From jane at BERKS.LIB.PA.US Thu Dec 1 09:01:26 2011 From: jane at BERKS.LIB.PA.US (Jane Sullivan) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:01:26 -0500 Subject: Library System Administrator Position Opening, Berks County Public Libraries Message-ID: *COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATOR * The County of Berks is seeking an experienced professional for the position of Library System Administrator. *Responsibilities:* This position is responsible for directing, supervising, and coordinating the various components of the Library System to ensure that quality and equitable library service is provided throughout the County. This position works in consultation with the County Commissioners and the Library System Board to advise member libraries on issues related to library development and improvement, and provides recommendations regarding countywide library strategies, policies and funding. This position is responsible for planning, developing and implementing a comprehensive annual budget, directing the development of grant applications, and making recommendations for allocation of state and county funds to member libraries. // //*Minimum Education and Experience:* //Qualified candidates will possess MS degree in Library Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association and a minimum of 7 years of professional library experience with a record of demonstrated success in administering a consolidated, federated, or regional public library system for a minimum of 3 years. They will also have a record of demonstrated success in grant writing, and a practical, working knowledge of public library standards, best practices and evaluation methods. Candidates must possess certification as a Professional Librarian from the PA Dept of Education. *Additional Information:* Salary based on qualifications/experience & is accompanied by an excellent benefits package including retirement plans and tuition reimbursement. Interested candidates should submit an application and confidential resume w/ salary requirement to:*County of Berks HR Dept, 633 Court St., 8th Floor, Reading, PA 19601, ATTN: Library System Administrator*. Full job description available at:http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/HR/Pages/EmploymentOpportunities.aspx Applications are available at http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/HR/Documents/Employment%20Opportunities/employment_application%20-%20FIXED.pdf. Resumes submitted without an application will be considered incomplete and will be returned for resubmission with an application. -- Jane Sullivan, MLS Technology Coordinator Berks County Public Libraries 610-378-5260 x2507 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rdavis at THOMAS.LIB.ME.US Thu Dec 1 10:25:51 2011 From: rdavis at THOMAS.LIB.ME.US (Rachel Davis) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:25:51 -0500 Subject: Configuring an OpenURL Resolver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks, Melanie. I've got it all figured out, though I must admit I don't really know how. At least it's working! Rachel On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Hogue Melanie wrote: > I don't think what I do will work for OpenBook; but you might figure it > out from the following info. > > I construct URLs one at a time for catalog results by passing parameters > to the searchresults page. This is done slightly differently depending on > what website platform is being used. Ours look something like this: > > http://www.yourdomain.com/searchresult.aspx?bid=64576534 You may be able > to get examples of how to do this from the documentation for your ILS. > > This example is based on our own unique identifier for each record. If you > can configure one that is based on the ISBN that works to retrieve correct > book records in your catalog AND you can configure the links in OpenBook to > use the string you supply (the whole URL construct with everything but the > variable value) and then specify to OpenBook what value from their record > that you want to tack onto the string, you may be able to set up something > that works. > > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Rachel Davis > Sent: Wed 11/30/2011 2:24 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Configuring an OpenURL Resolver > > > Is it possible to configure an OpenURL Resolver yourself? If so, does > anyone have simple instructions for how to do it? I am in trying to > configure the WordPress Plugin OpenBook for use on our new website (which > is in development,) and I'd like the book data to link back to our own > catalog. Does anyone have experience with doing this if you don't already > have an OpenURL resolver? > > Thanks! > > Rachel > > > -- > Rachel Q. Davis > Children's Librarian & Webmaster > Thomas Memorial Library > 6 Scott Dyer Road > Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 > 207-799-1720 > rdavis at thomas.lib.me.us > > Follow us on Facebook < > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thomas-Memorial-Library/188702124503297> > and Twitter @thomasmemlib > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-11-30 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-11-30 > -- Rachel Q. Davis Children's Librarian & Webmaster Thomas Memorial Library 6 Scott Dyer Road Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 207-799-1720 rdavis at thomas.lib.me.us Follow us on Facebookand Twitter @thomasmemlib ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rdavis at THOMAS.LIB.ME.US Thu Dec 1 10:26:11 2011 From: rdavis at THOMAS.LIB.ME.US (Rachel Davis) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:26:11 -0500 Subject: Configuring an OpenURL Resolver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks very much! I've got it working now... Rachel 2011/11/30 Ku Li-Ping > Dear Colleague, > > http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue28/resolver/ > > FYI > > thanks > > > > > > -----????----- > *???:* "Rachel Davis" > *????:* 2011?12?1? ??? > *???:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *??:* > *??:* [WEB4LIB] Configuring an OpenURL Resolver > > > Is it possible to configure an OpenURL Resolver yourself? If so, does > anyone have simple instructions for how to do it? I am in trying to > configure the WordPress Plugin OpenBook for use on our new website (which > is in development,) and I'd like the book data to link back to our own > catalog. Does anyone have experience with doing this if you don't already > have an OpenURL resolver? > > Thanks! > > Rachel > > -- > Rachel Q. Davis > Children's Librarian & Webmaster > Thomas Memorial Library > 6 Scott Dyer Road > Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 > 207-799-1720 > rdavis at thomas.lib.me.us > Follow us on Facebookand > Twitter @thomasmemlib > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-11-30 > > > > -- > Dr. Li-Ping Ku (Alan Ku) > Flysheet Technologies Co. Ltd. > Tel: +886-919222197 > MSN:kuliping at hotmail.com > > -- Rachel Q. 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This position is responsible for planning, developing and implementing a comprehensive annual budget, directing the development of grant applications, and making recommendations for allocation of state and county funds to member libraries. // //*Minimum Education and Experience:* //Qualified candidates will possess MS degree in Library Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association and a minimum of 7 years of professional library experience with a record of demonstrated success in administering a consolidated, federated, or regional public library system for a minimum of 3 years. They will also have a record of demonstrated success in grant writing, and a practical, working knowledge of public library standards, best practices and evaluation methods. Candidates must possess certification as a Professional Librarian from the PA Dept of Education. *Additional Information:* Salary based on qualifications/experience & is accompanied by an excellent benefits package including retirement plans and tuition reimbursement. Interested candidates should submit an application and confidential resume w/ salary requirement to:*County of Berks HR Dept, 633 Court St., 8th Floor, Reading, PA 19601, ATTN: Library System Administrator*. Full job description available at:http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/HR/Pages/EmploymentOpportunities.aspx Applications are available at http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/HR/Documents/Employment%20Opportunities/employment_application%20-%20FIXED.pdf. 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Or if not, what are > >your > >thoughts about this type of allowance for patrons? > > > >Thank you! > >Kim Lehn > >MLS Student > >Southern Connecticut State University > > > >============================ > > > >To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > >Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > >2011-11-28 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-11-30 > Dear all, I'd like to know that is it possible to co-relate user's tags with the OPAC of a library and what is the users response for the same ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lzusman at RIVIER.EDU Thu Dec 1 14:19:25 2011 From: lzusman at RIVIER.EDU (Zusman, Laura) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:19:25 -0500 Subject: Mobile site stats Message-ID: Hello! I'm in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile website. We're planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I've been on a trial for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at a reasonable price!). After I'd built the initial site, our director mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working on a college site. In any case, we're meeting with these folks next week to show what I've built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the rest of campus (i.e., we're a III library who's not going to pay for AirPAC, so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would want). I'd love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I've searched for articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, etc... Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It doesn't have to be in detail, of course - whatever you'd be willing to share! (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn't understand, I'd welcome that, too :)) Thank you! Laura Laura Zusman Electronic Information Librarian Rivier College Regina Library 603.897.8683 lzusman at rivier.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tagging and Reviews (2) 2. Linksource Resolver Wording (3) 3. Configuring an OpenURL Resolver (3) 4. ER&L Conference Proposal Deadline Extended 5. Thanks for writing. Please update your contacts list or address book to my new address: p ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:32:47 +0100 From: Giulio Bonanome Subject: Re: Tagging and Reviews This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070101010102010101090002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, our OPAC give the possibility to tag and review from 2008. It's been used in different public library systems by a lot of users, anyhow the tagging feature is not used so much. Instead the review capability is really appreciated from our users. The only side effect is the ability to browse reviews and reviewed material. A lot of people prefer to blog about her/his last reading, instead to enrich the library's catalog, where is difficult to see the review. Our next software release will integrate the reviews in a forum architecture, so the user will be able to read the reviews under each manifestation page or as a forum post. Cheers, Giulio Il 29/11/2011 01:52, Kim Lehn ha scritto: > Is there anyone who is involved with a library (as a patron or employee) whose > catalog allows for patron reviews or tagging? > If so, how successful do think the patron input is? Or if not, what are your > thoughts about this type of allowance for patrons? > > Thank you! > Kim Lehn > MLS Student > Southern Connecticut State University > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-11-28 > -- Giulio Bonanome @ Comperio Srl http://www.comperio.it Phone: 0425 072294 Mobile: 349 4085118 Support: assistenza at comperio.it Office: giulio at comperio.it ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 --------------070101010102010101090002 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi,

our OPAC give the possibility to tag and review from 2008. It's been used in different public library systems by a lot of users, anyhow the tagging feature is not used so much.
Instead the review capability is really appreciated from our users. The only side effect is the ability to browse reviews and reviewed material. A lot of people prefer to blog about her/his last reading, instead to enrich the library's catalog, where is difficult to see the review.
Our next software release will integrate the reviews in a forum architecture, so the user will be able to read the reviews under each manifestation page or as a forum post.

Cheers,
Giulio




Il 29/11/2011 01:52, Kim Lehn ha scritto: 
Is there anyone who is involved with a library (as a patron or employee) whose
catalog allows for patron reviews or tagging?
If so, how successful do think the patron input is? Or if not, what are your
thoughts about this type of allowance for patrons?

Thank you!
Kim Lehn
MLS Student
Southern Connecticut State University

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2011-11-30 --------------070101010102010101090002-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:21:27 -0500 From: Sherry Youssef Subject: Linksource Resolver Wording Good Morning! I am a member of my institution library's Web Advisory Committee and we are in the discussion of changing the wording of our Linksource link. We currently use "Check Linksource for possible full text from other sources." Through many instruction sessions and individual research consultations, we have discovered that students are intimidated by this wording, and often assume that the full text of the article is not available. After conducting a quick review of other libraries, we noticed that some use 'FindIt at ..."; 'Find It!'; 'Search for full text;' or 'Citation Online.' What wording does your institution use for your Link Resolver? What have you found to work best for your students? Thank you in advance for your input! Best Regards, Sherry Youssef Research and Instruction Librarian Alliant International University, Los Angeles ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:54:40 +0000 From: "Varnum, Ken" Subject: Re: Tagging and Reviews You might want to take a look at the RLG "Sharing and Aggregating Social Metadata" research project (in which I was a participant), and the first report to come out of it (2 more are on the way). http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/aggregating/ The first report reviews uses of social metadata by libraries, archives, and museums and includes some sites that offer tagging/commenting in the catalog. Standard -- Ken Varnum Web Systems Manager E: varnum at umich.edu University of Michigan Library T: 734-615-3287 300C Hatcher Graduate Library F: 734-647-6897 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum On 11/28/11 7:52 PM, "Kim Lehn" wrote: >Is there anyone who is involved with a library (as a patron or employee) >whose >catalog allows for patron reviews or tagging? >If so, how successful do think the patron input is? Or if not, what are >your >thoughts about this type of allowance for patrons? > >Thank you! >Kim Lehn >MLS Student >Southern Connecticut State University > >============================ > >To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >2011-11-28 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:51:58 -0500 From: James Gilbert Subject: Re: Linksource Resolver Wording Sherry, Personally, if I saw "Citation Online" or any text / links involving "Citation" -- I would not think FULL TEXT, and would not follow the link, unless I wanted the full citation. Thanks, James Gilbert, BS, MLIS Systems Librarian Whitehall Township Public Library 3700 Mechanicsville Road Whitehall, PA 18052 610-432-4330 ext: 203 -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sherry Youssef Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:21 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Linksource Resolver Wording Good Morning! I am a member of my institution library's Web Advisory Committee and we are in the discussion of changing the wording of our Linksource link. We currently use "Check Linksource for possible full text from other sources." Through many instruction sessions and individual research consultations, we have discovered that students are intimidated by this wording, and often assume that the full text of the article is not available. After conducting a quick review of other libraries, we noticed that some use 'FindIt at ..."; 'Find It!'; 'Search for full text;' or 'Citation Online.' What wording does your institution use for your Link Resolver? What have you found to work best for your students? Thank you in advance for your input! Best Regards, Sherry Youssef Research and Instruction Librarian Alliant International University, Los Angeles ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:24:22 -0500 From: Rachel Davis Subject: Configuring an OpenURL Resolver --00163630f85fe113ca04b2f8ae7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is it possible to configure an OpenURL Resolver yourself? If so, does anyone have simple instructions for how to do it? I am in trying to configure the WordPress Plugin OpenBook for use on our new website (which is in development,) and I'd like the book data to link back to our own catalog. Does anyone have experience with doing this if you don't already have an OpenURL resolver? Thanks! Rachel -- Rachel Q. Davis Children's Librarian & Webmaster Thomas Memorial Library 6 Scott Dyer Road Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 207-799-1720 rdavis at thomas.lib.me.us Follow us on Facebookand Twitter @thomasmemlib ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 --00163630f85fe113ca04b2f8ae7c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is it possible to configure an OpenURL Resolver yourself? =A0If so, does an= yone have simple instructions for how to do it? =A0I am in trying to config= ure the WordPress Plugin OpenBook for use on our new website (which is in d= evelopment,) and I'd like the book data to link back to our own catalog= . =A0Does anyone have experience with doing this if you don't already h= ave an OpenURL resolver?


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2011-11-30 --00163630f85fe113ca04b2f8ae7c-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:31:48 -0800 From: Jill Emery Subject: ER&L Conference Proposal Deadline Extended The call for the proposals for the upcoming ER&L Conference hasbeen extended until 7 December 2011. http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/presenters/call-for-proposals Do not delay in getting your program proposal submitted for sunnyandwarm Austin,Texas this coming April! ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:08:04 +0000 From: "Varnum, Ken" Subject: Re: Linksource Resolver Wording We (University of Michigan) use a variety of labels centered on the brand for our link resolver, MGet It. In 3rd party databases (ProQuest, Google Scholar, Web of Science, etc.) and other places where the link doesn't know that it will get full text, we use the MGet It logo and/or the text "Availability at U-Michigan". In our Summon-powered article discovery tool, which theoretically knows when full text is going to be available, we use the MGet It logo and the appropriate label "Full Text" or "Citation Only". Where the link is theoretically full text, we include a link to report a problem getting to full text. The problem report form asks for the user's campus email address and a description, from a list of likely options, of what went wrong. This report goes to our "ask a librarian" reference service for triage. Actual problems with the full-text link end up in Technical Services; the rest are resolved with the user directly. You can see this in action at http://www.lib.umich.edu/searchtools#articlesplus/search -- you will see the two kinds of links in the search results, even if you aren't able to get to our licensed full text copy. -- Ken Varnum Web Systems Manager E: varnum at umich.edu University of Michigan Library T: 734-615-3287 300C Hatcher Graduate Library F: 734-647-6897 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum On 11/30/11 1:21 PM, "Sherry Youssef" wrote: >Good Morning! > >I am a member of my institution library's Web Advisory Committee and we >are >in the discussion of changing the wording of our Linksource link. We >currently use "Check Linksource for possible full text from other >sources." > Through many instruction sessions and individual research consultations, >we >have discovered that students are intimidated by this wording, and often >assume that the full text of the article is not available. After >conducting >a quick review of other libraries, we noticed that some use 'FindIt at ..."; >'Find It!'; 'Search for full text;' or 'Citation Online.' > >What wording does your institution use for your Link Resolver? What have >you found to work best for your students? > >Thank you in advance for your input! > >Best Regards, > >Sherry Youssef >Research and Instruction Librarian >Alliant International University, Los Angeles > >============================ > >To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >2011-11-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:34:47 -0500 From: Hogue Melanie Subject: Re: Configuring an OpenURL Resolver This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CCAFA7.E1F1CF11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't think what I do will work for OpenBook; but you might figure it = out from the following info. =20 I construct URLs one at a time for catalog results by passing = parameters to the searchresults page. This is done slightly differently = depending on what website platform is being used. Ours look something = like this: =20 http://www.yourdomain.com/searchresult.aspx?bid=3D64576534 You may be = able to get examples of how to do this from the documentation for your = ILS. =20 This example is based on our own unique identifier for each record. If = you can configure one that is based on the ISBN that works to retrieve = correct book records in your catalog AND you can configure the links in = OpenBook to use the string you supply (the whole URL construct with = everything but the variable value) and then specify to OpenBook what = value from their record that you want to tack onto the string, you may = be able to set up something that works. =20 =20 Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Rachel Davis Sent: Wed 11/30/2011 2:24 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Configuring an OpenURL Resolver Is it possible to configure an OpenURL Resolver yourself? If so, does = anyone have simple instructions for how to do it? I am in trying to = configure the WordPress Plugin OpenBook for use on our new website = (which is in development,) and I'd like the book data to link back to = our own catalog. Does anyone have experience with doing this if you = don't already have an OpenURL resolver?=20 Thanks! Rachel --=20 Rachel Q. 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Please update your contacts list or address book to my new address: p Thanks for writing. Please update your contacts list or address book to my new address: pchien at jervislibrary.org. Thanks. --Peter Chien ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ------------------------------ End of WEB4LIB Digest - 29 Nov 2011 to 30 Nov 2011 (#2011-17) ************************************************************* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-01 From kbryant at WELLSTOWN.ORG Fri Dec 2 09:47:36 2011 From: kbryant at WELLSTOWN.ORG (Kristi Bryant) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:47:36 -0500 Subject: Mobile site stats In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck! I'm trying to convince higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and feel your pain! Best wishes! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." Neil Gaiman From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Zusman, Laura Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats Hello! I'm in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile website. We're planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I've been on a trial for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at a reasonable price!). After I'd built the initial site, our director mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working on a college site. In any case, we're meeting with these folks next week to show what I've built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the rest of campus (i.e., we're a III library who's not going to pay for AirPAC, so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would want). I'd love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I've searched for articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, etc... Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It doesn't have to be in detail, of course - whatever you'd be willing to share! (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn't understand, I'd welcome that, too :)) Thank you! Laura Laura Zusman Electronic Information Librarian Rivier College Regina Library 603.897.8683 lzusman at rivier.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-01 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aarontay at GMAIL.COM Fri Dec 2 10:02:25 2011 From: aarontay at GMAIL.COM (Aaron Tay) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 23:02:25 +0800 Subject: Mobile site stats In-Reply-To: <71289F7C1A53E642BADE615C569CCF571299491E29@wthex2k7.town.wells.me.us> Message-ID: Hi How about http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp ? There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means in absolute terms? Aaron On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant wrote: > I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck!? I?m trying to convince > higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and > feel your pain! > > > > Best wishes! > > > > > > Kristi Bryant > > Reference and Technology Librarian > > Wells Public Library > > Wells, Maine? 04090 > > 207-646-8181 ext. 205 > > e-mail:? kbryant at wellstown.org > > web:? www.wellstown.org > > > > "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back > the right one."? Neil Gaiman > > > > > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Zusman, Laura > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats > > > > Hello! > > > > I?m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT > departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile > website. We?re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I?ve been on a trial > for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at > a reasonable price!). After I?d built the initial site, our director > mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working > on a college site. > > > > In any case, we?re meeting with these folks next week to show what I?ve > built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the > rest of campus (i.e., we?re a III library who?s not going to pay for AirPAC, > so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile > site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would > want). > > > > I?d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, > to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I?ve searched for > articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without > much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some > stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, > etc? Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It > doesn?t have to be in detail, of course ? whatever you?d be willing to > share! > > > > (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn?t > understand, I?d welcome that, too J) > > > > Thank you! > Laura > > > > Laura Zusman > > Electronic Information Librarian > > Rivier College > > Regina Library > > 603.897.8683 > > lzusman at rivier.edu > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-01 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Fri Dec 2 11:11:29 2011 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:11:29 -0800 Subject: Mobile site stats In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We host Drupal sites mostly for smaller public libraries. I have seen mobile user agent numbers for some of those libraries running in double digits. To put it another way, every library we host that uses Google Analytics is asking for a mobile site. I wish that LJ would redo this now almost 2 year old study and consider user agents, and not just use of existing mobile specific services. Cary On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > Hi > > How about http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp > ? > > There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile > access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most > libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both > academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means > in absolute terms? > > > Aaron > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant wrote: >> I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck!? I?m trying to convince >> higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and >> feel your pain! >> >> >> >> Best wishes! >> >> >> >> >> >> Kristi Bryant >> >> Reference and Technology Librarian >> >> Wells Public Library >> >> Wells, Maine? 