Opportunity and Innovation in the Information Needs of Millennials By Shawnta Smith June 19th, 2009...

Opportunity and Innovation in the Information Needs of

Millennials

By Shawnta SmithJune 19th, 2009

Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries

Changing the way we read…

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from            Julia McIntyre <squirrelseatingmango@gmail.com>to                shawntasmith <shawntasmith@gmail.com>date            Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 3:47 PMsubject        I have a reference questionmailed-by    gmail.com Hi Shawn,

I'm doing research for my thesis on cultivating lesbian identity through art. I was wondering if you know how I can conduct some of my research.

I need something quick, in multiple formats, and that I can share.

Best, Julia

Opportunities and Innovations of Millenials

• Time Efficient Communication -Chatting & Document Management Software

• Multi-Formatted -A single reference question can have an answer with various formats

• Social Networking -Content Management Systems & Resource Sharing

3:52 PM    me:

3:53 PM  Julia:  

Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency

 3:56 PM    me:

3:57 PM   Julia:  

3:57 PM    me:

Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency

Document Management Software (Examples)

• XythosXythos –Provides document and file management software solutions and a subsidiary of Blackboard Inc. (1997).

• YouSendItYouSendIt –(2004) Digital Content Delivery Company whose mission is to build a global digital delivery platform empowering businesses to send, track, and receive files on-demand.

• Desire2LearnDesire2Learn (D2L) –(1999) Web-based learning management system (has a dropbox tool which acts as an intranet for file transfers).

• Google Documents –Google Documents –Project of Google(1998) where file-sharing up to 10MB is free for gmail account holders.

• XythosXythos –Provides document and file management software solutions and a subsidiary of Blackboard Inc. (1997).

• YouSendItYouSendIt –(2004) Digital Content Delivery Company whose mission is to build a global digital delivery platform empowering businesses to send, track, and receive files on-demand.

• Desire2LearnDesire2Learn (D2L) –(1999) Web-based learning management system (has a dropbox tool which acts as an intranet for file transfers).

• Google Documents –Google Documents –Project of Google(1998) where file-sharing up to 10MB is free for gmail account holders.

Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency

Why not GoogleDocs filesharing? When file-sharing a PDF, You CANNOT... • Share the PDF itself

 • Upload a PDF larger than 10MB

 • Share PDFs with mailing lists

 • Publish a PDF so that anyone can view it

 • Share a PDF with someone who does not have a Gmail

Account

Opportunity and Innovation #1 Time Efficiency

4:02 PM    me:

4:00 PM  Julia:  

Great let me walk you through it!

Scroll down past the literature review, and past the methodology to page 46.

There is a great index and appendix too.

Shawn, I’ve just opened the document!

It’s huge!

Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats

Barnes, Sherri L. “Lesbian Subjectivities: Theorizing, Critiquing, Personalizing” Black American Feminisms: A Multi-Disciplinary Bibliography. 2007. University of California Santa Barbara Libraries 25 April 2007 <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/ subjects/blackfeminism/>.

SOURCES on Queer Theories for the Production of Lesbian of Color Identity Formation

through Literature, Art or Documentation

CONTEXT

• Literature

• Visual art (paintings, film, photography)

• Performance Art (theatre, music, plays)

• Identity Discourse, Identity Formation, and Documentation

Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats

SOURCES on Queer Theories for the Production of Lesbian of Color Identity Formation

through Literature, Art or Documentation

• Monographs• Primary Sources• Encyclopedias • Bibliographies

• Anthologies • Websites • On-line Databases• Archival Material

FORMAT

Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats

Opportunity and Innovation #2 Multiple Formats

4:21 PM    me:

4:20 PM  Julia:  

No Problem, it was fun!

Shawn, thanks for walking me through the info.

4:25 PM  Julia:  One more thing. I’d like to show my professors and colleagues these sources, how do you suggest I share the info?

4:21 PM    me:Hmm, there’s plenty of ways…

Friendster

Opportunity and Innovation #3 Social Networking

Twitter

Yola

LiveJournal

Tumblr

Linkedin

Myspace

Social Networking

Facebook

Ning

Tweets

Blogs

Content Management Systems

Wordpress

Websites

Which one do we use?

Opportunity and Innovation #3 Social Networking

• Professor’s at Marquette used Titter!

• Julia and I used Yola.com!

Opportunity and Innovation #3 Social Networking

6:02 PM    me:

6:00 PM  Julia:  

Great!Can’t wait to see it. Well, gotta go.

Thanks Shawn, that was super fun. I’m gonna use Yola.com for my personal site too!

6:03 PM  Julia:  TTYL!