Tame The Web

In the October issue of CIL, Rachel helps librarians keep in the know:

We can use blogs to market our institutions; we can also use them as an integral component in our personal professional development plans. Perhaps not surprisingly, many “techie” librarians tend to create blogs in their areas of expertise, and their blend [...]

For July/August, Rachel & I co-authored a piece on sites where librarians can share their expertise!

One of librarians’ core strengths lies in the way we share knowledge and facilitate the free ex change of information. When we extend this strength to communicating, collaborating, and building networks with one another–in addition to the collaborative [...]

http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jun06/Gordon_Stephens.shtml

This month, Rachel rolls out some of the HOT social tools! And ITI puts the whole article online!!

You don’t have to jump into implementing every one of these ideas and services, but do think outside the basic library Web site box and about meeting your users where they are. Most of these [...]

This month, Rachel Singer Gordon and I start a Computers in Libraries magazine monthly department that will offer tips and strategies for technology projects in any kind of library for little or no cost! We begin with some background about our library experience. We’ll be switching off between aithors month to month. Next month, [...]