Open Source ILS Maps

Thanks to John Rodzvilla who sent me this link:

http://www.web2learning.net/archives/3399?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+web2learning%2FYOVk+(What+I+Learned+Today...)

Upcoming Conferences

1. Library Technology Conference 2010

http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/libtech_conf/2010/

2. Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2010

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2010/index


Best,
Rong

DuraCloud

Check out:

http://duraspace.org/duracloud.php

The State of China's Book Industry

In case you are interested:

http://shanghaiist.com/2009/10/21/the_state_of_chinas_book_industry.php

Rong

Ten Technologies to Increase Communication in Your Organization

http://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-live-in-time-unprecedented-for.html

LITA Forum Presentation Files

Hi class,

You may be interested in checking out the presentations for LITA forum (not NISO forum that we attended). There is a presentation on unlocking ILS data which may be relevant to our course.

http://connect.ala.org/node/83274

See you tomorrow in class!

Rong

Lyrasis conference

Thanks to Matt who sent the following link:

http://www.lyrasis.org/Classes%20and%20Events/Catalog/B/Bibliographic%20Services%20Conference%20Not%20Your%20Grandmas%20Library.aspx


Best,
Rong

Open Source Coordinator

Thanks for Libby who sent the following link:


http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/display_jobs.php?num_results=35&job_id=5880&sequence=0&expirationdate=2009-11-20&idlist=5880%205879%205878%205877%205876%205874%205872%205870%205869%205868%205867%205866%205865%205864%205863%205861%205859%205857%205856%205855%205854%205853%205851%205849%205847%205845%205844%205843%205842%205841%205835%205834%205832%205825%205803&location_search=&jobtype_search=&institutiontype_search=&educationtype_search=&jobs_group=&sort_order=date

Rong

Slow Rise of E-Books

http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/10/research-information-slow-rise-of-e.html

SIRSI/DYNIX getting sued

Thanks to Andromedia who sent the following link to me:

http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/10/sirsilawsuit.html

The full compliant is on Breeding's site --

http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=14288


Rong

Public Libraries Using twitters

http://sites.google.com/site/whytwitterstls/public-libraries-using-twitter

New Utility

Check out Breeding's article

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6700415.html

on a new bibliographic utility services:

http://theskyriver.com

and he also mentioned Koha's biblios.net

http://biblios.net/


Check them out.

Rong

Articles about organizational use of twitter

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407881&c=2

http://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/08/twitter-for-organizations.html

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407984&c=1

Popular E-book readers

http://www.digital-book-readers.com/?p=366

Open source answers for libraries

Hi class,

Check out the following open source tools:

Gimp
Scribus
Omeka
VuFind
Blacklight
reservesdirect
libstats
zotero
opengoo
camstudio
limesurvey
webhuddle
aptana
thunderbird
Yahoo Pipes
Zoho


See you in class,
Rong

Video conferencing; Virtual Classroom Freeware

Hi class,

You may want to use one of the following tools for your team work when you can not be physically together but you would like to meet on the Web --


http://vyew.com

http://www.dimdim.com/

http://wiziq.com


And you also have the link the VRoom in your e-learning folder.

Best,
Rong

After Losing Users in Catalogs, Libraries Find Better Search Software

Hi class,

Libby sent me the link to a very interesting article published on the Chronicle of Higher Education, relevant to our class:

http://chronicle.com/article/After-Losing-Users-in/48588/

Best,
Rong

100 ways of using twitter in libraries

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/14885

The google wars

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the following article appeared on Library Journal:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6698035.html

For details about the Google Book Settlement, go to:

http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/agreement.html


See you in class!
Rong

Amazon's windowshop

http://www.windowshop.com/

Try it and see how you like it!

LibLime and Koha

Hi class,


Please read the recent reactions about LibLime provides a liblim client version of KOHA:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1050048905.html

http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/09/liblime-forks-koha.html

http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=126&BlogID=1

Rong

Top Ten Things Library Administrators Should Know About Technology

by Roy Tennant

http://techessence.info/topten

1. Technology isn't as hard as you think it is.
2. Technology gets easier all the time.
3. Technology gets cheaper all the time.
4. Maximize the effectiveness of your most costly technology investment -- your people.
5. Iterate, don't perfect.
6. Be prepared to fail.
7. Be prepared to succeed.
8. Never underestimate the power of a prototype.
9. A major part of good technology implementation is good project management.
10. The single biggest threat to any technology project is political in nature.

Integrated Library Systems Position

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the following job announcement about ILS administrator that was posted not long ago:

http://lcldinfo.wikispaces.com/CRSN+Open+Positions

This should show you that what you learn from this class is very useful in lending a job.

See you on Thursday,
Rong

reSearcher: Open Source Software for Libraries

Hi Class,

You may be interested in checking out Simon Fraser University in Canada's reSearcher's page:

http://researcher.sfu.ca/

Best,
Rong

plone CMS

Hi class,

I just heard from another professor about the plone content management system. Have you used it before?

http://plone.org/

Best,
Rong

evergreen index

Hi class,

You may be interested in checking out this index put together by people on the occasion of evergreen's 3 year birthday this month.

http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=235

Best,
Rong

Articles about APIs and Open Source

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the following blog pieces:

1. APIs and Vendor Lock-in:
http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/apis-and-vendor-lock-in/

2. OpenSource software:
http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2009/w-e-b-s-i-t-e-find-out-what-it-means-to-me/

See you in class!
Rong

pubget.com

So how many of you know about pubget.com? One of the medical researchers mentioned the tool to me, and she said she used it frequently to get fulltext medical research papers.

http://pubget.com/

Rong

Fall 09 Class

Hello and welcome,

I will be using this blog to post news/information related the recent development of library automation industry for LIS531R Fall09 class.

Stay tuned!
Rong