Yearly Archives: 2004

245 posts

Planning for a New Tech-based Service — Try these

Library consultant Richard Dougherty detailed the five requirements of offering digital reference in the May 2002 issue of American Libraries. They include: ? Creating policy ? Acquiring the Technology ? Staffing ? Training staff ? Promotion These five gems could be used as a guide for any technology planning in a library setting. You can’t do one part and not do the other or you are setting up your new initiative or service to fail. No policies for that new service? An untrained, unfamiliar staff? No promotion? Forget about it! (I know I posted before but it needs to be […]

South Bend Airport to get WiFi

CJ at technobiblio shared this link with me via IM this am: http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3087291 QUOTE: Add another airport to the ever-growing list of those with Wi-Fi access. Opti-Fi Networks says it will launch wireless service at the South Bend Regional Airport in north central Indiana. 2.5 million people pass through it each year. — September 13, 2004 “

SJCPL Goes Live with IM Reference

Take a look: http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/asksjcpl/asksjcpl.html The site instructs our patrons : Ask a question via a live chat session Monday through Saturday during the Main Library hours of operation. We have user names for AIM, Yahoo! and MSN Messenger. A professional librarian will gladly help you find the information you seek, be it in print or online. For AIM, our screen name at SJCPL is asksjcpl. For Yahoo!, our screen name at SJCPL is asksjcpl. For MSN, our screen name at SJCPL is asksjcpl@hotmail.com I am very happy our reference staff has jumped on the IM thing!!!

Information Cascade

Steven mentions the information cacscade. I wrote about it here… I do believe there are cascades in the world of LIS! I’ve been thinking a lot these days about technology planning — for last week’s retreat at SJCPL, for articles, etc. I do see how an info cacscade might affect a library as it plans new technology. Cool stuff to ponder…