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CIL2007 Wednesday – Improving Content through Conversations with Customers
Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Resources, Technology | Comments OffThe second session in the “tailoring library services to patrons needs, based on patron input” theme was “Improving Content through Conversations with Customers,” led by Rich Wiggins from Michigan State. This dealt primarily with analyzing search logs. The search logs from library websites can be viewed as an open letter from patrons to libraries, telling [...]
Read More...CIL2007 Wednesday – Catalogs/OPACs for the Future
Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Resources, Technology | Comments OffOn the final day of cil2007, most of the workshops I attended ending up having a common theme – tailoring library services to patrons needs, based on patron input. The first of these sessions was called “Catalogs/OPACs for the future,” led by Roy Tennant (California Digital Library) and Tim Spalding (LibraryThing.com). Tim followed up on [...]
Read More...CIL2007 Tuesday
Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Technology | Comments OffEven though cil2007 has already been going on for two days, today felt like things really got started. I ended up spending as much time in the exhibit hall as in the sessions, talking to vendors and other librarians. Which is unusual for me, but I learned quite a bit today. Today’s sessions were good. [...]
Read More...CIL2007 Sunday & Monday
Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Resources, Technology | Comments OffA coworker of mine and I are in Washington, DC, this week for the Computers in Libraries 2007 conference. So far, I’ve been to just three sessions (and some sightseeing), and it’s already worth the trip. First I went to Michael Sauers’ Sunday afternoon preconference session on integrating RSS into websites. This notion had always [...]
Read More...Traveling for Business & Pleasure
Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2007 in Conferences, Library, Personal | Comments OffThese two weeks see me traveling to both Charleston, SC, and Washington, DC. Pleasure in Charleston, SC I was in Charleston to visit one of my closest friends, who I haven’t seen in way too long. In addition to just getting to spend time with her, we also spent a day on Bull Island, which [...]
Read More...Working With Innovators
Posted on Thursday, March 15th, 2007 in Library, Technology | Comments OffOne of my coworkers was recently recognized by the Northern Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS) for his work in making library life easier. Chris Kupec (Assistant Director at Chelmsford) and Dean Baumeister of the Memorial Hall Library in Andover, MA, developed some free software to make the printing of routing slips possible for libraries using [...]
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