LibConf.com from Information Today

The libraries at San Jose State University and San Jose Public didn’t even have email systems that talked to each other. But, when thrown into a joint library SharePoint implementation, they stepped up and worked together. Sarah Houghton-Jan and Shannon Staley shared their experiences of streamlining their libraries’ intranet management. The project involved IT, a [...]

If you thought it was challenging to set up an intranet or a wiki in your public or academic library, think about trying it in a law library, where the management is very top-down, and everything is confidential and conservative. But these speakers manged such feats and lived to tell the tale. The process sounded [...]

SLA president Abram reviewed a bit of where we find ourselves these days. His first premise—librarians and information professionals need to be ahead of the curve. And we have social software that can lift up our intranets and aid our efforts to provide access to valuable content within the enterprise. He cautioned though-you can’t wait [...]