Re: promoting online databases on public terminals

Maybe I'm doing it wrong... I tried to make Firefox
shortcuts to the 
specific sites by
Load the desired page in Fx.
Drag the address bar to the desktop & it creates a
shortcut.

If firefox isn't already running, clicking on the shortcut
says the 
application "<website name here>" cannot be
found.
Click OK, then it launches Fx and loads the page.  I can't
have a bunch 
of seemingly broken links on the desktop, anybody know what
do to 
differently?

Kelli Staley
Information Technology Department Head
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




Jenny Spiker wrote:
> You could create your own IE or Firefox toolbar and use
that to steer
> patrons toward the resources you want to highlight.  Or
you could create
> desktop icons which when clicked will immediately send
patrons to those
> resources as well.
>
> Jenny Novalis
> Technology Librarian
> Bedford Public Library System
> (540)586-8911 x1114
> techmanagerlibrary.bedford.va.us
>
>
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Of Kelli Staley
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:33 PM
> To: web4libwebjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] promoting online databases on public
terminals
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We're currently using a program that offers patrons
large buttons to
> choose from.
> Search for books & materials, search for articles,
use e-mail (etc.)
>
> We're going to be eliminating this software and instead
showing the
> WinXP desktop.
> Since we've made it so easy to connect to resources
before, this will be
> an adjustment for the public library patrons.
>
> Databases and such are linked from our library's home
page, which will
> be the default page of the internet browser.
> I'm also considering adding the databases, catalogs,
and email sites to
> the favorites/bookmarks.
>
> Any other ideas out there in the collective wisdom?
> TIA
>
> --
> Kelli Staley
> Information Technology Department Head
> 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
>
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It sounds to me like a Windows issue. Either Firefox is not
set up as  
the default handler for URLs, or Windows is not properly
handling the  
dropped link. The latter could possibly be related to
security settings.

In other words, what you are doing should work, so long as
you are not  
saving a session-dependent URL, and it does not sound like
that is the  
issue.

Cary Gordon, MLS
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com

On Feb 11, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Kelli Staley wrote:

> Maybe I'm doing it wrong... I tried to make Firefox
shortcuts to the  
> specific sites by
> Load the desired page in Fx.
> Drag the address bar to the desktop & it creates a
shortcut.
>
> If firefox isn't already running, clicking on the
shortcut says the  
> application "<website name here>"
cannot be found.
> Click OK, then it launches Fx and loads the page.  I
can't have a  
> bunch of seemingly broken links on the desktop, anybody
know what do  
> to differently?
>
> Kelli Staley
> Information Technology Department Head
> 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
>






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