Video conferencing; Virtual Classroom Freeware

Hi class,

You may want to use one of the following tools for your team work when you can not be physically together but you would like to meet on the Web --


http://vyew.com

http://www.dimdim.com/

http://wiziq.com


And you also have the link the VRoom in your e-learning folder.

Best,
Rong

After Losing Users in Catalogs, Libraries Find Better Search Software

Hi class,

Libby sent me the link to a very interesting article published on the Chronicle of Higher Education, relevant to our class:

http://chronicle.com/article/After-Losing-Users-in/48588/

Best,
Rong

100 ways of using twitter in libraries

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/14885

The google wars

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the following article appeared on Library Journal:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6698035.html

For details about the Google Book Settlement, go to:

http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/agreement.html


See you in class!
Rong

Amazon's windowshop

http://www.windowshop.com/

Try it and see how you like it!

LibLime and Koha

Hi class,


Please read the recent reactions about LibLime provides a liblim client version of KOHA:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1050048905.html

http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/09/liblime-forks-koha.html

http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=126&BlogID=1

Rong

Top Ten Things Library Administrators Should Know About Technology

by Roy Tennant

http://techessence.info/topten

1. Technology isn't as hard as you think it is.
2. Technology gets easier all the time.
3. Technology gets cheaper all the time.
4. Maximize the effectiveness of your most costly technology investment -- your people.
5. Iterate, don't perfect.
6. Be prepared to fail.
7. Be prepared to succeed.
8. Never underestimate the power of a prototype.
9. A major part of good technology implementation is good project management.
10. The single biggest threat to any technology project is political in nature.