Library Tool Bars for Browsers

To give you an idea on how you can promote a variety of
services with the 
toolbar builder that Bill mentioned, here's a Public
Library example:

Here's the link to download the library toolbar I began
last summer using 
effectivebrand.com  http://www.effectivebrand.com/landingpage.aspx/ct92591

It's been revised a bit over the past year, and includes
RSS feeds of our 
library news blogs, links to our del.icio.us, and flickr
accounts, and 
includes information about our IM reference/readers advisory
and info about 
our branded version of Juice.  It also includes searches for
our catalog, 
our consortia (Metropolitan Library System/SWAN) catalog and
worldcat.

If you install it and click on the library symbol icon on
the far left, 
there's also a drop down menu with quick links to: our
website, renew 
materials, view borrower account, view upcoming events, and
contact us.

IE and Fx versions available.

Kelli Staley
Information Technology Services
Lansing Public Library
2750 Indiana Avenue
Lansing, IL 60438
(708) 474-2447, ext. 123
http://www.lansing.lib.i
l.us
kstaleylansing.lib.il.us


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew, Bill" <drewweMORRISVILLE.EDU>
To: <web4libwebjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:29 PM
Subject: [Web4lib] Library Tool Bars for Browsers


I found a website that creates toolbars for user communities
for free
with no logos or junk.  It is at
http://www.effectivebr
and.com.  I am playing with it now.  You can
download my test tool bar from the library webpage at:

http://library.morris
ville.edu.  The link for the download page is near
the bottom.  You can't miss it.

It  is updated dynamically.   I have gotten the pulldown
search to work
with Science Direct,  CQ Researcher, Google Scholar, Windows
Academic
Live, and our web OPAC.

Wilfred (Bill) Drew
E-mail: mailto:drewwemorrisville.edu
AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
<aim:goim?screenname=BillDrew4>

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin
Franklin)

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