LawLibTechA conversation on law library technology and knowledge managementHow much CO2 is Saved Through Web Conferencing- March 24, 2008 Typically web conferencing services tout the money that can be saved by using web conferencing to replace business travel. But iLink is also highlighting the environmental savings by is offering a unique tool as part of their software - a green meter! Their green meter is an automatic calculator inside the iLinc Web conferencing software that tracks CO2, in addition to cost and travel reductions accrued by meeting online rather than traveling. The green meter appears whenever you have hold a..http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000655.html Poll of the Week - Web Conferencing in the Library- March 24, 2008 I know vendors are using web conferencing extensively. But I'm curious as to how much it's being used in law firm libraries for training purposes; so that's the subject of this week's poll. polls - Take Our Poll You can review the poll results at any time by clicking on the view results link.http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000654.html Poll: Do you Use IM in Your Library- March 16, 2008 I'm in the midst of preparing for my presentation at TRIPLL next month, and would like to ask you, my kind readers, to answer a series of questions relating to my topic, technology tools and solutions for point of need training. You'll be helping me focus my presentation appropriately, and in addition, I think the results will be of general interest. These questions are intended for law firm librarians only. Here's number one. polls - Take Our Pollhttp://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000652.html When is a Wiki not a Wiki When it's Google Sites- March 10, 2008 The web is all a buzz about Google's newest application, Google Sites. Google Sites is an adaptation of Jotspot, a wiki web provider that Google purchased over a year ago, and is now part of Google Apps. Why aren't they calling it a wiki Google Sites can be the basis for an intranet, a personal web space or an external web site. Wikis can be all of these things, too, but people decidedly lack imagination, and might pigeon-hole a wiki app as a Wikipedia-type knowledgebase. While wikis...http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000651.html Boosting Teamwork with Wikis- March 9, 2008 It's easy to create a wiki, but not always easy to get people to use it. Ben Sutton at Rosen Law may be on to something. He offered his employees a $1,000 cash prize as an incentive to use the firm's new wiki. Rosen chose PBWiki as his platform of choice to replace a much more sophisticated and expensive Lotus Notes platform. All kinds of information is being collected on the wiki including phone lists and case files. For more information see: Boosting Teamwork with Wikis (Fortune, Feb. 12,.http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000650.html |