Comments on: Mashing on the Library, Part I http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html shifting libraries at the speed of byte Fri, 16 May 2008 02:22:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Simon Chamberlain http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-984 Simon Chamberlain Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:53:04 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-984 "to do a Google Maps mashup of local history sites that is displayed on the library’s site." There's been an attempt at the National Library of New Zealand to do something similar, using images from their historical archives. See http://librarytechnz.natlib.govt.nz/2007/10/longitude-and-short-on-maps.html for the blog post, and http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103527190641945015852.000001128d78293985831&z=15&om=1 for the Google Maps page. (I'm not the Simon who wrote the blog post). “to do a Google Maps mashup of local history sites that is displayed on the library’s site.”

There’s been an attempt at the National Library of New Zealand to do something similar, using images from their historical archives. See http://librarytechnz.natlib.govt.nz/2007/10/longitude-and-short-on-maps.html for the blog post, and http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103527190641945015852.000001128d78293985831&z=15&om=1 for the Google Maps page. (I’m not the Simon who wrote the blog post).

]]> By: Paul R. Pival http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-985 Paul R. Pival Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:02:27 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-985 Thanks for the nod, Jenny. Wouldn't have been possible without the help of our Manager of Integrated Systems, David Brown, and the support of our IM team :-) Thanks for the nod, Jenny. Wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our Manager of Integrated Systems, David Brown, and the support of our IM team :-)

]]> By: Ellen Hampton http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-987 Ellen Hampton Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:47:37 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-987 Thanks for the mention, Jenny. We just implemented it yesterday morning at Baylor, and by the afternoon we'd had 3 IMs from the catalog already. It's definitely meeting students at their point of need! Thanks for the mention, Jenny. We just implemented it yesterday morning at Baylor, and by the afternoon we’d had 3 IMs from the catalog already. It’s definitely meeting students at their point of need!

]]> By: Glenn http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-989 Glenn Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:25:43 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-989 It's not on our website as such (it's a local council site, so things move slowly and need to pass through a lot of standards and people first), but the Frankston Library Service's <a HREF="http://flsblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Blogalogue</A> is into mashups and other copy and paste gear. It's our L2.0 website and it includes Google Maps for locations and directions, a Google Custom Search and a Google Reader RSS feed for our "Read Alert" what's new SDI emails via mailbucket.org, etc. The Discover a new book RSS feed for book reviews is sourced from our Ebscohost and Gale databases. We're experimenting with Meebo and want to put it into a redesigned library website, but before then it will go onto the blog early in 2008. Love the IM on the catalogue idea. harps It’s not on our website as such (it’s a local council site, so things move slowly and need to pass through a lot of standards and people first), but the Frankston Library Service’s Blogalogue is into mashups and other copy and paste gear. It’s our L2.0 website and it includes Google Maps for locations and directions, a Google Custom Search and a Google Reader RSS feed for our “Read Alert” what’s new SDI emails via mailbucket.org, etc. The Discover a new book RSS feed for book reviews is sourced from our Ebscohost and Gale databases.

We’re experimenting with Meebo and want to put it into a redesigned library website, but before then it will go onto the blog early in 2008. Love the IM on the catalogue idea.

harps

]]> By: Fear Factor » Blog Archive » The Shifted Librarian " Mashing on the Library, Part I http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-991 Fear Factor » Blog Archive » The Shifted Librarian " Mashing on the Library, Part I Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:23:27 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-991 [...] Original post by cogdog [...] […] Original post by cogdog […]

]]> By: Mike http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-994 Mike Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:25:10 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-994 Western Springs History has a nice google maps/local history thing happening: http://www.westernspringshistory.org/map/ Western Springs History has a nice google maps/local history thing happening:

