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Virtual Reference:Endless Possibilities
(Meebo, Skype & more)
Dan SichUniversity of Western Ontario
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Overview
• Meebo, MeeboMe• Skype & Unyte• Issues• Statistics• Other options
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UWaterloo Timeline
Past:• LSSI• Docutek (until April 2007)• MSN (since March 2006)Present:• Meebo, MeeboMe (since January 2007)• Skype & Unyte (pilot since October 2007)
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Meebo
• Free web service for IM• Multiple accounts, one interface• Web-based: zero installs, zero updates• MeeboMe chat boxes
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www.meebo.com
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MeeboMe chat box
• Easy to customize (size, title)• Includes status indicator
(wording is hard-coded)• Embed code (references .swf) is
automatically generated• Limited customizability
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Transcripts
• MeeboMe: no• Meebo: optional, but awkward recovery• Time for analysis?• Privacy concerns?
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Patron won’t stand still
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Avoiding missing messages
• Firefox Meebo add-onhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5700
• Sidebar & pop-up previews, flashing tab & task bar
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Anonymity, offline messages
• Contact info?• Time stamp?• Still there?
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Stats: Docutek vs. IMN
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No serviceAug 2005
StartedMSN
StartedMeebo
Started evening hours pilot, Feb 26
MSN passesDocutek
Ended evening hours pilot & stopped Docutek, mid-April
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% questions by account type
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Hab.la• A MeeboMe alternative, uses embed code• Can be monitored with Meebo, Pidgin, etc.• Transcripts not lost between pages• Uses cookies, shows patron’s URL• Floating / absolute positioning• Start collapsed / expanded• Vanish when offline (optional)• Max 5 simultaneous widgets/IPs
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http://static.hab.la/js/html/url_handler.html?siteid=5334-379603-10-3528&wcsid=gjvUXqmevgDbufavbPVNFOieEiaSVQxg&url=http://
www.lib.uwaterloo.ca
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Hab.la + library resources
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LibraryH3lp
• http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/• open-source• Javascript• Customizable• Chat boxes
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Endless Possibilities…
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Skype
• VOIP• Faster than chat• Has chat• Very intuitive• Free• Requires install• One more login• Super-nodes
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Unyte• One-way screen-sharing• No co-browse• Any webpage, browser or program;
no proxy issues• Requires (host-side) install• Dependent upon Skype• No patron plug-in• Free version available, but…• Functionality can vanish• Unyted, but interrupted• Web slow = Unyte slow
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Have you tried our Skype a Librarian
service yet?
Add us: uwlibchat
Call us (Voice-Over IP)
Chat with us
Part of the Library’s Ask a Librarian service www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib
When you need research help...Skype a Librarian!
VOIP or chat MONDAY to FRIDAY12 noon – 4pm
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Publicity
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Skype stats: total, VOIP & UnyteN
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Low Skype & Unyte numbers
• Skype not installed on public workstations• Do students prefer chat?• Where are the students?• Extend the trial• Staff need practice• Skype use during renovations?
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References & links• Stephanie J. Graves, Christina M. Desai. (2006). Instruction via chat reference: Does co-
browse help? Reference Services Review, 34(3), 340.• http://www.libsuccess.org/ (see “Libraries Using MeeboMe for Embeeded Chat”)• http://solokay.blogspot.com/ (Solomon’s VoIP World)• www.meebo.com• www.meebome.com• www.pidgin.im• www.ceruleanstudios.com (Trillian)• www.hab.la (Hab.la widgets)• http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com (LibraryH3lp widgets)• www.plugoo.com (Plugoo widgets)• www.skype.com• http://heartbeat.skype.com/• www.unyte.net • https://extras.skype.com/1101/view (Spontania)• http://www.convenos.com/ • https://www.yugma.com/• http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib (UWaterloo’s Ask a Librarian page)• http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/imresearchhelp.shtml (UWO’s Research Help via IM)• www.shushers.ca/libraridan (my blog, LibrariDan)
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Contact
• [email protected] (including chat)
• Skype: dansich (London/Waterloo)
• www.shushers.ca/libraridan (see LibraryH3lp in action)