Code4Lib
Code4Lib has a new journal:http://journal.code4lib.org/ Also, the conference is coming up in February. It sounds very interesting, but I’m out of travel money. ;-(
1401, 2008
Category Archives: 3D
1201, 2008
social networking, library services & web usage – a survey
Interesting survey of 330 students at the University of Michigan; the social networking question was just one question out of the survey. The rest of the survey is kind of interesting, too! ———————–QUESTION: If you could contact a librarian via Facebook or MySpace for help with your research, would you? If not, why? Data/Analysis A total of 23% of respondents
1101, 2008
Library/Web 2.0 Workshops (Feebased; online)
Feebased; taught through SolinetXtreme Web Searching (Live Online)2/12-2/13/2008, 10:00 am – 12:00 pmRegistration and Pricing Information:http://www.solinet.net/workshops/ws_details.cfm?doc_id=4058&WKSHPID=26XWSLOBecoming a Library Advocate (Live Online) – NEW!2/12/2008, 10:00 am – 12:00 pmRegistration and Pricing Information:http://www.solinet.net/workshops/ws_details.cfm?mode=preview&doc_id=4799&WKSHPID=26BALOE-Resource Wrangling: An Introduction to ERMS (Live Online)2/12/2008, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pmRegistration and Pricing Information:http://www.solinet.net/workshops/ws_details.cfm?mode=preview&doc_id=4595&WKSHPID=26ERMLOBasic MARC Tagging for Serials (Live Online)2/12-2/13/2008, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pmRegistration and Pricing Information:http://www.solinet.net/workshops/ws_details.cfm?mode=preview&doc_id=3937&WKSHPID=05BMTSLOInstant
0501, 2008
Free webinars – virtual worlds & libraries
Just passing along….—————- Greetings! These free, open-to-everyone online events in January on the general topic of virtual worlds and libraries were recently added to the OPAL calendar (http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm). Feel free to share this information with others who may be interested. If you want the full OPAL experience, and if you are running a version of Microsoft Windows, you need to
2910, 2007
All Web 2.0 presentations online
Finally, some progress on collecting up my various presentations and some writings on Web 2.0 stuff: http://www.robinfay.net/web2.0/
1309, 2007
opensource alternatives to common commercial products
Although the introduction of this article is overly simplified in terms of the changes in library technology (I couldn’t help but laugh a little in a couple of places) , once you’re past that, the rest is a good little overview of some of the more popular opensource products. I’ve hotlinked and listed the products below, the article gives a
1109, 2007
Opensource ILS projects and how I learned to love the library catalog
okay, pardon the bad pun on dr. strangelove… I’ve been following some of the opensource ils projects with interest. evergreen (launched by the Georgia Public Lib System), is still in heavy development. From my understanding it originally launched without acquisitions or serials checkin (eeks!) ; however from an upcoming presentation flyer it appears that acquisitions will launch or has launched
0603, 2007
text.web. 2.0.
cool.
0701, 2007
Melvyl Recommender Project
The Melvyl Recommender Project, whichexplored next-generation services for library catalogs, has reached itsconclusion. This project was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Popular commercial services such as Google, eBay, Amazon, and Netflixhave evolved quickly over the last decade to help people find what theywant, developing information retrieval strategies such as usefullyranked results, spelling correction, and recommendations. Librarycatalogs, in contrast, have
0301, 2007
Firefox extension to search library catalogs
http://www.libx.org/ LibX is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to your library’s resources.LibX is an open source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. …and here is what Ga State is doing with it…. Pretty cool, eh?http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&ID=9558&typeID=1