Simmons ASIS&T News & Events
The GSLIS Technology Group Presents
with Simmons ASIS&T & GSLIS Tech Lab
Emerging Technologies Workshop Series
Various dates
GSLIS Technology Lab, P-213
This series of workshops will cover some of the newest technologies being used in the Library and Information Science field. Come find out more and maybe even try some out yourself! All levels welcome.
All workshops will take place in the Tech Lab Classroom and will last about an hour. ASIS&T members interested in helping to develop any of these workshops, please contact Alison Cody (alison.cody@simmons.edu).
How to Set Up an RSS Aggregator
- March 21, 6pm
- March 30, 1pm
Handouts from the workshop, courtesy of Alison Cody:
- Introduction to RSS handout (92KB)
This handout is an introduction to RSS, including resources to learn more and instructions to set up a MyYahoo! or Google personalized homepage. These pages are a great way to monitor your favorite newspapers and blogs — as well as your e-mail — in one glance. - RSS Bloglines handout (24KB)
This handout walks you through setting up Bloglines, a web-based RSS aggregator, including importing feeds to several library-related blogs. The flip side has a list of tips and tricks to get the most out of Bloglines.
Social Bookmarking & Tagging
- April 6, 6pm
- April 10, 1pm
Podcasting & Internet Radio
- April 11, 6pm
- April 19, 1pm
- Handout for the Podcasting and Internet Radio Workshop (114KB)
- Slides for the Podcasting and Internet Radio Workshop (4.8MB)
...and the GSLIS Podcast page! eowyn.simmons.edu/loudblog
HTML & CSS
- April 20, 6pm
- April 24, 1pm
Wikis
- April 25, 6pm
- May 3, 1pm
Buying Technology Gadgets
- May 4, 6pm
- May 8, 1pm
updated May 22, 2006 by Frances McConihe