Monday, February 24, 2003

My Chicago Library portal: The UIC Residents will reveal the My Chicago Library portals that they designed as part of a Lighting the Fire grant tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm an open house here at CLS.  For more details, contact Dan at CLS ( telfer@chilibsys.org ).   3:58:02 PM

Wednesday, October 09, 2002

XFML: The XFML (eXchangable Faceted Metadata Language) Core was published yesterday.   XFML was designed to allow sharing of metadata across indexes. 10:53:21 AM

Tuesday, October 08, 2002

Mozilla: The Chicago Sun Times WorkTech column highlights the Mozilla browser in today's issue.  Mozilla, an open source browser, is a free alternative to Netscape and Internet Explorer. 12:04:11 PM

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

A Futuristic Library: The Millennium Library in Cerritos, CA is the focus of this article which appeared in the September 2, 2002 issue of eWeek.  The print version entitled A Futuristic Library can be found on p.23 of the September 2 issue. 11:39:18 AM

Wednesday, September 04, 2002

CHI 2003 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CHI 2003, an annual conference sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI), is scheduled for April 5-10, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA.  They have announced a call for papers, demonstrations, designs, etc.   The 2003 conference focuses on communicating via interactive digital media, particularly in regards to mass communication and interaction, e-learning, and emotion.  To learn more, visit the CHI 2003 site. 2:21:53 PM

Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Fundraising and web design: "Charity redesigns Web site to boost donations. Executives of the non-profit hope that by adding more features to their Web site, they'll be able to boost online donation levels by five percent over the next two years. [New Haven Register]" [Welcome to NPOToday.com - Presented by Changing Our World, Inc.] The not-for-profit sector has used careful web design in the past to inform potential donors of their organizations goals and services.  The article above is but one example.  Are there best practices that libraries can glean from this practice? 11:21:44 AM

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