Library Cataloging
About a year or so ago I bought MS Plus! Digital Media Edition. I registered it when I bought it. Worked fine until today. Now it is asking for a registration key. I can't be expected to keep track of cases forever. Calling MS help line is a long-standing joke. The software I own has just stopped working and I'm stuck. Downloading some free open-source tool that works when needed seems so much easier.I tried to submit a help request via their on-line form. After I submitted the request it took quite a time to send and then came back with a message saying it was not sent and to hit their back button. Hitting the back button did nothing but bring up the same page. I tried the whole process again with the same result.
Microsoft
- Open Source
Here is another example of why open source software is necessary. I've been using MS Money for years, mid-90s at least. A while back my version stopped working, just would not work any more without an upgrade. $35.00 just to keep using a program I...
- Day Against Drm
Access to the physical and intellectual contents of materials is a cornerstone of our profession. DRM can block both. Today is the Day Against DRM.A personal experience to show just how annoying DRM can be. I recently bought Neal Young's CD Road Rock....
- Cross Training
The article The Renaissance Librarian: Catalogers Working in Public Services by Douglas King has been published at LISCareer.com He discusses the benefits of working the reference desk and issues to consider before taking the plunge.I've always found...
- Open Url
An open source open URL linking program is available, GODOT (Generalized Online Documents Ordering Texts).It does the fulltext linking for a host of different databases and supports OpenURL linking. It uses a special version of jake (GODOTjake) for the...
- Open Source & Digital Libraries
Materials from the NISSAT-NCSI Workshop on Developing Digital Libraries using Open Source Software are available on-line. The open-source softwares used were E-Prints Archive Software and Greenstone Digital Library Software running on Linux. Thanks FOS...
Library Cataloging
Yet another Example of Why to Avoid Microsoft and Go Open-Source
About a year or so ago I bought MS Plus! Digital Media Edition. I registered it when I bought it. Worked fine until today. Now it is asking for a registration key. I can't be expected to keep track of cases forever. Calling MS help line is a long-standing joke. The software I own has just stopped working and I'm stuck. Downloading some free open-source tool that works when needed seems so much easier.I tried to submit a help request via their on-line form. After I submitted the request it took quite a time to send and then came back with a message saying it was not sent and to hit their back button. Hitting the back button did nothing but bring up the same page. I tried the whole process again with the same result.
Microsoft
- Open Source
Here is another example of why open source software is necessary. I've been using MS Money for years, mid-90s at least. A while back my version stopped working, just would not work any more without an upgrade. $35.00 just to keep using a program I...
- Day Against Drm
Access to the physical and intellectual contents of materials is a cornerstone of our profession. DRM can block both. Today is the Day Against DRM.A personal experience to show just how annoying DRM can be. I recently bought Neal Young's CD Road Rock....
- Cross Training
The article The Renaissance Librarian: Catalogers Working in Public Services by Douglas King has been published at LISCareer.com He discusses the benefits of working the reference desk and issues to consider before taking the plunge.I've always found...
- Open Url
An open source open URL linking program is available, GODOT (Generalized Online Documents Ordering Texts).It does the fulltext linking for a host of different databases and supports OpenURL linking. It uses a special version of jake (GODOTjake) for the...
- Open Source & Digital Libraries
Materials from the NISSAT-NCSI Workshop on Developing Digital Libraries using Open Source Software are available on-line. The open-source softwares used were E-Prints Archive Software and Greenstone Digital Library Software running on Linux. Thanks FOS...