CE500 Emerging Technologies for Librarians

Level: Beginning+
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $290 (nonmember, $520)
Attendance Maximum: None

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

Offered: Friday, May 21, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 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 their users where they are and to increase access to timely and relevant health information at the point of need. Topics discussed include: geolocation, social media, podcasting, collaboration tools, social networking, new devices (iPhones, G1-Google phones, Blackberrys, smartphones, iPods, Kindles), and methods for keeping up to date.