Wed 6 Dec 2006
Talk to your librarians
Posted by Chad under Instant Messaging
A couple of colleagues are using meebo as method to “Talk to your librarians.” They’re using the meebo widget which is displayed prominently on the Communications Blog and on both of their contact pages (here and here). I’ve had the meebo widget on my Business Blog for a couple of months now, and I’ve actually had a few people contact me that way. I’m hoping that my colleagues’ widgets really take off, and I am very much encouraged by their pioneering effort in offering this new service. I’ll try to post more on this later as the service grows.

December 13th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
[...] The other day I came across an entry regarding the use of meebo as a communication platform for Librarians and their patrons. That reminded that I’d been meaning to try Twitter, since most reports I’d seen of it suggested that trying it was the best way to figure out what it really was. The fact that it came from the same folks that brought us Odeo piqued my interest even more. Well, I’ve tried it, and I kind of like it. If you’ve got a moment, give it a shot. [...]