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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ750586 |
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- Online Programming Can Be a Library Oasis on the Internet Bell, Lori Peters, Thomas A. Programming Internet Library Networks Online Systems Teleconferencing Information Services Access to Information User Satisfaction (Information) Library Services Computer Software Library Automation The Internet is many things to many people. Some see the Internet as the Wild West, a yawning wilderness waiting to be tamed and cultivated. For companies like eBay, the Internet is a steady, transaction-based revenue stream. For the dot-com companies, the Internet was perceived as a California gold rush. In terms of online library programming for patrons, the Internet currently is a desert. Online Programming for All Libraries, aka OPAL (http://www.opal-online.org), is an outpost of progress, a library oasis amid the shifting sands of the Internet. This article describes a wonderful, versatile technology from Talking Communities (http://www.talkingcommunities.com) called iVocalize, which provides Internet conferencing and programming software.