Firefox Search Plugins: Searching Your Library in the Browser
The Firefox browser has a built-in search bar allowing users to search such databases as Google, Amazon.com, and Wikipedia. What many don’t realize is that you can create customized searches that can be added to Firefox. This free WebLive session will walk you through the creation of a search plugin which, once installed, will allow your patrons to search your OPAC from within in Firefox without having to access the library’s site first.
Date & Time: Friday, December 2, 2005 10-11am MST
Limited to 25 seats. Anyone is welcome to register but BCR member libraries get the first seats.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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