iLibrarian http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian News and resources on Library 2.0 and the information revolution. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Google Analytics in Depth: Goals and Funnels http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/google-analytics-in-depth-goals-and-funnels/ http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/google-analytics-in-depth-goals-and-funnels/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:48:11 +0000 Ellyssa http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/?p=3893 goals

Want to learn how to set up goals to measure the success of your website in Google Analytics as well as how to track funnels, or paths users take to reach your goal pages? If so, you’ll want to check out Google Analytics in Depth: Goals and Funnels by Dave Sparks at Six Revisions. This step-by-step article is the first installment in a series of Google Analytics articles.

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Dan Freeman at ALA Techsource was kind enough to write up my Library Technology Report on mobile libraries with regard to my discussion of QR codes and their potential uses for libraries and Jason Griffey’s recent blog post about them. They have made the issue publicly available for a limited time via their new online archive, and I have made the pre-print of the report open access via E-LIS.

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Library Journal has just issued its annual list of Movers and Shakers for 2010. These are cutting-edge librarians who are making a difference in the field. Congratulations to everyone on this well-deserved honor.

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Today I had the pleasure of presenting on cloud computing in libraries in Copenhagen to the IT-faggruppen interest group of the The Danish Librarian (Workers) Union. It was a great all-day conference dedicated to cloud computing topics.

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Free Technology for Teachers rounds up Nine Tools for Collaboratively Creating Mind Maps. Each entry in this helpful list includes a discussion of the application’s best features, cost, and usability.

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Nick O’Neill at All Facebook has put together suggestions for 4 Ways To Monitor Your Facebook Page Traffic. In addition to Facebook’s inherent tools for tracking traffic, this post recommends some techniques to track traffic within custom tabs and more.

  1. Webtrends Tool
  2. Facebook Insights
  3. Core Metrics
  4. Google Analytics
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Vanessa Davis at Web Design Ledger has compiled a list of 10 Useful Website Analytics Tools. If you want to track information about your website or blog traffic you may want to check out some of these tools.

]]> http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/10-useful-website-analytics-tools/feed/ 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/7-things-you-should-know-about-e-readers/ http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/7-things-you-should-know-about-e-readers/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:39:44 +0000 Ellyssa http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/?p=3858 The folks at Educause have put together 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers. This brief guide details the essentials about these portable devices such as:

  1. What is it?
  2. How does it work?
  3. Who’s doing it?
  4. Why is it significant?
  5. What are the downsides?
  6. Where is it going?
  7. What are the implications for teaching and learning?
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  1. Decide What You Want to Monitor
  2. Find the Best Real-Time Monitoring Tools
  3. Track With URL Shorteners
  4. Follow Hashtags
  5. Monitor Trends When It’s Appropriate
  6. Use Twitter Lists to Monitor People on Twitter
  7. Set Up a Listening Plan
  8. Build Relationships
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  • Problem #1: Staying in sync
  • Problem #2: Task management
  • Problem #3: Idea generation and brainstorming
  • Problem #4: Version control of files
  • Problem #5: Task delegation
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