Comments on: Undeadening the Dead Ends http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html shifting libraries at the speed of byte Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:26:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: IM Option in Online Catalog « Library Technology in Texas http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-2583 IM Option in Online Catalog « Library Technology in Texas Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:44:35 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-2583 [...] Option in Online Catalog Jenny Levine at The Shifted Librarian posted about libraries that are starting to use instant messaging within their catalogs.  When the patron is struck, it can provide an option to work with a real person.  The Meebo Me [...] […] Option in Online Catalog Jenny Levine at The Shifted Librarian posted about libraries that are starting to use instant messaging within their catalogs.  When the patron is struck, it can provide an option to work with a real person.  The Meebo Me […]

]]> By: News » More Undead Ends http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-1956 News » More Undead Ends Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:41:20 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-1956 [...] response to my post about IM widgets at dead ends, Brian Herzog offers a great example of using a greasemonkey script to provide an email door out of [...] […] response to my post about IM widgets at dead ends, Brian Herzog offers a great example of using a greasemonkey script to provide an email door out of […]

]]> By: The Shifted Librarian » More Undead Ends http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-1749 The Shifted Librarian » More Undead Ends Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:42:03 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-1749 [...] response to my post about IM widgets at dead ends, Brian Herzog offers a great example of using a greasemonkey script to provide an email door out of [...] […] response to my post about IM widgets at dead ends, Brian Herzog offers a great example of using a greasemonkey script to provide an email door out of […]

]]> By: Mike Gorrell http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-1617 Mike Gorrell Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:21:58 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-1617 We have several places that could work to help the 'dead end' situation in EBSCOhost: We allow libraries to <a href="http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=1000" rel="nofollow">'brand'</a> basically every page. We also have an <a href="http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=3501 ">'Ask-A-Librarian'</a> feature that could be helpful... What we don't do, though, is to allow Libraries to customize the "No Results found" message. We'll consider how we can combine these capabilities... thanks for the idea Jenny! -mdg We have several places that could work to help the ‘dead end’ situation in EBSCOhost: We allow libraries to ‘brand’ basically every page. We also have an ‘Ask-A-Librarian’ feature that could be helpful…

What we don’t do, though, is to allow Libraries to customize the “No Results found” message. We’ll consider how we can combine these capabilities… thanks for the idea Jenny!

–mdg

]]> By: Gartenmoebel http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-1588 Gartenmoebel Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:36:56 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-1588 I heard aof this the first time but it is really real I heard aof this the first time but it is really real

]]> By: Leah http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-1587 Leah Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:31:20 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-1587 This is the first time I have heard of this. How insanely cool!! This is the first time I have heard of this. How insanely cool!!

]]> By: herzogbr http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html/comment-page-1#comment-1575 herzogbr Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:50:10 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/01/undeadening-the-dead-ends.html#comment-1575 Here's my attempted at undeading our dead-end pages. Our <a href="http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/notfound" rel="nofollow">website 404 page</a> was easy, since we have complete control over that. But <a href="http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org" rel="nofollow">my library</a>'s <a href="http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=mcd" rel="nofollow">catalog</a> "not found" page was more challenging, since we're part of a consortium and change is a slow and often fruitless process. So, I took the greasemonkey route and embedded an "email a librarian" form (no IM for us) as well as a login to search the state-wide catalog beyond our consortium. This screencapture shows <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/2236558751/" rel="nofollow">what it looks like</a>, and so is the <a href="http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/reference/test/mvlcnoresults.user.js" rel="nofollow">greasemonkey script</a> for anyone interested. Here’s my attempted at undeading our dead-end pages. Our website 404 page was easy, since we have complete control over that. But my library’s catalog “not found” page was more challenging, since we’re part of a consortium and change is a slow and often fruitless process. So, I took the greasemonkey route and embedded an “email a librarian” form (no IM for us) as well as a login to search the state-wide catalog beyond our consortium. This screencapture shows what it looks like, and so is the greasemonkey script for anyone interested.

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