Quoting No Name <[log in to unmask]>:
> How about an online equivalent of an 0800 number?
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> http://www.findyourlibrary.co.uk
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> Hosted by Opening the Book.
>
> Directs users to the relevant authority's website - so the information
> contained in the search results varies depending on the authority.
Jason
it's a start, and fills a niche, but to be truly great, I want it to find me a real LIBRARY (not the OPAC
or head office), I want it to show me where that library IS, I want it to let me into the OPAC (as the
site you mention does), and I don't want to have to find findyourlibrary.co.uk before I can find a
library...!
It'd also be nice if it could draw data from UK Libraries Plus or equivalent, to let me know whether
or not I'll be allowed through the door...
This is NOT a criticism of findyourlibrary.co.uk, nor of Opening the Book (an organisation I've
raved about in the past...). I just want a lot. And I don't think my wants are unreasonable... :-(
Paul
>
> Jason Tutin.
> Learning Co-ordinator.
> Leeds Library and Information Service.
> Tel: 0113 214 3337.
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> Frances Hendrix
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> locating UK libraries for the public ?
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> 20/05/2005 16:50
> Please respond to
> Frances Hendrix
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> I think Paul was after more than this Michael?
>
> Where do Joe and Jane public start? Telephone directories are not very
> useful in finding your main or local library., and what if you are not
> in your own neck of the woods?
>
> Visually also it is not always obvious where the library is., we need a
> mega standard public library sign, the same for all libraries, branches
> as well as central (the MacDonald's type, that can be seen anywhere).
> And I have long advocated a national 0800 number that then directs you
> locally.
>
> Advertising and promoting public libraries needs to move into the 22nd
> Century.
>
> f
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Clarke
> Sent: 20 May 2005 16:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Reliably locating UK libraries for the public ?
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> London Libraries Development Agency led the development of this resource
> on behalf of the 33 London local authorities
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> http://www.londonlibraries.org.uk/will/default.aspx
>
> It includes maps, opening hours, access information, details of any
> special collections and is linked to a search tool for all London public
> library catalogues (well, almost all - it will shortly be completed
> with the addition of the remaining couple of authorities not currently
> on board).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Miller
> Sent: 20 May 2005 16:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Reliably locating UK libraries for the public ?
>
>
> All
>
> can anyone who provides such data for their own institution give me an
> idea of the range of places to which UK libraries routinely send things
> like their address, opening hours, etc? Is the picture very different
> for public and private institutions?
>
> On the flip-side, does anyone have anything better than a gut feel for
> how their visitors discover where they are? Is there a single definitive
> source to which someone might turn in search of a library (how
> comprehensive are some of the paper directories, for example, and do
> members of the public use the service finders on their local authority's
> web site)?
>
> Does the Public Sector Information Directive coming on-stream in July
> change anything?
>
> I'm interested in the ways in which the cultural sector disseminates
> basic information about itself, and if the rise of third party services
> such as Google Maps (and the interesting applications people are
> beginning to build upon it) perhaps offers tools that we might harness
> to our advantage.
>
> There's a more detailed post on this topic, with some examples, on one
> of the Common Information Environment's (CIE) blogs at
> www.common-info.org.uk/thoughts/archives/2005/05/more_thoughts_o_1.html
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> Thanks in advance for any information that you can provide.
>
> Paul
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