http://libraryvoice.com/instant-messaging/ten-points-about-im-in-libraries Libraries, Technology, Games, Learning Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://libraryvoice.com/instant-messaging/ten-points-about-im-in-libraries/comment-page-1#comment-763 library+technology smorgasbord » Keeping up with the Jones or at least chatting with them using IM… Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:02:24 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=123#comment-763 [...] I would like to say that it is easy to keep up with all of the latest trends in libraryland, but it’s not. I have been reading about and following the trend of using IM in lieu of more traditional virtual reference software for over a year. I remember Chad Boeninger down the road at OU (that’s Ohio University) talking about his experiment using AOL IM with OU’s B-School folks at OhioLINK’s 2004 Reference Rendezvous. [Read Chad’s recent post about OU’s use of IM.] [...] [...] I would like to say that it is easy to keep up with all of the latest trends in libraryland, but it’s not. I have been reading about and following the trend of using IM in lieu of more traditional virtual reference software for over a year. I remember Chad Boeninger down the road at OU (that’s Ohio University) talking about his experiment using AOL IM with OU’s B-School folks at OhioLINK’s 2004 Reference Rendezvous. [Read Chad’s recent post about OU’s use of IM.] [...]

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