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Comment on Your email signature: good or not? Take the quiz by Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:23:27 +0000

Always remember to include your company name (especially if you’re using a generic @oplin.org (or other entity) email address) and preferably a phone number.

Comment on Your email signature: good or not? Take the quiz by Tara Li

Tara Li — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:54:03 +0000

Wikipedia is right – the separator *is* two dashes, followed by a space. The space is considered important to distinguish from the usual way people do separator lines – they don’t leave spaces at the end for the most part.

Comment on Want a better presence online? Get over yourself by Cisop Sixpence

Cisop Sixpence — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:10:51 +0000

I think the purpose of the mission statement is to guide the actions of the staff. From the patron point of view, I am really surprised that a library even puts one on their web site. IMO it is not meant for the patron.

Comment on Getting web images down to size by LWelch

LWelch — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:53:01 +0000

IrfanView! It’s free, easy to figure out and has lots of options. I’ve used it for years myself and we’ve put it on the public computers here as well. http://www.irfanview.com/

And Tara makes a good point about keeping the original file along with the optimized version.

Comment on Getting web images down to size by Laura

Laura — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:17:00 +0000

(This comment is from JD Thomas –for some reason, the spam filter wasn’t playing nice today!)
Sites like Web Resizer are great for occasional use, but for anyone who needs to do this on a regular basis should check out GIMP and especially the built in “Save for Web” feature that helps you easily save out web ready images quickly and easily.

Because GIMP does not cost anything a library or individual can afford it even if pro-tools like Photoshop are out of reach.

Comment on Getting web images down to size by Tara Li

Tara Li — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:11:42 +0000

Please, please, PLEASE note! It’s very important to keep the original file straight from the camera around as well. While visually the image looks better after processing, after you reprocess an image a few times, it’s going to look pretty bad. You might want to crop out a different section in more detail. And heaven help us should you try to use a web-optimized image for print purposes! When going to make changes in what you have – please always start once again at the *ORIGINAL* file you downloaded from the camera! And memory cards are big and cheap – I strongly suggest setting the camera for the highest resolution and highest quality settings. You can take details out of a picture easily enough – it’s far harder to put them back in, especially when they were never there to start with.

Comment on Is it theft? Yeah, it is. by Batarang

Batarang — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:12:02 +0000

The Linda Richards post made me chuckle.

Comment on Is it theft? Yeah, it is. by Laura

Laura — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:24:52 +0000

If you’re a library, it’s surely a case of “better off safe than sorry.” I wouldn’t recommend using it if you can’t get permission. I suppose you could give attribution to the site from which it came as a last-ditch scenario if the image is only for personal use (and that’s not any kind of legal guarantee). But, a library is a public institution and responsible for public monies; definitely better to avoid an issue whenever possible.

Comment on Is it theft? Yeah, it is. by T4$

T4$ — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:20:52 +0000

What about images and media where the original creator is not apparent, distribution is widespread, and there is no way to contact the creator to ask for permission? Just wondering…

Comment on Pin your hopes on Pinterest? by Robert Schrier

Robert Schrier — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:07:30 +0000

Clinton-Macomb Public Library has successfully created lists that link back to their catalog: http://pinterest.com/cmpl/. Libraries may be able to do this using the Pinterest widget: http://pinterest.com/about/goodies.