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WELCOME TO THE ITHACA COLLEGE LIBRARY!

The library then and now:

• Learn how students research more efficiently today using online books and journals
• Learn how the library is using new Web 2.0 technologies to support research and learning
• Ask any questions about library services

BOOKS

• Then: use the print Encyclopedia Britannica; Now: the Encyclopedia Britannica is online
• Then: use a card catalog; Now: the catalog is online  - the subject United States History 1919-1933 can be linked to in a second!
• Then: books were print only; Now: Ebrary: we have access to over 70,000 online books available 24/7.  Here is United States History 1919-1933 in Ebrary.

JOURNALS

• Then: journals were found using paper indexes; Now: the library subscribes to numerous databases that have fulltext online access.  Here is one of our basic databases Academic Search Premier.  Try a search on Prohibition and History. Here is what the library holds for the New Yorker magazine.  Students may find themselves looking at micro, print or online these days dependent on the years.

HISTORICAL NEWS AND RESEARCH

• Then: older newspapers and journals were either bound or on microfilm; Now: although we still use microfilm readers, more historical sources are available online.  Here is the Historic New York Times. Try a search for: ("rudolph valentino") AND (prettiest)
• Then: you would have to visit a research library to see certain older books; Now: Google Books has digitized books outside of copyright. They've recently added LIFE magazine.  Here is a search result for full text materials with the keyword jazz in the interwar years.

• Ask Us  is our reference service page. Students can contact us via email, phone, or instant messanger.
• Tell Us is where you can ask a question or make a suggestion about library services.       
  
• Meebo Live questions answered quickly by a reference librarian or student assistant via instant messenger.
  
• Facebook  Students can receive alerts about jobs and other library news.

• Communications & Legal Studies: Find it @ IC Library Posted on my research guides (such as Journalism) under “blogs”. Information on communications, legal studies, & the library.
• Video tutorials  Kris Shanton, Music Librarian, posted to Flash guides to her Music Research page.
• Pinboard   Librarians link to groups of tags to collate videos on popular topics. See the "Art Related DVDs" list of Jenny Strickland, Art Librarian
• Course Guides  Jim Bondra, Business Librarian, created this online Research Guide to SWOT Analysis.
  
• FAQ  Frequently asked questions at the reference desk will be searchable from the library's homepage in a question and answer format.  Here is an example by John Henderson, Social Sciences Librarian.
  
• Widgets  Faculty can embed these widgets into a Course Management System, Blackboard, or a course website. They will provide basic instruction on how to critically think about information. The widgets were created by Ron Gilmour (Science Librarian) and Brian Saunders (Humanities Librarian).
  

• myHome@ithaca  Set up RSS feeds to favorite news sources – including my blog!
• YouTube
  Ithaca Library site: http://www.youtube.com/ithacalibrary 
  Ithaca College site: http://www.youtube.com/ithacacollege
• iTunes U (requires an I.C. email to login)  The library has posted segments from our Archives’s Oral History Project (interviews with retired faculty and administrators). You can stream the audio directly from our Archives page, too: http://www.ithacalibrary.com/ohistory/

This video was created using the library's archives as part of the IC Stories project.

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•  Affiliations: Facebook, Friendster, MySpace
•  Expressions: videos, zines, mash-ups
•  Collaborative problem solving: Wikipedia
•  Circulations: flow of media: podcasts & blogs

Jenkins, H., & John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. (2006). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture Media Education for the 21st Century. Chicago: MacArthur Foundation.

“Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applications to users. Other improved functionality of Web 2.0 includes open communication with an emphasis on Web-based communities of users, and more open sharing of information. Over time Web 2.0 has been used more as a marketing term than a computer-science-based term. Blogs, wikis, and Web services are all seen as components of Web 2.0.”

Key: focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online