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Libraries Using IM Reference

2006-11-04T03:45:01Z

Constance: /* Libraries Using IM Reference (Australia) */

=Libraries Using IM Reference (Australia)=
*[http://www.library.qut.edu.au/ask.jsp Queensland University of Technology Library] - Windows Live Messenger
*[https://auth.lis.curtin.edu.au/askonline/index.html Curtin University of Technology Library] - Jabber (MSN Messenger and Yahoo)
 

=Libraries Using IM Reference (Canada)=
==Alberta==
*[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/imlibrary/ University of Alberta Libraries] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!

==Ontario==
*[http://library.queensu.ca/webmed/reference/im.html Bracken Health Sciences Library at Queen's University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.library.carleton.ca/instruction/askus.html Carleton University] - MSN
*[http://library.mcmaster.ca/justask/ McMaster University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/dept/library/brain/askus.htm Mohawk College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
 
 

=Libraries Using IM Reference (Europe)=
==Netherlands==
*[http://www.ppl.nl/chat/ Peace Palace Library] - MSN, Yahoo!
 
 

= Libraries Using IM Reference (U.S.)=
==Alabama==
*[http://library.samford.edu/service/askalib.html Samford University Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.mshl.uab.edu/im Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!

==California==
*[http://libraries.claremont.edu/help/askus/im-more.asp Claremont Colleges] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/im.cfm Marin County Free Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/gov_online.html University of California Berkeley - Government Information] - AIM, gTalk, ICQ, Yahoo!
* [http://www.usfca.edu/library/ask.html University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library] - AIM, gTalk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!

==Colorado==
*[http://denison.uchsc.edu/askalibrarian/index.html#Now University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!

==Connecticut==
*Southern Connecticut State University - [http://library.southernct.edu/de_home.html Distance Education Services] - AIM, MSN

==Florida==
*[http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ask/ University of Florida] - AIM, gTalk, Jabber, Yahoo!

==Georgia==
*[http://www.gpc.edu/library/ask.htm Georgia Perimeter College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.library.gsu.edu/services/pages.asp?ldID=68&guideID=281&ID=3112 Georgia State University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.gwinnettpl.org/IM/ Gwinnett County Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Illinois==
*[http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.home.TFSRedirect?virtcategory=12292 Arlington Heights Memorial Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/ Barrington Area Library] - AIM, Yahoo!
*[http://www.brookfieldpubliclibrary.info/services/ask Brookfield Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.champaign.org/reference/contact_librarian.html Champaign Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://yyz.clcillinois.edu/library/libchat.cfm College of Lake County Library] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://hplibrary.org/library/instantmessage.htm Highland Park Public Library] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/ask/askhpl.htm Hinsdale Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.homerlibrary.org/ask.asp Homer Township Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.mppl.org/online-weblibrarian.html Mount Prospect Public Library ] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.stcharleslibrary.org/247ref/im_us.htm St. Charles Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lib.siu.edu/index.html Southern Illinois State University] -
*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/chat/ Thomas Ford Memorial Library (Western Springs)] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/askus/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign] - AIM
*[http://westmontlibrary.org/ask_a_librarian.htm Westmont Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Indiana==
*[http://www.apl.lib.in.us/im.html Alexandrian Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.butler.edu/library/index.aspx?pg=525 Butler University] - AIM, Yahoo!
*[http://http://www.ncpl.lib.in.us/ Carlisle Public Library] -
*[http://www.depauw.edu/library/get_help/#chat DePauw University Libraries] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/asksjcpl/asksjcpl.html St. Joseph County Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.nchcpl.org/ask_librarian.htm New Castle-Henry County Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Iowa==
*[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/chat.html University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!

==Maryland==
*[http://aok2.lib.umbc.edu/reference/chat.php University of Maryland, Baltimore County] - AIM

==Massachusetts==
*[http://www.fsc.edu/library/virtualref.html Fitchburg State College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/ Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/library.nsf/EB4F2767C562479445256BE5002DAE84/EEA410A88745743A85256E5F0070150D?OpenDocument Springfield College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/refchat.html Worcester Polytechnic Institute Instant Answers@WPI] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!

==Michigan==
*[http://cass.lib.mi.us/ask.htm Cass District Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.gvsu.edu/library/qp/qpchat.htm Grand Valley State University] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://hackleylibrary.org/vrchat.htm Hackley Public Library] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lansing.lib.il.us/ Lansing Public Library] - Yahoo!
*[http://library.umd.umich.edu/services/im.html University of Michigan-Dearborn] - AIM, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lib.umich.edu/askus/askusnowspeedbump.html University of Michigan University Libraries] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Minnesota==
*[http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/ Carleton College] - AIM
*[http://library.cord.edu/askus/ Concordia College, Moorhead] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/current/contactus.htm Rochester Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/askus/ University of Minnesota Duluth] - AIM, gTalk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!

