Library Cataloging
OCLC has redesigned their Web site. I like most the improved placement of the OCLC Research materials. It even comes with an RSS feed. The other areas still lack this tool.Will we all need to change our bookmarks and links to the documentation? If we have been using PURLs we would be fine, but I doubt many, if any, of us were that prepared. Just an idea, maybe if a PURL exists for a page it should be displayed on the page or through some sort of autodiscovery method? That might encourage more use of PURLs.
- Oclc's Purl Server
OCLC has a new version of their PURL server running.The software is open source and was written for us by Zepheira. The original specifications for the new software allowed for some variation in the exact operation of PURLs. Our thinking was that part...
- Purl 2.0 Coming Soon
OCLC has announced an update to the PURL service.OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and Zepheira, LLC announced today that they will work together to rearchitect OCLC's Persistent URL (PURL) service to more effectively support the management...
- Purls
It looks like OCLC may be making some changes to the PURL service. The other day I found Big in Japan. It is a toolbox of Web services. Mash-up RSS feeds, RSS to e-mail, podcasting service, and elfURL among aother tools. ElfURL is a service to change...
- The Link Element & A Page's Purl
I don't understand why Persistent URLs are not more common. Using the LINK element in HTML documents to indicate a page's PURL is another tool that may make them more common.Bookmarking a page that has a PURL is difficult. The user must know about...
- Persistent Url
There is another PURL service available U-ID. This is a for profit organization. Seems to me the OCLC PURL system would be a better option for libraries. There is the need for these services. I just wonder why the OCLC service has not caught on more widely....
Library Cataloging
OCLC
OCLC has redesigned their Web site. I like most the improved placement of the OCLC Research materials. It even comes with an RSS feed. The other areas still lack this tool.Will we all need to change our bookmarks and links to the documentation? If we have been using PURLs we would be fine, but I doubt many, if any, of us were that prepared. Just an idea, maybe if a PURL exists for a page it should be displayed on the page or through some sort of autodiscovery method? That might encourage more use of PURLs.
- Oclc's Purl Server
OCLC has a new version of their PURL server running.The software is open source and was written for us by Zepheira. The original specifications for the new software allowed for some variation in the exact operation of PURLs. Our thinking was that part...
- Purl 2.0 Coming Soon
OCLC has announced an update to the PURL service.OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and Zepheira, LLC announced today that they will work together to rearchitect OCLC's Persistent URL (PURL) service to more effectively support the management...
- Purls
It looks like OCLC may be making some changes to the PURL service. The other day I found Big in Japan. It is a toolbox of Web services. Mash-up RSS feeds, RSS to e-mail, podcasting service, and elfURL among aother tools. ElfURL is a service to change...
- The Link Element & A Page's Purl
I don't understand why Persistent URLs are not more common. Using the LINK element in HTML documents to indicate a page's PURL is another tool that may make them more common.Bookmarking a page that has a PURL is difficult. The user must know about...
- Persistent Url
There is another PURL service available U-ID. This is a for profit organization. Seems to me the OCLC PURL system would be a better option for libraries. There is the need for these services. I just wonder why the OCLC service has not caught on more widely....