Putting the

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Putting the We back in the Web, and Other Road
Tales from the Information HighwayPresented
byMarsha Lustigman Karen Ulric
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• The Millenials at work in the
  Library.
  
  

The millenials and handheld media sources such
as camera phones, blackberries,
etc. Explosion in social networking
MySpace, FaceBook, etc.
Should librarians be gatekeepers or enablers?
(David Weinberger, NECC 2005)
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Digital Natives or Digital Immigrants?

• Overview of Web 2.0
• Blogs, wikis, rss
• Social or collaborative web

• Wikipedia as a research tool
• Librarians as gatekeepers or enablers

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Wiki for Avi Chai Librarians

• www.pbwiki.com

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Using Wikipedia to teach research methods.

• What is free about Wikipedia and why?

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• Wikipedia is a global and multilingual
  Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia.
  It exists as a wiki, a type of website that
  allows visitors to edit its content the word
  Wikipedia itself is a portmanteau of wiki and
  encyclopedia and is often abbreviated to WP by
  its users.
• Wikipedia is written collaboratively by
  volunteers (Wikipedians) allowing most articles
  to be changed by anyone with access to a
  computer, web browser and Internet connection.
• Wikipedia has more than 3,800,000 articles in
  many languages, including more than 1,145,000 in
  the English-language version.
• There are over 200 language editions of
  Wikipedia, around 130 of which are active,
  including Hebrew.

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Wikipedia verifiability

• Neutral point of view
• Include only verifiable information
• No original research
• Citing sources

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• Selecting the Best Sources for Your Research
• Authority
• Who wrote it?
• How can you tell if an article is legitimate or
  not using standard reference sources?
• Using Wikipedia?

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• Selecting the Best Sources for
• Your Research
• Accuracy
• Are the facts and documentation
  well-researched?
• Is there a bibliography or list of sources upon
  which these facts are based?

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• Selecting the Best Sources for Your Research
• Currency
• Are the facts up-to-date?

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• Selecting the Best Sources for Your Research.
• Content
• Is the writing simple or in-depth?
• Is there a list of sources or links to other
  websites which provide further information on the
  subject?

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Bialik Library Wiki Page
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Gatekeepers or Enablers?