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Libraries Interact - A Personal View Of Practical 2.0, Peta J. Hopkins
Libraries Interact - A Personal View Of Practical 2.0, Peta J. Hopkins
Peta Hopkins
Libraries Interact is a group blog established in 2006 to focus on topics of interest to Australian libraries and their friends. After 18 months the blog is still going strongly with a core membership of librarians spread around Australia who rarely meet in person and over 300 posts on topics covering all library sectors. This paper will look at the practical ways that web 2.0 tools and services are employed by the core group of contributors to Libraries Interact. These include: Google Groups, Peanut Butter wiki, Wordpress, Frappr and others.
Selecting An Ilms For A Future You Can't Imagine, Joanna P. Richardson Dr., Peta J. Hopkins
Selecting An Ilms For A Future You Can't Imagine, Joanna P. Richardson Dr., Peta J. Hopkins
Peta Hopkins
The changing nature of the ILMS selection process is examined in light of factors such as user expectations and behaviour, emerging technologies and standards, and the evolution of new business models .The paper focuses on core ILMS functionalities rather than federated searching and other related products. The authors include a brief discussion of the experiences of Bond University Library in reviewing current options in the ILMS marketplace.
Marc Records Services - An Aggregated Assault, Peta J. Hopkins
Marc Records Services - An Aggregated Assault, Peta J. Hopkins
Peta Hopkins
This paper examines the use of MARC records for electronic journals using the Spydus library system.
Towards The Integration Of Social Media With Traditional Information Systems, Michael J. Rees, Peta J. Hopkins
Towards The Integration Of Social Media With Traditional Information Systems, Michael J. Rees, Peta J. Hopkins
Peta Hopkins
This paper was inspired by the authors’ personal experience of using social media systems over the last two years. During that time both authors have used a range of public, private and hosted social media systems for their professional activities and well as for personal use. They and other colleagues are convinced that a unified approach to social media systems can benefit the communications processes within our institution and our interaction with our important existing and potential clients, the students and alumni.