Comments on: Library Use Value Calculator Updated http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/library-use-value-calculator-updated/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/library-use-value-calculator-updated/#comment-2191 Brian Herzog Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:02:41 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/#comment-2191 @Pene: Currently, data collection isn’t built into the calculator. When I added it to my library’s website, I included an email form that lets people submit their use to us, along with comments. This doesn’t happen very often, and doesn’t capture data like a real-time database would. So far, I don’t have any plans to add that feature, but I’ll keep it in mind for the future.

]]> By: Pene http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/library-use-value-calculator-updated/#comment-2183 Pene Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:28:40 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/#comment-2183 Hi Brian,

What a great idea. We are having a shot at putting the calcualtor on our blog, which is linked to our facebook, which is linked to our twitter etc.

The blog is fairly passive as we find most people use favebook and are not using feeds for blogs.

But we have put it there because we have no web support and are not geeks and so fumble along

http://gisbornelibrary.wordpress.com/

I like the idea you have for linking/sharing on facebook. Keep at it.

My query is – is there any way the library can collect the data entered by the user of the calculator?

Keep up the good work. Plse email me when you get time

thanks
Pene

ps Gisborne is in New Zealand

]]> By: Chris http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/library-use-value-calculator-updated/#comment-2166 Chris Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:48:35 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/#comment-2166 You don’t want to write an app inside of Facebook. They change their APIs every couple months and you end up having to re-write everything.

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/library-use-value-calculator-updated/#comment-2165 Brian Herzog Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:09:47 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/#comment-2165 @Chris: I was actually thinking about something fancier, like after someone filled out the calculator, they could click a button and post to their Facebook something like, “I saved $600 by using my library – how much do you save?” and it links back to the library website they came from. Or, an app that runs inside of Facebook itself. What’s slowing me down is that I don’t use Facebook.

]]> By: Chris http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/library-use-value-calculator-updated/#comment-2164 Chris Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:20:40 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/03/01/#comment-2164 Share on Facebook is pretty simple… Add a link such as this:

http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/librarycalculator/

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