An interview with Edward Byrne, Senior Librarian Web Services, Dublin City Libraries:
EB: The end product was rolled out to all branch libraries in January 2008, and can be deemed a success in that it successfully meets the need to provide a single point of access to diverse resources for our users, and [...]
Michael has written for Public Libraries, Library Journal, and other library-related journals.
Publications
Books
Bradley, P. & Stephens, M. The Library Internet Trainer’s Toolkit (UK), 2002, Neal Schuman Publishers & British Library Association.
The Library Internet Trainer’s Toolkit, 2001, Neal Schuman Publishers Inc.
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http://www.netvibes.com/sljalltogethernow
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Via Hans Roes, Director of Information Resources and Multimedia at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany:
The beta test of the IRC’s first Library 2.0 Widget: jOPAC. jOPAC allows searching the library catalogue within various other platforms, such as iGoogle, Netvibes, Windows Vista Sidebar, Macintosh Dashboard, etc. Further information and installation [...]
I’ve always been fascinated by social interaction online, all the way back to 1994 when I started a discussion list for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fans on my old Mac with a dial-up connection. I didn’t know it then, but I was attempting to bring together a community–to make [...]
I’m attending a meeting this afternoon on campus as part of a discussion of emerging technologies and teaching. A few of us were given ten minutes to talk about what emerging technologies we use in our classes. I’ll be highlighting blogs and RSS (and a few other social technologies) for my segment. I’ll be [...]
Dear South Bend Tribune:
I received your letter today asking for more information as to why I canceled my subscription last week. Your letter included a brief questionnaire asking why I stopped the paper and how the customer service was when I called to cancel. Yes, [...]
Clotilde comments about using NetVibes to build a portal:
The French Lille Management School’s library had made “virtual communities” with NetVibes.
You can see for example the HR communtiy on http://www.netvibes.com/esc-lille_rh You can also visit their website 2.0 : http://mediatheque.esc-lille.fr/index.php?id=362&L=1 (in english)
A big Thank You to the folks at Information Today for granting permission to me to reprint the articles I wrote as part of the “Tech Tips for Every Librarian” department, that Rachel Singer Gordon and I took turns writing in 2006 and 2007 for Computers in Libraries magazine. I enjoyed every one I [...]
Did last year’s “FASTER IM” article fire you up for on-the-cheap virtual reference? Have you launched your own instant messaging “ask a librarian” service and added it to your workflow? Are you ready for the next step? Then read on. And don’t worry, you can use these tips to start IM in your library [...]
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