http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/schwagbag/archives/2005/05/imers_not_digit_2.html Sherri reports on her survey. It’s fascinating! Excerpt: 3) Have you ever used the UNLV Libraries Chat Reference Service? And now for the interesting stuff . . . a mere 11.3% (c=21) of respondents reported that they have used the UNLV Libraries chat reference service in the past. That leaves a whopping 88.7% (c=165) of IMers who responded out in the (virtual) cold. Talk about ROI! That is not a very good one at all. Some folks, likje me, might even say “CUT THE CORD!” with such low numbers. Is it promotion? Bad software? General disinterest? Library administrators take […]
Yearly Archives: 2005
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Joe does a great post at the flifeline about VHS, alerting our users about changes to the formats we offer… http://lishost.org/~sjcpl/archives/000295.html
I’m sitting here with tears welling folks…. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/3296744/in/set-83049/ This is such a powerful thing…. poor Mickey had aggression issues. My heart goes out to Cogdog. What a sweet dog my Jake is…he’s 11 now.
Dr. O’Connor at UNT sends it to the doc students. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/feature_library.asp
Meredith writes: My interviews have offered me more insight into this problem. I’ve been to libraries that were passionate about user-centered innovation and were looking at how every bleeding edge technology could be used to improve services to patrons. These libraries tried to stay just ahead of their patrons and anticipate their needs rather than being reactive to patron demands. I’ve been to libraries that weren’t particularly tech-forward, but that were at least trying to keep up with their patrons. The librarians there may not have known what RSS was, but they were willing to learn if it could help […]
http://edificeref.info/?p=41 I also read an opinion piece on page 30 of the April issue of American Libraries. In “Eeewww! My Patron Tried to Pick Me Up”, Susan Braxton, a science reference librarian at Illinois State’s Milner Library, recounts a session of recreational chatting (the what-are-you-wearing variety) initiated by a patron. Braxton also discusses how to prepare for this inevitable type of conversation as you dabble in IM.
http://kairosnews.org/blogbib http://www.grumet.net/writing/web/deep-thinking-about-weblogs.html
Anyone around to test three way video chat? I’m aching to try it! my iChat name: mstephens7mac IM me!
http://bibliotheke.org/archives/2005/04/28/more-complaints-about-libraries-and-drm/ Thanks Bibliotheke! Please click through and read the article, which includes this: The Fairfax County Public Library system is a large library system in Northern Virginia, a suburb of Washington DC. Leaders of the Fairfax Public Libraries think it’s a good idea to distribute downloadable audio books to the public in Windows Media format. These digital rights managed (DRM) files will not play on Macintosh computers, GNU/Linux computers or iPods. Taxpayer funds are being used to purchase these audio books. Listen to the song! “I much prefer MP3..” 🙂
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