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A Year with Google Apps
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Hastings, Robin – Computers in Libraries, 2010
In August 2008, the Missouri River Regional Library (MRRL), where the author serves as information technology coordinator, switched over from an internally hosted Microsoft Exchange email server to the Google Apps product. As the person who led the charge to use Google Apps and the person who actually flipped the switch, he was responsible for…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Public Libraries, Privatization, Electronic Mail
Libraries in the Cloud: Making a Case for Google and Amazon
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Buck, Stephanie – Computers in Libraries, 2009
As news outlets create headlines such as "A Cloud & A Prayer," "The Cloud Is the Computer," and "Leveraging Clouds to Make You More Efficient," many readers have been left with cloud confusion. Many definitions exist for cloud computing, and a uniform definition is hard to find. In its most basic form, cloud…
Descriptors: Computers, Libraries, Information Technology, Information Scientists
Some Best Practices for Personalizing Outreach. Building Digital Libraries
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Huwe, Terence K. – Computers in Libraries, 2006
From blogs to wikis to podcasts to personalized e-mail alerts, there are now more ways to reach people than ever before. However, even with these new outreach pathways, success still depends on knowing your audience and having the ability to see beyond the "buzz" of technology. Best practices for outreach should emphasize a personal touch in the…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Electronic Journals, Electronic Mail
Revving Up with a Technology Tuneup
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Waterhouse, Janetta – Computers in Libraries, 2004
In this article, the author, an information technology librarian at Georgian Court University (GCU), recounts how she accomplished technology tuneup at GCU by looking at the existing systems and matching them up with the library needs to find no-cost solutions. The first and biggest tuneup was to the engine, the Sirsi Unicorn integrated library…
Descriptors: Library Networks, Information Technology, Libraries, Library Services
Networks: The Basics.
Lomarcan, Diana L. – Computers in Libraries, 1995
Introduces the information superhighway (the Internet), and presents a guide to navigating it. Offers basic instruction on obtaining and learning to use network accounts; locating addresses using Archie and Wide Area Information Server; retrieving information using file transfer protocol; utilizing Gopher to find and retrieve; browsing the World…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Teaching Information Technologies in a Classroom Setting.
Dennis, Nancy; Stadthaus, Alice – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Describes an undergraduate course that was developed at Salem State College to provide students with an overview of information technologies, including online databases, online catalogs, CD-ROM, hypertext, interactive video, electronic bulletin boards, and computer networks. Student reactions are discussed, including changed perceptions, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail, Higher Education