[Web4lib] IM Reference using Google Talk?

[TUCKER-RAYMOND Caleb]

GTalk will actually connect to other XMPP/Jabber services, such as
LiveJournal's LJ Talk and your local government/campus enterprise IM
server. There's a poorly list of public servers at
https://www.xmpp.net/servers.

It would be sweet if other commercial IM providers would offer XMPP
connectivity, but then, they would lose their exclusivity. Maybe they
could make it up by pushing us more ads based on our conversations?

Caleb Tucker-Raymond
Oregon Statewide Digital Reference Project Coordinator
Multnomah County Library
(503) 988-5438
XMPP: calebtr at gmail.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thingvall, Nils
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:15 AM
> To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] IM Reference using Google Talk?
> 
> 
> Well,
> 
> I use Gtalk, and it has a great benefit of voice chat. It's a 
> pretty simple interface. But to my knowledge, it can only 
> talk to other Gtalk users. It also stores chat conversations 
> in your Gmail account, but you can make chat sessions off the 
> record if need be.
> 
> Nils Thingvall
> Digital Access Architect
> www.ocls.info
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On > Behalf Of Michael 
> J. Dargan
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:14 AM
> To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] IM Reference using Google Talk?
> 
> Hello--
> 
> We're investigating using Google Talk for IM Reference.  Are 
> any of you using it?  If so, I'd be very interested in 
> picking your brains about the good, the bad, and the ugly.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Michael J. Dargan
> Technical Systems/Reference Administrator
> Waterloo and Cedar Falls Public Libraries 
> wpl-reference.blogspot.com 
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