Handouts from Hands-On Instant Messaging Class
Instant Messaging Info, Examples & How-to
Text Messaging Info, Examples & How-to
Evaluation for SMS& IM for Reference (please complete an evaluation if you access any of the materials on this page)
IM Providers
America Online Instant Messenger (AIM) |
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Google. GoogleTalk |
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ICQ |
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Jabber (Mac) |
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MSN Messenger |
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Yahoo! Messenger |
Babson Library, Springfield College, MA - http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/library.nsf/EB4F2767C562479445256BE5002DAE84/EEA410A88745743A85256E5F0070150D?OpenDocument
BuzzAgent - http://www.bzzagent.com/
Word of mouth marketing service, contact via IM
Fearless Internet Radio - http://www.fearlessradio.com/fearless/
Chat w/ the DJ at this Chicago IL station.
Franciscan Center for Social Concern - http://web.sbu.edu/fcsc/
St. Bonaventure University NY group, contact via IM
George C. Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnical Isntitute, MA - http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/refchat.html
Chat live with a librarian
MA Trial Court Law Libraries - http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/ask.htm
Chat live with a law librarian
Metrowest MA Regional Library System – http://www.mmrls.org
Send an IM to consultant Beth Gallaway! CE classes also conducted via AIM - schedule online at http://www.mmrls.org/ce.htm
Oberlin College Library - http://www.oberlin.edu/library/im.html
Chat live with a reference librarian or specialist
Penn State Admissions Office - http://www.ma.psu.edu/Admissions/admstaff.htm
Chat live with an admissions staff member
Thomas Ford Memorial Library - http://www.fordlibrary.org/chat/
Chat live with a librarian
Let’s Try It: AIM
General Tips for IM:
Using AIM
Logging In
Add a Buddy
Set an Away Message
Short Message/Text Message Services Costs by Provider (on top of regular phone service plan)
Provider |
Pay per use |
Packages |
Cingular |
$.10 |
$4.99/599 $9.99/1000 $19.99/2500 |
Sprint/Nextel |
$.10 |
$29.99 unlimited |
T-Mobile |
$.10 |
$4.99/400 $9.99/1000 $14.99/unlimited |
Verizon |
$.10 |
$10.00/500 $15/1000 $20/2500 |
Sending Text Messages
Cingular - http://www.cingularme.com/do/public
send free to Cingular customers
Verizon - https://www.vtext.com
send free to Verizon customers
SMS Everywhere - http://www.smseverywhere.com
$39 a month, $199 for 6 months for unlimited messages – includes a webpage set-up.
USA Bulk SMS - http://usa.bulksms.com
$.053/message, purchased in credit blocks from $10.60-$920.00
MX Telecom - http://www.mxtelecom.com/us/
$190-$41,000 a month, depending on number of messages
Receiving Text Messages
Enotify Me - http://www.enotifyme.com/
Merges email, text & voice so you can receive in one location. $4.95-$14.95/month
4INFO - http://www.4info.net/
search engine service
Google SMS - http://www.google.com/sms/
Firefox Extension: Google Send to Phone - http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/sendtophone/index.html
Yahoo! Send to Phone - http://mobile.yahoo.com/sendsms/local/info
Who’s Using SMS/Text Messaging?
194.5 million subscribers in the US
7.3 billion messages a month
American Idol - http://www.cingularsource.com/entertainment/idol/#
Vote by text message
Channel 7 News - http://closings.whdh.com/signup/
School closings via phone update – just send your zip code & phone number!
CNN - http://www.cnn.com/togo
News on your phone
Lincolnshire County Libraries UK - http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/4756
Hold notification
Mapquest – http://www.mapquest.com/features/main.adp?page=help_mqm
Send directions to your phone for about $4 a month, requires some advanced setup Mississippi Office of Homeland Security beginning in March 2006
National Weather Service - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml
Select as many geographic areas as you like to receive bulletins
SIM’s Text a Librarian - http://www2.selu.edu/Library/ServicesDept/referenc/textalibrarian.html
Sims Memorial Library, Southeastern University LA
SMS/Texting Learn the Language!
Transl8it. http://www.transl8it.com/cgi-win/index.pl. Mar 7 2006
“Short Message Service.” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service. Feb 6 2006.
Let’s Try It: SMS
Don’t have SMS capability? Test out Google's SMS emulator at http://www.google.com/sms/demo.html
General Texting Tips:
AOL/Time Warner. “Press Release: America Online Inc.'s Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey Shows Instant Messaging Has Gone Mainstream Teens and Young Adults Still Dominate But At-Work and Mobile Usage Is Growing Rapidly. AOL Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey.” http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/newmedia/cb_press_view.cfm?release_num=55254160. Feb 6, 2006.
