What I Learned Today…

Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today… covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries.

Category Archives: Instant Messaging

Librarians love Meebo

December 15th, 2006

There is a nice little post over at the Meeblog about librarians’ use of Meebo and Meebo Me.

Turns out that locked-down computers, reference librarians who always want to be in touch with their patrons, and the desire to make libraries fun and friendly have given meebo and meebo me the perfect opportunity to shine.

I actually had the opportunity to recommend Meebo for use in a night school class – since the school computers were so locked down, it was the only way to teach community members about IM. Keep up the good work!

IM Reference

September 26th, 2006

I just finished my first conversation with a reference staff member at Drexel via IM! I needed to find a required journal and was thrown off by the interface they provided me with. I went right to my comfort zone – InfoTrac because that’s what we have at work and I know how to use it – but turns out that even though it said my journal was in there – it wasn’t! So I opened up IM and asked the librarian. Now that I think back I guess a complaint would be that he/she didn’t provide a name so I can’t tell you who helped me – for now we’re going to assume it was a “she” – based on statistics.

Anyway, she walked me through each step in the process and when I hit a bump she came up with a way to help me. She also introduced me to ProQuest which is way prettier than InfoTrac! I found both of my journal articles and am ready to sit down and do some reading.

IM Reference is totally handy!! I love it!

Wanna Chat?

August 30th, 2006

I worked from home on Monday and had IM open so I could talk to my teammate (who was in the office). I used to be an IM junky when I was in college – but that died down pretty quick once I got a “real” job :)

Anyway, while I was on IM I got a chance to talk to Meredith who I haven’t talked to since March! So I thought I should try to keep my IM open whenever possible. If you want to chat my Yahoo and AIM IDs are the same “nengard”. I’m using Trillian so you can log in to whichever one you like. Hope to talk to you soon!

Meebo Widget For Your Blog

August 3rd, 2006

The folks at Meebo are offering a widget you can add to any webpage (requires flash) called meebo me.

meebo me is designed for anyone with a home on the web. If you’ve got a web page where you’d like to communicate with your visitors, meebo me allows you to see the people who are visiting your web page and chat with them!