Library Cataloging
Breaking Through the Invisible Web by Mark Ludwig in the current Library Journal describes a unique library Web Catalog. They have made each catalog record a Web page and then used tools to search and display the information. This has the advantage of making the records available to search engines. Very fascinating idea. This was the mind-blowing presentation at the ALCTS Forum in Houston in 2002.
- Deep Web
Our catalog is part of the deep or invisible Web. In an effort to make it more visible I've created a Web page that is just a bibliography with links back to the catalog record for LPI publications. It will be interesting to see if and when these...
- Searching The Opac Using Im
Google Talk IM bot to search the AADL catalog describes a tool for a group to use to search the catalog.Adding a new library is variously easy or difficult depending on whether your library system has a programmer-friendly way to display search results....
- Free Speech In The Catalog
Do You Really Want to Be a Forum? by Leonard Hitchcock appears in the current issue of Library Philosophy and Practice.This article examines what a public forum is, and whether or not a library can legitimately claim to be one. Beginning with an imaginary...
- Opacs
"An XML document repository: A new home for University at Buffalo, library systems" by Mark Ludwig appears in Library Hi Tech News vol. 20 no. 6 (2003) I first heard Mark describe this at a LITA Forum a few years back and it blew my mind. The millions...
- New Books Project
LC is looking for comments on the New Books Project.Participating publishers provide information about forthcoming books to the Library of Congress. New Books records are created by computer programs from this information and made available on the Library...
Library Cataloging
100 Million Web Pages
Breaking Through the Invisible Web by Mark Ludwig in the current Library Journal describes a unique library Web Catalog. They have made each catalog record a Web page and then used tools to search and display the information. This has the advantage of making the records available to search engines. Very fascinating idea. This was the mind-blowing presentation at the ALCTS Forum in Houston in 2002.
- Deep Web
Our catalog is part of the deep or invisible Web. In an effort to make it more visible I've created a Web page that is just a bibliography with links back to the catalog record for LPI publications. It will be interesting to see if and when these...
- Searching The Opac Using Im
Google Talk IM bot to search the AADL catalog describes a tool for a group to use to search the catalog.Adding a new library is variously easy or difficult depending on whether your library system has a programmer-friendly way to display search results....
- Free Speech In The Catalog
Do You Really Want to Be a Forum? by Leonard Hitchcock appears in the current issue of Library Philosophy and Practice.This article examines what a public forum is, and whether or not a library can legitimately claim to be one. Beginning with an imaginary...
- Opacs
"An XML document repository: A new home for University at Buffalo, library systems" by Mark Ludwig appears in Library Hi Tech News vol. 20 no. 6 (2003) I first heard Mark describe this at a LITA Forum a few years back and it blew my mind. The millions...
- New Books Project
LC is looking for comments on the New Books Project.Participating publishers provide information about forthcoming books to the Library of Congress. New Books records are created by computer programs from this information and made available on the Library...