Barack, Lauren. “Library Offers Instant Research Buddy.” School Library Journal, v. 51 no. 10 (October 2005) p. 19. Barack, Lauren. “Text Messaging the Classics? NokidN.” School Library Journal v. 52 no. 1 (January 2006) p. 28
Baron, Naomi S.. See You Online: Gender Issues in College Student Use of Instant Messaging by Department of Language and Foreign Studies, American University. http://www.american.edu/tesol/Baron-SeeYouOnlineCorrected64.pdf. Feb 6 2006.
Carlson, Scott. “The Net Generation Goes to College: Tech-savvy 'Millennials' have lots of gadgets, like to multitask, and expect to control what, when, and how they learn. Should colleges cater to them?” The Chronicle of Higher Education/Information Technology. Volume 52, Issue 7. Oct 7, 2005. Page A34. http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i07/07a03401.htm. Feb 6 2006.
Dee, Cheryl R.; Newhouse, Joshua D. “Digital Chat Reference in Health Science Libraries: Challenges in Initiating a New Service.” Medical Reference Services Quarterly v. 24 no. 3 (Fall 2005) p. 17-27
Drew, Bill. “Chat Reference at Morrisville State College Library.” Ronan, Jana, ed. Chat reference : a guide to live virtual reference services. May 6, 2005. http://babyboomerlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/chat-reference-at-morrisville-state.html. Feb 6 2006.
Francoeur, Stephen. “Web-based chat and IM: Not "either/or" but "both/and." Digital Reference.June 24 2005. http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/2005/06/web-based-chat-and-im-not-eitheror-but.html. Feb 6 2006.
Guenther, Kim. “Socializing Your Web Site with Wikis, Twikis, and Blogs.” Online, v. 29 no. 6. November/December 2005 p. 51-3.
Houghton, Sarah. “Instant Messaging: Quick and Dirty Reference for Teens and Others.” Public Libraries, Jul/Aug 2005.
Houghton, Sarah. “Virtual Reference @ Your Library.” KnowledgeQuest, Jan/Feb 2005. http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/v33/333Houghton.htm. March 7 2006.
Parker, Pamela. "R U Ready 4 SMS Mktg?" ClickZ. 8/2/02. http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/buzz/article.php/1438191. March 7 2006.
Pew Internet & American Life Project. “Teens and Technology.” July 2005.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/162/report_display.asp. March 7 2006.
Pew Internet & American Life Project. "How Americans Use Instant Messaging" from the September 2004 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/133/report_display.asp. March 7 2006.
Pomerantz, Jeffrey. “A Conceptual Framework and Open Research Questions for Chat-Based Reference Service.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology v. 56 no. 12 (October 2005) p. 1288-302
Potter, Beth. “Msg cmng thru loud n clr.” Denver Post, March 5 2006. http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_3567824. March 7 2006.
Pulliam, Beatrice. “Trillian Training Materials.” Edifice Ref. July 21, 2005. http://edificeref.info/?p=71. March 7 2006.
Rosenberger, Luke. “War... What is it good for?” LBR Weblog. June 23, 2005. http://lbr.library-blogs.net/war_what_is_it_good_for.htm. March 7 2006.
Schmidt, Aaron and Michael Stephens. “IM Me.” Library Journal. April, 2005. http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA512192.html?display=searchResults&stt=001&text=im+me. Feb 6, 2006.
Schmidt, Aaron & “Having a Telephone.” walkingpaper.org. Feb 3 2005. http://www.walkingpaper.org/presentation/havingaphone/. March 7 2006.
Schmidt, Aaron. "Product Pipeline." Library Journal Net Connect, Winter 2006 p 18-19.
Smith, Bryan. “IM Reference: What We've Learned.” Homer Township @ Illinois Library Association, October 14, 2005. http://www.homerlibrary.org/HomerILA.ppt. March 7 2006.
Sotillo, Susana M. “Using Instant Messaging for Collaborative Learning: A Case Study.” Innovate Online. Feb/Mar 2006. http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=170. March 7 2006.
Stone, Brad. “IM’s New Calling.” Newsweek: The Business Edge/MSNBC 12/7/05. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10354220/site/newsweek. Mar 7 2006.
Tucker-Raymond, Caleb. "web-based chat vs. instant messaging." L-Net staff information blog. June 24, 2005. http://www.oregonlibraries.net/staff/?p=178. March 7 2006.
Virgin Mobile. Practice Safe Text. http://www.practisesafetext.com. March 7, 2006.
Vokey, Sherri. “IM goes live at UNLV Libraries” July 13, 2005. ::schwagbag:: http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/schwagbag/archives/2005/06/iming_goes_live.html. March 7 2006.
Wasik, Joann M. “Building and Maintaining Digital Reference Services.” ERIC Digest. March 1999. http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-4/digital.htm. March 7 2006.
cell: email request for cell phone number to test :)
AIM: rimeswith0range
Gizmo: informationgoddess29
Google Talk: informationgoddess29
ICQ: 311254389 OR informationgoddess29
Jabber: informationgoddess29
Skype: informationgoddess29
Yahoo!: informationgoddess29
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