Library Cataloging
Came through Ike just fine. We are all safe. The house only had minor damage. We have power and water. Yesterday I drove by my library and no windows were missing. That should mean no major damage to the collection. No power up there, mold is the only concern. Came through it pretty well.
- Organizing Without Organizations
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations is a talk by Clay Shirky discussing his new book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. (WorldCat Amazon) It is available in both video and audio. Seen...
- Nasa Ames Library In Trouble
It seems the NASA Ames library is in jeopardy.Despite multiple good faith attempts within the system to mitigate the damage of proposed Library cuts by numerous interested parties over the past few months, you implemented a policy of dumping large numbers...
- Catalog Error Checking
Dorothea Salo has made available the paper Toward better automated error-checking in cataloguing.Errors in library catalogs damage patron access as well as patron confidence in library offerings. They embarrass librarians of all sorts and frustrate cataloguers....
- Windows Updates
This could save lots of time if you have many Windows machines to get secure.The Windows Security Update CD will be shipped to you free of charge. This CD includes Microsoft critical updates released through October 2003 and information to help you protect...
- Marcedit
There is a service pack available for this tool.The first Service Pack (SP) for MarcEdit 4.1 is now available for download. The SP introduces no new features, but instead, fixes a number of minor and one not so minor issue with the application. The most...
Library Cataloging
Hurricane Ike
Came through Ike just fine. We are all safe. The house only had minor damage. We have power and water. Yesterday I drove by my library and no windows were missing. That should mean no major damage to the collection. No power up there, mold is the only concern. Came through it pretty well.
- Organizing Without Organizations
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations is a talk by Clay Shirky discussing his new book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. (WorldCat Amazon) It is available in both video and audio. Seen...
- Nasa Ames Library In Trouble
It seems the NASA Ames library is in jeopardy.Despite multiple good faith attempts within the system to mitigate the damage of proposed Library cuts by numerous interested parties over the past few months, you implemented a policy of dumping large numbers...
- Catalog Error Checking
Dorothea Salo has made available the paper Toward better automated error-checking in cataloguing.Errors in library catalogs damage patron access as well as patron confidence in library offerings. They embarrass librarians of all sorts and frustrate cataloguers....
- Windows Updates
This could save lots of time if you have many Windows machines to get secure.The Windows Security Update CD will be shipped to you free of charge. This CD includes Microsoft critical updates released through October 2003 and information to help you protect...
- Marcedit
There is a service pack available for this tool.The first Service Pack (SP) for MarcEdit 4.1 is now available for download. The SP introduces no new features, but instead, fixes a number of minor and one not so minor issue with the application. The most...