Pushing the catalog out to users

~ personalization (RSS feeds, Firefox extensions, Facebook apps, PDAs, etc.)

Committee "experts"

Steve and Amber

Resources ~ web links, articles, etc.

RSS feeds

• Added
  Integrating RSS Feeds of New Books into the Campus Course Management System. By: Corrado, Edward M.; Moulaison, Heather L.. Computers in Libraries, Oct2006, Vol. 26 Issue 9 (available full-text in Academic Search Premier)

   

Firefox extensions

• LibX
• 40 Useful Firefox Add-ons for Libraries - Part One (for all 40, see also Part Two and Part Three) -- Part Three actually seems to be the best, and the most relevant to Catalog searches

Facebook

• Hottest Facebook Groups for Librarians
• Top Ten Facebook Apps for Librarians - Part One

Discussion points for Midwinter

• Ideas for RSS feeds - New Books, Journal Alerts, Info session on availability (EBSCO, others), Proxying/Authentication issues with RSS feeds
• Firefox extensions - easy to create? Promotion ideas, getting it put into campus computer lab installations
• Facebook apps - library catalog search, other searches? meta-searching, etc.?

 What about pushing local info out to search engines? What about linking e.g., special collections finding aids to Wikipedia?

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