04090 >> >> 207-646-8181 ext. 205 >> >> e-mail:? kbryant at wellstown.org >> >> web:? www.wellstown.org >> >> >> >> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back >> the right one."? Neil Gaiman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Zusman, Laura >> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats >> >> >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> I?m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT >> departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile >> website. We?re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I?ve been on a trial >> for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at >> a reasonable price!). After I?d built the initial site, our director >> mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working >> on a college site. >> >> >> >> In any case, we?re meeting with these folks next week to show what I?ve >> built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the >> rest of campus (i.e., we?re a III library who?s not going to pay for AirPAC, >> so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile >> site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would >> want). >> >> >> >> I?d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, >> to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I?ve searched for >> articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without >> much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some >> stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, >> etc? Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It >> doesn?t have to be in detail, of course ? whatever you?d be willing to >> share! >> >> >> >> (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn?t >> understand, I?d welcome that, too J) >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> Laura >> >> >> >> Laura Zusman >> >> Electronic Information Librarian >> >> Rivier College >> >> Regina Library >> >> 603.897.8683 >> >> lzusman at rivier.edu >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-01 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-02 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-02 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 From Carol.Hassler at WICOURTS.GOV Fri Dec 2 11:31:42 2011 From: Carol.Hassler at WICOURTS.GOV (Carol Hassler) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:31:42 -0600 Subject: Mobile site stats In-Reply-To: Message-ID: >From our Google analytics results, we have seen a massive increase in mobile usage. It's risen from around 20 hits per day in early 2010 to about 200 hits per day now. It's still a small percentage of total visits to our site but it's growing like wildfire. Our top OS/devices are Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Blackberry. Carol Carol Hassler Webmaster / Cataloger Wisconsin State Law Library (608) 261-7558 http://wilawlibrary.gov/ >>> Cary Gordon 12/2/2011 10:11 AM >>> We host Drupal sites mostly for smaller public libraries. I have seen mobile user agent numbers for some of those libraries running in double digits. To put it another way, every library we host that uses Google Analytics is asking for a mobile site. I wish that LJ would redo this now almost 2 year old study and consider user agents, and not just use of existing mobile specific services. Cary On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > Hi > > How about http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp > ? > > There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile > access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most > libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both > academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means > in absolute terms? > > > Aaron > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant wrote: >> I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck! I?m trying to convince >> higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and >> feel your pain! >> >> >> >> Best wishes! >> >> >> >> >> >> Kristi Bryant >> >> Reference and Technology Librarian >> >> Wells Public Library >> >> Wells, Maine 04090 >> >> 207-646-8181 ext. 205 >> >> e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org >> >> web: www.wellstown.org >> >> >> >> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back >> the right one." Neil Gaiman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Zusman, Laura >> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats >> >> >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> I?m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT >> departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile >> website. We?re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I?ve been on a trial >> for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at >> a reasonable price!). After I?d built the initial site, our director >> mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working >> on a college site. >> >> >> >> In any case, we?re meeting with these folks next week to show what I?ve >> built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the >> rest of campus (i.e., we?re a III library who?s not going to pay for AirPAC, >> so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile >> site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would >> want). >> >> >> >> I?d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, >> to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I?ve searched for >> articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without >> much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some >> stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, >> etc* Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It >> doesn?t have to be in detail, of course * whatever you?d be willing to >> share! >> >> >> >> (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn?t >> understand, I?d welcome that, too J) >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> Laura >> >> >> >> Laura Zusman >> >> Electronic Information Librarian >> >> Rivier College >> >> Regina Library >> >> 603.897.8683 >> >> lzusman at rivier.edu >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-01 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-02 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-02 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com Mob : 9029 345777 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From erwhite at VCU.EDU Fri Dec 2 11:53:37 2011 From: erwhite at VCU.EDU (Erin R White/FS/VCU) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:53:37 -0500 Subject: Mobile site stats In-Reply-To: <4ED8A90E0200008000044D06@gw.wicourts.gov> Message-ID: Great evidence that mobile usage will only continue to rise. Mobile is not going away - in fact, it's the norm in some countries and will soon be the norm in the US. We've had increasing traffic to our mobile site since it launched almost 2 years ago. From our stats folks are mostly interested in in hours, finding a computer, and study room reservations, though I think a catalog search and other research tools are growing in popularity. Beyond a whole separate mobile catalog search it may be useful to look into responsive design through CSS, which allows a web design to adapt depending on the device's screen size http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/ and could be a stop-gap measure for an otherwise non-mobile-friendly ILS. >From my talks with folks outside of libraries it sounds like everybody's equally clueless about which direction to go with mobile (apps or websites? separate mobile site or responsive design?), which I find comforting. The one thing we can all agree on is that we need to pay attention and act now in whatever ways we can. -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwhite at vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu From: Carol Hassler To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 12/02/2011 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats Sent by: Web technologies in libraries >From our Google analytics results, we have seen a massive increase in mobile usage. It's risen from around 20 hits per day in early 2010 to about 200 hits per day now. It's still a small percentage of total visits to our site but it's growing like wildfire. Our top OS/devices are Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Blackberry. Carol Carol Hassler Webmaster / Cataloger Wisconsin State Law Library (608) 261-7558 http://wilawlibrary.gov/ >>> Cary Gordon 12/2/2011 10:11 AM >>> We host Drupal sites mostly for smaller public libraries. I have seen mobile user agent numbers for some of those libraries running in double digits. To put it another way, every library we host that uses Google Analytics is asking for a mobile site. I wish that LJ would redo this now almost 2 year old study and consider user agents, and not just use of existing mobile specific services. Cary On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > Hi > > How about http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp > ? > > There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile > access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most > libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both > academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means > in absolute terms? > > > Aaron > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant wrote: >> I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck! I?m trying to convince >> higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and >> feel your pain! >> >> >> >> Best wishes! >> >> >> >> >> >> Kristi Bryant >> >> Reference and Technology Librarian >> >> Wells Public Library >> >> Wells, Maine 04090 >> >> 207-646-8181 ext. 205 >> >> e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org >> >> web: www.wellstown.org >> >> >> >> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back >> the right one." Neil Gaiman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Zusman, Laura >> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats >> >> >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> I?m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT >> departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile >> website. We?re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I?ve been on a trial >> for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at >> a reasonable price!). After I?d built the initial site, our director >> mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working >> on a college site. >> >> >> >> In any case, we?re meeting with these folks next week to show what I?ve >> built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the >> rest of campus (i.e., we?re a III library who?s not going to pay for AirPAC, >> so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile >> site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would >> want). >> >> >> >> I?d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, >> to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I?ve searched for >> articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without >> much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some >> stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, >> etc? Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It >> doesn?t have to be in detail, of course ? whatever you?d be willing to >> share! >> >> >> >> (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn?t >> understand, I?d welcome that, too J) >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> Laura >> >> >> >> Laura Zusman >> >> Electronic Information Librarian >> >> Rivier College >> >> Regina Library >> >> 603.897.8683 >> >> lzusman at rivier.edu >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-01 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-02 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-02 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 From milehighbrarian at GMAIL.COM Fri Dec 2 12:40:32 2011 From: milehighbrarian at GMAIL.COM (Nina Mchale) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:40:32 -0700 Subject: Mobile site stats In-Reply-To: <4ED8A90E0200008000044D06@gw.wicourts.gov> Message-ID: Good morning, all! For anyone needing to make a case in favor of mobile catalog functions, have a look at the survey results on slide 14 of this presentation: http://milehighbrarian.net/?q=auraria-library-goes-mobile Granted, the survey results are not from a huge sample of users, but catalog functionality was pretty clearly the first choice to the survey question we asked, which was, "What would you like to be able to do on your phone or mobile device on the library's web site?" (Answers were open ended, too, just a text box form field.) This survey justified the purchase of AirPAC. Ask your users and see if they say the same thing. As far as talking with campus IT, they may be IT professionals, but they really don't understand library technology and library user needs. Library tech is different, and we have to be advocates for our and our users' needs when we're receiving support from a parent IT unit. The anecdote I always use to illustrate this is that the first campus server support person I worked with at my last job wouldn't let more than a handful of library staff "touch" the web server, even just to publish or update web pages, which created a huge editorial bottleneck. When I asked him why, he said it was a security risk because of all of our patron data on the web site. I told him that patron data was on the ILS server, under lock and key, totally separate from the web site. He then let me create and manage staff web site users to my heart's content, which in turn was beneficial to him because it was one less thing he had to manage. (Tip: always present the advantage to THEM that your project will offer.) The other angle you can always play with is showing them what you know and what you can take on. When IT hears of new projects (and I've been on both ends of this, as librarian and IT) that they haven't had a hand in developing, they panic and say "no" because they worry that they won't be able to support them if they weren't involved from the get-go. If you can reassure them that you're taking care of the development, maintenance, and security (or whatever parts of that you can truly and confidently take on) of your project, and work out an agreement on who does what, you may be able to successfully establish what you need and reassure IT. Finally, see if they'd be willing to be mobile development partners. They do seem to recognize the value in mobile if they're working on a campus site; would it save time if you worked library features within that interface? A single interface, would, after all, be beneficial for your users. This is tricky because the other thing campus IT folks don't understand is what library users do on our web sites. They don't know how many thousands/millions of dollars we spend on electronic resources, and often don't know that we're offering virtual services like text and IM, not to mention the sheer numbers of tech vendors and products (ILL, reserves, catalog, discovery layer, guides) that we're trying to pull together into a single user interface. So, describing all of that may scare them away and let you do your own thing. :D Laura, do you have any usage statistics for your site? Google Analytics has been tracking mobile data since October 2009, so if you have been tracking anything since, you'll have *some* numbers. If nothing else, you can use your stats to show the campus folks what users do on your site, i.e., they DON'T need a link to the registrar (or really, much of anything else in the campus site navigation) when they're doing online research. Good luck! Nina Nina McHale, MA/MSLS milehighbrarian.net Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Carol Hassler wrote: > From our Google analytics results, we have seen a massive increase in > mobile usage. It's risen from around 20 hits per day in early 2010 to > about 200 hits per day now. It's still a small percentage of total visits > to our site but it's growing like wildfire. > > Our top OS/devices are Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Blackberry. > > Carol > > > Carol Hassler > Webmaster / Cataloger > Wisconsin State Law Library > (608) 261-7558 > http://wilawlibrary.gov/ > >>> Cary Gordon 12/2/2011 10:11 AM >>> > > We host Drupal sites mostly for smaller public libraries. I have seen > mobile user agent numbers for some of those libraries running in > double digits. > > To put it another way, every library we host that uses Google > Analytics is asking for a mobile site. > > I wish that LJ would redo this now almost 2 year old study and > consider user agents, and not just use of existing mobile specific > services. > > Cary > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > > Hi > > > > How about > http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp > > ? > > > > There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile > > access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most > > libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both > > academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means > > in absolute terms? > > > > > > Aaron > > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant > wrote: > >> I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck! I?m trying to convince > >> higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well > and > >> feel your pain! > >> > >> > >> > >> Best wishes! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Kristi Bryant > >> > >> Reference and Technology Librarian > >> > >> Wells Public Library > >> > >> Wells, Maine 04090 > >> > >> 207-646-8181 ext. 205 > >> > >> e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org > >> > >> web: www.wellstown.org > >> > >> > >> > >> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you > back > >> the right one." Neil Gaiman > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > >> Behalf Of Zusman, Laura > >> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM > >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats > >> > >> > >> > >> Hello! > >> > >> > >> > >> I?m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT > >> departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile > >> website. We?re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I?ve been on a > trial > >> for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do > (and at > >> a reasonable price!). After I?d built the initial site, our director > >> mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already > working > >> on a college site. > >> > >> > >> > >> In any case, we?re meeting with these folks next week to show what I?ve > >> built with the software, and explain why the library is different from > the > >> rest of campus (i.e., we?re a III library who?s not going to pay for > AirPAC, > >> so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a > mobile > >> site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would > >> want). > >> > >> > >> > >> I?d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this > meeting, > >> to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I?ve searched for > >> articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without > >> much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some > >> stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, > >> etc? Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It > >> doesn?t have to be in detail, of course ? whatever you?d be willing to > >> share! > >> > >> > >> > >> (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that > doesn?t > >> understand, I?d welcome that, too J) > >> > >> > >> > >> Thank you! > >> Laura > >> > >> > >> > >> Laura Zusman > >> > >> Electronic Information Librarian > >> > >> Rivier College > >> > >> Regina Library > >> > >> 603.897.8683 > >> > >> lzusman at rivier.edu > >> > >> > >> > >> ============================ > >> > >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >> > >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >> > >> 2011-12-01 > >> > >> ============================ > >> > >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >> > >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >> > >> 2011-12-02 > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2011-12-02 > > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-02 > -- Nina Nina McHale, MA/MSLS milehighbrarian.net Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here's a pretty good summary of at least one side of the issue from a guy at Frog Design: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/mobile-apps-must-die.html LEO -- ------------------- www.leoklein.com (site) www.ChicagoLibrarian.com (blog) aim/msn/yhoo/goog: 'leorobertklein' -- ------------------------------- On 12/2/2011 10:53 AM, Erin R White/FS/VCU wrote: > From my talks with folks outside of libraries it sounds like everybody's > equally clueless about which direction to go with mobile (apps or > websites? separate mobile site or responsive design?), which I find > comforting. The one thing we can all agree on is that we need to pay > attention and act now in whatever ways we can. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 From maleki_mozhdeh at YAHOO.COM Sat Dec 3 04:02:18 2011 From: maleki_mozhdeh at YAHOO.COM (Mozhdeh Maleki) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 01:02:18 -0800 Subject: help In-Reply-To: <4ED50CBA.20508@esilibrary.com> Message-ID: hi i am undergraduate in MA library and information. i need new researches in RFD & OWL. please help me From: Galen Charlton To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:17 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Position announcement: System Administrator at Equinox Software, Inc. Equinox Software, a service provider for the open source integrated library systems Koha and Evergreen, is currently seeking a talented and dedicated Systems Administrator. 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I have seen mobile user agent numbers for some of those libraries running in double digits. To put it another way, every library we host that uses Google Analytics is asking for a mobile site. I wish that LJ would redo this now almost 2 year old study and consider user agents, and not just use of existing mobile specific services. Cary On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > Hi > > How about http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp > ? > > There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile > access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most > libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both > academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means > in absolute terms? > > > Aaron > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant wrote: >> I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck!? I?m trying to convince >> higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and >> feel your pain! >> >> >> >> Best wishes! >> >> >> >> >> >> Kristi Bryant >> >> Reference and Technology Librarian >> >> Wells Public Library >> >> Wells, Maine? 04090 >> >> 207-646-8181 ext. 205 >> >> e-mail:? kbryant at wellstown.org >> >> web:? www.wellstown.org >> >> >> >> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back >> the right one."? Neil Gaiman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Zusman, Laura >> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats >> >> >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> I?m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT >> departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile >> website. We?re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I?ve been on a trial >> for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at >> a reasonable price!). After I?d built the initial site, our director >> mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working >> on a college site. >> >> >> >> In any case, we?re meeting with these folks next week to show what I?ve >> built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the >> rest of campus (i.e., we?re a III library who?s not going to pay for AirPAC, >> so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile >> site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would >> want). >> >> >> >> I?d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting, >> to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I?ve searched for >> articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without >> much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some >> stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site, >> etc? Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It >> doesn?t have to be in detail, of course ? whatever you?d be willing to >> share! >> >> >> >> (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn?t >> understand, I?d welcome that, too J) >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> Laura >> >> >> >> Laura Zusman >> >> Electronic Information Librarian >> >> Rivier College >> >> Regina Library >> >> 603.897.8683 >> >> lzusman at rivier.edu >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-01 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-02 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-02 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Robin Hastings robin.hastings at gmail.com http://www.rhastings.net On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Murphy, Michael P. wrote: > Greetings Web4, > > > I was curious as to your thoughts on libraries employing web 2.0 > technologies, such as Facebook or Twitter? Does your library use these > services, and if so, do your patrons respond? Personally, my library uses > these services but part of me feels like they are a waste of time, as the > patrons don't really respond to them and they just cause extra work for the > librarians. What are your feelings? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Michael Murphy > > Southern Connecticut State University > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 From stacy.pober at MANHATTAN.EDU Sat Dec 3 17:37:43 2011 From: stacy.pober at MANHATTAN.EDU (Stacy Pober) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 17:37:43 -0500 Subject: Configuring an OpenURL Resolver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'm sure it is possible to run your own openURL resolver, but the question is really whether you can keep your own updated knowledge base. That would seem to be the more labor-intensive task: updating the holdings information for all of the databases you get at your library, particularly if you get your databases from many different vendors. Pre-openURL era, I would manually collect and compile our database journal access information and add our local holdings to make our library's journal list. It's a lot of work, and it was something I was glad to give up when it was offered as a service by a number of vendors. For a long time, we were using 1cate and then when OCLC bought it, it was renamed WorldCat Link Manager. Having an outside service manage the database information was well worth the cost of the service, and the 1cate/OCLC support was excellent. We would have continued to use that product it if OCLC had not decided to stop offering the service. They made that announcement last August, and the service is supposed to end at the end of 2011. However, I just got an announcement from OCLC that they decided to continue the service under another name: Integrated Link Resolution or ILR. They will be bundling it with some kind of ERM service, I think. Unfortunately, they announced their change in plans so late in the year that we had already signed up with another service, Serials Solutions. They sent us the info less than a month before the service was supposed to be discontinued. We would have preferred to stay with 1cate/WCLM, but did not expect this change of heart from OCLC. -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Manhattan College Library Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober at manhattan.edua On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Rachel Davis wrote: > Is it possible to configure an OpenURL Resolver yourself? ?If so, does > anyone have simple instructions for how to do it? ?I am in trying to > configure the WordPress Plugin OpenBook for use on our new website (which is > in development,) and I'd like the book data to link back to our own catalog. > ?Does anyone have experience with doing this if you don't already have an > OpenURL resolver? > > Thanks! > > Rachel > > -- > Rachel Q. Davis > Children's Librarian & Webmaster > Thomas Memorial Library > 6 Scott Dyer Road > Cape Elizabeth, ME? 04107 > 207-799-1720 > rdavis at thomas.lib.me.us > Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @thomasmemlib > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-11-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 From waltcrawford at GMAIL.COM Sat Dec 3 19:59:39 2011 From: waltcrawford at GMAIL.COM (Walt Crawford) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:59:39 -0800 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: <2BC57DD497C95449B255D8FF00D62A29180F8ADA@SN2PRD0202MB153.