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Meebo in the Library Catalogue December 5, 2007

Posted by Katherine in Libraries, Social sites, Web 2.0.
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Several months ago I used Meebo Rooms for an online discussion group for a research project I was working on. It was really successful (although due to the subject we attracted tech-savvy participants) and I would definitely use it again. I’ve blogged about it in the post below and I would definitely use it again as it is so easy and simple.

LibrarianInBlack linked to an article about adding Meebo’s instant chat widget to a library catalogue, seems like Meebo has loads of uses and this one is particularly good.  Can’t find something in the catalogue?  Chat to library staff online who can help you.

It’s ok, this isn’t going to turn into a Meebo fan site!  It could do with more content though.  Sorry.

New version of Koha October 18, 2006

Posted by Katherine in Libraries, Software.
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Peter Scott reports that the latest version of Koha has been released.  What’s Koha?  Koha is what I wish I had known about several years ago, it’s a free, open source library management system.  I don’t know much about it but from what I’ve seen it’s pretty impressive and should definitely be looked at if you need an LMS and are on a tight budget – especially if you are seriously considering using Access!  As I did…

All about Web 2.0 April 20, 2006

Posted by Katherine in Libraries, Web 2.0.
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Phil Bradley has written about Web 2.0 for libraries in the latest CILIP Update.

What is Web 2.0? April 8, 2006

Posted by Katherine in How to, Libraries, Software.
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It's great, it's something you hear a lot about, but what is it? Find out here (via Tame the Web). Bit techy but a good start.

Also via Tame the Web, a great new blog, Tech Essence, easily explaining new technologies that libraries and librarians can use.