http://www.westernspringshistory.org/map/

]]> By: Dan Sich http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-995 Dan Sich Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:25:17 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-995 Hi Jenny, I'm playing around with Hab.la (www.hab.la) widgets here at U Waterloo. Hab.la works with Meebo or Pidgin. The nice thing about them is that (unlike MeeboMe widgets) they retain a user's chat transcript from page to page. The same user doesn't appear multiple times in Meebo as they navigate from page to page. With MeeboMe, a 'moving' user will initiate multiple user IDs in the Meebo interface. Hab.la widgets can be customized so that they _don't_ appear when the librarian is offline. This is nice, because MeeboMe patrons sometimes leave messages (when the librarian is offline) without leaving their name, email address or phone number. This is also a nice feature to have because MeeboMe widgets can take up a lot of space unnecessarily when the chat reference service in offline. Hab.la widgets take up less space (they start in 'collapsed' mode) and stay in the bottom-right corner of the browser -- good for screens that require scrolling. Now, I'm coming across as a Hab.la commercial. I should state that I'm not fully converted from MeeboMe. More testing needs to be done, and Meebo may yet make some changes to their widgets that make Hab.la unnecessary. The MeeboMe website is also a _lot_ more intuitive to use. Cheers, Dan Hi Jenny,

I’m playing around with Hab.la (www.hab.la) widgets here at U Waterloo. Hab.la works with Meebo or Pidgin. The nice thing about them is that (unlike MeeboMe widgets) they retain a user’s chat transcript from page to page. The same user doesn’t appear multiple times in Meebo as they navigate from page to page. With MeeboMe, a
‘moving’ user will initiate multiple user IDs in the Meebo interface.

Hab.la widgets can be customized so that they _don’t_ appear when the librarian is offline. This is nice, because MeeboMe patrons sometimes leave messages (when the librarian is offline) without leaving their name, email address or phone number. This is also a nice feature to have because MeeboMe widgets can take up a lot of space unnecessarily when the chat reference service in offline.

Hab.la widgets take up less space (they start in ‘collapsed’ mode) and stay in the bottom-right corner of the browser — good for screens that require scrolling.

Now, I’m coming across as a Hab.la commercial. I should state that I’m not fully converted from MeeboMe. More testing needs to be done, and Meebo may yet make some changes to their widgets that make Hab.la unnecessary. The MeeboMe website is also a _lot_ more intuitive to use.

Cheers,
Dan

]]> By: Robin Hastings http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-997 Robin Hastings Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:02:31 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-997 MRRL has done most of what you are asking to see, Jenny! We have our twitter feed (which includes Bookmobile status updates, blog updates and flickr photo upload updates) on our home page (www.mrrl.org), as well as displaying EbscoHost results via RSS on our Genealogy page (www.mrrl.org/local/genealogy) - and hopefully we'll get more libraries doing that soon - I'm going on a bit of a roadshow next spring to offer workshops on just this topic. We don't have a Google Map of local history sites, but we are in the process of creating a Google Map of our bookmobile route (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111939670474782835957.00043bc4521247f17afd0&z=10&om=1 - sorry about the nasty URL...). It's mostly done, just needs to have a couple more routes added and be embedded in our site. Feel free to use us as examples anytime! MRRL has done most of what you are asking to see, Jenny! We have our twitter feed (which includes Bookmobile status updates, blog updates and flickr photo upload updates) on our home page (www.mrrl.org), as well as displaying EbscoHost results via RSS on our Genealogy page (www.mrrl.org/local/genealogy) - and hopefully we’ll get more libraries doing that soon - I’m going on a bit of a roadshow next spring to offer workshops on just this topic. We don’t have a Google Map of local history sites, but we are in the process of creating a Google Map of our bookmobile route (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111939670474782835957.00043bc4521247f17afd0&z=10&om=1 - sorry about the nasty URL…). It’s mostly done, just needs to have a couple more routes added and be embedded in our site. Feel free to use us as examples anytime!

]]> By: Library Views 圖書館觀點 » 當 OPAC 遇上 IM http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1010 Library Views 圖書館觀點 » 當 OPAC 遇上 IM Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:13:13 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1010 [...] 相關文章： The Shifted Librarian － Mashing on the Library, Part I [...] […] 相關文章： The Shifted Librarian － Mashing on the Library, Part I […]

]]> By: More MeeboMe Ideas : David Lee King http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1024 More MeeboMe Ideas : David Lee King Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:59:45 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1024 [...] are trying it out - check the comments on my original post and on Jenny Levine’s post titled Mashing on the Library, Part I to find them. Others have been emailing me, asking for [...] […] are trying it out - check the comments on my original post and on Jenny Levine’s post titled Mashing on the Library, Part I to find them. Others have been emailing me, asking for […]

]]> By: meebo in the catalog. « infomational http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1035 meebo in the catalog. « infomational Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:01:03 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1035 [...] in the catalog. In Mashing on the Library, Part 1 Jenny over at the Shifted Librarian  profiles examples of libraries who have integrated Meebo [...] […] in the catalog. In Mashing on the Library, Part 1 Jenny over at the Shifted Librarian  profiles examples of libraries who have integrated Meebo […]

]]> By: jenny http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1043 jenny Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:51:43 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1043 Thanks for the great links and comments, everyone! I've already started showing off some of these sites, and I plan to follow the others. It's heartening to see such great work! Thanks for the great links and comments, everyone! I’ve already started showing off some of these sites, and I plan to follow the others. It’s heartening to see such great work!

