Library Cataloging
Catalog Matters Podcast no. 18: Problems with Library Catalogs by James Weinheimer is available.
- Opac Design
Catalog by Design | The User Experience by Aaron Schmidt appeared in the latest Library Journal. It has created quite a heated exchange on AUTOCAT. Aside from paying very little attention to visual design and not caring about the impact of horrible typography,...
- Cataloging Matters
James Weinheimer has announced a new Cataloging Matters podcast, where he discusses cataloging interfaces....
- Cataloging Matters
I should have already mentioned this, but better late than never. Cataloging Matters is a podcast by Jim Weinheimer (who is already well known and respected from his participation in AUTOCAT and his weblog First Thus. He has already released the third...
- Marc
I was just listening to a podcast from Web Essentials 05, where the speaker was asking about old data archives. He was discussing the problems of data migration, and archiving. It occurred to me I have data from the mid-1980s that I use often. I've...
- 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...
Library Cataloging
Problems with Library Catalogs
Catalog Matters Podcast no. 18: Problems with Library Catalogs by James Weinheimer is available.
In the last episode, I provided some examples of how people want to manipulate data instead of plowing their way through masses of printed text but I went on to express my doubts that the information in catalog records is actually the type of information that most people want to manipulate. I would like to continue that discussion.
- Opac Design
Catalog by Design | The User Experience by Aaron Schmidt appeared in the latest Library Journal. It has created quite a heated exchange on AUTOCAT. Aside from paying very little attention to visual design and not caring about the impact of horrible typography,...
- Cataloging Matters
James Weinheimer has announced a new Cataloging Matters podcast, where he discusses cataloging interfaces....
- Cataloging Matters
I should have already mentioned this, but better late than never. Cataloging Matters is a podcast by Jim Weinheimer (who is already well known and respected from his participation in AUTOCAT and his weblog First Thus. He has already released the third...
- Marc
I was just listening to a podcast from Web Essentials 05, where the speaker was asking about old data archives. He was discussing the problems of data migration, and archiving. It occurred to me I have data from the mid-1980s that I use often. I've...
- 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...