==Missouri==
*[http://www.adrian.edu/library/resources/ask.php Adrian College] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!

==Nevada==
*[http://www.library.unlv.edu/ask/chat.html University of Nevada, Las Vegas] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==New Hampshire==
*[http://library.fpc.edu/research/askalib.html Franklin Pierce College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==New Jersey==
*[http://library.njit.edu/aboutus/e-ref.cfm New Jersey Institute of Technology] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://library.princeton.edu/help/chat.php Princeton University] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!

==New York==
*[http://www.barnard.edu/library/reference/index.htm#AIM Barnard College Library] - AIM
*[http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/IMpilot.html Binghamton University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://library.morrisville.edu/talk.html Morrisville State College] - AIM
*[http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library/askalibrarian.php Plattsburgh State University] - AIM
*[http://wally.rit.edu/depts/ref/research/humanclick/humanclick.htm Rochester Institute of Technology] - AIM, ICQ (sometimes), MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.brockport.edu/library State University of New York at Brockport] - AIM
*[http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/help/refchat.html State University of New York at Buffalo] - AIM
*[http://library.cortland.edu State University of New York at Cortland] - AIM
*[http://www.potsdam.edu/library/home/IMService.php State University of New York at Potsdam] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!

==North Carolina==
*[http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/chat/im.html Duke University] - AIM
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref/im/ North Carolina State University] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/brauer/imbrauer.html University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Brauer Math/Physics Library] - AIM
*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/im_a_librarian.html University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Undergraduate Library] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/imalibrariandavis.html University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Davis Library] - AIM, gTalk, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.wfu.edu/zsr/services/information/ask.html Wake Forest University] - AIM

==Ohio==
*[http://www.greenelibrary.info/im.asp Greene County Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.muskingum.edu/home/library/help/ask.html Muskingum College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.oberlin.edu/library/reference/im.html Oberlin College] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.library.osu.edu/ Ohio State University]
*[http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/im.html Ohio University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Pennsylvania==
*[http://www.gettysburg.edu/library/help/ask/index.dot Gettysburg College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.pct.edu/library/ Pennsylvania College of Technology] - AIM
*[http://vrl.temple.edu Temple University] - AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://refchat.library.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania Libraries] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Rhode Island==
*[http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/services/askalib.html Brown University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.providence.edu/library/chat.html Providence College] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Texas==
*[http://www.hccs.edu:16080/system/library/learnhow/chat2.html Houston Community College Libraries] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/reference/chat.html University of Texas at Austin] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!

==Vermont==
*[http://www.norwich.edu/academics/library/askalibrarian.html#IM Norwich University] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://library.uvm.edu/dana/services/aim.html University of Vermont, Dana Medical Library] - AIM

==Virginia==
*[http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Libraries/ref/IQuery.aspx Arlington Public Library] - AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
*[http://swem.wm.edu/news/story.cfm?id=111 College of William and Mary] - AIM
*[http://library.richmond.edu/help/ask_lib/aimboatwrightinfo.htm University of Richmond] - AIM, ICQ
*[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/ref-aimhelp.html University of Virginia Library] - AIM, gTalk, MSN, Yahoo!

==Washington, D.C.==
*[http://www.library.american.edu/ask/index.html American University] - AIM
*[http://library.gallaudet.edu/im.html Gallaudet] - AIM

Podcasting

2006-10-01T00:43:41Z

Constance:

Podcasting is a simple means of distributing audio content over the Internet, taking advantage of the power of [[Collaborative Tools in Libraries#RSS|RSS]]. Content consumers (end-users) can subscribe to a feed of a producer's audio content and receive automatic downloads of new content as it is made available online. A more comprehensive discussion of podcasting can be found in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting Wikipedia entry on podcasting].

For the library that works hard to produce audio content such as recordings of programs or library tours, podcasting can be an effective means of making that content more widely available.

