September 2009 Blog Posts (6)

ETCon : Communities and the Power of Crowdsourcing

ETCon : Communities and the Power of Crowdsourcing by E-Teachers Academy

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Added by Mark Cruthers on September 27, 2009 at 3:46am — No Comments

Texting the Library - Beyond Reference Services

Text the Library With Comments, Feedback and Suggestions

Enabling libraries to set up mobile text messaging reference services so patrons can ask questions has been the primary use of our technology to date. In fact, mobile questions and answers is our business, it's what we geek out on every day at work. But there's another use for… Continue

Added by Text a Librarian on September 25, 2009 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Progress As Promised - The Future Value of Software as a Service for Libraries

“Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.”

- Andrew Carnegie

My favorite thing about working at Mosio is that every day we get to come… Continue

Added by Text a Librarian on September 14, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Glogster!

Most of you have probably heard of Glogster but if you haven't, I suggest you try it out! The .edu.glogster site is now private and is an amazing tool for student work. This year our school theme is Star Trek and I created a Star Trek themed Glog web for our school. It will continue to grow as the year progresses but if you would like to see it go to:
http://mckilloplibrary.edu.glogster.com/McKillop-Home/
I will be posting more book reviews there as we get into the school year.

Added by Doug Valentine on September 6, 2009 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Using library 2.0 tools for technical services

Technical services in libraries which encompasses back-room work like acquisitions, document delivery and cataloging are often deemed as the less 'sexy' part of librarianship.

Yet, satisfying and even delighting library patrons depends critically on having an efficient and effective technical services departments which explains why many libraries are embarking on projects to streamline and improve their services. While the biggest gains probably come from radical redesign, some gains… Continue

Added by Aaron Tay on September 3, 2009 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Personal mobile web site convertor

As a user of the mobile web on a smart phone I've come across various useful sites to view other sites that don't have an official mobile version, such as skweezer, Mowser, Baresite and Finch. The way it generally works is that you go to one of the websites above, enter the url of the… Continue

Added by Gary Green on September 3, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment