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Do you use Meebo-me or AIM for reference?

October 16, 2007 at 9:28 pm by K.G. Schneider · 20 Comments ·

If you are using Meebo-me or AOL instant messaging for reference at Your Place Of Work, and you will have your chat window open as of 8 a.m. ET this Thursday, October 18, and would be willing if I popped in sometime between 8 and 10 a.m… well, I would be most graceful, that’s what.

I’m doing a 2.0 talk at Williamsburg Regional Library this Thursday (oh hai genevieve kbyethx!) and it would be fun to show Meebo and/or AIM in action.

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Tags: Talks and Tours

20 responses so far ↓

  • 1 ruth // Oct 16, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    You can try our library. We open at 9:00am and use both meebo and AIM at the Reference desk.

    http://www.skokielibrary.info/s_info/getref.asp

    I won’t be there (I work in Youth), but one of the Adults will be!

  • 2 K.G. Schneider // Oct 16, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Ruth, fabu! I’ll keep that hotlisted. Thanks!

  • 3 ruth // Oct 16, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    I just warned the grown-ups that you might come knocking.

  • 4 Toby // Oct 17, 2007 at 12:07 am

    I’m one of those adult librarians (hi, Ruth!) who is scheduled to be on desk on Thursday. I’ll be happy to be on call for your presentation.

  • 5 ruth // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:58 am

    Yay Toby!

  • 6 Rob Coers // Oct 17, 2007 at 8:11 am

    Hello Karen, I’m not a library but if you want a trainer and Meebo-fan from the Netherlands, you can try me. Depending on the time of the day you will find me logged in.

  • 7 K.G. Schneider // Oct 17, 2007 at 9:16 am

    Toby, Toby, he’s our man, if he can’t do it no one can. Go Toby! See you manana!

  • 8 Candice // Oct 17, 2007 at 11:46 am

    We currently use trillian so you can AIM us starting at 8 am at rulibspot. Radford University is in Virginia so you can show the Williamsburg folks that others in the Commonwealth are using this technology. =)

  • 9 Julie // Oct 17, 2007 at 1:06 pm

    We use Meebo-me and we’ll be on at 8am Central or 9am ET.

  • 10 K.G. Schneider // Oct 17, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    This is turning into a wonderful post about librarians!

  • 11 Bill Pardue // Oct 17, 2007 at 3:39 pm

    Karen, you can give the Arlington Heights Memorial Library a try, too. You can AIM us at ahmlquestions. We *should* also have a Wimzi Widget (AIM) up by tomorrow at: http://www.ahml.info/find_information/
    (we prefer how it handles URL links over Meebo Me). However, there’s a slight chance it might not be ready yet.

  • 12 Bill Pardue // Oct 17, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    Oops…Karen, I just figured out the times a bit better. We start staffing IM at 9am central, which is just when you’ll be ending.

  • 13 UCO Library // Oct 17, 2007 at 5:07 pm

    Please feel free to chat with us as well!

    We use Meebo.

    http://library.ucok.edu/ask/index.cfm

  • 14 Brandee // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:42 pm

    Karen,
    Feel free to come knocking at Park Ridge Public Library’s door!
    Reference
    http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/askil.html
    or
    Children’s Services
    http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/csemail.html

    We open at 9:00am Central Time.

  • 15 Michael // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:52 pm

    If you need to come on earlier or want to show something a bit different, I’ve created some meebo rooms with video content. I use it from time to time for meetings.

    Feel free to join me at http://www.meebo.com/room/unflib/

    Even if I am not there, 8am is sooo early, you can still come into the room and view the video or even upload something cool.

  • 16 Sarah Miller // Oct 17, 2007 at 9:49 pm

    I’m online via Meebo for sure from 9-10 Central time, but could sign on at 8 (making it 9 ET) if you would like me to. Our site might be particularly noteworthy because the widget is on every page.

  • 17 Sarah Miller // Oct 17, 2007 at 9:50 pm

    Not sure if the website URL went through. If anyone else would like to take a look, check us out at http://www2.iwu.edu/library/

  • 18 K.G. Schneider // Oct 17, 2007 at 10:06 pm

    What an embarrassment of riches! Thanks all — I’ll update with a comment tomorrow about what we did.

  • 19 K.G. Schneider // Oct 18, 2007 at 10:21 am

    Yay for Skokie!!! You folks greatly impressed people at Williamsburg Regional Library with your speedy, professional, and friendly response.

  • 20 Toby // Oct 18, 2007 at 11:26 am

    Thanks for the chat, Karen! I’m glad your audience got the (instant) message.

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