{"id":1104,"date":"2008-01-15T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/2008\/01\/im-at-the-reference-desk\/"},"modified":"2008-01-15T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T08:49:00","slug":"im-at-the-reference-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/2008\/01\/im-at-the-reference-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"IM at the Reference Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regarding instant messaging at the
\nReference Desk, I have good news and good news.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

First the good
\nnews.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

I have removed Meebo from the
\nReference Desk computer and reloaded Gaim, which is now called Pidgin. We\u2019ll be
\nusing Pidgin for our Instant Messaging, which means it will work like we used to
\nhave it working, with it minimized to the system tray and popping up when
\nsomeone sends us a message.
 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Now the good
\nnews.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Pidgin has a plugin which allows it
\nto interface with Meebo. That means we can keep our Ask-A-Librarian widget but
\nnot have to keep a browser window open for the Meebo widget to work. We just use
\nPidgin like we used to and if anyone types a message in the widget box on our
\nAsk-A-Librarian page, it just pops up in Pidgin like any other chat
\nmessage.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

This will simplify things for us at
\nthe Desk while still offering the increased functionality that we added with
\nMeebo. It\u2019s the best of both worlds!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

If you have any questions when it\u2019s
\nyour turn to work at the Reference Desk, please let me know and I\u2019ll give you a
\ntour of how everything works.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Scott<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regarding instant messaging at the Reference Desk, I have good news and good news. First the good news. I have removed Meebo from the Reference Desk computer and reloaded Gaim, which is now called Pidgin. We\u2019ll be using Pidgin for our Instant Messaging, which means it will work like we used to have it working, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[6860,196],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-reference","tag-technology-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}