Meredith's cybertour on wikis was just what the doctor ordered. Meredith covered the basics of wikis in a short period of time, including various uses of wikis and the multiple software options. Her slides area available here, and if you're looking for more, take a look at an earlier presentation that she gave for OPAL.... Continue Reading →
CIL: Wikis in Action presentation slides
I would like to say a big "thank you" to all the folks who came to the Wikis in Action session this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with you about wikis. You'll find my presentation slides at the link below. Wikis In Action: A Wiki as a Research Guide If anyone would like to continue... Continue Reading →
Temporary (I hope) Biz Wiki Outage
As I mentioned during my presentation this morning, our library completing our website overhaul this week. The change happened this evening some time, and it appears that the Biz Wiki is temporarily out of commission. So, if you're trying to get to the Biz Wiki, you may get a message that says, "... Continue Reading →
CIL: Creative Visibility: Toolbars and Game Nights
Scott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Giz Womack, Wake Forest University --------------------------- Scott FYI---I went to library school with Scott. Scott created a Firefox toolbar for his library. He had orginally worked with bookmarklets. User has to find bookmarklets and tweak them. Not very user friendly. Toolbar good for distance education have links... Continue Reading →
CIL:Weblogs as Customer Communication and Collaboration Tools
Susan Fingerman, Johns Hopkins University Christina K. Pikas, Johns Hopkins University Susan Klopper, Goizueta Business Library, Emory University Clara Hudson, University of Scranton --------------------------- Christina K. Pikas Christina talks about what ehy have done with blogs at APL. Process Current Blog Internal Blog Environment at APL: Very centralized IT management, no library servers, no lab-wide... Continue Reading →
CIL: Wikis in Action
Binghampton and Stony Brook are both using blogs for internal communication. Both discussed how a wiki can be used to facilitate internal communicaiton. Both groups mentioned the need for getting staff buyin, as well as the need for having a supportive systems staff. Binghampton talked a good deal about their training model for their staff... Continue Reading →
Computers in Libraries 2006
It's 10:00, and I'm in my hotel room. I'm exhausted, as it was a very full day. Wireless access for bloggers at the conference was not working quite right, so I took notes in NoteTab Light. The posts that follow are the notes that I took. I'm a little too fatigued at the moment to... Continue Reading →
New Features of Ask.Com
Gary Price has a post about the New Look and Features of Ask.com. In his post he writes: One problem, from a marketing standpoint, is that many people, including librarians, educators, and the general public, have spent little time paying attention to what has been going on at Ask.com. Why? Old habits and beliefs die... Continue Reading →
Librarycasting SE
This is sweet! Librarycasting SE: Screencasts, podcasts, tutorials and titles for the sciences and engineering. Librarycasting SE is a compilation of selected educational and information resources for the sciences and engineering, with a strong emphasis on new media and communication formats such as screencasts (pc screen video), video, and podcasts (audio). Resources covered include those... Continue Reading →