The following is a list of libraries and affiliated organizations that are currently podcasting:

* [http://www.asu.edu/lib/podcasts/ Arizona State University Libraries] ([http://www.asu.edu/lib/podcasts/libpodcast.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.atwaterlibrary.ca/ Atwater Library and Computer Centre] ([http://www.atwaterlibrary.ca/taxonomy/term/21/0/feed podcast feed])
* [http://www.cheshirelib.org/teens/cplpodcast.htm Cheshire Public Library] ([http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/Bfgf podcast feed])
* [http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/historical/lectures.cfm Claude More Health Sciences Library University of Virginia] ([http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/historical/cmhsl-historical-podcast.xml podcast feed])
* [http://library.curtin.edu.au/podcast/index.html Curtin University of Technology Library and Information Service], Perth, Western Australia ([http://library.curtin.edu.au/rss/podcast.xml podcast feed])
* [http://podcast.denverlibrary.org Denver Public Library] ([http://podcast.denverlibrary.org/rss podcast feed])
* [http://www.dowling.edu/library/new/podcasts.shtm Dowling College Library Omnibus] ([http://www.dowling.edu/library/new/feed.xml podcast feed])
* [http://gpcdecaturlrc.blogspot.com/ GPC Decatur Campus Library] ([http://feeds.feedburner.com/gpclibraryradio podcast feed])
* [http://www.grpl.org/yourlibrary/pods/ Grand Rapids Public Library]
* [http://infopeople.org/ The Infopeople Project] ([http://infoblog.infopeople.org/index.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.lions-online.org/ Kankakee Public Library] ([http://www.lions-online.org/podcast.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.lansing.lib.il.us/podcast.htm Lansing Public Library] (multiple feeds) and [http://lansinglibraryweb.blogspot.com/2006/03/podcasts-what-are-they-and-how-to.html branded version of the podcatcher Juice with our feeds preloaded!]
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/library.shtml The Lunar and Planetary Institute] ([http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/mp3.xml podcast feed])
* [http://library.ci.manchester.ct.us/teen/podcast/ Manchester Public Library] (multiple feeds, including a videocast feed)
* [http://www.mhl.org/teens/audio/index.htm Memorial Hall Library] ([http://www.mhl.org/teens/audio/teens.xml podcast feed])
* [http://braincast.libsyn.com/ Mohawk College Library]([http://braincast.libsyn.com/rss podcast feed])
* [http://mclibrarypodcast.blogspot.com/ Muskingum College Library] ([http://feeds.feedburner.com/MuskingumCollegeLibraryPodcast podcast feed])
* [http://catalog.odl.state.ok.us/okrm/readingok.htm Oklahoma Department of Libraries] ([http://catalog.odl.state.ok.us/okrm/podcast.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.ocls.info/Programs/podcastAndRSS.asp?bhcp=1/ Orange County Library] Orlando, FL (audio and video feeds)
* [http://www.palinet.org/ PALINET Technology Conversations] ([http://www.palinet.org/rss/tech-conversations/tc1.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.palinet.org/rss/ir/podir1.xml PALINET IR Conversations]([http://www.palinet.org/rss/ir/podir1.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/ Pritzker Military Library] ([http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/podcast/pml_feed.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.libraryloft.org Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County])
* [http://www.library.jhu.edu/podcasts/ The Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University] ([http://www.library.jhu.edu/podcasts/rss.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.librarypodcasts.org/ Sunnyvale Public Library] ([http://www.librarypodcasts.org/?feed=rss2 podcast feed])
* [http://fordlibrary.org/clickastory Thomas Ford Memorial Library Click-A-Story] ([http://www.fordlibrary.org/clickastory.xml podcast feed])
* [http://fordlibrary.org/yareviews Thomas Ford Memorial Library Audio Reviews by Teens] ([http://www.fordlibrary.org/yar_index.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.wku.edu/Library/ Western Kentucky University Libraries] ([http://www.wku.edu/Library/video/libraryIntro/librarytour.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/podcasts/index.htm Wisconsin State Legislature - Legislative Reference Bureau] ([http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/rss/podcast.xml podcast feed])
* [http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts/ WPI's George C. Gordon Library Audio to Go] ([http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts/wpiaudiotogo.xml podcast feed])

==Creating your own Podcast==
* http://www.gabcast.com/ This free service makes it increadibly easy to do a podcast. Simply call in via phone to record and publish your podcast.
* http://odeo.com/ Odeo is a free service that allows for uploading MP3 files as well as calling in via a phone to record and publish your podcast.

User:Constance

2005-07-10T00:18:16Z

Constance:

I work in a university library in Perth, Western Australia, where I am [http://library.curtin.edu.au/staff/cwiebrands.html liaison librarian] to the business school. I am pretty new to all this (blogs, wikis, etc) and am enjoying riding the learning curve. I hope to be able to contribute to this wiki eventually! Feel free to visit my [http://flexnib.blogspot.com blog].