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Final Project … finally done!
Yes! My website for LIS 753 (Internet Fundemantals and Design) is finally finished! Check it out and let me know what you think! Twitter in the Library
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Drupal vs. WordPress: Which CMS fits your library?
Both Drupal and WordPress are content management systems that allow users the flexibility and ease of putting together a website quickly and successfully. But which one is better? And which CMS would be better for a library to use? Even though both Drupal and WordPress are popular, open source, and have large user communities, there…
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Twitter in the Library
What is Twitter all about? Twitter is a micro blogging and social networking service that’s easy to use and best of all — free. It allows members to post short messages that are 140 characters or less to their accounts. The social element of Twitter allows users to follow each other and monitor each other’s…
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Effective Use of Technology in the Library — the Mobile Reference Desk
The use of technology in libraries fascinates me. You might have noticed this since I already blogged about cloud computing and virtualization — two technologies that will play a huge role in libraries in the upcoming years. Today I want to talk about something a little different … something that’s happening in libraries right now.…
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Why Librarians Love to Blog: Examining different types of librarian blogs
I spent this week looking at different types of librarian blogs, and boy did that turn out to be a daunting task! There are so many library/librarian blogs out there. It seems that all librarians want to do is blog! This made me wonder, what is it that makes librarians want to blog? …