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Librarianship's Future Strengths: Are OPACs Broken?1 comment

Laurel Tarulli wrote 3 days ago: I recently stumbled across an older ACRLog posting “Academic Librarianships’ Future Strengths?” Whil … more →

Tags: Access Issues, future of cataloguing, The Library Catalogue, library catalogs, Library Catalogues

data mining for fun and...1 comment

Andromeda wrote 2 weeks ago: That slideset yesterday was funny, so I’ve RSSed the guy’s blog. Liked this recent post … more →

Tags: Data Mining, dave pattern, discovery layers, findability, Library 2.0, user needs

lipstick, cowbells, and serendipity!

Andromeda wrote 2 weeks ago: Hilarious slideset on library 2.0 OPAC features with a great subtitle — “Utilising Web 2 … more →

Tags: dave pattern, Funny, Library 2.0

"why google and apple win and you don't"

Andromeda wrote 1 month ago: This cartoon doesn’t realize that it’s making the same claim as discovery interfaces and … more →

Tags: findability, Funny, Usability

OCLC Report: Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want

Laurel Tarulli wrote 7 months ago: OCLC’s has released their report Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want for downloadi … more →

Tags: The Cataloguer, The Library Catalogue, future of cataloguing, Discovery tool platforms, Library catalogue, OCLC, Metadata, library catalogs

A Win-Win for Dewey4 comments

openoculus wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been captured by news headlines about the end of the Dewey Decimal System.  It seems some … more →

Tags: DEWEY, barnes and noble, Bloggers, Browsing, dewey decimal system, googlization, librarians, Libraries, RFID

"Pattern Recognition"1 comment

openoculus wrote 1 year ago: Wow, what they can’t do with OPAC’s these days!  I am floored by Bibliocommons “Bu … more →

Tags: Amazon, bibliocommons, Blog, Catalog, Croc Hunter, Database, Future, Oakville Public Library, OPAC

Usability testing3 comments

juliebowers wrote 1 year ago: In keeping with my rabid hatred for Millennium and other equally Integrated Library Systems which sh … more →

Tags: Design, Open-Source, Usability, Usability testing

Library 2.0 for You (L-2-4-U)5 comments

Kathy Lussier wrote 1 year ago: From left: Brian Herzog, Paige Eaton Davis, Elizabeth Thomsen Program Description: Flickr isn’t just … more →

Tags: nela2008, brian herzog, del.icio.us, elizabeth thomsen, flickr, Libraries, Library, nela-its, paige eaton davis

Exhibitor Demo: LibLime

herzogbr wrote 1 year ago: Tuesday, 11:00 – 12:00 Description Meet Koha, the first open source Integrated Library System. … more →

Tags: nela2008, herzogbr2008, Catalog, Catalogs, OPAC, IPAC, ipacs, ILS, LibLime

LibraryThing as an OPAC resource

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: “LibraryThing, the popular social network book cataloging site, made waves in the library worl … more →

Tags: future of cataloguing, The Library Catalogue, librarything

BiblioCommons: social-networking library catalogue

dietvorst wrote 1 year ago: BiblioCommons, a social discovery tool for libraries that introduces commenting, tagging, ranking an … more →

Tags: Faceted Search, encore, Drupal, India Environment Portal, librarything, Amazon

Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize (From Roy Tenant's blog in LJ)

jdondoyle wrote 1 year ago: Downloaded 7/22/08 – something for us all to think about! As I often do, I’m working on … more →

Tags: Good Reads, 英国涂鸦大师Bansky

More Catalogtastic Excitement

Genneaux wrote 1 year ago: This fall, we’re going to have such a cool OPAC!  I’m looking forward to finding a way t … more →

Tags: Enthusiasm, Google, SMS, text messaging, call numbers, OPAC

Citation! Shout it out! *2 comments

Genneaux wrote 1 year ago: The things I get excited about these days… This is why I only have about 6 non-librarian frien … more →

Tags: WorldCat, Enthusiasm, Citations, Nicholson Baker

I saw this today3 comments

gregsturgeon wrote 1 year ago: Anyone else seen Zoomii? Looks like a cool way to sell books. Think of what it would be like as an O … more →

Tags: Tech News, Zoomii

Virtual International Authority File

Sergio Stone wrote 1 year ago: Transliteration and romanization of foreign authors is often an obstacle in FCIL research. The rise … more →

Tags: Databases, FREE Resources, Catalog, authority file, Romanization, Transliteration, OCLC, Virtual International Authority File, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Online Public Access Catalogues in India

indianlibrary wrote 1 year ago: American Center Information Resource Centers in India Auroville Library Bangalore University.com Bri … more →

Tags: Library News, Library Jobs, LIS History, LIS Personalities, LIS Technology, Catalogue Search

stumblin thru sites3 comments

jandawson wrote 1 year ago: it’s starting to happen: i wrote a paper last year about how the concept of stumbleupon can be … more →

Tags: library and information studies, Cool site, information professionals, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Information, Wikipedia, Internet, librarians


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