Library Cataloging
Lipstick on a Pig by Roy Tennant is a call-to-arms for OPAC reform. Worth a read.I first heard the expression "You can put lipstick on a pig and call it Monique, but it is still a pig" at the 1992 state Democratic convention. Ann Richards used it to describe George Bush's economic policy. I laughed so hard Cora had to pick me up off the floor. Ann was, and still is, a great speaker.
OPAC
- Opac Replaced By Fish
Christopher Harris at Infomancy has an OPAC replacement, a FISH. FISH: Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler. Using freely available tools has put together a system to replace the catalog. Seeing what he has done is fascinating and inspiring.With...
- The Opac And Oai
The winner of the OCLC software contest is Dazhi (David) Jiao of Bloomington Indiana for his OPAC.CAT-OAI integrates OAI harvesting and metadat searching to OPAC search engines and expands users' discoveries in a OPAC search results to related web-accesible...
- Enhanced Opacs
Does your OPAC provide services or tools beyond the norm? If so Steven Cohen, at Library Stuff, want to hear about it. Once he has had a few replies it might be a good place to get ideas for improving your own OPAC. OPAC...
- Xml And The Opac
The Shifted Librarian has a post worth a look on problems and possibilities for the OPAC and XML.The commentary continues. OPAC XML...
- Opac Display
Anyone have a resource that shows how the MARC fields should display in an OPAC? Our computer center is writing code for an on-line version of our OPAC. They would like some examples or standards to check out. The ISBD books lack the MARC coding....
Library Cataloging
OPAC Manifesto
Lipstick on a Pig by Roy Tennant is a call-to-arms for OPAC reform. Worth a read.I first heard the expression "You can put lipstick on a pig and call it Monique, but it is still a pig" at the 1992 state Democratic convention. Ann Richards used it to describe George Bush's economic policy. I laughed so hard Cora had to pick me up off the floor. Ann was, and still is, a great speaker.
OPAC
- Opac Replaced By Fish
Christopher Harris at Infomancy has an OPAC replacement, a FISH. FISH: Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler. Using freely available tools has put together a system to replace the catalog. Seeing what he has done is fascinating and inspiring.With...
- The Opac And Oai
The winner of the OCLC software contest is Dazhi (David) Jiao of Bloomington Indiana for his OPAC.CAT-OAI integrates OAI harvesting and metadat searching to OPAC search engines and expands users' discoveries in a OPAC search results to related web-accesible...
- Enhanced Opacs
Does your OPAC provide services or tools beyond the norm? If so Steven Cohen, at Library Stuff, want to hear about it. Once he has had a few replies it might be a good place to get ideas for improving your own OPAC. OPAC...
- Xml And The Opac
The Shifted Librarian has a post worth a look on problems and possibilities for the OPAC and XML.The commentary continues. OPAC XML...
- Opac Display
Anyone have a resource that shows how the MARC fields should display in an OPAC? Our computer center is writing code for an on-line version of our OPAC. They would like some examples or standards to check out. The ISBD books lack the MARC coding....