Tag Archives: Social software
Remote RA work: Reaching Readers through Social Catalogues
In preparation for my upcoming audio conference, I’ve been doing a lot of reading about RA work. More specifically, I’ve been examining how RA services can be performed when we take readers away from the face-to-face interview that has traditionally … Continue reading
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Top Digital Trends for 2010
An article of digital tech predictions for 2010 written by Nuri Djavit and Paul Newnes, starts like this: In 2009, digital marketing experienced some major shifts in marketing opportunities, budgets and attitude. 2010 will see the hype calming around Facebook … Continue reading
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Social Catalogues – Slides in a more compatible format
In my last blog post, I uploaded the Powerpoint slides in the .pptx format, which opens easily only if you have the latest Office 2007 package. So, I’m posting them here in the 1997-2003 format for all to access. Social … Continue reading
CLA – Final Thoughts
A couple of days have now passed since I gave my presentation. With over 100 attendees, resulting in a standing room only audience, I was very excited to see the interest among other professionals in social catalogues. I think it … Continue reading
Choosing a Discovery Tool
So, you’ve decided that you want a social catalogue, a discovery tool (and often referred to as a “solution” or “platform”). How are you going to decide which one? What if you don’t even know about them? Like any software, … Continue reading
Our wiki celebrates it 1st anniversary
We celebrated the passing of our wiki’s first anniversary by making it available to all Halifax Public Library staff. We call the “public” side of our wiki, CataWiki. This has been a work in progress for over 8 months. It began to … Continue reading
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Using Social Software to Build a Collection and Create a Community
Recently, a colleague of mine stumbled across North Cumberland Historical Society’s webpage while cataloguing. Rather than a static website, they’ve decided to use Wetpaint, one of the many options for wikis. I think this is a very clever idea. What … Continue reading
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