Moving away from the catalogue for second, I thought I might check out how libraries are using mashups in ways that helped patrons navigate the physical space of the library. I was originally at the University of Toronto at Mississauga’s library page checking out their chat service when I noticed an interesting box in the [...]
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I Need a Computer, STAT!
Posted in Academic Library, Maps on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
People who borrowed this item…
Posted in Academic Library, Catalogues on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great features of Amazon is that it provides suggestions on what other books might interest you. Wouldn’t it be great if libraries could harness their own circulation data and provide something similar? Something like, “people who borrowed this item, also borrowed…” Well thanks to Dave Pattern at “Self-Plagerism is Style” that feature [...]
The Scriblio Scramble
Posted in Academic Library, Catalogues on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the chat services I found were definitely helpful, I was left wanting something a little more colorful, something with more pizzaz. I didn’t have to look far before I found Scriblio, a free open source content management system that imports a library’s OPAC into a WordPress format (just like this blog). It sounded intriguing [...]
Chit Chat at the Library
Posted in Academic Library, Chat Services on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another popular use of mashups, is to integrate some sort of chat application directly on the website so that patrons can directly communicate with library staff. This is different from other instant messaging chat programs (AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, etc.) in that it doesn’t require the individual to have any third-party software installed on [...]
