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Google Maps: You Are Here
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Jacobsen, Mikael – Library Journal, 2008
Librarians use online mapping services such as Google Maps, MapQuest, Yahoo Maps, and others to check traffic conditions, find local businesses, and provide directions. However, few libraries are using one of Google Maps most outstanding applications, My Maps, for the creation of enhanced and interactive multimedia maps. My Maps is a simple and…
Descriptors: Maps, Public Libraries, Internet, Library Services
Journey to Library 2.0: One Library Trains Staff on the Social Tools Users Employ
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Hastings, Robin – Library Journal, 2007
In December 2006, the Missouri River Regional Library (MRRL) in Jefferson City, embarked on a journey. They had been watching the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), NC, on its adventure through the wilds of Web 2.0, and they decided to follow the trail it had blazed. What PLCMC had done was pretty revolutionary. The library…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Computer Centers, Engines, Public Libraries
Politician of the Year: Phil Bredesen.
St. Lifer, Evan – Library Journal, 1998
Describes how Nashville (Tennessee) mayor Phil Bredesen has enlisted sports fans to help champion a $100 million overhaul of the city's library system. Discusses Internet filtering and balancing printed materials and technology. Highlights politicians from Illinois, Washington, Georgia, Texas, Rhode Island, and California who have increased…
Descriptors: Athletics, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Internet
Nothin' but Net.
St. Lifer, Evan – Library Journal, 1998
Reports on Bill and Melinda Gates's tour of Alabama, the first state to be wired to the Internet by the nonprofit Gates Library Foundation, and the model for connecting 1000 more libraries this year. Mutual appreciation between Alabama librarians and the Gateses resulted. An interview with Bill Gates focuses on challenges libraries face in…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Internet, Interviews, Library Development
Of Human and Humane Assistance.
Tennant, Roy – Library Journal, 1999
Focuses on possibilities for providing reference service to remote users of digital collections. Discusses international digital reference networks; factors that limit global electronic reference service; and drawbacks of e-mail and use of real-time interactive technologies for the reference encounter. Highlights some pioneering projects. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
A 21st-Century Strategy for Librarians.
Schement, Jorge Reina – Library Journal, 1996
Discusses the impact of home use of electronic information sources, such as the Internet, on traditional library services. Suggests that librarians should devote themselves to how people seek, organize, and consume information. Describes 21st century strategies to help libraries use traditional information services combined with computer…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Information Services, Computers, Futures (of Society)
Consumer Health Libraries: A New Diagnosis.
Moeller, Kathleen A. – Library Journal, 1997
Describes the creation of a consumer health library; types of health information and health information consumers; reasons consumers seek health information; collection development and maintenance; and the Internet. Lists 13 best Web sites for traditional and alternative health, children's health, disease control and prevention, and travelers'…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Disease Control, Information Systems, Internet