Introduction I have being heavily using opensearch searchplugins to help speed up access to common used searches at the reference desk. I take it for granted, most people already have Google, Wikipedia, Youtube, Amazon etc. But what else should you add? 1. SearchPlugin to my Institution's OPAC This one is obvious.

In a previous post, I discussed the different ways, one can add support to searching OPAC and other library subscribed databases.

In a previous post, I discussed the different ways, one can add support to searching OPAC and other library subscribed databases.

In a previous post, I discussed the different ways, one can add support to searching OPAC and other library subscribed databases.

Introduction How can libraries encourage the "google generation" to use anything else besides Google? I have no clue either but for sure increasing accessibility to such searches is a key. Think about it. How many users do you think know the library portal url straight off?

Introduction Say you are conducting a survey and like most surveys you include a final open ended question. Again assume you have a large number of such responses (over 200), how do you analyze such unstructured data? This is a problem faced by many librarians, whether they are running standardised Libqual+ surveys or their own home-brew survey. One way of course would be to do content analysis.

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