Library Cataloging
Facebook
I've added this weblog to the Facebook Blog Network, now you can read it there is that is your preference.
Making your content available in more places makes metrics hard. Before Bloglines, Google Reader, Facebook Blog Network, Planet Catalog, and all the rest I could get a feel for the number of readers. Didn't matter too much to me, this is done for my own benefit as well as the community. However, if I was in a position and needed numbers to justify the work it would make it difficult.
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Names In Rda
Help get the NACO/LC Authority File ready for RDA. The Acceptable Headings Implementation Task Group has been established by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging to develop an implementation plan for preparing the LC/NACO authority file for RDA. The...
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Facebook Metadata
Image via CrunchBaseFacebook Engineering is having a webcast of their tech talk about using metadata. Join Mukund Narasimhan, a software engineer, for a discussion on the tools and techniques used to extend the Facebook graph to include entities such...
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Facebook Application
The Earl Gregg Swem Library has announced the release of it's Facebook application, Swem Tools to the open source community.Released under the Apache 2.0 license, the project, Facebook Athenaeum, allows libraries to quickly develop and customize a...
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Bibliographic Citation Tool In Facebook
OCLC has a Facebook app for those needing to create citations, CiteMe.Get formatted citations in APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, or Turabian style. Start by searching for an item in WorldCat, the world's largest network of library content and services....
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Catalogablog
Walt Crawford includes some kind words about Catalogablog in his latest Crawford Files, Starting a Bicycle Club: Weblogs Revisited. In the past such a comment would have resulted in a surge of new readers or at least hits on the front page. This time...
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