Where one can experiment with new information technologies and services. An OSUL 2013 Project.
Archive for April, 2009
Are you an avid Facebook user? Do you keep your social connections going while working on homework?
Why an OSU Libraries Facebook application? It allows you to search the OSU Library catalog right from your Facebook page.
How to add:
OR
- Log in to Facebook
- Enter “OSU Libraries” in the search box
- Select the OSU Libraries application
- Click on the Allow box to add the application
To make this search box permanently available on your profile page:
- Click on the Application box at the bottom of the Facebook screen
- Click Edit at the top of your application box
- Find the OSU Libraries application on your list of applications and click “edit settings”
- On the profile tab, select add, to add it as a box
- Move the box to your preferred location
Let us know what you think : enter your comment below, or
click here to fill out a one-minute short survey.
More library applications:
Search the OhioLINK catalog:
Search for JSTOR materials: (created by JSTOR; use this proxy string where prompted: http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor )
Search for materials in libraries world wide (created by OCLC):
Contact us at sul-mps@osu.edu
April 30th, 2009
The Mobile Catalog is a version of the OSU Library Catalog designed for your mobile device.
Why use the Mobile Catalog? It will allow you to:
- Search the collection
- Request titles
- Check your account
- Renew items
How to get the Mobile Catalog? Point your mobile device browser to http://library.ohio-state.edu/airpac or http://is.gd/tIJv
Please note: Features and functionality will depend on entirely on your mobile device.
Let us know what you think : enter your comment below, or
click here to fill out a one-minute short survey.
Contact us at sul-mps@osu.edu
April 23rd, 2009
The Ohio State University Libraries staff are always experimenting with new technologies and services that can to help make access to information, resources, and services easier. We have two challenges once we find something interesting:
- How do we make our community (you) aware of our experiments so that they (you) can take advantage of them?
- How can we organize our experiments in a way that they can be stored and discovered?
We brought a small group together to discuss these challenges and the result was OSU Library Labs. We will be using OSU Library Labs to communicate new and experimental services offered by the library (usually Web-based, though not necessarily) so that the community can try them and, more importantly, offer us your feedback.
We will use that feedback to either improve the service before its “official” release, or help us decide if we will even offer a service. OSU Library Labs is not only just a place to house beta services, the project is a beta service in of itself.
Please subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter to keep up with our new services and tools as they are released.
April 16th, 2009
Popular browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, have built-in search windows which can be populated with various search sites. OSU Libraries has made it simple for library customers to add the OSU Libraries Catalog as a browser preferred search site.
Why a Search Extension? Since the search extension is associated with the browser, the library user does not have to visit the catalog or library web sites in order to conduct a search.
How to get the Search Extension:
1) Go to the University Libraries main Web page. The code resides at this site.
2) Locate the small browser search box in the upper right hand corner of the browser (to the right of the page URL box). There is a drop down menu which exposes several search tool options. (see image).
3) After clicking the drop down, Select “Add OSU Libraries Catalog search”
Now, just enter a search term in the Search Bar and then select the OSU Library Catalog option from the drop down menu.
Can’t I Find This Option on My Web Browser? The extension is not available on all browsers, or on all releases of a browser.
-Additional help for adding this search option-
On Mac:
Opera:
Safari (OSX 10.4 and higher only):
More On Windows:
Chrome:
Let us know what you think: enter your comment below, or click here to fill out a one-minute short survey.
April 9th, 2009
Later this week, OSU Library Labs will be posting its first tool that can help to facilitate access to information, resources, and services.
Please subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter to keep up with the technologies and tools as they are released.
April 6th, 2009
The Ohio State University Libraries are experimenting with new technologies to help make access to information, resources, and services easier. OSU Library Labs is THE place to learn about new Web technologies and how OSUL is meeting the information needs of it’s users.
Many tools included in the Labs may be in ‘beta’ form and still under development while others may be supported. We would like for you to play with them and tell us what you think!
Is a tool useful? What are the bugs and problems you found using it? What works well? What doesn’t work? Do you have any tools that you would like for us to share on this site?
Our first few tools will be posted in the coming days, with more to follow..
OSU Library Labs is an OSUL 2013 Project
April 2nd, 2009