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Academic libraries and public libraries are different creatures, to be sure, and I'm not in a library at all--but I'm completing a study of 2/3 of the nation's public libraries and their use of Twitter and Facebook (to be published by ALA Editions, probably late 2012), and I can tell you that hundreds (way more than 1,000, but I don't have the final # yet) of libraries *do* use Facebook (and hundreds, but probably less than 1,000, use Twitter), and from what I can see it's worthwhile for most of them. No, most of them don't have a high degree of patron engagement as in comments--but quite a few have some. (Some have a *lot* of engagement.) And it seems to work well for many libraries as a cheap source of publicity. There are certainly scores (maybe hundreds) of cases where libraries seem to have given up on active social network engagement or where they really aren't reaching many people. But it's working for many of them. walt crawford, not in a library at all... On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Murphy, Michael P. wrote: > Greetings Web4, > > > I was curious as to your thoughts on libraries employing web 2.0 > technologies, such as Facebook or Twitter? Does your library use these > services, and if so, do your patrons respond? Personally, my library uses > these services but part of me feels like they are a waste of time, as the > patrons don't really respond to them and they just cause extra work for the > librarians. What are your feelings? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Michael Murphy > > Southern Connecticut State University > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 From rajunask1 at OWLS.SOUTHERNCT.EDU Sat Dec 3 22:13:10 2011 From: rajunask1 at OWLS.SOUTHERNCT.EDU (Kim Lehn) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 22:13:10 -0500 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences Message-ID: Hi Michael, The public library that I frequently use has a Facebook and a Twitter account. It has almost 500 people who "Like" them on Facebook, and about 80 followers on Twitter. It is interesting to me that they post different information on both. The Facebook account has fewer updates and usually posts about upcoming events. Other than the library posts, there is very little activity on the account. The Twitter account is updated almost daily, letting followers know about upcoming events. If there is no event to post about they share other tidbits of information about the library. I am guessing that they are managed by two different people. Personally I think they should update on Facebook more because there are way more followers. I also don't think that it is a waste of time, it is just one more way to reach out to patrons. To me it is easier to learn about library events through the news-feeds rather than visiting the library websites. Kim Lehn MLS Student Southern Connecticut State University ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 From nievesglez at US.ES Sun Dec 4 07:09:23 2011 From: nievesglez at US.ES (Nieves Gonzalez) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:09:23 +0100 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi all, Do you know if any library is collecting data from their social networks and social sites on a regular basis? I refer to data such as number of posts in blogs, Twitter followers, Facebook comments, etc. I would like to establish some kind of metrics in order to define some quality indicators. I'm librarian and teacher in Seville, Spain. Thanks a lot. -------------------------------------------- Nieves Gonz?lez Fern?ndez-Villavicencio Librarianship @nievesglez www.nievesglez.com On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 04:13, Kim Lehn wrote: > Hi Michael, > > The public library that I frequently use has a Facebook and a Twitter > account. It > has almost 500 people who "Like" them on Facebook, and about 80 followers > on > Twitter. It is interesting to me that they post different information on > both. The > Facebook account has fewer updates and usually posts about upcoming events. > Other than the library posts, there is very little activity on the > account. The > Twitter account is updated almost daily, letting followers know about > upcoming > events. If there is no event to post about they share other tidbits of > information > about the library. > > I am guessing that they are managed by two different people. Personally I > think > they should update on Facebook more because there are way more followers. > I > also don't think that it is a waste of time, it is just one more way to > reach out to > patrons. To me it is easier to learn about library events through the > news-feeds > rather than visiting the library websites. > > Kim Lehn > MLS Student > Southern Connecticut State University > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-03 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nievesglez at US.ES Sun Dec 4 07:14:34 2011 From: nievesglez at US.ES (Nieves Gonzalez) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:14:34 +0100 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi all, Do you know if any library is collecting data from their social networks and social sites on a regular basis? I refer to data such as number of posts in blogs, Twitter followers, Facebook comments, etc. I would like to establish some kind of metrics in order to define some quality indicators. I'm librarian and teacher in Seville, Spain. Thanks a lot. -------------------------------------------- Nieves Gonz?lez Fern?ndez-Villavicencio Librarianship @nievesglez www.nievesglez.com On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 04:13, Kim Lehn wrote: > Hi Michael, > > The public library that I frequently use has a Facebook and a Twitter > account. It > has almost 500 people who "Like" them on Facebook, and about 80 followers > on > Twitter. It is interesting to me that they post different information on > both. The > Facebook account has fewer updates and usually posts about upcoming events. > Other than the library posts, there is very little activity on the > account. The > Twitter account is updated almost daily, letting followers know about > upcoming > events. If there is no event to post about they share other tidbits of > information > about the library. > > I am guessing that they are managed by two different people. Personally I > think > they should update on Facebook more because there are way more followers. > I > also don't think that it is a waste of time, it is just one more way to > reach out to > patrons. To me it is easier to learn about library events through the > news-feeds > rather than visiting the library websites. > > Kim Lehn > MLS Student > Southern Connecticut State University > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-03 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tim Spindle Tulsa City-County Library From: Murphy, Michael P. [mailto:murphym34 at OWLS.SOUTHERNCT.EDU] Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 4:19 PM Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences Greetings Web4, I was curious as to your thoughts on libraries employing web 2.0 technologies, such as Facebook or Twitter? Does your library use these services, and if so, do your patrons respond? Personally, my library uses these services but part of me feels like they are a waste of time, as the patrons don't really respond to them and they just cause extra work for the librarians. What are your feelings? Thanks in advance, Michael Murphy Southern Connecticut State University ============================ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you develop a social media strategy, even if it?s as simple as a weekly post (e.g. we tweet the first line of a YA book every Friday with a link to the book, calling it #1stLineFriday), it should encourage your patrons to take notice & participate. Tim Spindle Tulsa City-County Library From: Murphy, Michael P. [mailto:murphym34 at OWLS.SOUTHERNCT.EDU] Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 4:19 PM Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences Greetings Web4, I was curious as to your thoughts on libraries employing web 2.0 technologies, such as Facebook or Twitter? Does your library use these services, and if so, do your patrons respond? Personally, my library uses these services but part of me feels like they are a waste of time, as the patrons don't really respond to them and they just cause extra work for the librarians. What are your feelings? Thanks in advance, Michael Murphy Southern Connecticut State University ============================ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-04 -- Dr. Li-Ping Ku (Alan Ku) Flysheet Technologies Co. Ltd. Tel: +886-919222197 MSN:kuliping at hotmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From llight at HERRICKDL.ORG Mon Dec 5 10:03:11 2011 From: llight at HERRICKDL.ORG (Lin Light) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:03:11 -0500 Subject: IT manager 2011 In-Reply-To: <94F061A16C194E159083269AB9E000DA@herrickdl.local> Message-ID: HERRICK DISTRICT LIBRARY ? ? Information Technology Manager ? Full-time ? The Herrick District Library seeks its first, full-time Information Technology Manager. This individual will plan, coordinate, direct and design I.T. related activities of the organization and provide support and direction to the I.T. Department.? Successful candidates will demonstrate their qualifications and commitment to providing exceptional service to the organization?s customers and staff through program leadership, innovation, supervisory and collaborative skills. ??The I.T. Manager will work closely with other Managers to identify, recommend, develop and implement technology solutions for all aspects of the library. ?This position is part of the Library Management Team. ? Annual Salary Range: $48,173 ? $59,467.? Competitive benefit package applies.? For a complete job description and more information please see our website:? www.herrickdl.org. ? Resumes and applications received by December 15 will receive early consideration.? However applications will be considered until the position is filled.? Please submit to: ? Manager of Administrative Services Herrick District Library 300 S. River Ave Holland, MI? 49423 (616)355-3723 ? ? ? Herrick District Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer Lin Light Head of Computer & Technical Services Herrick District Library 300 South River Ave. Holland, MI 49423 Voice 616-355-3727 Fax ? 616-355-1426 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From LBurt at NORTHPARK.EDU Mon Dec 5 10:25:45 2011 From: LBurt at NORTHPARK.EDU (Burt-Nicholas, Laura) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:25:45 +0000 Subject: Locally hosted streaming media question Message-ID: We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if so which one(s)? Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I'll compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested. Thanks, Laura Laura Burt-Nicholas Reference and Instruction Librarian North Park University 3225 W. Foster Ave, Box 38 Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 244-5587 lburt at northpark.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Mon Dec 5 10:39:05 2011 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:39:05 -0500 Subject: Locally hosted streaming media question Message-ID: Our College has their own streaming server. The same folks who handle the College's Cable TV channel also take care of the streaming server. Our Library has links in our catalog to them as an access point. Currently the streaming video standard for the College is to use WMA and WMV, and on College PCs Windows Media Player to play them. They are currently investigating the possibility of changing to H.264 instead which would be more standard and POSSIBLY having an embedded Video player. If you would like to discuss it further, I can give you contact information for the person in charge of the server. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Burt-Nicholas, Laura Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:26 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if so which one(s)? Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I'll compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested. Thanks, Laura Laura Burt-Nicholas Reference and Instruction Librarian North Park University 3225 W. Foster Ave, Box 38 Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 244-5587 lburt at northpark.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lzusman at RIVIER.EDU Mon Dec 5 11:09:52 2011 From: lzusman at RIVIER.EDU (Zusman, Laura) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:09:52 -0500 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: <2BC57DD497C95449B255D8FF00D62A29180F8ADA@SN2PRD0202MB153.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: I agree with some of the other replies in that social media is what you put into it. It's worth remembering, though, that not everyone on Facebook or Twitter is an active participant - meaning you can't qualify the usefulness of your Facebook page with how many comments you get back. Maybe patrons are just reading your posts (which of course are pushed out to them in their Newsfeed), and aren't responding. It still means that they're reading them, or at least seeing them. The same with Twitter; of course, you can quantify how many followers you have, but even if you have only 6, that's 6 people who are getting your messages pushed out to them. Even if they never tweet to you, maybe one of them shows up at a library event because he got the tweet about it. That's a success! Basically, these are free advertising services, and if you're able to make it more than that, all the better. But it's a fact that students use these sites - heavily - and it's worth it for libraries to do the same. It also doesn't take that much extra work, as long as you create a sustainable plan. If necessary, have a trusted workstudy student tasked with the charge, or just a staff member who is interested. But it's something that, at this point, there's little reason not to do. Laura Zusman Rivier College From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Murphy, Michael P. Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 5:19 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Web 2.0 Experiences Greetings Web4, I was curious as to your thoughts on libraries employing web 2.0 technologies, such as Facebook or Twitter? Does your library use these services, and if so, do your patrons respond? Personally, my library uses these services but part of me feels like they are a waste of time, as the patrons don't really respond to them and they just cause extra work for the librarians. What are your feelings? Thanks in advance, Michael Murphy Southern Connecticut State University ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aarontay at GMAIL.COM Mon Dec 5 11:54:51 2011 From: aarontay at GMAIL.COM (Aaron Tay) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:54:51 +0800 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: <2BC57DD497C95449B255D8FF00D62A29180F8ADA@SN2PRD0202MB153.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: You probably read this already, but this is a negative view of Facebook and academic libraries. I don't necessarily agree with the conclusions. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133311001625 Our library's Facebook page is at 1,800 likes out of over 30,000 students and we only started in Feb 2011 with minimal publicity. Not sure if we are getting that much engagement in terms of comments, we do get "likes" on most manual posts and Facebook insights (new) showing typical posts have a reach of 500 to 1k+ (autoposts tend to be Penalized) ; pictures seem to work better. That alone I think is worth it, particularly when you consider the cost of posting (almost zero) . What other medium gives you so much reach short of mass emails (which our students hate since everyone does it)? Certainly not blogs. So for very little cost, we have what blogs were supposed to do in terms of reach. Of course next step is getting user engagement but still trying to figure that one out. I suspect posting in a engaging, less formal style (talk about social media and grades!) , contests, asking questions etc help. Aaron On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:19 AM, "Murphy, Michael P." < murphym34 at owls.southernct.edu> wrote: Greetings Web4, I was curious as to your thoughts on libraries employing web 2.0 technologies, such as Facebook or Twitter? Does your library use these services, and if so, do your patrons respond? Personally, my library uses these services but part of me feels like they are a waste of time, as the patrons don't really respond to them and they just cause extra work for the librarians. What are your feelings? Thanks in advance, Michael Murphy Southern Connecticut State University ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Manager will work closely with other Managers to identify, recommend, develop and implement technology solutions for all aspects of the library. ?This position is part of the Library Management Team. ? Annual Salary Range: $48,173 ? $59,467.? Competitive benefit package applies.? For a complete job description and more information please see our website:? www.herrickdl.org. ? Resumes and applications received by December 15 will receive early consideration.? However applications will be considered until the position is filled.? Please submit to: ? Manager of Administrative Services Herrick District Library 300 S. River Ave Holland, MI? 49423 (616)355-3723 ? ? ? Herrick District Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer Lin Light Head of Computer & Technical Services Herrick District Library 300 South River Ave. Holland, MI 49423 Voice 616-355-3727 Fax ? 616-355-1426 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bram at MIRE.BE Tue Dec 6 03:39:20 2011 From: bram at MIRE.BE (Bram Luyten) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:39:20 +0100 Subject: Locally hosted streaming media question In-Reply-To: <12B9D1B5B81D7847A28A6E3119BA762616A38482@Exchange10-Mbx.northpark.edu> Message-ID: You might want to look into Kaltura, an open source video streaming platform. http://www.kaltura.org/ http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform Among others, California State University and Cornell have ongoing implementations. On the more commercial spectrum, Adobe Flash Media Streaming server is also a viable candidate: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/ To get a full overview of RTMP server software, the resource on wikipedia is quite extensive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol#Server_software Out of interest, what kind of content management systems or other applications are you looking to integrate with your streaming server? hope this helps, Bram Luyten -- [image: logo] *Bram Luyten* *@mire* *2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010* *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* www.atmire.com On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Burt-Nicholas, Laura wrote: > ** ** > > We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park > University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming > now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries > are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like > to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if > so which one(s)? **** > > ** ** > > Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I?ll > compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Laura**** > > ** ** > > Laura Burt-Nicholas > Reference and Instruction Librarian > North Park University > 3225 W. Foster Ave, Box 38 > Chicago, IL 60625 > (773) 244-5587 > lburt at northpark.edu > **** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-05 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Leah Leah Krevit, MLIS Assistant University Librarian for Public Services Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bram Luyten Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:39 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question You might want to look into Kaltura, an open source video streaming platform. http://www.kaltura.org/ http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform Among others, California State University and Cornell have ongoing implementations. On the more commercial spectrum, Adobe Flash Media Streaming server is also a viable candidate: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/ To get a full overview of RTMP server software, the resource on wikipedia is quite extensive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol#Server_software Out of interest, what kind of content management systems or other applications are you looking to integrate with your streaming server? hope this helps, Bram Luyten -- logo Bram Luyten @mire 2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010 Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium www.atmire.com On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Burt-Nicholas, Laura wrote: We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if so which one(s)? Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I'll compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested. Thanks, Laura Laura Burt-Nicholas Reference and Instruction Librarian North Park University 3225 W. Foster Ave, Box 38 Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 244-5587 lburt at northpark.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-05 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-06 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Through many instruction sessions and individual research consultations, we have discovered that students are intimidated by this wording, and often assume that the full text of the article is not available. After conducting a quick review of other libraries, we noticed that some use 'FindIt at ..."; 'Find It!'; 'Search for full text;' or 'Citation Online.' What wording does your institution use for your Link Resolver? What have you found to work best for your students? Thank you in advance for your input! Best Regards, Sherry Youssef Research and Instruction Librarian Alliant International University, Los Angeles ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-11-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-06 From cdmorris22 at GMAIL.COM Tue Dec 6 13:22:24 2011 From: cdmorris22 at GMAIL.COM (Charlie Morris) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:22:24 -0500 Subject: Locally hosted streaming media question In-Reply-To: <005b01ccb43f$9a04d8d0$ce0e8a70$@edu> Message-ID: I'll chime in here since I've used it in the past. We actually had a couple of classes using Kaltura as the editing tool and storage facility for multimedia assignments. Students recorded video and audio and took pictures and then uploaded them to a Kaltura project space and edited them into a complete movie. We did this for one year and in the end we found that it was just far too buggy, in terms of editing anyway. And for what it's worth, the support from Kaltura wasn't good. I can't, however, speak to the performance of Kaltura as a large-scale streaming service though, perhaps it's better suited for that. -Charlie Fellow NC State Libraries On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Leah Krevit wrote: > Bram,**** > > ** ** > > Have you used the hosted Kaltura service? Any comments?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks. Leah**** > > ** ** > > Leah Krevit, MLIS**** > > Assistant University Librarian**** > > for Public Services**** > > Fondren Library, Rice University**** > > 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005**** > > 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Bram Luyten > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:39 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question**** > > ** ** > > You might want to look into Kaltura, an open source video streaming > platform. > > http://www.kaltura.org/ > http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform > > Among others, California State University and Cornell have ongoing > implementations. > > On the more commercial spectrum, Adobe Flash Media Streaming server is > also a viable candidate: > http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/ > > To get a full overview of RTMP server software, the resource on wikipedia > is quite extensive: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol#Server_software > > Out of interest, what kind of content management systems or other > applications are you looking to integrate with your streaming server? > > hope this helps, > > Bram Luyten > > -- **** > > [image: logo] **** > > *Bram Luyten* *@mire* > *2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010* > *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* > www.atmire.com**** > > > > **** > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Burt-Nicholas, Laura > wrote:**** > > **** > > We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park > University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming > now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries > are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like > to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if > so which one(s)? **** > > **** > > Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I?ll > compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > Laura**** > > **** > > Laura Burt-Nicholas > Reference and Instruction Librarian > North Park University > 3225 W. 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The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame seeks a Web Developer. The incumbent participates in creating, maintaining, and supporting the Libraries' websites and performs a variety of creative duties using an array of graphics software applications, techniques, and tools to design and produce high quality web pages as well as posters and other graphic and print materials to meet educational and promotional needs of the library. Requires a thorough knowledge of HTML, the ability to edit previously created simple scripts, typically written in PHP or PERL, but possibly also Ruby. Ability to effectively problem solve, communicate with a wide variety of people, and the ability to work and learn in a rapidly changing environment. Demonstrated knowledge of CSS, XHTML, javascript. Experience with graphic design. Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree required. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with usability, XML, XSLT, RDBMSs, and/or HTML5 a plus. 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Leah**** > > ** ** > > Leah Krevit, MLIS**** > > Assistant University Librarian**** > > for Public Services**** > > Fondren Library, Rice University**** > > 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005**** > > 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Bram Luyten > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:39 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question**** > > ** ** > > You might want to look into Kaltura, an open source video streaming > platform. > > > http://www.kaltura.org/ > http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform > > Among others, California State University and Cornell have ongoing > implementations. > > On the more commercial spectrum, Adobe Flash Media Streaming server is > also a viable candidate: > http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/ > > To get a full overview of RTMP server software, the resource on wikipedia > is quite extensive: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol#Server_software > > Out of interest, what kind of content management systems or other > applications are you looking to integrate with your streaming server? > > hope this helps, > > Bram Luyten > > -- **** > > [image: logo] **** > > *Bram Luyten* *@mire* > *2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010* > *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* > www.atmire.com**** > > > > **** > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Burt-Nicholas, Laura > wrote:**** > > **** > > We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park > University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming > now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries > are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like > to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if > so which one(s)? **** > > **** > > Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I?ll > compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > Laura**** > > **** > > Laura Burt-Nicholas > Reference and Instruction Librarian > North Park University > 3225 W. 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Lin Lin Light Head of Computer & Technical Services Herrick District Library 300 South River Ave. Holland, MI 49423 Voice 616-355-3727 Fax ? 