Library Cataloging
This 'Blog
I've added a couple of features to the 'blog. Please let me know if either causes problems. Below the links on the left side is a list of pages that folks have used to arrive at Catalogablog. This provides a two-way referral system. They link to me and I link back.
I've also placed an instant messaging tool on the site. Not sure how often I'll open it but it is there. We are considering IM reference, Morris Messenger to be precise. This is dipping a toe in those waters. At the LITA National Forum, I heard Jody Condit Fagan speak about IM and Morris. Excellent talk. If she is speaking near you, catch her presentation.
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Links In Lc Records
News about 856 links from LOC.I've received a couple of questions recently about the 856 links in LC records for the TOCs, descriptions, bios, sample texts, etc. and wanted to spread the word about what we did. Every month, around the first of the...
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Womblink
WOMBLINK is a simple easy tool that may help get some weblog postings about your library.WOMBLINK is a simple way for libraries to encourage word-of-mouth advertising by the blogging patrons -- hence the name, Word of Mouth Blog LINK. By adding a "blog...
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Library 'blog
Greg, of Open Stacks (see link at right) and the article on Web Junction fame, left a note commenting on my post about library 'blogs. In it he mentions What's Gnu, a blog of news, resources, and events of use to reference librarians. I'd...
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Information Access
My wife uses a handheld as a replacement for her Franklin Planner. I get by fine with my old Timex Data Link. This past weekend I was messing with her PDA and installed AvantGO on it and selected Catalogablog as my channel. It worked rather nicely. It...
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Instant Messaging
The problem with instant messaging has been that programs often do not speak to one another. An AIM user and ICQ user, for example, cannot connect. There are a few solutions. Trillion is able to connect to most, if not all other IM software. Now, however,...
Library Cataloging