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Using Firefox On Our Public Computers
Posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 in Library, Technology | 32 Comments »My library is in the process of re-doing all of our public computers. One major change we’re making is to switch to Firefox for our web browser, instead of the Internet Explorer/Public Web Browser combo we’ve always used. The reason we’re switching is a simple one – Firefox is just cooler. It lets us have [...]
Read More...Standing on the Keyboards of Giants
Posted on Saturday, April 21st, 2007 in Random, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »During Jessamyn’s Pimp My Firefox talk at cil2007, something occurred to me. So much of the code used on websites today was written by someone else – themes, rss feeds, widgets, etc. I think this is great, as freeware/open source/creative commons all allow people to share good ideas – repacking them, repurposing them, resuing them.. [...]
Read More...Reference Question of the Week – 4/15
Posted on Saturday, April 21st, 2007 in Library, Reference Question | Comments OffSince I was traveling all week for cil2007, I don’t have a Reference Question of the Week. However, Kate posted about an Ohio newspaper writing a story on humorous library questions (sadly, they did not link to me). So, until next week, please check that out, or read a few questions from my archive.
Read More...CIL2007 Wednesday – Tech Freebies & Program Ideas
Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Resources, Technology | Comments OffThe last session of the day was called “Tech Freebies & Program Ideas,” given by people from different libraries covering successes they’ve had with technology-related programs in their libraries. The Princeton (NJ) Public Library puts a tremendous amount of resources into their Technology Training (which is a better phrase than “computer classes”). Their classes include [...]
Read More...CIL2007 Wednesday – 30 Search Tips in 45 Minutes
Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Resources, Technology | 1 Comment »Another session I attended during the day were Mary Ellen Bates’ “30 Search Tips in 45 Minutes,” and she wasn’t kidding. Mainly she pointed out relatively unknown or underused search tools, and some of the 30 were: Q&A websites – you post a question on a website and real people volunteer answers (i.e.: answers.yahoo.com, qna.live.com, [...]
Read More...CIL2007 Wednesday – Federated Searching
Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Resources, Technology | Comments OffThe final session in the “tailoring library services to patrons needs, based on patron input” theme was on Federated Searching, led by Frank Cervone (Northwestern Univ.) and Jeff Wisniewski (Univ. of Pittsburg). They overviewed the various players in the federated search market, which were numerous. Their basic message is that this field is constantly changing, [...]
Read More...Feeds & Follows
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