Library Cataloging
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 file formats, moving between devices and computer interfaces. I don't envy the public librarians who have had to tell the folks who got a Kindle for the holiday that it doesn't work at the library. I still enjoy mine, I can download all the Kipling, Haggard, Verne and Wilkie Collins I desire from Project Gutenberg and the Adelaide University Electronic Texts Collection. Without the backlighting it is much easier on the eyes.
One thing e-readers still lack is color. Did anyone see color e-readers at Midwinter or CES? Without color textbooks, comics, and magazines lose too much to work on the devices. Some books and journal articles also demand color (art books and geologic maps for instance)
- Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. I'll be back Tuesday....
- Color Access
Recently the bookstore that allowed some artists to arrange the stock by color received a good bit of press. Ian pointed me to an older effort by the New England School of Law to provide color as a limit on searching. I've posted this before, but...
- 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....
- 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...
Library Cataloging
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 file formats, moving between devices and computer interfaces. I don't envy the public librarians who have had to tell the folks who got a Kindle for the holiday that it doesn't work at the library. I still enjoy mine, I can download all the Kipling, Haggard, Verne and Wilkie Collins I desire from Project Gutenberg and the Adelaide University Electronic Texts Collection. Without the backlighting it is much easier on the eyes.
One thing e-readers still lack is color. Did anyone see color e-readers at Midwinter or CES? Without color textbooks, comics, and magazines lose too much to work on the devices. Some books and journal articles also demand color (art books and geologic maps for instance)
- Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. I'll be back Tuesday....
- Color Access
Recently the bookstore that allowed some artists to arrange the stock by color received a good bit of press. Ian pointed me to an older effort by the New England School of Law to provide color as a limit on searching. I've posted this before, but...
- 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....
- 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...