Library Cataloging
A very good idea in the latest issue of PNLA Quarterly recovering books. Books with old, worn covers have lower circulation that bright shiny new covers. Someone at Boulder City High School had the good idea of printing out new covers for books rather than replacing them.
Circulation
- Open Publication Distribution System
Well, I'm back to the weblog again because an idea has taken hold of me. I recently became aware of Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format, a syndication format for e-pubs based on Atom & HTTP. It is something like an RSS feed...
- Book Covers
The other day I asked for suggestions about where to get book covers to include in the cataog. One comment suggest BookChaser.com.This is an experimental tool that lets people compare what book covers are available through different APIs. It uses four...
- Taxi Delivery?
Just had a idea, rather than an expensive bookmobile, why not deliver and pick up books by taxis? A yearly contract with the local cab company to pick-up books and bring them to the library and also deliver books to people might be less expensive than...
- Reston Regional Library
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Reston Regional Library. In late afternoon it was busy. Folks were checking Value Line on-line, the books on CD, browsing in the stacks, and on the public Internet access machines. The parking lot was about...
- Amazon
I have become an Amazon associate. Not to get piles of cash from mentioning books like the Classification System for Libraries of Judaica. Rather, because there is a nifty Web service I wished to participate in, Weblog Bookwatch.The Weblog Bookwatch searches...
Library Cataloging
2nd Life for Old Books
A very good idea in the latest issue of PNLA Quarterly recovering books. Books with old, worn covers have lower circulation that bright shiny new covers. Someone at Boulder City High School had the good idea of printing out new covers for books rather than replacing them.
Circulation
- Open Publication Distribution System
Well, I'm back to the weblog again because an idea has taken hold of me. I recently became aware of Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format, a syndication format for e-pubs based on Atom & HTTP. It is something like an RSS feed...
- Book Covers
The other day I asked for suggestions about where to get book covers to include in the cataog. One comment suggest BookChaser.com.This is an experimental tool that lets people compare what book covers are available through different APIs. It uses four...
- Taxi Delivery?
Just had a idea, rather than an expensive bookmobile, why not deliver and pick up books by taxis? A yearly contract with the local cab company to pick-up books and bring them to the library and also deliver books to people might be less expensive than...
- Reston Regional Library
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Reston Regional Library. In late afternoon it was busy. Folks were checking Value Line on-line, the books on CD, browsing in the stacks, and on the public Internet access machines. The parking lot was about...
- Amazon
I have become an Amazon associate. Not to get piles of cash from mentioning books like the Classification System for Libraries of Judaica. Rather, because there is a nifty Web service I wished to participate in, Weblog Bookwatch.The Weblog Bookwatch searches...