616-355-1426 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Pruntel,Alison" To: WEB4LIB at listserv.nd.edu Sent: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:13:51 -0500 Subject: [WEB4LIB] EBSCOhost e-audio to OneClickDigital - Notifying Users > **Apologies, I am cross-posting*** > ? > For those of you who have launched Recorded Books? OneClickDigital service, did you/how did you notify users of the Recorded Books e-audio content on EBSCOhost moving over to OCD? > ? > When NetLibrary was absorbed by EBSCOhost, EBSCOhost had canned text to use, supposedly e-mailed account holders. We used some of their text and also sent out a notice to all active NetLibrary users. With the switchover of RB content from EBSCOhost to OCD, though, there doesn?t seem to be a plan from either vendor. I looked on the RB website and can?t find any marketing materials aimed at end users of OCD, just at purchasers (libraries). > ? > Any advice, examples, etc., would be much appreciated. > ? > ? > Alison Pruntel > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov > My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com > ? ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > 2011-12-07 ------- End of Original Message ------- ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krevit at RICE.EDU Wed Dec 7 16:18:29 2011 From: krevit at RICE.EDU (Leah Krevit) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:18:29 -0600 Subject: Locally hosted streaming media question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks to Bram and to Charlie for their responses. I am just now beginning to investigate a hosted streaming solution, so I'll let you know what happens. Leah Krevit, MLIS Assistant University Librarian for Public Services Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bram Luyten Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:33 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question Hello Leah, we haven't used the hosted Kaltura service, as we have deployed the community edition of the platform directly on in-house servers of our clients. best regards, Bram Luyten -- logo Bram Luyten @mire 2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010 Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium www.atmire.com On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Leah Krevit wrote: Bram, Have you used the hosted Kaltura service? Any comments? Thanks. Leah Leah Krevit, MLIS Assistant University Librarian for Public Services Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bram Luyten Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:39 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question You might want to look into Kaltura, an open source video streaming platform. http://www.kaltura.org/ http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform Among others, California State University and Cornell have ongoing implementations. On the more commercial spectrum, Adobe Flash Media Streaming server is also a viable candidate: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/ To get a full overview of RTMP server software, the resource on wikipedia is quite extensive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol#Server_software Out of interest, what kind of content management systems or other applications are you looking to integrate with your streaming server? hope this helps, Bram Luyten -- Error! Filename not specified. Bram Luyten @mire 2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010 Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium www.atmire.com On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Burt-Nicholas, Laura wrote: We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if so which one(s)? Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I'll compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested. Thanks, Laura Laura Burt-Nicholas Reference and Instruction Librarian North Park University 3225 W. 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URL: From tom.pasley at GMAIL.COM Wed Dec 7 17:07:12 2011 From: tom.pasley at GMAIL.COM (Tom Pasley) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:07:12 +1300 Subject: Locally hosted streaming media question In-Reply-To: <00c401ccb525$c4685110$4d38f330$@edu> Message-ID: At my work, we're using a product called ClickView [ http://www.clickview.com.au ] but mainly because of the video libraries that they offer. Personally, for what you have in mind, I'd be conservative and go with something with a good user community, and solid support offerings (even if they're a listserv for a FOSS project). Commercial offerings are fine, but make sure that the company is well established - FOSS projects are not the only offering which can have problems with support! Tom On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Leah Krevit wrote: > Thanks to Bram and to Charlie for their responses. I am just now beginning > to investigate a hosted streaming solution, so I?ll let you know what > happens.**** > > ** ** > > Leah Krevit, MLIS**** > > Assistant University Librarian**** > > for Public Services**** > > Fondren Library, Rice University**** > > 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005**** > > 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Bram Luyten > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:33 AM > > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question**** > > ** ** > > Hello Leah, > > we haven't used the hosted Kaltura service, as we have deployed the > community edition of the platform directly on in-house servers of our > clients. > > best regards, > > Bram Luyten > > -- **** > > [image: logo] **** > > *Bram Luyten* *@mire* > *2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010* > *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* > www.atmire.com**** > > > > **** > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Leah Krevit wrote:**** > > Bram,**** > > **** > > Have you used the hosted Kaltura service? Any comments?**** > > **** > > Thanks. Leah**** > > **** > > Leah Krevit, MLIS**** > > Assistant University Librarian**** > > for Public Services**** > > Fondren Library, Rice University**** > > 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005**** > > 713 348 3092 | 713 348 6264**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Bram Luyten > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:39 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU**** > > > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Locally hosted streaming media question**** > > **** > > You might want to look into Kaltura, an open source video streaming > platform.**** > > > > http://www.kaltura.org/ > http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform > > Among others, California State University and Cornell have ongoing > implementations. > > On the more commercial spectrum, Adobe Flash Media Streaming server is > also a viable candidate: > http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/ > > To get a full overview of RTMP server software, the resource on wikipedia > is quite extensive: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol#Server_software > > Out of interest, what kind of content management systems or other > applications are you looking to integrate with your streaming server? > > hope this helps, > > Bram Luyten > > -- **** > > *Error! Filename not specified.* **** > > *Bram Luyten* *@mire* > *2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305, Carlsbad, CA. 92010* > *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* > www.atmire.com**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Burt-Nicholas, Laura > wrote:**** > > **** > > We are developing a pilot streaming media project at North Park > University, and would like input from other libraries that are streaming > now. We plan to use Quicktime, but wonder what other platforms libraries > are using to stream media locally (not in the cloud). We would also like > to know if your institution is using a streaming server or service, and if > so which one(s)? **** > > **** > > Please reply to Laura Burt-Nicholas at lburt at northpark.edu and I?ll > compile responses to post back to the list if others are interested.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > Laura**** > > **** > > Laura Burt-Nicholas > Reference and Instruction Librarian > North Park University > 3225 W. 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Coordinates projects related to the creation, management, and use of digital content (including a new digital media student help service), working closely with digital content stakeholders in the library and with staff and faculty across the university. Serves as an internal consultant on standards-based methods and best practices related to access to digital resources, web design, web-based applications, and the development of digital preservation strategies. Oversees the units delivering university-wide AV support for over 200 learning spaces, and internal/external events support. Coordinates strategic planning relating to the wide variety of technological and digital issues in which the library is, and may be, involved; assesssment and implementation of AV technology solutions in learning spaces on campus and online to enhance faculty teaching and student learning. This position reports to the Dean of the Library, directly supervises a digital projects assistant, and supervises and works closely and collaboratively with the Library Technology Manager, who in turn supervises all other library technology staff in the classroom, events, and library technology support units, and in the library web and software development unit. * * *Qualifications required**: *ALA-accredited MLS degree or equivalent advanced academic qualification in information technology or information services. Proven knowledge of library operations software and systems, experience in developing and implementing web and database applications. Evidence of innovation in implementing emerging information technologies. Expertise with application of information technology in library operations and services. Demonstrated ability to plan, manage and oversee complex projects with diverse technological and equipment needs and to coordinate the library?s technology units. Five years of ever increasing management responsibility. Proven ability to manage in a highly-collaborative environment of teamwork and cooperation. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly and knowledgeably, verbally and in writing. The capacity to listen closely to discussions from a variety of partners in order to put those conversations into a larger context for the organization to consider and act upon. Evidence of commitment to professional development and scholarly activities through research, publication, and service to national and regional professional organizations. *Preferred:* Experience in an academic library. Experience with Innovative Interfaces, Inc. integrated library system. Experience managing a digital content repository system. *General information**: *The University of Denver (DU), the oldest independent university in the Rocky Mountain Region, enrolls approximately 9,500 students in its undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Denver as a Doctoral/Research University-Extensive. The University is located in a residential neighborhood of Denver, a vibrant and diverse city offering an array of cultural attractions and recreational activities in the nearby mountains. For more information about Penrose Library and the University of Denver visit: *http://www.du.edu* * * *Salary, Rank, Benefits*: Competitive salary. Faculty status, non-tenure track appointment, with rank depending on experience and qualifications. Faculty hired at the rank of Assistant Professor are required to apply for promotion to Associate Professor in or before the sixth year. All promotions in rank and extensions of contract are based upon performance in three core areas of responsibility: primary job, scholarship/research, and service. Generous benefits package including TIAA-CREF; 22 vacation days a year. *Deadline**: *Review of applications will begin January 9, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. *To Apply**: *Please visit http://www.dujobs.org for full posting and qualifications, and to submit application materials. *The University of Denver is committed to enhancing the diversity of Faculty and Staff and encourages applications from minorities.* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU Thu Dec 8 08:43:37 2011 From: jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU (Liebhardt, John T.) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:43:37 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers Message-ID: Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU Thu Dec 8 09:02:48 2011 From: Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU (Mitchell, Michael) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:02:48 -0600 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <0139D0990177344A96168BE58485BE2F3A84629F20@SNSUCMS01.nsu.edu> Message-ID: Given the proliferation of online resources most of us are adding to our catalogs (I've added almost a thousand Web sites to our catalog plus many online government reports, etc.), it seems that social engineering would be a better approach to this. Maybe even just something as simple as signage limiting time on the computers. Most people won't really want to stand at a kiosk for long anyway if they have other easily accessible and more comfortable options. Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Liebhardt, John T. Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:44 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marc.davis at DRAKE.EDU Thu Dec 8 09:11:24 2011 From: marc.davis at DRAKE.EDU (Marcus W Davis) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:11:24 +0000 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <0139D0990177344A96168BE58485BE2F3A84629F20@SNSUCMS01.nsu.edu> Message-ID: We use Kioware Lite in a variety of kiosk applications: - a "government documents" kiosk that allows access to .gov, .mil, .ia.us domains and a few other selected sites, includes the ability to view and print PDFs for the tax season - a "heritage display" which is essentially our ContentDM collections as part of our special collections display area - multiple "catalog kiosks" that allow access to the catalog, syndetics (book covers) and a few other selected pages. It's around $70 seat + maintenance, rock solid in performance (we've run catalog kiosks untouched for 3 years), excellently supported, and almost infinitely flexible. We've always used the "Lite" version. Marc W. Davis 515-271-1934 Cowles Library, Drake University Mailing: 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Liebhardt, John T. [jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:43 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? 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URL: From bhow at LOC.GOV Thu Dec 8 09:14:37 2011 From: bhow at LOC.GOV (Howard, Barrie) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:14:37 -0500 Subject: JCDL 2012 Call for Participation Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting ********************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 12th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2012) June 10-14, 2012 Washington, DC, USA Hosted by The George Washington University and The Library of Congress http://www.jcdl2012.info CALL FOR PAPERS The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term digital libraries, including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions and organizations; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and accessing digital content; theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing; and theory and practice of use of managed content in science and education. IMPORTANT DATES * Full Papers due January 23, 2012 * Short Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos, Workshops, Tutorials due January 30, 2012 * Notification of acceptance for Workshops and Tutorials: March 1, 2012 * Notification of acceptance for Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos: March 21, 2012 * Doctoral Consortium Abstract submissions due March 31, 2012 CONFERENCE FOCUS The theme for JCDL 2012 is #sharing #linking #using #preserving. Digital libraries, under a variety of names and modalities, are often part of the every day web experience. The challenge is how digital libraries can enhance user experience through providing stability in changing information environment, breaking down information silos, integrating into accepted practices of the web, and providing a range of access and services to resources across the web, both to human and machine users. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in all aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; scientific data management; workflows; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. JCDL welcomes submissions in these areas, and submissions associated with the JCDL 2012 theme of social media influenced themes of linking, sharing, usage, and preservation are particularly welcome. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all these aspects. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of established and emerging disciplines and professions including computer science, information science, web science, data science, librarianship, data management, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, information technology, medicine, social sciences, education and humanities. Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are invited to participate. JCDL 2012 will be held in Washington, DC on the campus of The George Washington University. The program is organized by an international committee of scholars and leaders in the digital libraries field and attendance is expected to include several hundreds of researchers, practitioners, managers, and students. JCDL 2012 invites submissions of papers and proposals for posters, demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops that will make the conference an exciting and creative event to attend. As always, the conference welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable digital libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Collaborative and participatory information environments * Cyberinfrastructure architectures, applications, and deployments * Data mining/extraction of structure from networked information * Digital library and Web Science curriculum development * Distributed information systems * Extracting semantics, entities, and patterns from large collections * Evaluation of online information environments * Impact and evaluation of digital libraries and information in education * Information and knowledge systems * Information policy and copyright law * Information visualization * Interfaces to information for novices and experts * Linked data and its applications * Personal digital information management * Retrieval and browsing * Scientific data curation, citation and scholarly publication * Social media, architecture, and applications * Social networks, virtual organizations and networked information * Social-technical perspectives of digital information * Studies of human factors in networked information * Theoretical models of information interaction and organization * User behavior and modeling * Visualization of large-scale information environments * Web archiving and preservation IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS All contributions must be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, following ACM format guidelines and template available from http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Please submit all papers in PDF format. PAPER SUBMISSIONS Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed. Complete papers are required-abstracts and incomplete papers will not be reviewed. Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space. Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM formatting guidelines, http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012 All accepted papers will be published by ACM as conference proceedings and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries. POSTER & DEMOSTRATION SUBMISSIONS Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. PANELS & INVITED BRIEFINGS Panels will complement the refereed portions of the program with lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are not addressed by other program elements. Invited briefings will explain a topic of interest to those building digital libraries-they can be thought of as being mini-tutorials. We are not soliciting formal proposals for panels or invited briefings, but if you have an idea for one that you'd like to hear, please send email directly to the panels/briefings chairs, Noha Adly, adly at bibalex.org, and Haowei Hsieh, haowei-hsieh at uiowa.edu. TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest-both those in established communities, and also those interested in discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue. They can range in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended roundtable discussions among the selected participants. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees; a description of the planned format and duration (half-day, full-day, or one-and-a-half day); information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided-dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for PhD students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their digital library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of digital library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. Doctoral Consortium proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. ********************************** Barrie Howard Coordinator, Program Management National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Office of Strategic Initiatives The Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, SE Washington DC 20540-1300 +1-202-707-1830 bhow at loc.gov http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kern.mann at RPL.LIB.NH.US Thu Dec 8 09:17:18 2011 From: kern.mann at RPL.LIB.NH.US (Kern Mann) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:17:18 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We use IE with an "proxy auto configuration" file. It is set up in the browser, and the browser is locked down in the registry to prevent its being changed. Patrons can only get to URL's allowed/included in the pac file all other attempted URL's give a DNS error. Google info . Below is an example of our OPAC file. hth, kern with (ProxyConfig) { function FindProxyForURL(url,host) { if (isPlainHostName(host) || dnsDomainIs(host, "10.54.51.253") || dnsDomainIs(host, "65.175.139.12") || dnsDomainIs(host, ".symantec.com") || dnsDomainIs(host, ".syndetics.com") || dnsDomainIs(host, "syndetics.com") || dnsDomainIs(host, ".rpl.lib.nh.us")) return "DIRECT"; else return "PROXY 10.54.51.254" } } -- Kern Mann Library Systems Technician Rochester Public Library Rochester NH 03867 ph: 603.335.7587 fx: 603.335.7582 kern.mann at rpl.lib.nh.us --------------------------- On 12/8/2011 9:02 AM, Mitchell, Michael wrote: > > Given the proliferation of online resources most of us are adding to > our catalogs (I've added almost a thousand Web sites to our catalog > plus many online government reports, etc.), it seems that social > engineering would be a better approach to this. Maybe even just > something as simple as signage limiting time on the computers. Most > people won't really want to stand at a kiosk for long anyway if they > have other easily accessible and more comfortable options. > > Michael Mitchell > > Technical Services Librarian > > Brazosport College > > Lake Jackson, TX > > Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu > > *From:*Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > *On Behalf Of *Liebhardt, John T. > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:44 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers > > Hello all, > > We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser > that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and > databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines > watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an > information commons where they can research and study.) > > We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping > people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and > lacks usability. > > For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it > working for you? > > Thanks, > > John > > John Liebhardt > > Systems Librarian > > Lyman B. Brooks Library > > Norfolk State University > > 700 Park Avenue > > Norfolk, VA 23504 > > Office: 757-823-2334 > > Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmarkman at CLARKU.EDU Thu Dec 8 09:23:09 2011 From: cmarkman at CLARKU.EDU (Chris Markman) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:23:09 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <0139D0990177344A96168BE58485BE2F3A84629F20@SNSUCMS01.nsu.edu> Message-ID: Funny you should mention this! Just yesterday I installed ChromiumOS Lime < http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/lime.php> on a test machine here and am really liking the page load speed. Needs a few customizations (default home page, URL restriction, no Google account sign in so it stays in private browsing mode) but other than that it seems like a perfect fit for library kiosks. Chris Markman Resource Library Coordinator Visual & Performing Arts Clark University 508.793.7481 cmarkman at clarku.edu On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Liebhardt, John T. wrote: > Hello all, **** > > ** ** > > We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that > would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, > but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube > videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they > can research and study.) **** > > ** ** > > We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people > from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks > usability. **** > > ** ** > > For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working > for you? **** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > John **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > John Liebhardt**** > > Systems Librarian**** > > Lyman B. Brooks Library**** > > Norfolk State University**** > > 700 Park Avenue**** > > Norfolk, VA 23504**** > > Office: 757-823-2334 **** > > Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pbutler3 at UMW.EDU Thu Dec 8 09:41:41 2011 From: pbutler3 at UMW.EDU (Paul Butler (pbutler3)) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:41:41 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <0139D0990177344A96168BE58485BE2F3A84629F20@SNSUCMS01.nsu.edu> Message-ID: Howdy, We use Windows SteadyState (a free Microsoft product) on Windows XP machines with a few group policy tweaks and have been happy with the results. Basically the machine auto logs in as a limited account with IE in full screen mode defaulting to the library website - so no menu bar, favorites bar, or address bar shown. Through SteadyState I have a 30 minute timer that is displayed to the user that automatically reboots the machine and logs back into the limited account. This wipes away and changes a previous user may have made. Someone smart could close the browser, but I have the desktop shortcut to IE setup to always open up in Kiosk mode. I removed access to all other programs and OS features with SteadyState. Folks could find a way to navigate off of our website, but with the timer, lack of Flash, and lack of a chair, we have yet to see this happen in the 7 months we have had this setup deployed. We also use signage to let users know how machines are meant to be used. We actually use SteadyState for all our Guest Access (non-university domain users) and Govt Docs computers and the response from users and staff has been overwhelmingly positive. Cheers, Paul +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Paul R Butler Assistant Systems Librarian Simpson Library University of Mary Washington 1801 College Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401 540.654.1756 sites.umw.edu/library/ Sent from the mighty Dell Vostro 230. ________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Liebhardt, John T. [jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:43 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 From Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV Thu Dec 8 09:46:52 2011 From: Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV (Pruntel,Alison) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:46:52 -0500 Subject: Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site Message-ID: **Apologies in advance for cross-posting** Our county is considering the use of Microsoft Sharepoint for our public-facing site; all county departments will be expected to use this as our CMS. As we already find using it as our intranet laborious/inefficient, am hoping for feedback from other libraries using Sharepoint for this purpose (public site, CMS) and pros/cons. I realize there has been great success using Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, etc., but the decision-making entity is keen on Sharepoint. Would love links to successful local government/library "for the public" sites using Sharepoint. Also, if you considered Sharepoint and went with something else, can you send me your "Wow factors" for choosing something other than Sharepoint. (Note: When given a list of reasons for going with tools other than Sharepoint, a key decision-maker asked for "Wow" factors -- no elaboration given -- that would make him consider something other than Sharepoint). Thanks for considering, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhess8 at DEPAUL.EDU Thu Dec 8 10:15:46 2011 From: mhess8 at DEPAUL.EDU (Ryan