LawLibTechA conversation on law library technology and knowledge managementThe Webette- April 29, 2008 While researching my TRIPLL presentation, I found a great article in the May 2007 issue of Peer to Peer, the journal of ILTA entitled "The Webette: A Simple, Effective Training Delivery Approach." The author, Randall Farrar, talks about the use web conferencing tools to offer quick, live, web based training sessions, on very specific topics. While he suggests that webettes should be hour-long, I'd suggest that in most cases you'd want to keep them even shorter, perhaps 15 minutes or less.http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000660.html Free Desktop Sharing- April 29, 2008 If you don't want to pay for a desktop sharing tool, don't despair. Tom Mighell over at Inter-Alia found a free one that allows you to share your desktop with up to 15 participants called Microsoft SharedView. It requires a software download for both the host and participants, and you'll need a Windows Live ID. Apparently, it includes desktop sharing and chat, but no audio. SharedView isn't the only free tool out there. Yakkle offers instant messaging, voice and desktop sharing. You..http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000659.html Getting Attorneys into the Classroom - Why Would You Want Them There- April 15, 2008 I'm just back from TRIPLL where we spent some quality time talking about ways to deliver point of need training to attorneys and staff using such tools as webinars, remote desktop sharing, videos, etc., in addition to finding ways to make ourselves more visible and available by walking the floors and doing personal follow-up to training. It's obvious that formal, longer training sessions simply don't draw our intended audience, regardless of the quality and abundance of the food provided. ...http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000658.html Web Conference Basics- April 6, 2008 Do you want to get started with web conferencing, but just aren't sure how What products are out there What features do you need I recently stumbled across a cnet tutorial that walks you through getting your conference up and running, picking the best software and leading a successful web conference.http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000657.html Poll of the Week - Blogs and Wikis- April 6, 2008 Are you using blogs andor wikis in your library Answer this week's poll! Does your library use blogs andor wikis If yes, please use the "Other" option to indicate what kind of information you're using them for. ( surveys)http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000656.html |