Comments on: TTW Mailbox: Rural Library Needs 2.0 Help

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:21:55 +0000

Is your “snag” that you don’t have technical support or that you don’t have the right hardware and Internet connections?

By: Walt Lessun

Walt Lessun — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:30:14 +0000

Looks like John and I share the same boat: rural. Plus, I’m in Michigan…Please share your ideas. http://rlc2007.blogspot.com/ has some information; http://freerangelibrarian.com/ is good, too. Naturally, Jessamyn West at http://www.librarian.net/ is exceptionally good.

By: Julie Hildebrand

Julie Hildebrand — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:27:21 +0000

You did not mention if you have a website…if not an easy way to start is by creating a blog…Blogger is very easy to set up. Patrons can leave comments, you can post pictures, and link to other sites. You can use Shelfari to list new books. Check out our website at the Independence Public Library in Independence, Kansas, http://www.iplks.org. Notice the link for the Visions of the Universe exhibit…that is a blogger blog, so is the Staff Favorite Picks, the Directors Blog, the Kids Buzz, the Teen Tech Week blog and more. You will also see Shelfari is used for our new fiction, non-fiction, and YA books. As far as tagging records we recently started using a Koha catalog where patrons can tag items, but they are not using it much yet. I created and update our website and staff members keep their blogs updated. Please feel free to contact me at julie.hildebrand@iplks.org.