Library Cataloging
I neglected to point to the free virus checker, AVG. This is only free for home users. They do offer discounts to non-profits on their paid product. It's worth asking.I also neglected to mention a firewall. Win XP comes with one, if you have that system make sure to turn it on. The default setting is off. A better option is to download the free version of Zone Alarm.
- Protecting Machines
The previous entry reminded me of just how much trouble it is to protect machines now. Installing and updating a virus checker and patching the OS is no longer enough. Now there is spyware to consider. Most virus checkers will not catch this because it...
- Windows Tools
About a year ago I wrote about Konfabulator a nifty tool for creating small applications in OS X. I wished the same existed for Windows, since so many of our users have that platform.Well, it does and has existed, I just never bumped into it. DesktopX...
- 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...
- Tla
This morning I heard Eric Lease Morgan speak on library portals. The MyLibrary software is "free, like a kitten." Just a perfect turn of phrase, because it is so true. Bill Cosby was everything I expected. Whoever thought of him as a speaker and then...
- Mesh
I mentioned how much I liked the idea of free download of the GSAFD MARC records. It turns out the Medical Subject Headings have been available for quite some time for free download. They are available in MARC, XML and ASCII. OCLC still does not provide...
Library Cataloging
Protecting Machines Part 2
I neglected to point to the free virus checker, AVG. This is only free for home users. They do offer discounts to non-profits on their paid product. It's worth asking.I also neglected to mention a firewall. Win XP comes with one, if you have that system make sure to turn it on. The default setting is off. A better option is to download the free version of Zone Alarm.
- Protecting Machines
The previous entry reminded me of just how much trouble it is to protect machines now. Installing and updating a virus checker and patching the OS is no longer enough. Now there is spyware to consider. Most virus checkers will not catch this because it...
- Windows Tools
About a year ago I wrote about Konfabulator a nifty tool for creating small applications in OS X. I wished the same existed for Windows, since so many of our users have that platform.Well, it does and has existed, I just never bumped into it. DesktopX...
- 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...
- Tla
This morning I heard Eric Lease Morgan speak on library portals. The MyLibrary software is "free, like a kitten." Just a perfect turn of phrase, because it is so true. Bill Cosby was everything I expected. Whoever thought of him as a speaker and then...
- Mesh
I mentioned how much I liked the idea of free download of the GSAFD MARC records. It turns out the Medical Subject Headings have been available for quite some time for free download. They are available in MARC, XML and ASCII. OCLC still does not provide...