Library Cataloging
I've been listening to Paul Pival's presentation for the Sirsi/Dynix Institute, Show and Tell The Easy Way - An Introduction to Screencasting. Excellent introduction.It got me thinking we should have more of these in the context-sensitive help for our OPACs. Having them in their own space and as part of BI is nice, but having them at point of need is best. They are simple to do, it would be a snap for an institution to do one a month. Over time the most important or confusing topics would be covered. Even nicer would be for a vendor in include them in their product.CamStudio is a free tool to create screencasts, something to get started. I used it to create a couple that I posted to YouTube, resolution suffers there but it gives an idea.
Screencasts
- Linked Data For Libraries
OCLC has a video on YouTube, Linked Data for Libraries. "A short introduction to the concepts and technology behind linked data, how it works, and some benefits it brings to libraries." A nice fifteen minute introduction. ...
- Photo Album Of Library Events
Here is a PR idea that may be useful when your institution hosts an event. Create a template in MS Photo Story, or a similar product for the MAC. Select the music, have some photos and title and ending shots already in place. Then let the participants...
- Fun With Video
CamStudio make it so easy to create screen-capture videos. How can these be used in your institution? How about in the on-line training manual for new cataloging staff? How about where reference can see a demonstration of a search they rarely need, but...
- Podcast Metadata Tool
Greg Schwartz, of Open Stacks fame, in his Sirsi/Dynix Institute talk mentioned a very nice tool for creating metadata for podcasts, the Poderator. It builds both the itunes and standard metadata for your feed. Metadata...
- Z39.50
Here is the announcement of a new mail list for Bookwhere users, a popular Z39.50 client.Hello BookWhere users,Over the past few years the Bookwhere list has been used almost exclusively by Sea Change to communicate about new releases of the software....
Library Cataloging
Screencasting for Our Users
I've been listening to Paul Pival's presentation for the Sirsi/Dynix Institute, Show and Tell The Easy Way - An Introduction to Screencasting. Excellent introduction.It got me thinking we should have more of these in the context-sensitive help for our OPACs. Having them in their own space and as part of BI is nice, but having them at point of need is best. They are simple to do, it would be a snap for an institution to do one a month. Over time the most important or confusing topics would be covered. Even nicer would be for a vendor in include them in their product.CamStudio is a free tool to create screencasts, something to get started. I used it to create a couple that I posted to YouTube, resolution suffers there but it gives an idea.
Screencasts
- Linked Data For Libraries
OCLC has a video on YouTube, Linked Data for Libraries. "A short introduction to the concepts and technology behind linked data, how it works, and some benefits it brings to libraries." A nice fifteen minute introduction. ...
- Photo Album Of Library Events
Here is a PR idea that may be useful when your institution hosts an event. Create a template in MS Photo Story, or a similar product for the MAC. Select the music, have some photos and title and ending shots already in place. Then let the participants...
- Fun With Video
CamStudio make it so easy to create screen-capture videos. How can these be used in your institution? How about in the on-line training manual for new cataloging staff? How about where reference can see a demonstration of a search they rarely need, but...
- Podcast Metadata Tool
Greg Schwartz, of Open Stacks fame, in his Sirsi/Dynix Institute talk mentioned a very nice tool for creating metadata for podcasts, the Poderator. It builds both the itunes and standard metadata for your feed. Metadata...
- Z39.50
Here is the announcement of a new mail list for Bookwhere users, a popular Z39.50 client.Hello BookWhere users,Over the past few years the Bookwhere list has been used almost exclusively by Sea Change to communicate about new releases of the software....