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TU/e Library meeting

Today I had the pleasure to give a talk about Web 2.0 and libraries at the University of Technology Eindhoven at the first library staff meeting dedicted to knowledge exchange, a true knowledge session. They closed all libraries that aftenoon to make sure all staff was abled to come. At least 45 of them were there! A great turn-up. One of my goals was to show them that we should just DO web 2.0 stuff. Library staff should have the opportunity to play with it, to learn. So I tried not to talk to much ... and just do some live demo's. I showed that a library toolbar could be made in 5 minute, turn it into a html box and widget, add rss-feeds. (http://www.netvibes.com/cmb#More_Widgets) Web 2.0 : kansen voor bibliotheken View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: web2.0 web20 ) The second talk was by Karin Clavel by the Technical University Delft Library about her project to research and design a new library search system. It was an inspiring explanation about how to ...

Conduit Community Toolbars Are Now TRUSTe Certified

From a press release in September it became clear that there is no reason for It-departments anymore to say they distrust Conduit.com toolbars. The message is clear. "Conduit community toolbars included on the only industry recognized safe-software whitelist" About TRUSTe TRUSTe helps millions of consumers identify trustworthy online organizations through its Web Privacy Seal, Email Privacy Seal and Trusted Download Programs. TRUSTe ensures online privacy and protects confidential user information on more than 2,400 Web sites and many of the most highly trafficked, including Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft, Disney, eBay, Intuit, Pepsi and Apple. Independent research shows that when a TRUSTe web seal is present, visitors and customers are more likely to share personal information, register at higher rates and spend more money. To learn more about internet privacy visit www.truste.org . Related topics: See a live globe with activities of Conduit Toolbar users See Conduit's YouT...