Skype and Pbwiki
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Teresa L. Hartman · Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA · 2008
SkypeSolo librarians face many challenges, including isolation from their peers.This isolation can even extend to the inability to have spontaneous conversations with colleagues onsite!Skype, an online voice over Internet protocol (IP) tool that can be downloaded to a computer, can help overcome this isolation.Skype functions as a chat tool, telephone, and videoconferencing tool all at once-a librarian's twenty-first century ''Batphone.''Picture Bruce Wayne calling Commissioner Gordon by simply picking up the receiver of his red phone, and you have a sense of what Skype can mean to a solo librarian. Features& Chat: Just as with all chat tools, such as AOL and Yahoo, users have the ability to type messages to friends,