Library Cataloging
Digital Web Magazine has an article on libraries, Getting The Most Out Of Your Library by William Hicks. Some interesting statemnents:
- Online Catalogs: What Users And Librarians Want
OCLC has released the report Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want.This new report summarizes the findings of research conducted by OCLC on what constitutes quality in library online catalogs from both end users? and librarians? points of view....
- Libx
There is a new version of the LibX Edition Builder.LibX is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to your library's resources. LibX is an open source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. Currently, 61 academic...
- Library Toolbar
The Georgia State library has a Firefox extension toolbar for their users. It is based on the LibX toolbar created at Va. Tech. An easy way to make their resources more available to their users. LibX is open source, consider customizing one for your institution....
- Blogging The Catalog
Library 2.0 in the Real World by Jenny Levine points to some very interesting work.The prototype is built on the WordPress open source, blogging platform, which gives it some very interesting features. For example, every record in the catalog gets its...
- Open Worldcat
A new feature of Open WorldCat is described on Lorcan Dempsey's weblogWe recently added a button on the Open WorldCat rendezvous page to find other 'editions' of the found item. This is an interim approach to implementing the FRBR model which...
Library Cataloging
A Techie Looks at Libraries
Digital Web Magazine has an article on libraries, Getting The Most Out Of Your Library by William Hicks. Some interesting statemnents:
- Think of the library system as something akin to the open-source movement before software.You will not be happy with many library websites.So you found the library catalog, fired off a search and found an item that sounds mildly intriguing. The result page probably didn?t have any real reviews of the book, it is doubtful there was a book cover, nor apparently any other related items. You?re most likely staring at a title, some notes on the author, a bunch of useless publication data, some subject headings, notes, and a string of letters and numbers. Amazon.com it is not. It?s not built for you the user. It?s built for the vendors, librarians, and their staff.While you may not get instant gratification from a library, and few if any are really cutting-edge when it comes to their use of web technologies, there is something to be said for the diversity and quality of information they provide you in your daily development tasks.
- Online Catalogs: What Users And Librarians Want
OCLC has released the report Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want.This new report summarizes the findings of research conducted by OCLC on what constitutes quality in library online catalogs from both end users? and librarians? points of view....
- Libx
There is a new version of the LibX Edition Builder.LibX is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to your library's resources. LibX is an open source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. Currently, 61 academic...
- Library Toolbar
The Georgia State library has a Firefox extension toolbar for their users. It is based on the LibX toolbar created at Va. Tech. An easy way to make their resources more available to their users. LibX is open source, consider customizing one for your institution....
- Blogging The Catalog
Library 2.0 in the Real World by Jenny Levine points to some very interesting work.The prototype is built on the WordPress open source, blogging platform, which gives it some very interesting features. For example, every record in the catalog gets its...
- Open Worldcat
A new feature of Open WorldCat is described on Lorcan Dempsey's weblogWe recently added a button on the Open WorldCat rendezvous page to find other 'editions' of the found item. This is an interim approach to implementing the FRBR model which...