Tech Talk

Tech Talk -- Social Media Outreach

pneirink — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:41:22 -0400

The Reuther Library’s Facebook presence has been alive and well since our first posts were submitted back in 2009. Over the course of our nearly seven years of use read more »

Tech Talk -- Web Content Management System

pneirink — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:48:51 -0400

On January 30th, 2009 the Reuther switched off its old 1.0 website for good. For those that recall, its retirement was long overdue. By the time of its retirement, the site had endured over a decade of development that had led to a patchwork of static HTML pages with a great deal of problems. The problems spanned from broken links to grossly out-of-date collection descriptions. The later issues provided the impetus to find a quick fix. This lead to the implementation of the Reuther’s 2.0 website. read more »

Tech Talk — Reuther Library's Facebook Page

pneirink — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:50:06 -0500

The season of the Facebook

It has been two and a half years since a student at Wayne State University's School of Library and Information Science approached us here at the Walter P. Reuther Library about a school project. The assignment was to build a page on Facebook to help promote archives and libraries. This student contacted me, Paul Neirink, Digital Resources Specialist, by email. Soon after, construction was under way. In the three winters since its completion, this seemingly small school project has blossomed into a steady course of links and comments touching on numerous labor history related topics and events. In a very real sense, the Reuther's Facebook page has become an alternative source of information that is nearly as useful as our main site in terms of advancing aspects of our mission. read more »

(35262) Google Analytics, 2009-2016

pneirink — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:53:58 -0400

Image taken from Google Analytics on 2016-09-20 illustrates sessions, new users, bounce rate, average duration, etc. from when statistics began to be recorded in January 2009 through September 20th, 2016.