Hess) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:15:46 -0600 Subject: [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Alison, We are expected to move to SharePoint as well early next year and I?ve been blogging about our preparations thus far, which has led to many emails from other institutions that are having SharePoint brought to them by their IT departments. So it seems like this is emerging as a trend. What I?m also picking up is that people who have used SharePoint loath SharePoint for some of the reasons you cite, compatibility issues, etc. My own concerns rest in two areas: 1. How much of a community of practice is there with SharePoint in libraries, from which we can draw for advice, ideas, solutions. This is definitely true with Wordpress and Drupal, but from what I can tell, it is very early days for SharePoint as a library CMS. 2. Interoperability and standards. We all know how well Microsoft plays with others and how they tend to develop their own standards. Still there is at least one success story out there. Sandia National Laboratories (a special research library) has a public-facing SharePoint site, which they presented at Internet Librarian. Danielle Pollock was the presenter. I would also offer up DePaul?s (www.depaul.edu) main homepage as an example of what a public-facing SharePoint site can look like. The project team here did a very good job in terms of design and I have to say I was impressed (and soothed) by what I saw. I?ve worked a little bit with Drupal and can say that the CMS world is definitely a quirky one for people used to hand-coding and working within Dreamweaver. And with Drupal, at least, it definitely starts to feel ?patchy? in that to get the system to do everything you want, sometimes feels like more work than if you just built it from scratch. I?m also building back-up pages in LibGuides these days (our current CMS is unsupported and not stable) and am actually quite surprised at what you can do with a little creative thinking. And I would recommend looking into that option as well. It?s actually not that difficult to create a regular-looking, fully functional site that looks nothing like LibGuides? boxiness. Good luck and do report back to the list on how it all pans out. M Ryan Hess Web Services Coordinator DePaul University JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614 office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | mhess8 at depaul.edu On 12/8/11 8:46 AM, "Pruntel,Alison" wrote: > **Apologies in advance for cross-posting** > > Our county is considering the use of Microsoft Sharepoint for our > public-facing site; all county departments will be expected to use this as our > CMS. As we already find using it as our intranet laborious/inefficient, am > hoping for feedback from other libraries using Sharepoint for this purpose > (public site, CMS) and pros/cons. I realize there has been great success using > Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, etc., but the decision-making entity is keen on > Sharepoint. Would love links to successful local government/library ?for the > public? sites using Sharepoint. > > Also, if you considered Sharepoint and went with something else, can you send > me your ?Wow factors? for choosing something other than Sharepoint. (Note: > When given a list of reasons for going with tools other than Sharepoint, a key > decision-maker asked for ?Wow? factors -- no elaboration given -- that would > make him consider something other than Sharepoint). > > Thanks for considering, > > > Alison Pruntel > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov > > My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com > > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Pablo.Iriarte at CHUV.CH Thu Dec 8 10:48:23 2011 From: Pablo.Iriarte at CHUV.CH (Iriarte Pablo) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:48:23 +0100 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <0139D0990177344A96168BE58485BE2F3A84629F20@SNSUCMS01.nsu.edu> Message-ID: Hi, I use Firefox with this add-ons : - BlockSite (Black list, white list...) : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocksite/ - Public Fox ("Block downloads. Prevent browser changes. Locks down Add-ons, Preferences, 'about:config', Bookmarks. Blocks unwanted Web Sites All with a central password [...]") : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/public-fox/ Ther's also R-kiosk that "defaults to full screen, disables all menus, toolbars, key commands and right button menu [...]" but I didn't install it : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/r-kiosk/ Hope that's help... 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[jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU] Date d'envoi : jeudi, 8. d?cembre 2011 14:43 ? : WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Objet : [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 From justalover at GMAIL.COM Thu Dec 8 10:51:20 2011 From: justalover at GMAIL.COM (miles stauffer) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:51:20 -0800 Subject: [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Everyone, I have had a very positive experience with SharePoint, especially within the library environment. I few years ago a wrote a small article for MS about this same topic: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=242 My key takeaways from this process: 1) The Business Data Catalog is amazing. This tool is revolutionary to me. Essentially you can create a custom SQL or web services query to index your library data and seamlessly integrate the resources into your SharePoint instance. 2) If you want to do more than just basic integration you will need a C# developer. There is a portal editor which is quite interesting as well. miles stauffer On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Ryan Hess wrote: > Hi Alison, > > We are expected to move to SharePoint as well early next year and I?ve > been blogging about our preparations thus far, which has led to many emails > from other institutions that are having SharePoint brought to them by their > IT departments. So it seems like this is emerging as a trend. What I?m also > picking up is that people who have used SharePoint loath SharePoint for > some of the reasons you cite, compatibility issues, etc. My own concerns > rest in two areas: > > > 1. How much of a community of practice is there with SharePoint in > libraries, from which we can draw for advice, ideas, solutions. This is > definitely true with Wordpress and Drupal, but from what I can tell, it is > very early days for SharePoint as a library CMS. > 2. Interoperability and standards. We all know how well Microsoft > plays with others and how they tend to develop their own standards. > > > Still there is at least one success story out there. Sandia National > Laboratories (a special research library) has a public-facing SharePoint > site, which they presented at Internet Librarian. Danielle Pollock was the > presenter. > > I would also offer up DePaul?s (www.depaul.edu) main homepage as an > example of what a public-facing SharePoint site can look like. The project > team here did a very good job in terms of design and I have to say I was > impressed (and soothed) by what I saw. > > I?ve worked a little bit with Drupal and can say that the CMS world is > definitely a quirky one for people used to hand-coding and working within > Dreamweaver. And with Drupal, at least, it definitely starts to feel > ?patchy? in that to get the system to do everything you want, sometimes > feels like more work than if you just built it from scratch. > > I?m also building back-up pages in LibGuides these days (our current CMS > is unsupported and not stable) and am actually quite surprised at what you > can do with a little creative thinking. And I would recommend looking into > that option as well. It?s actually not that difficult to create a > regular-looking, fully functional site that looks nothing like LibGuides? > boxiness. > > Good luck and do report back to the list on how it all pans out. > > > M Ryan Hess > Web Services Coordinator > DePaul University > JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., > Chicago IL 60614 > office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | * > mhess8 at depaul.edu* > On 12/8/11 8:46 AM, "Pruntel,Alison" > wrote: > > **Apologies in advance for cross-posting** > > Our county is considering the use of Microsoft Sharepoint for our > public-facing site; all county departments will be expected to use this as > our CMS. As we already find using it as our intranet laborious/inefficient, > am hoping for feedback from other libraries using Sharepoint for this > purpose (public site, CMS) and pros/cons. I realize there has been great > success using Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, etc., but the decision-making > entity is keen on Sharepoint. Would love links to successful local > government/library ?for the public? sites using Sharepoint. > > Also, if you considered Sharepoint and went with something else, can you > send me your ?Wow factors? for choosing something other than Sharepoint. > (Note: When given a list of reasons for going with tools other than > Sharepoint, a key decision-maker asked for ?Wow? factors -- no elaboration > given -- that would make him consider something other than Sharepoint). > > Thanks for considering, > > * > **Alison Pruntel* > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > *FCPL Web Site:* http://library.fauquiercounty.gov < > http://library.fauquiercounty.gov> > *My Blog:* http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com < > http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com> > > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jean.graef at MONTAGUE.COM Thu Dec 8 11:00:20 2011 From: jean.graef at MONTAGUE.COM (Jean Graef) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:00:20 -0800 Subject: [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Librarians following this thread might be interested in our article "What librarians should know about SharePoint." See http://www.montague.com/review/sharepointlibrarians.html Jean Graef The Montague Institute From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of miles stauffer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:51 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site Hi Everyone, I have had a very positive experience with SharePoint, especially within the library environment. I few years ago a wrote a small article for MS about this same topic: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=242 My key takeaways from this process: 1) The Business Data Catalog is amazing. This tool is revolutionary to me. Essentially you can create a custom SQL or web services query to index your library data and seamlessly integrate the resources into your SharePoint instance. 2) If you want to do more than just basic integration you will need a C# developer. There is a portal editor which is quite interesting as well. miles stauffer On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Ryan Hess > wrote: Hi Alison, We are expected to move to SharePoint as well early next year and I've been blogging about our preparations thus far, which has led to many emails from other institutions that are having SharePoint brought to them by their IT departments. So it seems like this is emerging as a trend. What I'm also picking up is that people who have used SharePoint loath SharePoint for some of the reasons you cite, compatibility issues, etc. My own concerns rest in two areas: 1. How much of a community of practice is there with SharePoint in libraries, from which we can draw for advice, ideas, solutions. This is definitely true with Wordpress and Drupal, but from what I can tell, it is very early days for SharePoint as a library CMS. 2. Interoperability and standards. We all know how well Microsoft plays with others and how they tend to develop their own standards. Still there is at least one success story out there. Sandia National Laboratories (a special research library) has a public-facing SharePoint site, which they presented at Internet Librarian. Danielle Pollock was the presenter. I would also offer up DePaul's (www.depaul.edu) main homepage as an example of what a public-facing SharePoint site can look like. The project team here did a very good job in terms of design and I have to say I was impressed (and soothed) by what I saw. I've worked a little bit with Drupal and can say that the CMS world is definitely a quirky one for people used to hand-coding and working within Dreamweaver. And with Drupal, at least, it definitely starts to feel "patchy" in that to get the system to do everything you want, sometimes feels like more work than if you just built it from scratch. I'm also building back-up pages in LibGuides these days (our current CMS is unsupported and not stable) and am actually quite surprised at what you can do with a little creative thinking. And I would recommend looking into that option as well. It's actually not that difficult to create a regular-looking, fully functional site that looks nothing like LibGuides' boxiness. Good luck and do report back to the list on how it all pans out. M Ryan Hess Web Services Coordinator DePaul University JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614 office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | mhess8 at depaul.edu On 12/8/11 8:46 AM, "Pruntel,Alison" > wrote: **Apologies in advance for cross-posting** Our county is considering the use of Microsoft Sharepoint for our public-facing site; all county departments will be expected to use this as our CMS. As we already find using it as our intranet laborious/inefficient, am hoping for feedback from other libraries using Sharepoint for this purpose (public site, CMS) and pros/cons. I realize there has been great success using Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, etc., but the decision-making entity is keen on Sharepoint. Would love links to successful local government/library "for the public" sites using Sharepoint. Also, if you considered Sharepoint and went with something else, can you send me your "Wow factors" for choosing something other than Sharepoint. (Note: When given a list of reasons for going with tools other than Sharepoint, a key decision-maker asked for "Wow" factors -- no elaboration given -- that would make him consider something other than Sharepoint). Thanks for considering, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wardgsmith at GMAIL.COM Thu Dec 8 11:23:24 2011 From: wardgsmith at GMAIL.COM (ward smith) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 21:53:24 +0530 Subject: [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site In-Reply-To: Message-ID: if you are willing to pay a modest price for a very flexible cms, try expressionengine: http://www.expressionengine.com probably the best midrange (< 200$) cms out there. Ward Smith wardgsmith at gmail.com "that which is sent cannot be unsent" On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Jean Graef wrote: > Librarians following this thread might be interested in our article > ?What librarians should know about SharePoint.? See http://www.montague.com/review/sharepointlibrarians.html > > Jean Graef > The Montague Institute > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > On Behalf Of miles stauffer > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:51 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public- > facing site > > Hi Everyone, > > I have had a very positive experience with SharePoint, especially > within the library environment. I few years ago a wrote a small > article for MS about this same topic: > > http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=242 > > My key takeaways from this process: > > 1) The Business Data Catalog is amazing. This tool is revolutionary > to me. Essentially you can create a custom SQL or web services query > to index your library data and seamlessly integrate the resources > into your SharePoint instance. > > 2) If you want to do more than just basic integration you will need > a C# developer. There is a portal editor which is quite interesting > as well. > > miles stauffer > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Ryan Hess wrote: > Hi Alison, > > We are expected to move to SharePoint as well early next year and > I?ve been blogging about our preparations thus far, which has led to > many emails from other institutions that are having SharePoint > brought to them by their IT departments. So it seems like this is > emerging as a trend. What I?m also picking up is that people who > have used SharePoint loath SharePoint for some of the reasons you > cite, compatibility issues, etc. My own concerns rest in two areas: > > How much of a community of practice is there with SharePoint in > libraries, from which we can draw for advice, ideas, solutions. This > is definitely true with Wordpress and Drupal, but from what I can > tell, it is very early days for SharePoint as a library CMS. > Interoperability and standards. We all know how well Microsoft plays > with others and how they tend to develop their own standards. > > Still there is at least one success story out there. Sandia National > Laboratories (a special research library) has a public-facing > SharePoint site, which they presented at Internet Librarian. > Danielle Pollock was the presenter. > > I would also offer up DePaul?s (www.depaul.edu) main homepage as an > example of what a public-facing SharePoint site can look like. The > project team here did a very good job in terms of design and I have > to say I was impressed (and soothed) by what I saw. > > I?ve worked a little bit with Drupal and can say that the CMS world > is definitely a quirky one for people used to hand-coding and > working within Dreamweaver. And with Drupal, at least, it definitely > starts to feel ?patchy? in that to get the system to do everything > you want, sometimes feels like more work than if you just built it > from scratch. > > I?m also building back-up pages in LibGuides these days (our current > CMS is unsupported and not stable) and am actually quite surprised > at what you can do with a little creative thinking. And I would > recommend looking into that option as well. It?s actually not that > difficult to create a regular-looking, fully functional site that > looks nothing like LibGuides? boxiness. > > Good luck and do report back to the list on how it all pans out. > > > M Ryan Hess > Web Services Coordinator > DePaul University > JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore > Ave., Chicago IL 60614 > office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | mhess8 at depaul.edu > On 12/8/11 8:46 AM, "Pruntel,Alison" > wrote: > > **Apologies in advance for cross-posting** > > Our county is considering the use of Microsoft Sharepoint for our > public-facing site; all county departments will be expected to use > this as our CMS. As we already find using it as our intranet > laborious/inefficient, am hoping for feedback from other libraries > using Sharepoint for this purpose (public site, CMS) and pros/cons. > I realize there has been great success using Joomla, Drupal, > WordPress, etc., but the decision-making entity is keen on > Sharepoint. Would love links to successful local government/library > ?for the public? sites using Sharepoint. > > Also, if you considered Sharepoint and went with something else, can > you send me your ?Wow factors? for choosing something other than > Sharepoint. (Note: When given a list of reasons for going with tools > other than Sharepoint, a key decision-maker asked for ?Wow? factors > -- no elaboration given -- that would make him consider something > other than Sharepoint). > > Thanks for considering, > > > Alison Pruntel > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov > > My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com > > > > > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From decirella at GMAIL.COM Thu Dec 8 11:59:34 2011 From: decirella at GMAIL.COM (David Cirella) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:59:34 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <0139D0990177344A96168BE58485BE2F3A84629F20@SNSUCMS01.nsu.edu> Message-ID: We changed all our OPACs from WindowsXP/Stead State to Debian Linux/Opera web browser in kiosk mode. It has been working well over the past 6 months or so. They auto start into a limited account with a full screen browser and all the history is wiped with a startup script. The firestarter firewall provides whitelist/blacklist functionality. The real time saver with this setup was creating a clonezilla image of one finished OPAC and flashing to all of the others. After the first, each OPAC only took 10-15 minutes to image, additional config can then be done from the admin profile to add remove whitelist/blacklist sites as needed. If they are ever corrupted for any reason a fresh install can be quickly imaged. I can dig up some more details if anyone is interested. David On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Liebhardt, John T. wrote: > Hello all, **** > > ** ** > > We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that > would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, > but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube > videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they > can research and study.) **** > > ** ** > > We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people > from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks > usability. **** > > ** ** > > For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working > for you? **** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > John **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > John Liebhardt**** > > Systems Librarian**** > > Lyman B. Brooks Library**** > > Norfolk State University**** > > 700 Park Avenue**** > > Norfolk, VA 23504**** > > Office: 757-823-2334 **** > > Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dean.james at EXCH.LIBRARY.TMC.EDU Thu Dec 8 12:20:02 2011 From: dean.james at EXCH.LIBRARY.TMC.EDU (Dean James) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:20:02 -0600 Subject: Job Posting, Web Developer, Houston, Texas Message-ID: My Library has an opening for a web developer. See below for details: Position Available Web Development Lead (Librarian) The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Library is a major research library serving Texas Medical Center researchers, clinicians and students, including two major medical schools and over 20 member institutions. The Library is also the Regional Medical Library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region, with responsibility for providing health information to health professionals and consumers in the five state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The TMC Library seeks an energetic, Web Development Lead (Librarian). This individual will be responsible for the development and management of the TMC Library's websites both public/Intranet, and ensuring both sites meet accessibility standards. The Web Librarian will create and maintain mobile technologies for the website, chairs the Web Development Committee and conducts regular monthly meetings. Duties: * Creates and maintains the Library's websites, including the Intranet * Develops mobile and mash up technologies for the Library's website in mobile formats * Updates all Library websites in accordance with new technologies * Chairs the Library's Web Development Committee * Conducts annual user satisfaction surveys of the public website * Works with the Collection Development and Information Technology Departments to ensure that access to electronic resources through the website are dependable * Maintains current awareness of competing library websites and online services * Shares new developments and trends with other library staff * Other website construction as required * Training of CMS and other systems Additional Responsibilities: * Works closely with Digital Projects Librarian and Database Analyst to create usable databases to for clients and to collect usage data * Participates in the Library's Public Relations and Marketing Committees * Other duties as assigned Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills): * Required: BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Experience will be considered in lieu of degree program; * Desired: MLS or MIS from an ALA-accredited library science program or equivalent * Three or more years developing integrated web sites and Internet applications in a business or educational environment * Understanding of PHP, ColdFusion, HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, .NET * Experience with web design, usability and mobile technologies * Knowledge of Internet multimedia technologies (Flash, Silverlight, streaming media, HTML5) * Applied knowledge of web standards * Working experience with PHP and also ColdFusion integration with SQL and MySQL databases (Database calls, Database Input, Search Coding, etc.) * Strong oral and written communication skills * Excellent interpersonal skills; excellent technical writing and documentation skills * Must be able to perform most programming and analysis tasks independently and with minimal supervision * Content Management System (CMS) experience required The TMC Library offers a complete benefits package which includes health, dental, life and long-term disability insurance. In additional to a comprehensive benefits package, the Library provides paid holidays, vacation accrual, an exceptional retirement plan and a monthly transportation subsidy. The TMC Library is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action institution, providing access to employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran's status, political affiliation, or disability. Salary Range: $40,000 - 48,000 Please email or fax resume to: Rosalind Bob, Human Resources Specialist Email: rosalind.bob at exch.library.tmc.edu Fax: 713.799.7816 Dean James, PhD, MSLS Associate Director, Collection Development The TMC Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030 P: 713-799-7122 F: 713-799-7180 http://resource.library.tmc.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bill.coffey at WAYNEGOV.COM Thu Dec 8 13:32:06 2011 From: bill.coffey at WAYNEGOV.COM (Bill Coffey) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:32:06 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We Use Public Web Browser. Works great Bill Coffey bill.coffey at waynegov.com System Administrator Wayne County Public Library 1001 E. Ash St. Goldsboro, NC 27530 Phone: (919) 735-6249 Fax: (919) 731-2889 Visit Our Website at: www.wcpl.org P Please consider the environment before printing this From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of David Cirella Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:00 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers We changed all our OPACs from WindowsXP/Stead State to Debian Linux/Opera web browser in kiosk mode. It has been working well over the past 6 months or so. They auto start into a limited account with a full screen browser and all the history is wiped with a startup script. The firestarter firewall provides whitelist/blacklist functionality. The real time saver with this setup was creating a clonezilla image of one finished OPAC and flashing to all of the others. After the first, each OPAC only took 10-15 minutes to image, additional config can then be done from the admin profile to add remove whitelist/blacklist sites as needed. If they are ever corrupted for any reason a fresh install can be quickly imaged. I can dig up some more details if anyone is interested. David On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Liebhardt, John T. > wrote: Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU Thu Dec 8 14:06:21 2011 From: jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU (Liebhardt, John T.) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:06:21 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <82768EBA5010814A9AE844E2842AF1C217CCF45CA9@ITMAILMS.waynegov.local> Message-ID: I just want to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions. They were very appreciated. John Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Thu Dec 8 14:12:32 2011 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:12:32 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers Message-ID: We did this before in our old building using IE and allowing access to specific sites only (mostly it was catalog only). I put together documentation a while back and have it available for download from: http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~griesner/CCBCLIB/OpacOnly-details.rtf or http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~griesner/CCBCLIB/OpacOnly-details.pdf Hope this helps. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology/ The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Liebhardt, John T. Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:44 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. Brooks Library Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504 Office: 757-823-2334 Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From computerlab at PECLIBRARY.ORG Thu Dec 8 14:33:07 2011 From: computerlab at PECLIBRARY.ORG (Computerlab Picton) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:33:07 -0500 Subject: Kiosk browsers - Caution using "SteadyState" Message-ID: > We use Windows SteadyState (a free Microsoft product) on Windows XP... Just be aware that steady state is NOT supported on Windows 7, see: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprosecurity/thread/0110d93c-eea5-4da9-9eea-d97ff88bff0e In an effort to save money, we used this for a while on our patron computers, but it was a lot of trouble to work with and a local teen hacked into it in about 10 minutes. I have returned to buying a deepfreeze standard license with every new computer, a great product IMHO, see: http://www.faronics.com/standard/deep-freeze-2/ Also note that although technical support for XP does not end until early 2014, there is already software that it will not run (for example, Internet Explorer 9) and Gartner recommends being completely off of it by the end of 2012: http://ppgrainbow.deviantart.com/journal/Eliminate-Windows-XP-by-the-end-of-2012-214227996 Also, I am sure that most of you are using TechSoup to get discount software, this has saved us a lot of money: http://home.techsoup.org/pages/default.aspx Thanks for the useful information on this list. Eric Pierce B.Tech., MCP, A+, Server+, Network+, Internet+, Linux+, CTT+ IT Coordinator County of Prince Edward Public Library and Archives www.peclibrary.org Phone: (613) 476-5962 Fax: (613) 476-3325 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 From R.W.Mooar at MASSEY.AC.NZ Thu Dec 8 15:04:11 2011 From: R.W.Mooar at MASSEY.AC.NZ (Mooar, Rob) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:04:11 +1300 Subject: Kiosk browsers In-Reply-To: <82768EBA5010814A9AE844E2842AF1C217CCF45CA9@ITMAILMS.waynegov.local> Message-ID: Hi John and All We are also using Public Web Browser by TeamSoftware Solutions. So far we have found this the best as we gave many records that head off to external providers, and PWB has been the only product that prevents access to these on the opacs, which was the desired result (otherwise we'd have students sitting on opacs all day). It has a very straight forward configuration/setup, and you can save the config file to a server, and have PWB fetch it on startup, saving the need to make any changes/enhancements to all opacs. If you'd like more info on our setup, sing out, and I'll see what I can sort for you. I hope this helps Cheers Rob Mooar Digital Services Library Technician Massey University Library Tennent Drive Palmerston North New Zealand +64 6 356 9099 ext 2352 R.W.Mooar at massey.ac.nz From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Coffey Sent: Friday, 9 December 2011 7:32 a.m. To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers We Use Public Web Browser. Works great Bill Coffey bill.coffey at waynegov.com System Administrator Wayne County Public Library 1001 E. Ash St. Goldsboro, NC 27530 Phone: (919) 735-6249 Fax: (919) 731-2889 Visit Our Website at: www.wcpl.org P Please consider the environment before printing this From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of David Cirella Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:00 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers We changed all our OPACs from WindowsXP/Stead State to Debian Linux/Opera web browser in kiosk mode. It has been working well over the past 6 months or so. They auto start into a limited account with a full screen browser and all the history is wiped with a startup script. The firestarter firewall provides whitelist/blacklist functionality. The real time saver with this setup was creating a clonezilla image of one finished OPAC and flashing to all of the others. After the first, each OPAC only took 10-15 minutes to image, additional config can then be done from the admin profile to add remove whitelist/blacklist sites as needed. If they are ever corrupted for any reason a fresh install can be quickly imaged. I can dig up some more details if anyone is interested. David On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Liebhardt, John T. > wrote: Hello all, We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.) We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability. For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you? Thanks, John John Liebhardt Systems Librarian Lyman B. 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Among the review panel criteria are: * The research problem is clearly defined, with a specific question or questions that can be answered by collecting data. The applicant(s) clearly describe a strategy for data collection whose methods are appropriate to the research question(s). A review of the literature, methodologies, etc. is not considered research (e.g., methodology review rather than application of a methodology) for purposes of the award, except where the literature review is the primary method of collecting data. * The research question focuses on benefits to library users and should be applied and have practical value as opposed to theoretical. * The applicant(s) demonstrate ability to undertake and successfully complete the project. The application provides evidence that sufficient time and resources have been allocated to the effort. Appropriate institutional commitment to the project has been secured. Any ALA member may apply, and the Jury would welcome projects that involve both a practicing librarian and a researcher. Deadline is December 12, 2010. Check out this web site to find procedures and an application form: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/orsawards/baberresearchgrant/babercarroll.cfm Questions? Contact Mary Pagliero Popp, popp at indiana.edu Mary ______________ Mary Pagliero Popp, Research & Discovery Services Librarian Digital User Experience Department Indiana University Libraries, Wells Library W501 1320 E. 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405 812-855-8170 FAX: 812-856-2062 popp at indiana.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Participation requirements are minimal. Each participant is asked to staff the desk two hours per week minimally, attend online meetings and training, and participate in evaluation activities.? The? cost to join this innovative service is $399 per library or library system for 2012 (January-December). My Info Quest is coordinated by Lori Bell, Lecturer at San Jose State University, administered by the South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC) of Ithaca, NY, and evaluated by Dr. Lili Luo of the School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University.? My Info Quest won the Illinois Library Association Reference Service Award in Fall 2010. ? Several informational sessions about My Info Quest have been scheduled as follows: December 12, 2011? 2 pm EST/1 pm CST https://www3.gotomeeting.com/join/172770022; use your microphone & speakers or telephone: (773) 945-1030;? Access Code: 172-770-022;Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting Meeting ID: 172-770-022 ? 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"Comunicaci?n corporativa universitaria 2.0 de las universidades espa?olas". The authors are Francisco Jos? Blanco, Jos? Carlos del Arco (@jcdelarco) y Mar?a Elvira San Mill?n ? As soon as possible, we will translate into English. Special mention is made to university libraries and their role in?University 2.0 ? Thanks Mar?a Elvira San Mill?n @maesmf @RSCDigital ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have returned to buying a > deepfreeze standard license with every new computer, a great product > IMHO, see: > http://www.faronics.com/standard/deep-freeze-2/ > > Also note that although technical support for XP does not end until > early 2014, there is already software that it will not run (for > example, Internet Explorer 9) and Gartner recommends being completely > off of it by the end of 2012: > http://ppgrainbow.deviantart.com/journal/Eliminate-Windows-XP-by-the-end-of-2012-214227996 > > Also, I am sure that most of you are using TechSoup to get discount > software, this has saved us a lot of money: > http://home.techsoup.org/pages/default.aspx > > > Thanks for the useful information on this list. > > Eric Pierce > B.Tech., MCP, A+, Server+, Network+, Internet+, Linux+, CTT+ > IT Coordinator > County of Prince Edward > Public Library and Archives > www.peclibrary.org > Phone: (613) 476-5962 > Fax: (613) 476-3325 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-08 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-09 From vctinney at SBCGLOBAL.NET Fri Dec 9 08:37:36 2011 From: vctinney at SBCGLOBAL.NET (vctinney at SBCGLOBAL.NET) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 05:37:36 -0800 Subject: Where Is The World's Largest Family History & Genealogy Library Located? Message-ID: Where Is The World's Largest Family History & Genealogy Library Located? According to the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, it is the "Largest library of its kind in the world." The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; over 4,500 periodicals and 3,725 electronic resources.(08 DEC 2011). The Library of Congress is billed as the largest library in the world, "by shelf space and number of books." "In late November 2005, the Library announced intentions to launch the World Digital Library, digitally preserving books and other objects from all world cultures." http://www.academic-genealogy.com/bookspublicationsgenealogical.htm#Edpub WorldCat? "is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online", with "1.5 billion items available here through a library" http://www.academic-genealogy.com/librariesmuseums.htm WorldCat? :(dated 08 Dec 2011) Search results for "genealog*" limited to Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat?) Results of about 797,454. [COMPARE] WorldCat? :(dated 08 Dec 2011) Search results for 'genealog* periodicals' limited to Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat?) Results of about 16,057. [COMPARE] So where does the largest family history - genealogy library exist? Is it somewhere together, between them all, within a nebulous computer cloud? Yes. The worldwide accessible online database, connected by institutions via the Internet. http://hothardware.com/News/Cloud-Computing-The-Future-Takes-Nebulous-Shape/ The shape of the future appears in a study of the University of California: Melvyl? System. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/melvyluniversityofcaliforniagenealogyfamilyhistory.htm - Browse Locality Consolidation: (Current - Misc.) - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z http://www.academic-genealogy.com/melvyluniversityofcaliforniagenealogyfamilyhistory.htm#Browse - genealog* Search: (Current - Misc.) (Numbers) - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z http://www.academic-genealogy.com/melvyluniversityofcaliforniagenealogyfamilyhistory.htm#SEARCH Google? (California + Google) provides additional, immediate free or subscription online access to records. Check resources with collections at Salt Lake City, Utah Family History Library. Use: Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog and Deciphering Family History Library Catalog Entries. WorldCat?: University of California Libraries: provides current information on specific entries listed above, (full holdings, locations, call numbers, etc.); or, to find new additions in the entire collection. The general search can be done by subject or keywords; for example, use: "genealog*", etc., for the record collection. As Google? Books Library Partners increases, the number of select, family history and genealogy records online proportionately increases. The process ultimately will provide an online database of information, to freely include out of copyright resources, and more restricted access to the more currently published data. http://books.google.com/googlebooks/partners.html For example, "UC libraries partner with Google to digitize books", has about 59,000 family history, or genealogy related records, in its current system, which will provide, when online, about one sixth of the volume of "356,000 books, serials, and other formats" located at the SLC, Utah, LDS Family History Library. http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2006/aug09.html Respectfully yours, V. Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have been burned in the past with Microsoft "unsupported" utilities, they either do not work as advertised or stop working with new versions (next year's deploys will be Windows 8 - just finally finishing XP to 7 :-\ That's what I love about Deep Freeze: built your PC, freeze, turn it on (it has 2 settings, on and off) and changes to the computer go away when you boot. I give patron accounts admin rights so they can consume any content they want, even install programs they need (we don't censor) - and a reboot cleans it all up, without any other intervention. However, I found that Faronics has dropped "non profit" pricing and copies of deep freeze (10-24 quantity) have gone up to $36 CDN. I am currently evaluating this product http://www.fortresgrand.com/products/cls/cls.htm - 50 CPU License $583.50 - $11.67 / copy for this years deployments (end of budget year March). 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Please see the complete announcement below. thanks, ranti. > ===quote=== > Oregon State University and the Digital Library Federation are > sponsoring five scholarships to promote gender and cultural diversity. > Each scholarship will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and > conference fees for one qualified attendee to attend the 2012 Code4Lib > Conference, which will be held in Seattle, Washington, from > Monday,February 6 through Thursday, February 9. > > The Code4Lib scholarship committee will award two scholarships per > category, awarding the remaining scholarship to the best remaining > candidate in either category. ?The Code4Lib scholarship committee will > award these scholarships based on merit and need. > > > ELIGIBILITY: > Applicants, if eligible, may apply for both scholarships, but no > applicant will receive more than one scholarship. Past winners of > either scholarship are not eligible for either scholarship. > Scholarship recipients will be required to write a short trip report > to be submitted to the scholarships committee by February 17, 2012. > > > CONFERENCE INFO: > For more information on the Code4Lib Conference, please see the > conference website:http://code4lib.org/conference/2012 > > and write-ups of previous Code4Lib Conferences: > http://eprints.rclis.org/11670/1/code4lib_journal_article_-_revised3.pdf > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2717 > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/998 > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/72 > > > THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION > DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS > The Gender Diversity Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover > travel costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to > attend the 2012 Code4Lib Conference. Any woman or transgendered person > who is interested in actively contributing to the mission and goals of > the Code4Lib Conference is encouraged to apply. > > THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION > MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS > The Minority Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel > costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to attend the > 2012 Code4Lib Conference. 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The Forum Committee is interested in pre-conferences and presentations about projects, plans or discoveries in areas of library-related technologies related to the identification, location, harvesting, harnessing, use, misuse, preservation and loss of data of all types and all formats in dynamic and emerging web environments. We welcome proposals related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Proposals on any aspect of library and information technology are solicited. The Forum Committee is especially interested in presentations highlighting projects that are experimental or involve risk-taking. Possible ideas for topics might include: - Dynamics of Data - The Intelligent Web - Geolocation - Data integration - The Semantic Web - Preservation of privacy and social data - Linking data for personal growth, for enterprise and commerce - Frameworks, boundaries and protocols - Linking, sharing and intellectual property rights - Public data vs. private data - Data on the move - Authentication, verification, validity - Data economics - Metadata and tagging - Digital Forensics - Data Curation - Data discovery tools - Effective or creative use of data display tools Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries. Presentations that incorporate audience participation are encouraged. Sessions can be full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions (50 minutes), or poster sessions. The format of the presentations may include single- or multi-speaker formats, panel discussions, moderated discussions, case studies and/or demonstrations of projects. New for 2012: ? Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product. - Emphasis on ?hands on? sessions We welcome and invite proposals for: - Preconference - Concurrent Session (50 minutes) - Poster Session * All concurrent sessions will be 50 minutes.* Presenters will submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts on ALA Connect in advance of the Forum and will submit final presentation slides or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; discounted registration will be offered. Submit proposals to: http://lib.skidmore.edu/library/LITA_Proposal.html The online form will ask for: - Contact information - Title - Summary (one sentence, 200 characters) (Please exclude any information identifying the presenter(s) or his/her/their organization.) - Abstract (400 words max.) - Participatory elements of the presentation - Level indicator (basic, intermediate or advanced) - Brief biographical information - Preferred choice of format - Whether you would like to consider a paper in ITAL based upon your talk - Do you agree to be streamed: yes or no You will be notified about the status of your proposal by mid-April, 2012. Any questions regarding the Forum? Please contact the LITA Office: lita at ala.org (312) 280-4268 -- Regina Koury Electronic Resources Librarian Eli M. Oboler Library Idaho State University 850 S. 9th Avenue, Stop 8089 Pocatello, ID 83209 (208) 282-4582 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alison.pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV Fri Dec 9 15:00:04 2011 From: alison.pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV (Alison Pruntel) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:00:04 -0500 Subject: EBSCOhost e-audio to OneClickDigital - Notifying Users Message-ID: Of the 3 lists I posted to, only recevied Lin's response. We've loaded all of the MARC records from Recorded Books/OneClickdigital and will unsuppress them after we do a little cleanup (call no., material type, add series titles, etc.). Our plan for the EBSCOhost/NetLibrary records is to suppress as soon as we unsuppress OneClick bibs and then eventually delete all of them. Since neither EBSCOhost or Recorded Books could confirm that someone would notify the users that they won't get any e-audio titles as of Jan. 1, 2012 (date we were given), what I ended up doing was pulling the e-mail accounts for all those signed up for EBSCOhost (via the admin module) and sent them the following in a bulk mail (from the library). If you plan on notifying your patrons currently using EBSCOhost/formerly NetLibrary about OneClickdigital, feel free to use what you can. ----------------------------- From: Fauquier County Library Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:47 AM To: Fauquier County Library Subject: EBSCOhost e-audio titles moving to OneClickdigital Dear EBSCOhost account holder: We?re excited to announce that the existing EBSCOhost e-audio book collection featuring Recorded Books is now available on OneClickdigital. What does this mean for you? ? All Recorded Books content will be removed from the EBSCOhost platform January 1, 2012. ? After January 1, 2012, there will be no e-audio content available on EBSCOhost. ? E-books (non-audio) will still be available on EBSCOhost. Why OneClickDigital? ? Exclusive Recorded Books content ? OneClick download to your portable player ? No frustrating holds on popular titles ? always available! ? All content is iPod-compatible ? iPhone app for downloading on the go ? OneClickdigital Media Manager makes downloading easy Please take a moment to review these simple steps to help you get started with OneClickdigital: 1. Go to http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/government/departments/library/index.cfm? action=oneclick/login1, enter your library card number and access the OneClickdigital website (http://fauquiercova.oneclickdigital.com) 2. Create a new account 3. Review a list of supported devices 4. Check out this tutorial to learn how to find and download e- audiobooks from OneClickdigital 5. Review FAQs for additional information and tips We hope this information has been helpful. If you have any further questions about the transition from EBSCOhost to OneClickdigital or questions in general about the library?s e-book and e-audio book services, contact your local library. Should you experience issues with OneClickdigital requiring technical support, please contact the OneClickdigital support team directly at support at oneclickdigital.com. Regards, Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 (540)422-8500 library at fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-09 From llight at HERRICKDL.ORG Fri Dec 9 17:02:14 2011 From: llight at HERRICKDL.ORG (Lin Light) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:02:14 -0500 Subject: EBSCOhost e-audio to OneClickDigital - Notifying Users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We have 450 records for purchased titles and close to 3000 for subscribed titles. We also have close that same number of titles whose link sends the user to a soon to die source. So now I have to delete a load and then bring in the same title records with new links. I and our library consortium staff are not happy campers with such a short notice. Lin Lin Light Head of Computer & Technical Services Herrick District Library 300 South River Ave. Holland, MI 49423 Voice 616-355-3727 Fax ? 616-355-1426 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Alison Pruntel To: WEB4LIB at listserv.nd.edu Sent: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:00:04 -0500 Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] EBSCOhost e-audio to OneClickDigital - Notifying Users > Of the 3 lists I posted to, only recevied Lin's response. > > We've loaded all of the MARC records from Recorded Books/OneClickdigital and > will unsuppress them after we do a little cleanup (call no., material type, add > series titles, etc.). > > Our plan for the EBSCOhost/NetLibrary records is to suppress as soon as we > unsuppress OneClick bibs and then eventually delete all of them. > > Since neither EBSCOhost or Recorded Books could confirm that someone would > notify the users that they won't get any e-audio titles as of Jan. 1, 2012 > (date we were given), what I ended up doing was pulling the e-mail accounts > for all those signed up for EBSCOhost (via the admin module) and sent them > the following in a bulk mail (from the library). If you plan on notifying your > patrons currently using EBSCOhost/formerly NetLibrary about OneClickdigital, > feel free to use what you can. > > ----------------------------- > From: Fauquier County Library > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:47 AM > To: Fauquier County Library > Subject: EBSCOhost e-audio titles moving to OneClickdigital > > Dear EBSCOhost account holder: > > [UTF-8?]We???re excited to announce that the existing EBSCOhost e-audio book > collection featuring Recorded Books is now available on OneClickdigital. What > does this mean for you? > > [UTF-8?]??? ????All Recorded Books content will be removed from the EBSCOhost > platform January 1, 2012. > [UTF-8?]??? ????After January 1, 2012, there will be no e-audio content available on > EBSCOhost. > [UTF-8?]??? ????E-books (non-audio) will still be available on EBSCOhost. > > Why OneClickDigital? > [UTF-8?]??? ????Exclusive Recorded Books content > [UTF-8?]??? ????OneClick download to your portable player > [UTF-8?]??? ????No frustrating holds on popular titles [UTF-8?]??? always available! > [UTF-8?]??? ????All content is iPod-compatible [UTF-8?]??? iPhone app for downloading on the go > [UTF-8?]??? ????OneClickdigital Media Manager makes downloading easy > > Please take a moment to review these simple steps to help you get started > with OneClickdigital: > 1. ????Go to > http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/government/departments/library/index.cfm? > action=oneclick/login1, enter your library card number and access the > OneClickdigital website (http://fauquiercova.oneclickdigital.com) > 2. ????Create a new account > 3. ????Review a list of supported devices > 4. ????Check out this tutorial to learn how to find and download e- > audiobooks from OneClickdigital > 5. ????Review FAQs for additional information and tips > > We hope this information has been helpful. If you have any further questions > about the transition from EBSCOhost to OneClickdigital or questions in general > about the [UTF-8?]library???s e-book and e-audio book services, contact your local > library. Should you experience issues with OneClickdigital requiring technical > support, please contact the OneClickdigital support team directly at > support at oneclickdigital.com. ? > > Regards, > > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > (540)422-8500 > library at fauquiercounty.gov > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-09 ------- End of Original Message ------- ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BPULLIAM at PROVIDENCE.EDU Mon Dec 12 10:43:54 2011 From: BPULLIAM at PROVIDENCE.EDU (Pulliam, Beatrice) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:43:54 +0000 Subject: Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection Message-ID: Good Morning All, I'm hoping someone out there has a recommendation or two for lightweight inventory software that can be used to keep track curricular materials (kits, lab equipment, etc.) Open source (with a decent GUI is preferable) and/or proprietary options are fine. Adding these items to our ILS is not optimal. Would like to be able to bar code materials, scan into inventory database, track checkouts, perform light searching of database, etc., but want something that the folks responsible for collection can manage easily. Thanks for any suggestions. Beatrice Pulliam Beatrice R. Pulliam Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access Phillips Memorial Library Providence College 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918 (t) 401.865.1622 (f) 401.865.2823 IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk Twitter: beatricepulliam http://www.providence.edu/library ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-12 From zhu.kelly at YMAIL.COM Mon Dec 12 11:51:50 2011 From: zhu.kelly at YMAIL.COM (Kelly Zhu) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:51:50 -0800 Subject: Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I am not sure if this would work for you, but it was what we did a couple years ago. ?At the time, we wanted to do collection inventory but found that we did not purchase inventory module with the ILS. ?To wait for the next year budget money to add inventory module and needed hardware wasn't realistic for us at the time. ?We ended up with the following solution: 1) write SQL scripts to pull the inventory lists from the database as needed. ?Chose fewer fields possible. ?Recommended fields would be: barcode, title, call number. ?Obviously, barcode field is definitely needed. ?The other two are needed for verifying purposes when you have questions in the inventory process. ?A good idea is to start with a small collection area like Reference or Reserve, etc. ?Very likely you will not be able to finish inventory on time, so you might want to create separate lists of your library collections, for example, A - F, G - K, L - Z. ?So it will give you flexibility, allowing either multi-groups working at the same time on the specific section, or one group working at different times. ?Therefore, you might want to even out the numbers of items in each section. So, knowing the volumes of your collection would help. ?Some SQL should help you achieve that. ? 2) import each list into Excel. So, your Excel file would have, say, three columns for now, barcode, title, and call number. ?Add the fourth column call it "barcodeOnShelf", and fill it with all "X". (You know how to do it with one shot, right?) ?Add some program in the column so when scanning starts, if item matches, 'X" will be removed; if item doesn't match, "X" remains, and the beep sound given. 3) Add the fifth column call it "notes" whatever. ?When the scanned item doesn't match, this column will show text "Missing" in red. ?So, go check items on shelf. ?Sometimes, mis-shelfing may cause the problem. ?Very often, the item you are looking for is just several items down the shelf. ?You just need to straighten the order and move on. 4) Of course, the Excel file is on a laptop with the scanner installed. ?If you can place the laptop on a move cart, you are on the way. 5) you can always merge the Excel files into ONE to represent your library collection inventory.? If anybody like this idea, contact me offline. ?I will dig out the Excel file we used and send it to you. Kelly Zhu ________________________________ From: "Pulliam, Beatrice" To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:43 AM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection Good Morning All, I'm hoping someone out there has a recommendation or two for lightweight inventory software that can be used to keep track curricular materials (kits, lab equipment, etc.)