]]> By: Creating constantly changing websites « Social Networking Libraries http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1053 Creating constantly changing websites « Social Networking Libraries Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:17:06 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1053 [...] A colleague of mine at work forwarded information about this to our reference librarians, but I just read about it on Jenny Levine’s blog: the idea of using Meebo’s IM widget in the library catalog to create a user-librarian [...] […] A colleague of mine at work forwarded information about this to our reference librarians, but I just read about it on Jenny Levine’s blog: the idea of using Meebo’s IM widget in the library catalog to create a user-librarian […]

]]> By: Creating a useful library catalog « Social Networking Libraries http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1054 Creating a useful library catalog « Social Networking Libraries Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:19:49 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1054 [...] A colleague of mine at work forwarded information about this to our reference librarians, but I just read about it on Jenny Levine’s blog: the idea of using Meebo’s IM widget in the library catalog to create a user-librarian [...] […] A colleague of mine at work forwarded information about this to our reference librarians, but I just read about it on Jenny Levine’s blog: the idea of using Meebo’s IM widget in the library catalog to create a user-librarian […]

]]> By: Guillermo Pineda http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1096 Guillermo Pineda Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:21:35 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1096 For around a year we have been using Liveperson (http://www.liveperson.com/sb/sb_chat.asp) as our "Ask a Librarian" service at Ludwig von Mises Library (http://www.biblioteca.ufm.edu/) in Guatemala City. It has been quite impressive after one year of use and we are now very happy with this service. Also, I liked a lot Meebo´s design and that it is free. I wonder if you have any point of view regarding this two software services? Which one do you prefer? Meebo or Liveperson? and why? For around a year we have been using Liveperson (http://www.liveperson.com/sb/sb_chat.asp) as our “Ask a Librarian” service at Ludwig von Mises Library (http://www.biblioteca.ufm.edu/) in Guatemala City. It has been quite impressive after one year of use and we are now very happy with this service. Also, I liked a lot Meebo´s design and that it is free.

I wonder if you have any point of view regarding this two software services? Which one do you prefer? Meebo or Liveperson? and why?

]]> By: Two weeks with Meebo in our catalog « Instructional Design Resources http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1101 Two weeks with Meebo in our catalog « Instructional Design Resources Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:36:47 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1101 [...] course, due to Jenny’s post mentioning Baylor, we also had lots of queries from people looking to implement this in their own libraries. Shout [...] […] course, due to Jenny’s post mentioning Baylor, we also had lots of queries from people looking to implement this in their own libraries. Shout […]

]]> By: iLibrarian » Happy New Year! http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1204 iLibrarian » Happy New Year! Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:49:37 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1204 [...] about negotiating speaking engagements. Librarians looked at the salary gap, published manifestos, mashed up the library, and much much more. In all, it was an exciting year, here’s to making 2008 just as eventful [...] […] about negotiating speaking engagements. Librarians looked at the salary gap, published manifestos, mashed up the library, and much much more. In all, it was an exciting year, here’s to making 2008 just as eventful […]

]]> By: Jana Ronan http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1285 Jana Ronan Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:49:14 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1285 Is anyone using the new AIM widget, WIMZI, for aska service? Is anyone using the new AIM widget, WIMZI, for aska service?

]]> By: 2008 Horizon Report » Two to Three Years: Data Mashups http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1591 2008 Horizon Report » Two to Three Years: Data Mashups Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:29:06 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html#comment-1591 [...] on the Library, Part I theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html (Jenny Levine, The Shifted Librarian, December 4, 2007.) This blog post describes the MeeboMe [...] […] on the Library, Part I theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/12/04/mashing-on-the-library-part-i.html (Jenny Levine, The Shifted Librarian, December 4, 2007.) This blog post describes the MeeboMe […]

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