JMR – Week of October 9, 2006

– FAQ as searchable database for new library web – http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/faq.php; follow-up: change domain searches in searchbox to seach FAQ instead
– Received call from Shirley Hwang at San Jose State asking how we developed our digital bookplate links in Josiah.
– Lubrano bookplate
– Hired two students for Faculty Publications project; need to create a quick & dirty interface so they can begin work
– Nelinet Conference IT Conference: “Social Networking – Plugging Libraries into Web 2.0″
– Talk at the Nelinet conference on “Speaking the Language of the Millennials” emphasized they like interactivity & polls were specifically mentioned. Did up a prototype for new library web – http://dl.lib.brown.edu/includes/poll_inc.php
– Conversation with seb about InfoGate’s low profile. How about making the top ten list an optional cross-search – http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/includes/topten.php

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