no its not another game for your xbox or an attachment for your ipod.....but it IS something cool. i made a valiant effort today to try to tackle the "big pile" on my desk that just seems to grow......one of the to do's was to look at a new tool called LibX and i have to say i'm pretty impressed. since i'm especially challenged figuring out new things a) without my teenager to explain it to me or b) without doing it myself, the demos walked me thru pretty well on how the LibX tool operates. one of the things i will soon do is download it but i can see applications for any library staff. why?
say you do a google search for a book and then want to know if your local library has a copy you can borrow. your handy dandy tool will search your local library catalog for you (can it be set up to search prospector, too?). you can search by title, author, ISBN. it brings the relevancy of the search right to your home library!
i really liked the option to find articles, too, but i think we'd have to have an openurl resolver to take advantage of it.
anyway, more to come once i get this set up. anyone game to try it with me?
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