research about a thing that is like a portal online

2. Chris, Jeanine, Nick & Wendy

3. Single Purpose
 Vs.
Multi-Purpose

4. Features:
E-MAIL
SEARCH ENGINE
WEATHER
NEWS
SPORTS
ON-LINE
SHOPPING
Electronic mailing lists

6. LISTSERV

7. What is a Listserv?
V.S.

8. Examples by subject
 Current events
 Jobs/Salaries
 Education
 Electronic Mailing Lists
 How to search
 Evaluation

9. Current Events
 “What are the most recent issues
concerning librarians?”
ex. The end of mandatory retirement.

10. All of Canada

11. Government of Canada

12. Specific Media Portals

13. Individual Community

14. Job Market
 “Where can I get information on
jobs and salaries for librarians?”

15. Jobs and Salaries
 Know your patron
 New graduate?
 Experienced?
 General?
 Special?
 Know your portals
 General/mega
 Corporate/enterprise
 Government
 Specialized

16. Yahoo Hotjobs

19. HRSDC

22. CLA

24. Education
 “How can I find the education
requirements for librarians?”

25. Human Resources & Skills
Development Center

26. Training?

29. Bulletin Board for Libraries

31. World List of Schools

32. Electronic Mailing Lists
 “I received an email about joining a
listserv, what should I do?”

33. Electronic Mailing Lists
 special usage of email
 allows for widespread distribution of information

34. Types of electronic mailing lists:
 Public vs. Private
 Open vs. Closed
 Moderated vs. Non-moderated lists
Kinds of electronic mailing lists:
 Discussion
 Announce Only
 Automatic Response

37. How to Search
 “How can I learn to use search engines
and the internet?”

38. User-friendly Portals for Portals
 How to look
 Where to look
 What to look for

39. How to search the Internet…

41. Invisible Web

42. How to search the Internet…

43. Evaluation
 Kister’s Best Encyclopedias
Cross compare
Top Link:
 Accuracy
 Relevancy

45. Michigan e-Library

48. Final verdict: MeL

49. Conclusion
What makes portals &
electronic mailing lists
valuable?
USER FRIENDLY
RELEVANT
ENCOMPASSING

50. What do YOU think?
 Speed in reference
Portal vs. Print
 Joseph Janes and Charles R. McClure. “The Web as a
Reference Tool.” Public Libraries 21.1 (1999): 31-39.