Library Cataloging
The idea of adding OAI-PMH to 'blogs has been floated on usr/lib/info. From the post and comment it seems a simple hack. The question then becomes, should it be done. OAI has been used, so far, to provide access to more substantial works. If all 'blogs suddenly had a OAI publish button as well as an RSS and e-mail publish buttons would it just muddy the information waters? Or would this be a use that could move OAI into another arena and gain wider acceptance?
- Privacy
ShareMenot might be a good add-on for the patron machines in the library, or even your personal machine. Did you know that buttons like these allow Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and others to track your online browsing activities on every site that includes...
- Writing
The latest Information Outlook has the article "What About Us? The Meta Librarian Information for Information Pros" by Stephen Abram. A call for librarians to publish and share information within the profession. He focuses on the more immediate, less...
- Xhtml Friends Network
XFN (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. In recent years, blogs and blogrolls have become the fastest growing area of the Web. XFN enables web authors to indicate their relationship(s) to the people...
- 'blog Metadata
There are several projects to add metadata to Web logs to provide better access to them. However, everybody seems to be working in isolation. I began by adding Dublin Core, A-Core and PICS. That was OK. DC and PICS were standards, and A-Core was based...
- New 'blog
Library-Usability is a new Web log with the admirable mission to "help make libraries work better for everybody."library-usability.org is dedicated to the idea that libraries are critical to our communities. But to help people meet their needs, libraries...
Library Cataloging
OAI
The idea of adding OAI-PMH to 'blogs has been floated on usr/lib/info. From the post and comment it seems a simple hack. The question then becomes, should it be done. OAI has been used, so far, to provide access to more substantial works. If all 'blogs suddenly had a OAI publish button as well as an RSS and e-mail publish buttons would it just muddy the information waters? Or would this be a use that could move OAI into another arena and gain wider acceptance?
- Privacy
ShareMenot might be a good add-on for the patron machines in the library, or even your personal machine. Did you know that buttons like these allow Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and others to track your online browsing activities on every site that includes...
- Writing
The latest Information Outlook has the article "What About Us? The Meta Librarian Information for Information Pros" by Stephen Abram. A call for librarians to publish and share information within the profession. He focuses on the more immediate, less...
- Xhtml Friends Network
XFN (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. In recent years, blogs and blogrolls have become the fastest growing area of the Web. XFN enables web authors to indicate their relationship(s) to the people...
- 'blog Metadata
There are several projects to add metadata to Web logs to provide better access to them. However, everybody seems to be working in isolation. I began by adding Dublin Core, A-Core and PICS. That was OK. DC and PICS were standards, and A-Core was based...
- New 'blog
Library-Usability is a new Web log with the admirable mission to "help make libraries work better for everybody."library-usability.org is dedicated to the idea that libraries are critical to our communities. But to help people meet their needs, libraries...