# 7: Toolbars

Web Browser Toolbars are well-known and commonly used i.e. the Google Toolbar. Creating a LIBRARY Toolbar to distribute for your users can be very usefull.
They give fast, easy access to catalogs, databases and other useful resources.
Many libraries have been creating them the last years. (Overview)
You can create your own, free Toolbar for instance at:

• http://www.conduit.com
• or use: LIBX : a browser plugin for Libraries (by libraries)
  

But have a look at this one first: RussianMedlibs Toolbar
It has been created for the participants of the Workshop, as an example, but can also be used in future as a community tool, as it has a chat box and messaging options.
It can be installed in Internet Explorer or Firefox.

New Developments at Conduit:

• new admin interface 
• Marketplace Conduit (Apps)
• Create Mobile Apps
• Toolbar also in Chrome now
• Creating Gadgets (with html) even easier

Discovery Exercise:

• Make your own (library) Toolbar: Start at http://www.conduit.com and Click "Get Started"
• Add RSS feeds to the Toolbar
• Add Links and Menu's to your Toolbar that point to your Library or other webpages
• Discuss WHERE you (and your users) would like to have direct search possibilities. Can people install tools like Toolbars on the workspace computers? Share your answers with the others on the Facebook Fanpage and/or the Google Doc shared map.

Use for or by Medical Libraries (examples):

• NLM Toolbars: http://pubmed.ourtoolbar.com
• Central Medical Library, UMCG: http://quicksearchcmbtoolbar.ourtoolbar.com/
• See other (medical) Libraries with Conduit Toolbars
• See Libraries with Toolbars (Conduit or otherwise)