Library Cataloging
Ask any reference person and they will tell you they often get requests for items by color. Well, the library at the New England School of Law have done something to help those folks, they have included the color of the book in the MARC record. In subfield z of field 599 they have included the color of the item. It has been indexed on their system and is used to limit searches or may be searched. This makes some sense for monographs. Now if the patrons could only remember the color correctly.
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I saw an ad for the Kobo reader from Boarders for just under $100.00 today. That is the kind of price point that would make them something even more people will consider. They still are not as friendly as a TV. There are problems with DRM, conflicting...
- Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. I'll be back Tuesday....
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I had a note informing me that someone got an RPC Doom Virus alert when visiting this page. I don't get one nor do I see anything wrong in the code. Anyone else getting the alert?...
- Happy New Year
Happy New Year.Thanks Ian for being the host the past few days. I thought it was fun having someone else be the host. It brought a different personality to the 'blog, which I found refreshing....
- Happy Holidays
Seasons Greetings to all. I'm off to the North country. I'm leaving you in the capable hands of Ian for the next week. See you l8er....
Library Cataloging
Color
Ask any reference person and they will tell you they often get requests for items by color. Well, the library at the New England School of Law have done something to help those folks, they have included the color of the book in the MARC record. In subfield z of field 599 they have included the color of the item. It has been indexed on their system and is used to limit searches or may be searched. This makes some sense for monographs. Now if the patrons could only remember the color correctly.
- Ereaders
I saw an ad for the Kobo reader from Boarders for just under $100.00 today. That is the kind of price point that would make them something even more people will consider. They still are not as friendly as a TV. There are problems with DRM, conflicting...
- Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. I'll be back Tuesday....
- Rpc Doom Virus
I had a note informing me that someone got an RPC Doom Virus alert when visiting this page. I don't get one nor do I see anything wrong in the code. Anyone else getting the alert?...
- Happy New Year
Happy New Year.Thanks Ian for being the host the past few days. I thought it was fun having someone else be the host. It brought a different personality to the 'blog, which I found refreshing....
- Happy Holidays
Seasons Greetings to all. I'm off to the North country. I'm leaving you in the capable hands of Ian for the next week. See you l8er....