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Library Home Page Design: The Artist-Librarian Perspective, Virginia C. Feher
Library Home Page Design: The Artist-Librarian Perspective, Virginia C. Feher
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on a library home page that is designed from the artist-librarian perspective. It cites the need to include promotional features on a page to advertise resources available from the Web site and sponsored events. It notes that the application of the basic principles of art such as emphasis, harmony and movement is important for a successful composition of the page. Also stated is the use of color on a home page which, according to the author, can result in a page that is vibrant while supportive of the delivery of information.
Save Gas Using Your Office Computer From Home, Steve Duckworth, Damon Armour, Jeff Heck
Save Gas Using Your Office Computer From Home, Steve Duckworth, Damon Armour, Jeff Heck
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the protocols used to establish remote computer connections from home. The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) used in Windows 7 connecting to a Windows 2008 server reportedly allows the playing of high-definition video using Media Player. It is stated that commercial product connections which may bypass security infrastructure are risky because of the home computer's possible insecurity and that home devices used for business purposes may be legally searched by the state.
Georgia Library News Now On Twitter
Georgia Library News Now On Twitter
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article informs that the Georgia Public Library Services (GPLS) has created a Twitter account, Georgialibs. According to GPLS Webmaster Darin Givens, the GPLS Twitter feed will be useful communications tool for getting brief reminders about upcoming library events, conferences and workshops. Given adds that it will also be used for linking public library news items.
Encouraging Faculty Requests For Library Materials: Midwest’S New Book Selection Service, Lydia F. Knight
Encouraging Faculty Requests For Library Materials: Midwest’S New Book Selection Service, Lydia F. Knight
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the use of Midwest Library Service's notification scheme by Dalton State College in Georgia. It offers a New Book Selection Service, which replaces the notification slip as a medium of distributing announcements on forthcoming titles. This information is sent by electronic mail instead. The lists can be profiled using the Library of Congress Subject Classification.