VOLUME 25, NUMBER 2 — February 2005 Computers in Libraries Complete Coverage of Library Information Technology
This Month:Using
Technology to Build Relationships
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Opening
the Portal to Better Relationships When academic librarians invited themselves
into their university's new portal, they unlocked
the door to better campus communication and collaboration. By Tom Ipri and James H. Sell
Page
6
Little
Boy Blue Goes High-Tech: Providing Customers
with Topic-Driven Content
Looking for a way to organize your Web links to maximize patron usage and minimize
staff time? This article tells how the Kansas City Public Library's Web team
created Subject Guides--Web pages that contain a variety of content focusing
on a single topic--to help users quickly find information. By David King
Page 10
Libraries
and Nonprofits Add Up to Profitable Community
Partnerships "Hey! You got your nonprofit in my library!" "You
got your library in my nonprofit!" Read about how
staffers at the Vigo County Public Library in Terre
Haute, Ind., decided to create and host Web sites
for local nonprofit organizations. Two great resources
that work great together. By Jeanne Holba Puacz
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Establishing
and Expanding a Web Community Called NorthStarNet An Illinois library system started an
online community 10 years ago with a mere four libraries.
Now, more than 50 libraries and nearly 900 local
organizations belong to the community. With a new "town
hall" (server and admin tools), it continues to thrive. By Alan Minarik and Christina Stoll
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