Here is a prototype of a library catalog (III’s Millenium) wrapped on the library website with Drupal (a MOSTLY opensource website content management system — mostly because a commercial version of Drupal is now under development). The Drupal module for integrating the library catalog includes modules like ratings (Fivestar), Faceted Search, and Similar by Terms. Drupal is built with modules
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
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
NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH…
427 A.D.The Library at Alexandria decides to contract out its annual weeding project; Vandal hordes are the lowest bidder. http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~murrizol/ts_history/tshist.htm
A new project from the Kansas Library System (and the book discussion group is open to anyone). ——————————Intersections: A book discussion group for librarians Intersections is a book discussion group for librarians, focused on emerging trends in the intersection of society, libraries, and technology. “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson is the first book being discussed. NEKLS received an Interlibrary
An interesting article on how college students use technology (alot but using specific tools for specific tasks; with 98.4 % of surveyed students owning some type of computer…) Instead, students appear to segment different modes of communication for different purposes. E-mail, Web sites, message boards and Blackboard? Viable ways of connecting with professors and peers. Same for chat, instant messaging,
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
Hmm, well it does sound like fun. Oh, wait, I already do some of these things… 😉 Brief synopsis (for those who don’t like to click that much): Old way => information/knowledge held in a “fiefdom” by a small group of players ; knowledge workers are limited in power and by territory, knowledge as a process, rigid ways of organizing