[Web4lib] Library Tool Bars for Browsers

[Kelli Staley]

To give you an idea on how you can promote a variety of services with the 
toolbar builder that Bill mentioned, here's a Public Library example:

Here's the link to download the library toolbar I began last summer using 
effectivebrand.com  http://www.effectivebrand.com/landingpage.aspx/ct92591

It's been revised a bit over the past year, and includes RSS feeds of our 
library news blogs, links to our del.icio.us, and flickr accounts, and 
includes information about our IM reference/readers advisory and info about 
our branded version of Juice.  It also includes searches for our catalog, 
our consortia (Metropolitan Library System/SWAN) catalog and worldcat.

If you install it and click on the library symbol icon on the far left, 
there's also a drop down menu with quick links to: our website, renew 
materials, view borrower account, view upcoming events, and contact us.

IE and Fx versions available.

Kelli Staley
Information Technology Services
Lansing Public Library
2750 Indiana Avenue
Lansing, IL 60438
(708) 474-2447, ext. 123
http://www.lansing.lib.il.us
kstaley at lansing.lib.il.us


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew, Bill" <drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU>
To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:29 PM
Subject: [Web4lib] Library Tool Bars for Browsers


I found a website that creates toolbars for user communities for free
with no logos or junk.  It is at
http://www.effectivebrand.com.  I am playing with it now.  You can
download my test tool bar from the library webpage at:

http://library.morrisville.edu.  The link for the download page is near
the bottom.  You can't miss it.

It  is updated dynamically.   I have gotten the pulldown search to work
with Science Direct,  CQ Researcher, Google Scholar, Windows Academic
Live, and our web OPAC.

Wilfred (Bill) Drew
E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 <aim:goim?screenname=BillDrew4>

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)

_______________________________________________
Web4lib mailing list
Web4lib at webjunction.org
http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/