Monday, May 12, 2008

One more thing or two: Library 2.0 Activity #29

I'd like to know more about location-based services using Google Maps have become very important to a lot of people (for example, tracking your delivery packages in real time, finding businesses in a certain area, or plotting where your ancestors and friends lived or traveled on a map). I'd also like to know more about online privacy and security services. People are always complaining about viruses, malware, adware, cookies, spyware, worms, phishing, etc., which impede their computer's performance. If they post content online, they need to know how it can be protected. I also wonder about doing more outreach to gamers. So many come only because our PCs will give them access to online games. We don't carry this media in our collections, except for published guides and educational software. How do we reach this audience? How about online vendors which offer music and movie downloads? I would also like to know about search engine optimization, improving website visibility, as well as measuring traffic. We need to know how to increase visibility for online services, especially the expensive databases we pay for, as well as our physical collections.

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