? Open source (with a decent GUI is preferable) and/or proprietary options are fine.? Adding these items to our ILS is not optimal. Would like to be able to bar code materials, scan into inventory database, track checkouts, perform light searching of database, etc., but want something that the folks responsible for collection can manage easily.? Thanks for any suggestions. Beatrice Pulliam Beatrice R. Pulliam Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access Phillips Memorial Library Providence College 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI? 02918 (t) 401.865.1622 (f) 401.865.2823 IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk Twitter: beatricepulliam http://www.providence.edu/library ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dr. Lynn Connaway, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research, will draw on multiple surveys performed by the JISC, Research Information Network (RIN), and OCLC cooperatives, to provide insights on the following questions and more: What exactly are searchers using Google for? How much confidence do scholars and students have in their own search competency? Do they distinguish between library databases and other online sources? What is more important in discovery ? simple search or ?power browsing?? What is meant by ?squirreling downloads?? Dr. Connaway will address the role that convenience plays in driving discovery in an academic library and what the prominence of convenience in the users? mindset signifies for further interface development and delivery. Register today if you or your staff want to maximize use of your products and services by learning more about information seeking behavior. NFAIS members pay $95, Sister Society members pay $105, and non-members pay $115. 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URL: From cdmorris22 at GMAIL.COM Tue Dec 13 08:42:58 2011 From: cdmorris22 at GMAIL.COM (Charlie Morris) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:42:58 -0500 Subject: Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Not knowing all the details, you probably could use Drupal. Right now I'm working on a project that takes XML data being served out from our ILS by a Python script and turns it into a "node" in Drupal. A node is just a distinct piece of content of a certain type. As items are checked in/out, the Python script modifies the XML and then Drupal updates the necessary fields for the nodes. What's nice about Drupal is that you can define all of the fields yourself, have certain fields update and certain fields stay constant, and then you can write custom "views" (basically like a GUI on an SQL query) to make it display in multiple locations on your website in different formats. So, you could "write" a view to display a single item, or you could write a view to list aggregate information. Hope that's relevant/helpful. -Charlie Morris Fellow NC State University Libraries On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Pulliam, Beatrice wrote: > Good Morning All, > > I'm hoping someone out there has a recommendation or two for lightweight inventory software that can be used to keep track curricular materials (kits, lab equipment, etc.) ?Open source (with a decent GUI is preferable) and/or proprietary options are fine. ?Adding these items to our ILS is not optimal. Would like to be able to bar code materials, scan into inventory database, track checkouts, perform light searching of database, etc., but want something that the folks responsible for collection can manage easily. ?Thanks for any suggestions. > > Beatrice Pulliam > > Beatrice R. Pulliam > Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access > Phillips Memorial Library > Providence College > 1 Cunningham Square > Providence, RI ?02918 > (t) 401.865.1622 > (f) 401.865.2823 > IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk > Twitter: beatricepulliam > http://www.providence.edu/library > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-13 From jill.emery at GMAIL.COM Tue Dec 13 17:39:40 2011 From: jill.emery at GMAIL.COM (Jill Emery) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:39:40 -0800 Subject: ER&L 2012 Already Breaking Records! Message-ID: A number of updates regarding the forthcoming Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference to be held 2-4 April 2012 in Austin, Texas. 1. We've received a record number of 110 program submissions for the 2012 conference! 2. The program planning committee is now furiously reviewing the submissions and we'll be putting the proposals out for public vote on 19-20 December 2011. Watch for the announcement regarding the voting via twitter: ERandL or check the facebook page: Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L), or LinkedIn group page, & web site: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/ 3. Presenters will be notified of their program acceptance on 22 December and the final accepted sessions will be announced on 27 December 4. If you're looking for a holiday gift for that electronic resources librarian on your list, early bird registration goes through 5 January 2012! 5. Unfortunately, all of the conference rate hotel rooms in the conference venue have been booked but there are still rooms available in the conference hotel & at other local hotels. Happy holidays to one & all! ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-13 From DrewW at TC3.EDU Wed Dec 14 15:44:41 2011 From: DrewW at TC3.EDU (Wilfred Drew) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:44:41 -0500 Subject: CSMI Nexus and Libraries Message-ID: I just wrote this post on my blog. I thought it mught be of interest here. ?Cloud is the means of delivery. Social is the behavioral style, the interaction styles. Mobile is the access mechanism. Information is the analytical foundation on which you figure out what decisions to make. You have to build a philosophy around that." -- Daryl Plummer, Managing VP , Gartner Inc. & Gartner Fellow The quote above is about the new driving force behind information technology. Gartner calls it the ?CSMI Nexus? ? comprising cloud, social, mobile and information. The CSMI Nexus is part and parcel of most innovative and forward thinking libraries these days. It might be considered as the next big thing including and going beyond Library 2.0. Lets look at the various components of the CSMI Nexus in terms of libraries. nexus [?n?ks?s] n pl nexus 1. a means of connection between members of a group or things in a series; link; bond 2. a connected group or series [from Latin: a binding together, from nectere to bind] Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged ? HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 Cloud The cloud is referring to cloud computing. This has been going on for many years if not for a couple of decades in Libraryland. At TC3 this would be all of the remote services we use including our catalog, OCLC, services we use to order books, eBook delivery systems , and much more. Most tech gurus and pundits point this out as the biggest area of growth in the tech sector for the near future. Elyzabeth Kroski has a great slide share about cloud computing in libraries. Social Social is about social networking and social media. It is all about how we interact with our patrons and each other in the 21st Century. Much has been written about social networking and libraries. I have posted often about it. The Social Networking Librarian blogs has many great posts focused on it. Mobile Mobile refers to mobile technology and computing as well as smart phones and much more. Remember "ubiquitous computing" from the late 20th and very early 21st Centuries? I wrote about it in an article in the Journal of Academic Librarianship about Wi-Fi in academic libraries. It has now gone far beyond that and will continue to grow. Before too long most of our users will be accessing our libraries via mobile devices and not desktops computers. Much has been written and will be written about libraries and mobile "stuff." Information Information is what we are all about no matter what we call ourselves. 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URL: From patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM Wed Dec 14 16:13:40 2011 From: patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM (Patrice Chalon) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:13:40 +0100 Subject: Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello, Why not try an open source ILS? All functionalities are there (you will feel "at home"); or a more "personal" library management software (not sure for the barcode reader) Best Patrice NB: We use PMB-ILS (full web, php mysql, more close to a CMS regarding to installation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpMyBibli http://www.sigb.net ; I also made a try with Books (only for MacOSX, not developed anymore) http://legacy.audacious-software.com/products/books/ 2011/12/12 Pulliam, Beatrice : > Good Morning All, > > I'm hoping someone out there has a recommendation or two for lightweight inventory software that can be used to keep track curricular materials (kits, lab equipment, etc.) ?Open source (with a decent GUI is preferable) and/or proprietary options are fine. ?Adding these items to our ILS is not optimal. Would like to be able to bar code materials, scan into inventory database, track checkouts, perform light searching of database, etc., but want something that the folks responsible for collection can manage easily. ?Thanks for any suggestions. > > Beatrice Pulliam > > Beatrice R. Pulliam > Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access > Phillips Memorial Library > Providence College > 1 Cunningham Square > Providence, RI ?02918 > (t) 401.865.1622 > (f) 401.865.2823 > IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk > Twitter: beatricepulliam > http://www.providence.edu/library > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-12 -- --------------- http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-14 From rballiot at GMAIL.COM Wed Dec 14 17:58:17 2011 From: rballiot at GMAIL.COM (Robert Balliot) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:58:17 -0500 Subject: Dream Teams Message-ID: Dear readers - The editors of Best of Publib are holding the first ever Best of Publib Dream Teams contest. http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/best-of-publib-dream-teams-2011-entry-forms/ We are looking for nominations for Dream Team - Real World and Dream Team - Fantasy: - Director - Assistant Director - Marketing/Communications Director - Head of Technology - Head of Circulation - Head of Cataloging / Technical Services - Head of Reference - Youth Services / Children?s Librarian - three Reference Librarians - two Circ Desk Staff - two stacks - 4 trustees - Library Mascot Who rocks at reference? Who directs like no other? Which trustees are trustworthy? Who rules the Library web? Who will be number 1? The top five nominees for each position will receive recognition in January in a special edition of Best of Publib. Those top entries will be presented for a vote by all of the Best of Publib Readers to determine the ultimate 2011 Real World and Fantasy Librarian Dream Teams. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Major Duties: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: * Support of library website utilizing the Drupal content management system * Support and development of a web services application programming interface (API) to support future library development projects, e.g. mobile web/apps * Ad Hoc Reporting from the Library Information System utilizing Oracle SQL * Utilizing source code management to maintain software releases * Completion of self-study, classroom training, and/or working with other applications staff to improve personal and unit specific technical skills * Other duties as assigned by Lead, systems department or library administration Experience Requirement: * Bachelor's Degree, preferably computer science, information systems, or related * Two years of related professional experience * Demonstrable skills in web application development and database design * Proficiency in PHP, Perl, Python, PL/SQL, MySQL, Javascript * Knowledge or proficiency with jQuery * Knowledge or proficiency with Drupal * Knowledge or proficiency with Zend, CakePHP, or other MVC frameworks * Proficient in CSS and HTML * Experience in Linux/Unix systems environments, including shell scripting and automation using cron * Ability to stay up-to-date and learn new and emerging technologies and tools * Excellent oral and written communication skills * Ability and willingness to work as part of a team, but also be a self-starter and self-directed * Ability to multitask and perform with high productivity * Strong organizational skills Preferred * Knowledge of library metadata standards such as MARC, METS, MODS, and Dublin Core * Experience with managing applications in a Apache Tomcat application server environment * Knowledge or applied experience with Apache Solr * Mobile web development and design * Mobile application development Procedure: Interested candidates should send resume/application and letter of interest to: Rowan University Human Resources 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, NJ 08028 Closing Date: Friday, January 6, 2012 This position is subject to the residency requirements of the NJ First Act (N.J.S.A. 52:14-7, P.L. 2011, Chapter 70). 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Best wish yours, Liping Ku > -----????----- > ???: "Patrice Chalon" > ????: 2011?12?15? ??? > ???: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > ??: > ??: Re: [WEB4LIB] Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection > > Hello, > > Why not try an open source ILS? All functionalities are there (you > will feel "at home"); or a more "personal" library management software > (not sure for the barcode reader) > > Best > > Patrice > > NB: We use PMB-ILS (full web, php mysql, more close to a CMS regarding > to installation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpMyBibli > http://www.sigb.net ; I also made a try with Books (only for MacOSX, > not developed anymore) > http://legacy.audacious-software.com/products/books/ > > > > > 2011/12/12 Pulliam, Beatrice : > > Good Morning All, > > > > I'm hoping someone out there has a recommendation or two for lightweight inventory software that can be used to keep track curricular materials (kits, lab equipment, etc.) ?Open source (with a decent GUI is preferable) and/or proprietary options are fine. ?Adding these items to our ILS is not optimal. Would like to be able to bar code materials, scan into inventory database, track checkouts, perform light searching of database, etc., but want something that the folks responsible for collection can manage easily. ?Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > Beatrice Pulliam > > > > Beatrice R. Pulliam > > Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access > > Phillips Memorial Library > > Providence College > > 1 Cunningham Square > > Providence, RI ?02918 > > (t) 401.865.1622 > > (f) 401.865.2823 > > IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk > > Twitter: beatricepulliam > > http://www.providence.edu/library > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2011-12-12 > > > > -- > --------------- > http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon > http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-14 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-15 From BPULLIAM at PROVIDENCE.EDU Fri Dec 16 09:40:56 2011 From: BPULLIAM at PROVIDENCE.EDU (Pulliam, Beatrice) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:40:56 +0000 Subject: Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection In-Reply-To: <171b6e9.19816.134448973d6.Coremail.gulp@mail.las.ac.cn> Message-ID: Thanks everyone for such varied suggestions. Beatrice R. Pulliam Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access Phillips Memorial Library Providence College 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918 (t) 401.865.1622 (f) 401.865.2823 IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk Twitter: beatricepulliam http://www.providence.edu/library ________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Ku Li-Ping [gulp at MAIL.LAS.AC.CN] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:43 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection Dear Colleague, http://koha-community.org/ Only FYI. Best wish yours, Liping Ku > -----????----- > ???: "Patrice Chalon" > ????: 2011?12?15? ??? > ???: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > ??: > ??: Re: [WEB4LIB] Suggestions for lightweight inventory tool for curricular collection > > Hello, > > Why not try an open source ILS? All functionalities are there (you > will feel "at home"); or a more "personal" library management software > (not sure for the barcode reader) > > Best > > Patrice > > NB: We use PMB-ILS (full web, php mysql, more close to a CMS regarding > to installation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpMyBibli > http://www.sigb.net ; I also made a try with Books (only for MacOSX, > not developed anymore) > http://legacy.audacious-software.com/products/books/ > > > > > 2011/12/12 Pulliam, Beatrice : > > Good Morning All, > > > > I'm hoping someone out there has a recommendation or two for lightweight inventory software that can be used to keep track curricular materials (kits, lab equipment, etc.) Open source (with a decent GUI is preferable) and/or proprietary options are fine. Adding these items to our ILS is not optimal. Would like to be able to bar code materials, scan into inventory database, track checkouts, perform light searching of database, etc., but want something that the folks responsible for collection can manage easily. Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > Beatrice Pulliam > > > > Beatrice R. Pulliam > > Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access > > Phillips Memorial Library > > Providence College > > 1 Cunningham Square > > Providence, RI 02918 > > (t) 401.865.1622 > > (f) 401.865.2823 > > IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk > > Twitter: beatricepulliam > > http://www.providence.edu/library > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2011-12-12 > > > > -- > --------------- > http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon > http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-14 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-16 From bala.allmail at GMAIL.COM Sun Dec 18 22:24:36 2011 From: bala.allmail at GMAIL.COM (Harsha Balasooriya) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:54:36 +0530 Subject: Burning the Egyptian Scientific Institute In-Reply-To: Message-ID: FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mahmoud Khalifa ** Dear all, **** I would like to share with you this news that happened today in Egypt.**** *A black day for heritage: burning the Egyptian Scientific Institute * This day will be marked as "the Black day for Egyptian Heritage". 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Duration: 1.5 hour(s) Register here (Select 'LITA Mobile IG Meeting') : https://ala.ilinc.com/public Join the meeting on 1/11 : https://ala.ilinc.com/join/zwktzsx Presentations HTML5 Apps, APIs, and the Mobile Platform - Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State University Libraries With features like geolocation, voice input, and offline data storage, HTML5 is changing the way we can develop for the mobile platform. We'll take a close look at a prototype mobile web app, BookMeUp, a book recommender tool built with some of the newest features of HTML5 coupled with the Amazon Product Advertising API. The session will focus on some of the cutting edge features HTML5 has to offer, but will look to ways you might use HTML5 in your mobile development today. 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Application review begins January 17, 2012.* *POSITION DESCRIPTION *The web designer is responsible for the visual design, implementation, assessment, and management of the Robert E. Kennedy Library website ( http://lib.calpoly.edu). Collaborating with library systems and programming experts, the web designer creates standard and mobile interfaces across platforms to meet user needs in an efficient, inspired and integrated way. The incumbent must have strong project management and organizational skills and the ability to coordinate with a team to determine project objectives, technical requirements, content needs and milestones. The successful candidate will lead a major web redesign reflecting new technology and campus branding. The web designer also provides library-wide graphic design leadership, directing a talented team of pre-professional student artists to provide consistent and exciting graphic design for both web- and print-based library communications. *ABOUT KENNEDY LIBRARY *With annual visitors exceeding 1.2 million, the Robert E. Kennedy Library is a campus hub for information resources, integrating traditional library resources with technology to support the University's evolving academic programs. We take pride in leading the way with innovative services, technologies, and collaborative spaces. The Library hosts and manages university-wide computer labs and open access computers, provides free checkout services for laptops and a wide range of AV devices, serves as the home for the Digital Commons (Cal Poly's institutional repository), and provides technology-enabled, collaborative, student-friendly spaces like the Learning Commons and caf? on the second floor. Planning is underway for a major expansion of the Academic Center and Library. The Library and Information Technology Services are now part of a newly established Information Services Directorate. *ABOUT CAL POLY *Cal Poly is a nationally ranked comprehensive public university located in San Luis Obispo, California. With more than 18,000 undergraduates and approximately 1000 graduate students, Cal Poly fosters teaching, scholarship, and service in a learn-by-doing environment where students and faculty are partners in discovery. As a polytechnic university, Cal Poly promotes the application of theory to practice. As a comprehensive institution, Cal Poly provides a balanced education in the arts, sciences, and technology, while encouraging cross-disciplinary and co-curricular experiences. 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URL: From samato at WILLAMETTE.EDU Mon Dec 19 19:31:38 2011 From: samato at WILLAMETTE.EDU (Sara Amato) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:31:38 -0800 Subject: Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator - Chemeketa Community College - Salem, OR Message-ID: Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator Chemeketa Community College is seeking a Digital Assets Curator. The Curator's role will be to create, manage, and promote the institution's digital repository. Initially, the Curator will help to define the scope of the digital assets program, lead the process for selecting a repository, establish metadata/cataloging standards for digital assets, and set procedures for in-take and on-going management of licensed and user-generated content in a variety of formats. Chemeketa's digital assets program will be a joint endeavor managed collectively by Library, Information Technology, and Distance Education and Academic Technology. The Curator will work closely with these departments, especially the Media Production Specialist and Cataloging Technician, and will participate in related committees and advisory groups. The Curator is a faculty position. Salary placement is subject to current contract depending on education and experience. See full posting at http://hr.chemeketa.edu Closing Date: January 5, 2012 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hej23 at CAM.AC.UK Tue Dec 20 04:17:31 2011 From: hej23 at CAM.AC.UK (Huw Jones) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:17:31 +0000 Subject: Position Announcement - Specialist in XML-based metadata or transcription for Cambridge University Library Message-ID: We have an opening within our digital library team for someone with experience in working with XML-based metadata or transcription. Please excuse cross-posting and feel free to forward or repost. Digital Library Metadata Specialist, Cambridge University Library Grade 7, ?27,428 - ?35,788 pa Limit of tenure: 1.5 years from date of appointment. Cambridge University Library is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified candidate with an interest and relevant experience in digital libraries or digital humanities to work within its digital library team from early 2012. The Foundations Project is a strategic initiative of the Library, which aims to establish a state-of-the-art infrastructure for the production, preservation and online delivery of digitised content from its world-class collections. The first iteration of the digital library is online at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/. The appointee will work within a core team of six, including another metadata specialist, with whom they will share a portfolio. Reporting to the Library?s Digitisation and Digital Preservation Manager, they will concentrate on metadata and transcription aspects of the project, supporting the broad requirements of the Foundations Project and the particular needs of several associated projects, particularly a JISC-funded mass digitisation project based on the fascinating archive of the Board of Longitude. This role will provide an opportunity for the appointee to work at the forefront of digital library and digital humanities initiatives. Applicants should have a good honours degree in information management, computing, digital humanities or a related field and experience of working with XML-based metadata or transcription data (e.g. METS or TEI). They should ideally have some experience of scripting in one or more of the following: PHP, Perl, Java. In addition to excellent technical skills, we seek applicants with good project management and interpersonal skills, able to communicate well with non-technical users and stakeholders. Informal enquiries are welcomed by Grant Young, Digitisation and Digital Preservation Manager on 01223 765576 / gy219 at cam.ac.uk or Patricia Killiard, Head of Electronic Services and Systems on 01223 333037 / pk219 at cam.ac.uk For further details on the post and how to apply, please see: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Vacancies/index.htm ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-20 From Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU Tue Dec 20 08:37:06 2011 From: Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU (Mitchell, Michael) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:37:06 -0600 Subject: Favorite Academic Library Websites In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'm pretty sure that would be ours- http://www.brazosport.edu/library/ :) Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Schofield Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 2:30 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Favorite Academic Library Websites What's up, hive: Which academic library do you think has the best web presence? I'm mining for examples and inspiration :-). All the best, Michael Schofield Bradford County Public Library | www.bcplibrary.