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Since I see that a migration to Vista is inevitable – and probably sooner than I would like, I’ve been bookmarking all of the resources I can find to help with Vista.
PC Mag has a nice article to help!
Vista Made Easy: 50 Tips and Tricks
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2114942,00.asp
A Changing Picture: GALILEO System Brings Worlds of Information into
Every Georgian’s Personal Orbit
FYI: GALILEO is the state virtual library for Georgia, and it’s where I go every day to pay the bills – and I love it!
The WebAIM blog recently posted a list of other good accessibility blogs – with nice, brief descriptions of each.
The Great Accessibility Blog Roundup
http://webaim.org/blog/2007/05/14/blog-roundup/
Just to give my accessibility plug, if you are working on a library website, please do not forget to consider that everyone may not be able to see the screen or may still be stuck with a dial-up connection.
For those of you who develop instruction materials or need images to brand your site, EBSCO now allows you to download product logos and buttons.
Download EBSCO Product Logos and Buttons Now
http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=3421
Elaine Hardy and Peggy Chambliss created a new bibliography for staff development and posted the announcement to the GOLD-L list today. This link also has several good collection development resources.
I don’t have a Mac, so I can’t test this (and would be glad if a wonderful Mac person could try it for me!). However, it looks like a great tool for marketing…and it’s just fun.
RSS New Books Screen Saver
http://www.rss4lib.com/2007/05/rss_new_books_screen_saver.html
Now, if someone could just do this for Windows. I wonder if you could download book images from Amazon (or get the images from the books cataloged in LibraryThing if you use that) and then create a slideshow screensaver with all of those images. Hmmm…I’ll have to find time to try this and see if it can be done…
I would personally love to be able to make my desktop image change each morning with a new photo (or book covers would be great, too!). Alas, I have yet to see something that will do this, but I haven’t taken a great deal of time to search for it. Does anyone know how to do this or has anyone heard it can be done?
If you really need a quick, easy solution for an OPAC, LibraryThing may be an option for you. And, the Danbury Library in Danbury, Connecticut, has already implemented this, so you can see how they did it and what they are learning from it.
Danbury, CT kicks off LibraryThing for Libraries!
http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/05/danbury-ct-kicks-off-librarything-for.php
I wonder if this may be able to serve as the OPAC for a small special collection at a research center where I used to work, so I want to test this out to see if it would meet their needs.
Oh, the possibilities…
Courtney
I’ve heard several people talking…well, no, I’ve read several people blogging about WorldCat Local. I’ve wondered what this is all about. It sounds great, but I need to see how things work.
Sarah Houghton-Jan, the Librarian in Black, posted a review and some screenshots of the first installation of this project at University of Washington Libraries (use the search box in the upper right for an example search).
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/05/first_worldcat_.html
I like this, but I agree that it still needs some work. As a former ILL person, I had worried about libraries using WorldCat without finding a way to emphasize local holdings, but this slightly allays my fears.
Are you human?
The California Polytechnic State University’s College of Liberal Arts uses dogs and cats instead of warped letters and numbers to answer this question. Oh, and the images come from the adoption service Petfinder.com – smart and animal-friendly!
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2043/kittens-yes-kittens-take-on-web-hackers
Thank you, Cal Poly!
Guess what!
For some of us, it does!!
YOU ARE THE KEY…
A Handbook for Georgia School Library Media Specialists
http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/departments/instruction/mediaservices/handbook/
