72 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Please indicate the main goals for using this particular tool. Check all that apply. N=43
N
Connecting library staff with library users 8 33 6 26 30 34 2 39
Connecting library staff within your library/institution 4 9 3 5 5 11 — 12
Connecting library users with library users — 8 2 2 3 6 — 9
Connecting staff at different library institutions 1 5 1 1 3 5 — 6
Connecting other groups — 3 — — 1 3 1 3
Please describe the “other groups.”
“Potential new users.”
Please describe the other type(s) of experience(s) and the corresponding group.
“Connecting library users with collections for resource discovery.”
“Create perception that library is ‘cool’ and ‘modern.’”
“Research assistance.”
“To provide reference services.”
17. Other Social Software/Service. Specify an example of another social software/service used at your
library and the year it was first implemented. Briefly describe how the library is using this other
social software/service. N=23
Search Applications
LibX Firefox Extension
2006
Users can install the LibX toolbar in their Firefox browser. It does many things in addition to offering
searching, it enable off-campus access to e-resources via our proxy server, it enables easy linking from
Amazon (and other book sites) to the same record in our OPAC, it autolinks ISBNs and ISSNs for searching in
our catalog, etc.
To
develop
tools
To
share
information
To
create
content
To
market
library
services
To
establish
rapport
To
facilitate
communication
Other
type
of
experience
Please indicate the main goals for using this particular tool. Check all that apply. N=43
N
Connecting library staff with library users 8 33 6 26 30 34 2 39
Connecting library staff within your library/institution 4 9 3 5 5 11 — 12
Connecting library users with library users — 8 2 2 3 6 — 9
Connecting staff at different library institutions 1 5 1 1 3 5 — 6
Connecting other groups — 3 — — 1 3 1 3
Please describe the “other groups.”
“Potential new users.”
Please describe the other type(s) of experience(s) and the corresponding group.
“Connecting library users with collections for resource discovery.”
“Create perception that library is ‘cool’ and ‘modern.’”
“Research assistance.”
“To provide reference services.”
17. Other Social Software/Service. Specify an example of another social software/service used at your
library and the year it was first implemented. Briefly describe how the library is using this other
social software/service. N=23
Search Applications
LibX Firefox Extension
2006
Users can install the LibX toolbar in their Firefox browser. It does many things in addition to offering
searching, it enable off-campus access to e-resources via our proxy server, it enables easy linking from
Amazon (and other book sites) to the same record in our OPAC, it autolinks ISBNs and ISSNs for searching in
our catalog, etc.
To
develop
tools
To
share
information
To
create
content
To
market
library
services
To
establish
rapport
To
facilitate
communication
Other
type
of
experience
