LibX is a free search and discovery add-on for Firefox and Internet
Explorer. It's a powerful search bar, but more: it also integrates
library resources into your users' web experience by adding intuitive
discovery options to sites like Amazon and Wikipedia, and provides an
easy way for users to access sites via your proxy server (without having
to know what that means). Learn how to set up a custom version of LibX
for your library (without having to learn to program).
By
using free, open source tools, libraries can offer assistance and
resources with little cost and foster skills that patrons can use
throughout life. Open source plug-ins like LibX offer a way for
libraries to extend their services into everyone's favorite research
tool: the web browser.
Learn more about LibX in Jason's C&RL
News article "Superpower your browser with LibX and Zotero" [http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/2/70.short].
Participants will explore how
to:
-
identify some of the advantages
of using open-source software tools in library research
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install the LibX plugin for
Firefox or Internet Explorer
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use the LibX search bar,
embedded discovery tools and proxy reload feature
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create a custom version of LibX
for their library
Intended Audience:
Librarians who assist students and other researchers. Librarians
interested in providing
new browser-based discovery tools.
2 CE Credit will be awarded for
this webinar
About the Presenter:
Jason Puckett is
Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies at Georgia
State University Library. He blogs at
http://jasonpuckett.net
and is co-producer of the Adventures in Library Instruction
podcast (http://adlibinstruction.blogspot.com).
NOTE: This Webinar is being
hosted on CJRLC's
iLinc
Webinar Platform (not on Wimba). Please follow
this link
for instructions on setting up your PC prior to the webinar.)
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PARTICIPATE
Registration:
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BEFORE THE WORKSHOP
