CE 500
Emerging Technologies for Librarians

Level: Beginning+
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $270 (nonmember, $475)
Attendance Maximum: None

Instructor(s): Gabriel Rios, Deputy Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama-Birmingham and Melissa De Santis, AHIP, Deputy Director, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, CO

Offered: Friday, May 15, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Our patrons are increasingly integrating mobile and web-based technologies into daily practice. It is essential for librarians to investigate, experiment, and utilize these technologies to meet users where they are. Topics to be discussed include: podcasting, social networking, GPS, collaborative tools, devices (iPhones, Googlephones (G1), smartphones, Blackberrys, iPods, Kindles), and methods for keeping up to date.