Bringing library resources to the student researcher...Greasemonkey baby!!!

My previous comments regarding Library 2.0 and the Herculean effort it would require to implement in the current library environment were slightly defeatist. I must say though that I find the idea of "insertion" of library services into the ways undergraduates do research quite worthy of further exploration.

Many students will use Google, Yahoo! or some other search engine to do class research. While I don't find this too awful as a source for preliminary research, we somehow need to guide the students to the scholarly materials that they have access to (and we pay hefty sums for)-more appropriate materials for research. Sort of like guerilla marketing for library services. And really it comes down to this because all the traditional promotional avenues we have explored just don't work. Flyers, signs, alerts on the homepage, there is a disconnect somewhere. We are doing things Library 1.0 style-trying to force the student into our way of doing things.

It would be very Library 2.0-esque if we could "insert" ourselves into students Google searches. So say when a student sits down at a library computer and opens Google in the browser a message comes up directing that users to a database or e-journal search. This sort of tactic would go a long way in bringing our services to the world of the student researcher, and not forcing them to discover and access our resources they way we think is best.

Now I know that this is sort of thing is possible, you can install Greasemonkey scripts into Mozilla browsers that offer a modicum of control over browser behavior. I know this, but I don't know how yet. I have been looking for resources on Greasemonkey script for the library environment and I am having trouble finding appropriate materials. Suggestions would be great?