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Putting All The Pieces Together: Developing A Cyberinfrastructure At The Georgia State University Library, Doug Goans, Tim Daniels Oct 2006

Putting All The Pieces Together: Developing A Cyberinfrastructure At The Georgia State University Library, Doug Goans, Tim Daniels

University Library Faculty Presentations

Like many libraries over the last several years we have been developing or purchasing technologies such as a Content Management System, an Open URL Link Resolver, an Ask a Librarian System, and a Blogging System that not only support internal functions and communications but also deliver current information and access to resources to our user's desktops. As we begin to explore developments for our next generation of services we realized that the most effective way to deploy these web based services was to integrate our technology and staff into a cross-departmental cyberinfrastructure and collection of working groups that allows us …


We R Online, R U? Instant Messaging Reference Service At Your Library., Sarah Steiner, David Free, Elizabeth White Sep 2006

We R Online, R U? Instant Messaging Reference Service At Your Library., Sarah Steiner, David Free, Elizabeth White

University Library Faculty Presentations

What Is IM? -Allows users to participate in real-time Internet conversations -AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! most popular -Same premise as the more feature-rich QuestionPoint, 24/7, etc. Who’s Using IM? --Everyone! Students, libraries, businesses, all age groups Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 42% of online individuals use IM, and that Generations X and Y represent the largest segment of the IM user group. AOL conducted a similar study that shows that 90% of online teens use IM.


Quaking In The Classroom: A Study Of Teaching Anxiety In Academic Librarians, Kaetrena D. Davis Sep 2006

Quaking In The Classroom: A Study Of Teaching Anxiety In Academic Librarians, Kaetrena D. Davis

University Library Faculty Presentations

What We’ll Cover: -What is Teaching Anxiety? -Why study Teaching Anxiety (TA)? -Methodology and details of the study -Preliminary results of the study -Emerging solutions to TA in librarians -Discussion: your experiences, comments, and suggestions


Im At Gsu, Sarah Steiner, David Free, Elizabeth White May 2006

Im At Gsu, Sarah Steiner, David Free, Elizabeth White

University Library Faculty Presentations

Getting Started -The impending expiration of GSU’s QuestionPoint contract led to the exploration of other options -IM met with mixed librarian opinions, but all felt it was worth investigating -Service launched February 1, 2006 AIM, MSN and Yahoo! via Gaim