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-19 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvilelle at YAHOO.COM Tue Dec 20 12:08:04 2011 From: lvilelle at YAHOO.COM (Luke Vilelle) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:08:04 -0800 Subject: Share your best work in an ALA Annual Conference Poster Session Message-ID: **Please excuse cross postings** ? Dear colleagues, ? As another year comes to a close, and you reflect on all you accomplished over the past twelve months, the ALA Poster Session Committee hopes that you will consider sharing your best work and ideas with the library community at the ALA Annual Conference. ? Proposals for poster sessions to be presented at the 2012 Annual Conference in Anaheim are now being accepted. An application form is available on the poster session website, at http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/howto.aspx, and the deadline for submission is January 6. ? The poster session committee encourages submissions from all types of libraries and on any topic relevant to librarianship. Submissions may include a description of an innovative library program; an analysis of a solution to a problem; a report of a research study; or any other presentation that would benefit the larger library community. ? Poster session participants place materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text on boards that are usually 4 x 8 feet. During their assigned 1? hour time periods, participants informally discuss their presentations with conference attendees. Titles/abstracts from previous years, and pictures of sample posters, are available at the poster session website: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala. ? The deadline for submitting an application is January 6, 2012. Applicants will be notified by Feb. 29, 2012, whether their submission has been accepted for presentation at the conference, prior to the ALA Early Bird Registration deadline. The 2012 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held June 23 and 24, 2012 (the Saturday and Sunday of the conference) at the Anaheim Convention Center. ? Questions about poster session presentations and submissions may be directed to: ? Luke Vilelle, chair of the ALA poster session committee, lvilelle at hollins.edu Or Candace Benefiel, chair of the ALA poster session review panel, cbenefie at lib-gw.tamu.edu ? Email: ala.posters at gmail.com Website: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mdehmlow at ND.EDU Tue Dec 20 13:58:34 2011 From: mdehmlow at ND.EDU (Mark Dehmlow) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:58:34 -0500 Subject: Job Opportunity: Web Programmer/Developer Message-ID: Please excuse cross posting. The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame seeks a Web Programmer/Developer. The incumbent is primarily responsible for the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and support of engaging, usable, and modern web sites and applications for use by the Hesburgh Libraries and its patrons. The incumbent: develops and maintains applications leveraging modular perl, MySQL, Oracle, Ruby, php, XHTML, CSS, javascript and other tools for server-based database applications. The incumbent will also perform some basic graphics development. The incumbent participates in the development of a variety of special projects throughout the Libraries. The incumbent will assist in the development of integrations between existing open source and commercial systems. The incumbent will assist in the organization and maintenance of the libraries' websites and other web based tools. Requires programming and scripting experience in one or more languages (PERL, php, Ruby, or Java). Familiarity with RDBMS such as MySQL or Oracle. Interface development for web base applications. CSS, XHTML, javascript. XML and XSLT. Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree required. Interested applicants can apply at http://jobs.nd.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57655 Best Regards, -- Mark Dehmlow Head, Web and Information Technology Systems Department University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries 210 Hesburgh Library | mdehmlow at nd.edu University of Notre Dame | voice: (574) 631-3092 Notre Dame, IN 46556 | fax: (574) 631-6772 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-20 From milehighbrarian at GMAIL.COM Wed Dec 21 01:10:19 2011 From: milehighbrarian at GMAIL.COM (Nina Mchale) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:10:19 -0700 Subject: Drupal panelists needed for ALA Midwinter! Message-ID: ***Apologies for Cross-Posting*** We could still use 1-2 more folks to serve on the LITA Drupal Interest Group's Fail Panel, which will take place during the IG meeting on Saturday, January 21st from 1:30-3:30 pm. Virtual participants are welcome; this IG has presented pre-recorded presentations and Skyped folks in very successfully in the past, so even if you're not going to Dallas, we'd love to hear your tale of Drupal fail! More information about the fail panel is available here: http://groups.drupal.org/node/193583 Also, the purpose of the fail panel is not to blame, assign fault, etc., about Drupal fails, but to educate others and help them avoid the same mistakes. The format--a series of slightly silly, yet insightful, questions asked by an emcee--is fun and light-hearted, so it's a snap to prep for (you'll get the questions ahead of time) and fun to do. And don't worry: the audience will be groaning along with you, not laughing at you! -- Nina Nina McHale, MA/MSLS milehighbrarian.net Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jwagy at DURHAMCOUNTYNC.GOV Wed Dec 21 13:38:47 2011 From: jwagy at DURHAMCOUNTYNC.GOV (jwagy at DURHAMCOUNTYNC.GOV) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:38:47 -0500 Subject: Job Opportunity: Library Webmaster Message-ID: Durham County, North Carolina Job Opening: LIBRARY WEBMASTER $38,319- $65,968 (Library - Marketing & Development) The library Webmaster performs difficult technical work in the development, design, implementation, maintenance and management of Durham County Library's website (virtual branch). Develops and implements procedures and web design standards; collaborates with library technology management staff and the county's web team regarding the development and maintenance of the website and its content. Creates web-optimized images; updates content images and links. Manages access and maintenance to the library's virtual calendar/room reservation/summer reading software (Evanced) including software updates, troubleshooting and incorporation within the library's virtual branch. Oversees, monitors and updates library social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.) Collaborates with library technology management staff in monitoring, advising and keeping the content up-to-date on the public interface of the online public access catalog. (Horizon/HIP). Assists in the development and implementation of library marketing strategies; explores web-based opportunities; oversees library e-newsletters (NextReads) for library patrons. Promotes the library's virtual branch to appropriate internal and external audiences. Two years experience with online automation systems, knowledge of web-based instructional design principles and technologies; skilled in web design and demonstrated proficiency in using HTML and scripting technologies, web editors and graphic editors; ability to work independently or as a team member to identify requirements, find and evaluate alternatives, present solutions, make recommendations and follow projects through to completion; ability to take initiative and use creative and innovative thinking to find solutions; ability to serve as a team leader, providing coordination and leadership to other team members; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with users, peers and department officials; ability to provide technical training to library staff; ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Requires any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in computer science, library science or a related field and two years of experience in developing or managing websites. Appointment Type: Regular Date Posted: December 19, 2011 Closing Date: January 6, 2012 Position No: 40003876 To Apply: http://www.durhamcountync.gov/departments/hrsv/Employment_Opportunities.html Jill Wagy Technology Management Administrator Durham County Library http://durhamcountylibrary.org ________________________________ "This message is being sent on a public e-mail system and may be subject to disclosure under the North Carolina Public Records Act." ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks in advance! Nina McHale & Chris Evjy, Drupal IG 2011-12 Co-Chairs -- Nina Nina McHale, MA/MSLS milehighbrarian.net Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lcohn at BPLNJ.ORG Wed Dec 28 11:42:40 2011 From: lcohn at BPLNJ.ORG (Lisa Cohn) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:42:40 -0500 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences Message-ID: I collect statistics on my library's Facebook and Twitter accounts, and I also use stats from my time in Second Life at the Virtual Librarya there, although that is mostly volunteer. For Twitter, I check the number of followers as well as the number of reTweets and @ mentions. You can gain more followers if you follow others. On Twitter, it's polite to follow people who have followed you. So, I followed a lot of local news sources and politicians. When they follow us in return, that's also an excellent avenue for publicity. Facebook is a little annoying as they keep changing their "insights". I count the number who like the page (fans), as well as the Check-ins (people who checked in at the library physically through their smart phones). That number will be higher in reality, as some have turned the GPS tracker off on their phones (like I did). I also count the number of interactions (likes and comments) as that shows buy-in. In Second Life, I count the number of avatars who visited my virtual display. For people who don't have the time or inclination to update all these sites frequently enought to get buy-in from the public, there are ways to streamline it. I hooked the library's Twitter account and facebook account together. If I post in Facebook, it automatically goes to Twitter as well. I also put a Twitter widget on the library's website, so Tweets are automatically posted on the home page. Three postings and I only did it once in Facebook. Time saver. Lisa ------------------------------------------------------------ Lisa Cohn, WebMaster, Programming Bloomfield Public Library 90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 (973) 566-6200 x217, lcohn at bplnj.org, ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.bplnj.org/ Follow us on Twitter (bplnj) & Facebook! Sign up for our new eNewsletter listserv. ---------------------------------------- From: "Nieves Gonzalez" Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:15 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Web 2.0 Experiences Hi all, Do you know if any library is collecting data from their social networks and social sites on a regular basis? I refer to data such as number of posts in blogs, Twitter followers, Facebook comments, etc. I would like to establish some kind of metrics in order to define some quality indicators. I'm librarian and teacher in Seville, Spain. Thanks a lot. -------------------------------------------- Nieves Gonz?lez Fern?ndez-Villavicencio Librarianship @nievesglez www.nievesglez.com On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 04:13, Kim Lehn wrote: Hi Michael, The public library that I frequently use has a Facebook and a Twitter account. It has almost 500 people who "Like" them on Facebook, and about 80 followers on Twitter. It is interesting to me that they post different information on both. The Facebook account has fewer updates and usually posts about upcoming events. Other than the library posts, there is very little activity on the account. The Twitter account is updated almost daily, letting followers know about upcoming events. If there is no event to post about they share other tidbits of information about the library. I am guessing that they are managed by two different people. Personally I think they should update on Facebook more because there are way more followers. I also don't think that it is a waste of time, it is just one more way to reach out to patrons. To me it is easier to learn about library events through the news-feeds rather than visiting the library websites. Kim Lehn MLS Student Southern Connecticut State University ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nievesglez at US.ES Wed Dec 28 11:55:37 2011 From: nievesglez at US.ES (Nieves Gonzalez) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:55:37 +0100 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: <1eba323$157b5b3$5ad5b95d$@com> Message-ID: Thanks Lisa, for information about your statistics on Facebook, Twitter, and other. Which support do you use to register the numbers of retwits, @mention, etc?. Do you know if somebody use some type of system for recording data? I would like to contact librarians who are collecting data about the use of library social web tools by theirs users. Thanks a lot! -------------------------------------------- Nieves Gonz?lez Fern?ndez-Villavicencio Librarianship @nievesglez www.nievesglez.com On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 17:42, Lisa Cohn wrote: > > I collect statistics on my library's Facebook and Twitter accounts, and I > also use stats from my time in Second Life at the Virtual Librarya there, > although that is mostly volunteer. > > For Twitter, I check the number of followers as well as the number of > reTweets and @ mentions. You can gain more followers if you follow others. > On Twitter, it's polite to follow people who have followed you. So, I > followed a lot of local news sources and politicians. When they follow us > in return, that's also an excellent avenue for publicity. > > Facebook is a little annoying as they keep changing their "insights". I > count the number who like the page (fans), as well as the Check-ins (people > who checked in at the library physically through their smart phones). That > number will be higher in reality, as some have turned the GPS tracker off > on their phones (like I did). I also count the number of interactions > (likes and comments) as that shows buy-in. > > In Second Life, I count the number of avatars who visited my virtual > display. > > For people who don't have the time or inclination to update all these > sites frequently enought to get buy-in from the public, there are ways to > streamline it. I hooked the library's Twitter account and facebook account > together. If I post in Facebook, it automatically goes to Twitter as > well. I also put a Twitter widget on the library's website, so Tweets are > automatically posted on the home page. Three postings and I only did it > once in Facebook. Time saver. > > Lisa > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Lisa Cohn, WebMaster, Programming > Bloomfield Public Library > 90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 > (973) 566-6200 x217, lcohn at bplnj.org, > ------------------------------------------------------------- > *http://www.bplnj.org/ > Follow us on Twitter (bplnj) & Facebook! > Sign up for our new eNewsletter listserv > .* > > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Nieves Gonzalez" > *Sent*: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:15 AM > *To*: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject*: Re: [WEB4LIB] Web 2.0 Experiences > > Hi all, > Do you know if any library is collecting data from their social networks and > social sites on a regular basis? I refer to data such as number of posts > in blogs, Twitter followers, Facebook comments, etc. > I would like to establish some kind of metrics in order to define some > quality indicators. > I'm librarian and teacher in Seville, Spain. > Thanks a lot. > > -------------------------------------------- > Nieves Gonz?lez Fern?ndez-Villavicencio > Librarianship > @nievesglez > www.nievesglez.com > > > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 04:13, Kim Lehn wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> The public library that I frequently use has a Facebook and a Twitter >> account. It >> has almost 500 people who "Like" them on Facebook, and about 80 followers >> on >> Twitter. It is interesting to me that they post different information on >> both. The >> Facebook account has fewer updates and usually posts about upcoming >> events. >> Other than the library posts, there is very little activity on the >> account. The >> Twitter account is updated almost daily, letting followers know about >> upcoming >> events. If there is no event to post about they share other tidbits of >> information >> about the library. >> >> I am guessing that they are managed by two different people. Personally >> I think >> they should update on Facebook more because there are way more followers. >> I >> also don't think that it is a waste of time, it is just one more way to >> reach out to >> patrons. To me it is easier to learn about library events through the >> news-feeds >> rather than visiting the library websites. >> >> Kim Lehn >> MLS Student >> Southern Connecticut State University >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-03 >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-04 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-28 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From waltcrawford at GMAIL.COM Wed Dec 28 16:53:30 2011 From: waltcrawford at GMAIL.COM (Walt Crawford) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:53:30 -0800 Subject: Web 2.0 Experiences In-Reply-To: <1eba323$157b5b3$5ad5b95d$@com> Message-ID: I hope I'm not repeating myself here, but my late 2012 book from ALA Editions (working title "Successful Social Networking in Public Libraries") will reflect a sweep of the 5,958 public libraries/reporting agencies in 38 states, noting the existence (and findability) of Twitter accounts and Facebook pages and, for those found, the number of likes, followers, following, tweets, presence of feedback (comments and post likes), and apparent frequency based on the five most recent updates or tweets. (For 2,406 libraries in 25 states, I'll have *absolute* tweet frequency based on comparing total numbers over a four-month period.) Since New Jersey is one of the 38 states surveyed, Bloomfield is, to be sure, part of the study. Walt Crawford On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Lisa Cohn wrote: > > I collect statistics on my library's Facebook and Twitter accounts, and I > also use stats from my time in Second Life at the Virtual Librarya there, > although that is mostly volunteer. > > For Twitter, I check the number of followers as well as the number of > reTweets and @ mentions. You can gain more followers if you follow others. > On Twitter, it's polite to follow people who have followed you. So, I > followed a lot of local news sources and politicians. When they follow us > in return, that's also an excellent avenue for publicity. > > Facebook is a little annoying as they keep changing their "insights". I > count the number who like the page (fans), as well as the Check-ins (people > who checked in at the library physically through their smart phones). That > number will be higher in reality, as some have turned the GPS tracker off > on their phones (like I did). I also count the number of interactions > (likes and comments) as that shows buy-in. > > In Second Life, I count the number of avatars who visited my virtual > display. > > For people who don't have the time or inclination to update all these > sites frequently enought to get buy-in from the public, there are ways to > streamline it. I hooked the library's Twitter account and facebook account > together. If I post in Facebook, it automatically goes to Twitter as > well. I also put a Twitter widget on the library's website, so Tweets are > automatically posted on the home page. Three postings and I only did it > once in Facebook. Time saver. > > Lisa > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Lisa Cohn, WebMaster, Programming > Bloomfield Public Library > 90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 > (973) 566-6200 x217, lcohn at bplnj.org, > ------------------------------------------------------------- > *http://www.bplnj.org/ > Follow us on Twitter (bplnj) & Facebook! > Sign up for our new eNewsletter listserv > .* > > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Nieves Gonzalez" > *Sent*: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:15 AM > *To*: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject*: Re: [WEB4LIB] Web 2.0 Experiences > > Hi all, > Do you know if any library is collecting data from their social networks and > social sites on a regular basis? I refer to data such as number of posts > in blogs, Twitter followers, Facebook comments, etc. > I would like to establish some kind of metrics in order to define some > quality indicators. > I'm librarian and teacher in Seville, Spain. > Thanks a lot. > > -------------------------------------------- > Nieves Gonz?lez Fern?ndez-Villavicencio > Librarianship > @nievesglez > www.nievesglez.com > > > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 04:13, Kim Lehn wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> The public library that I frequently use has a Facebook and a Twitter >> account. It >> has almost 500 people who "Like" them on Facebook, and about 80 followers >> on >> Twitter. It is interesting to me that they post different information on >> both. The >> Facebook account has fewer updates and usually posts about upcoming >> events. >> Other than the library posts, there is very little activity on the >> account. The >> Twitter account is updated almost daily, letting followers know about >> upcoming >> events. If there is no event to post about they share other tidbits of >> information >> about the library. >> >> I am guessing that they are managed by two different people. Personally >> I think >> they should update on Facebook more because there are way more followers. >> I >> also don't think that it is a waste of time, it is just one more way to >> reach out to >> patrons. To me it is easier to learn about library events through the >> news-feeds >> rather than visiting the library websites. >> >> Kim Lehn >> MLS Student >> Southern Connecticut State University >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-03 >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-04 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-28 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mviana at PUCRS.BR Fri Dec 30 08:54:28 2011 From: mviana at PUCRS.BR (Michelangelo M M Viana) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:54:28 -0200 Subject: Best wishes for a Wonderful 2012 !!! Message-ID: Friends, Thanks to each one for the help and support I received during this year. I wish that 2012 will be full of joy, health, peace and achievements! Best regards, Michelangelo PUCRS - Brazil ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 From kbryant at WELLSTOWN.ORG Fri Dec 30 13:10:51 2011 From: kbryant at WELLSTOWN.ORG (Kristi Bryant) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:10:51 -0500 Subject: WIKI software Message-ID: Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." Neil Gaiman ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From milehighbrarian at GMAIL.COM Fri Dec 30 14:13:06 2011 From: milehighbrarian at GMAIL.COM (Nina Mchale) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:13:06 -0700 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: <71289F7C1A53E642BADE615C569CCF5712A34F53BF@wthex2k7.town.wells.me.us> Message-ID: I've found MediaWiki and PBWorks both very useful. At my last job (academic library ~60 librarians/staff), we used a local installation of MediaWiki as our intranet. Recent releases of MediaWiki have vastly improved its ability to handle Office documents (i.e., upload and download them), which was really the only thing people did not like about it. (I encouraged people to write things IN the wiki rather than in Word documents loaded to the wiki, but sometimes, a longer report, document, or manual just made more sense to maintain as a Word document). There are also a number of handy extensions; we made good use of the LDAP authentication and a few others. They're easy to install and activate, and while you have to edit a PHP file, no programming knowledge is necessary. A hosted instance of PBWorks might work very nicely for you since you're a small bunch of folks; I've used it to manage editorial projects with mutiple authors for a journal and now for a book. One benefit it has over MediaWiki is autosave--folks would occasionally lose content in MediaWiki because it doesn't have autosave--and its file and folder handling capabilities are more like a drive on a computer. If you go with a hosted solution, you don't need to worry about maintenance, either. HTH, Nina Nina McHale, MA/MSLS milehighbrarian.net Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Kristi Bryant wrote: > Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used > by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other > about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks and Happy New Year!**** > > ** ** > > Kristi Bryant**** > > Reference and Technology Librarian**** > > Wells Public Library**** > > Wells, Maine 04090**** > > 207-646-8181 ext. 205**** > > e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org**** > > web: www.wellstown.org**** > > ** ** > > "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back > the right one." Neil Gaiman**** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-30 > > -- ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Fri Dec 30 17:10:59 2011 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:10:59 -0800 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We have used pmwiki . It is not difficult to set up and pretty straightforward to manage. In-house, we have dropped it in favor of Google sites, which are dead easy, For large projects, we use Confluence. It is great for documentation, but that greatness is a factor of the time that you need to devote to setup and management. Thanks, Cary On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Nina Mchale wrote: > I've found MediaWiki and PBWorks both very useful. > > At my last job (academic library ~60 librarians/staff), we used a local > installation of MediaWiki as our intranet. Recent releases of MediaWiki have > vastly improved its ability to handle Office documents (i.e., upload and > download them), which was really the only thing people did not like about > it. (I encouraged people to write things IN the wiki rather than in Word > documents loaded to the wiki, but sometimes, a longer report, document, or > manual just made more sense to maintain as a Word document). There are also > a number of handy extensions; we made good use of the LDAP authentication > and a few others. They're easy to install and activate, and while you have > to edit a PHP file, no programming knowledge is necessary. > > A hosted instance of PBWorks might work very nicely for you since you're a > small bunch of folks; I've used it to manage editorial projects with mutiple > authors for a journal and now for a book. One benefit it has over MediaWiki > is autosave--folks would occasionally lose content in MediaWiki because it > doesn't have autosave--and its file and folder handling capabilities are > more like a drive on a computer. If you go with a hosted solution, you don't > need to worry about maintenance, either. > > HTH, > > Nina > > Nina McHale, MA/MSLS > milehighbrarian.net > Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Kristi Bryant > wrote: >> >> Hoping to receive suggestions for ?free wiki software that could be used >> by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other >> about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. >> >> >> >> Thanks and Happy New Year! >> >> >> >> Kristi Bryant >> >> Reference and Technology Librarian >> >> Wells Public Library >> >> Wells, Maine? 04090 >> >> 207-646-8181 ext. 205 >> >> e-mail:? kbryant at wellstown.org >> >> web:? www.wellstown.org >> >> >> >> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back >> the right one."? Neil Gaiman >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2011-12-30 > > > > > -- > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-30 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 From patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM Sat Dec 31 05:39:16 2011 From: patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM (Patrice Chalon) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:39:16 +0100 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: <71289F7C1A53E642BADE615C569CCF5712A34F53BF@wthex2k7.town.wells.me.us> Message-ID: Hello, After considering dedicated wiki software, we decided to make use of the CMS Drupal (already used for intranet): - the core modules book (make it easy to create a page at the right place in the "table of content"), taxonomy (tags), comment and blog help to share content and ideas; - additional modules make creation and linking of page easier (diff to compare versions, linkit to link to an internal page, wysiwyg to edit page like you would in "Word"); - and there is also the possibility to bring more with cck (creating "structured records"), views (creating lists of items that can be sorted or filtered), calendar or more social ones (like, status). Of course it is not a wiki software, but wiki functionalities we wished are there and it allows us to concentrate on only one system (Drupal). Hope it helps. Patrice 2011/12/30 Kristi Bryant : > Hoping to receive suggestions for ?free wiki software that could be used by > our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about > internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. > > > > Thanks and Happy New Year! > > > > Kristi Bryant > > Reference and Technology Librarian > > Wells Public Library > > Wells, Maine? 04090 > > 207-646-8181 ext. 205 > > e-mail:? kbryant at wellstown.org > > web:? www.wellstown.org > > > > "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back > the right one."? Neil Gaiman > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2011-12-30 -- --------------- http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-31 From gwiseman at CI.WACO.TX.US Sat Dec 31 09:31:26 2011 From: gwiseman at CI.WACO.TX.US (Gillian Wiseman) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:31:26 -0600 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: A<71289F7C1A53E642BADE615C569CCF5712A34F53BF@wthex2k7.town.wells.me.us> Message-ID: We used a PBWiki for several years for an internal staff website, until the city finally created an intranet. Gillian Wiseman Electronic Resources Librarian Waco-McLennan County Library Waco TX 76701 gwiseman at ci.waco.tx.us 254-750-5944 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kristi Bryant Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 12:11 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." 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