Participants will gain hands-on experience creating and editing a blog using blogger.com as well as editing a wiki using online wiki software.