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HOT TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARIES
DEDCC Brown Bag
Friday, February 25, 2005
Hampshire College's ASH Auditorium
noon-1 pm

Come learn a little bit about three hot technologies
Librarians & others will talk for 10-15 minutes, leaving time for questions and discussion.

Topics to be covered:
RFID -- What is it and what can it do for us? -- Jan Jourdain, Amherst

Blogs -- What are they? What are the implications for libraries? -- Cynthia Conz, UMass, journalism student & avid blogger

ContentDM -- What is it? How might a library/faculty collaboration with this digital object management system work? -- Bryan Goodwin, Mount Holyoke

For brief background on the topics, see:

RFID Technology for Libraries

Throw Another Blog on the Wire: Libraries and the Weblogging Phenomena

CONTENTdm: New Life for Special Collections

If you went to ALA and saw a demo or heard about one of these or another hot topic, come to the brown bag & tell us your impressions!

Map of Hampshire: http://www.hampshire.edu/cms_html/map.shtml
Park in the ASH parking lot.

Bring your own lunch & beverage and join the discussion.

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	Special Events HOT TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARIES DEDCC Brown Bag Friday, February 25, 2005 Hampshire College's ASH Auditorium noon-1 pm Come learn a little bit about three hot technologies Librarians & others will talk for 10-15 minutes, leaving time for questions and discussion. Topics to be covered: RFID -- What is it and what can it do for us? -- Jan Jourdain, Amherst Blogs -- What are they? What are the implications for libraries? -- Cynthia Conz, UMass, journalism student & avid blogger ContentDM -- What is it? How might a library/faculty collaboration with this digital object management system work? -- Bryan Goodwin, Mount Holyoke For brief background on the topics, see: RFID Technology for Libraries Throw Another Blog on the Wire: Libraries and the Weblogging Phenomena CONTENTdm: New Life for Special Collections If you went to ALA and saw a demo or heard about one of these or another hot topic, come to the brown bag & tell us your impressions! Map of Hampshire: http://www.hampshire.edu/cms_html/map.shtml Park in the ASH parking lot. Bring your own lunch & beverage and join the discussion.