Special Events & Continuing Education

Module A: Accessing reliable consumer health information resources via MEDLINEPlus and NIH Senior Health
Module B: Accessing the primary professional medical and healthcare literature via PubMed
Module C: Accessing and evaluating complementary and alternative healthcare information
Module D: Accessing Spanish-language health information resources (for non-Spanish speakers)

Web 2.0 and Online Communities

Web 2.0 and Online Communities

Friday, April 25, 2008
Hartford Public Library (directions)

PART 1 - PRESENTATION
9:00-11:00 a.m., HPL Main Floor
Free and open to the public - No registration required

PART 2 - INSTRUCTION
11:00 a.m.-noon, HPL Computer Lab
Registration required

Web 2.0, social networking, bookmarking, RSS feeds, wikis: what are they and how can you use them personally and professionally? How can social software tools be used to connect with the massive online community that has emerged with Web 2.0? Find out at this two-part program co-sponsored by the Hartford Public Library and CLC.

In Part 1, Ellyssa Kroski, an expert on emerging technologies and their applications, will discuss Web 2.0 and show examples of how libraries and librarians are using these technologies.

In Part 2, registered participants will move to the computer lab to receive guided instruction in creating and using social networking and bookmarking tools, RSS feeds, and wikis.

Ellyssa Kroski is a self-described "emerging tech information consultant / librarian / writer / speaker / instructor." She blogs on ilibrarian and InfoTangle. Ellyssa's book, Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals, was published this year.

Last update: March 16, 2008