Professional Documents
Culture Documents
UMASS Boston
April 2010
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What is The Public Humanities
Toolbox?
A framework (or toolbox) of free or inexpensive Web 2.0 applications
to build a more engaging web presence
Explains uses and “how-tos” for blogs, wikis, Google Maps, Flickr
(photographs), Scribd (documents), Facebook, Twitter, podcasting,
and more
http://publichumanitiestoolbox.wordpress.com
Download the complete handbook for free
Find examples of tools in use
Download this entire presentation starting this evening
+ What do we mean by “framework”?
Scribd
Google Maps
Wikis
Facebook& Social
Networking
Twitter
Podcasting
Library Thing
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WordPress
Upload your photos; allow your users to view, comment, make notes,
share with their friends, even “favorite” items in your collection
Uses:
Promote current or upcoming exhibits (tease with a few items in the
collection)
Draw viewers’ attention to details by making notes on items
Collect information about unknown items in your collection
Embed items hosted in Flickr in your blog or on Google Maps
Collect tags labeling items; share a tag cloud showing your collection’s
strengths
Easily collect data about view counts and what sites and search terms are
helping users find your content
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Google Maps
Works for all file types (Word, Excel, PDF, Power Point)
Share…
Educational resources: lesson plans, registration forms
Transcriptions
Brochures and other literature
Meeting minutes, annual reports, other organizational literature
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Twitter
“Micro-blogging”
Some organizations worry about “letting go” of their expertise: will they
need us if we let them have our “stuff”?
Availability? Accessibility?
Self-Assessment
Where are you now? Where is your staff? What do you know how to do?
What do you need to learn to achieve your goals?
Page 11-12 of the Handbook
Map it out
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Social media is like a
free kitten:
easy to get one,
A piece of advice
but then you have to
take care of it!
+ Thanks!
Leah Nahmias (leah_nahmias@yahoo.com)
Twitter.com/lnahmias
Al Lees (aelees@mac.com)
http://publichumanitiestoolbox.wordpress.com
+ How the Public Humanities Toolbox evolved