Library Cataloging
The Shifted Librarian has some interesting thoughts on making our catalogs more user friendly. Ideas are illustrated by services like Flickr, FURL and del.icio.us and tools like RSS and folksonomies. Don't let the title and opening fool you, that is just an excuse/reason for the real meat of the posting.
- Older News Items
Gary D. Price over at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker brought some news items to my attention. Canadiana Authorities searches over 660,000 name, title and name/title authority records derived from the AMICUS database. Helping online communities to semantically...
- Structure And Form Of Folksonomy Tags
Structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalogue by Louise Spiteri appears in Webology 4(2).Folksonomies have the potential to add much value to public library catalogues by enabling clients to: store, maintain, and organize...
- Aim Search Of Opac
Another tool/toy that is just too slick, is the Library Search AIM Bot. Use your AOL Instant Messenger to search a library catalog. It is coded for results returned in XML. The IPAC does this, any other systems? How difficult would it be to have it scrape...
- Rlg's Redlightgreen Project
RLG is looking at a user friendly interface to the union catalog.The RedLightGreen project is a whole new way of thinking about library catalogs. Catalogs today are optimized for inventory control and transaction management - not necessarily information...
- Information
Currently I'm reading Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger. He makes an interesting point about information that we (or at least me) often overlook. There are times we want just the facts, but most often we...
Library Cataloging
Catalogs
The Shifted Librarian has some interesting thoughts on making our catalogs more user friendly. Ideas are illustrated by services like Flickr, FURL and del.icio.us and tools like RSS and folksonomies. Don't let the title and opening fool you, that is just an excuse/reason for the real meat of the posting.
- Older News Items
Gary D. Price over at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker brought some news items to my attention. Canadiana Authorities searches over 660,000 name, title and name/title authority records derived from the AMICUS database. Helping online communities to semantically...
- Structure And Form Of Folksonomy Tags
Structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalogue by Louise Spiteri appears in Webology 4(2).Folksonomies have the potential to add much value to public library catalogues by enabling clients to: store, maintain, and organize...
- Aim Search Of Opac
Another tool/toy that is just too slick, is the Library Search AIM Bot. Use your AOL Instant Messenger to search a library catalog. It is coded for results returned in XML. The IPAC does this, any other systems? How difficult would it be to have it scrape...
- Rlg's Redlightgreen Project
RLG is looking at a user friendly interface to the union catalog.The RedLightGreen project is a whole new way of thinking about library catalogs. Catalogs today are optimized for inventory control and transaction management - not necessarily information...
- Information
Currently I'm reading Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger. He makes an interesting point about information that we (or at least me) often overlook. There are times we want just the facts, but most often we...