LIS531R Library Automation Systems

Presentation on Mobility and handheld librarians

2012-02-02T14:37:00.001-08:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in reviewing this keynote presentation on mobility and the emerging user ecosystems:

http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/handheld-librarians-abram

Best,
Rong

The Truth about the Tablet

2012-02-02T14:28:00.000-08:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading this posting on --

Educators are getting iPads and ereaders into students’ hands—but it’s not easy

http://tinyurl.com/higheredtablets

Best,
Rong

Job Announcement: Systems Librarian, Forest Park, GA

2012-02-02T14:22:00.001-08:00

LAC Group seeks a professional Systems Librarian toimplement and start-up an integrated library system (ILS) for our governmentclient located in Forest Park, GA, outside of Atlanta. This will be a full-time position for 6 monthsto a year of service working with library software and information to get thenewly acquired Sirsi/Dynix Symphony ILS system up and running. This position requires someone with a SecretClearance (or higher), or one who can attain clearance with a thoroughbackground check. This position issubject to award.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Have management or technical experience in the areas ofanalysis, evaluation, planning, design, development, implementation and supportof complex programs, primarily working with Integrated Library Systems(Sirsi/Dynix Symphony)).

• Experience in planning and overseeing large-scalesoftware implementations or technical programs

• Has knowledge of library techniques, systems andprocedures with some knowledge of sources of reference on bibliographicalmaterial.

• Experience in the analysis, design, development,installation or support of routine computer software programs in broadmulti-user areas such as: acquisition/development of systems and equipment, librarysystems; archival systems, knowledge and information management;

• Must have previous experience working with Sirsi/DynixSymphony ILS, or similar, particularly in the areas of implementation

To Apply: In order to be considered please apply via thislink: http://bit.ly/xqcF2f

To view all of our open opportunities please visit: http://careers.lac-group.com/

LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Actionemployer and values diversity in the workforce.

Kluane LaBelle

HR Assistant

240.292.0494 - direct

301.231.5999 - main

301.231.5990 - fax

11820 Parklawn Drive, Suite 400

Rockville, MD 20852

www.lac-group.com

System Librarian Position, Douglas County Libraries, CO

2012-01-26T15:01:00.001-08:00

Integrated Library System Administrator Position: Douglas County Libraries, CO

*Pleaseexcuse cross-posting.*

Wouldn'tyou jump at the chance to work for an organization that is known for itsoutstanding service and high standards of productivity, vision-directed with afocus on strategic planning, committed to going beyond traditional libraryservices using new technologies? Wouldn’t you love to focus your work onthe exciting eBook revolution? Wouldn’t it be amazing to work in anoutstanding, highly educated community with excellent schools, parks and nearbyurban amenities? Well, let me tell you how:

TheDouglas County Libraries, nationally ranked #1 in the nation for its size inHennen's American Public Library Rating Index is seeking an innovative, self-starter and committed Integrated Library System Administrator with primaryresponsibility for administering, developing, and supporting the Library'sHorizon integrated library system (ILS). In addition to developing allthe features of the ILS, writing code/scripts to interface with APIs, anddeveloping other code such as JavaScript, the ILS Administrator helps to ensurethat the Library's Web services as they relate to the ILS are patron friendlyand easily accessible.

Asa member of the IT Department, the position reports to the Associate Directorof IT and is part of the infrastructure team and works closely with the otherIT teams, as well as other library colleagues, patrons, and community partnersto provide access to information, experiences and materials that support andenrich people's lives.

Requiredqualifications include:

· A bachelor's degree in Computer Science,MIS, or other related discipline

· 3+ years progressively responsibleexperience with library automation systems (ILS) or other major databasesystems (system administration, ability to create custom reports).

· Knowledge of online tools used forcollaborative development and project management.

· Experience with library catalogingpractices and library practices and procedures (collections and technicalservices, circulation, reference, in-depth understanding of MARC formats,AACR2, etc.).

· Extensive experience with SQL or asimilar database reporting and modification language, and with RDBMS (pref.Sybase, MS SQL, MYSQL) administration.

· Proficiency in server managementincluding Linux/Unix administration, shell scripting, web and Java serveradministration, Windows server management; and other programming or SQL/reportlanguages experience.

Desiredqualifications include:

· Experience administering the SirsiDynixHorizon system.

· Master’s degree in Library andInformation Science from an ALA accredited institution

· Experience working with HTML, XML,metadata, XSL, Java or JavaScript.

· Knowledge of Open Source Technologies andTools

Salary Range: $4,074.98 - $5,702.56 Monthly

Goto http://jobs.douglascountylibraries.orgto apply and or to see full job description and qualifications.

MoniqueSendze | Associate Director of Information Technology

100 SouthWilcox Street | Castle Rock, CO 80104

Phone:(303) 688-7617 | Cell: (303) 335-0223

Email:msendze@dclibraries.org |Website: www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org

**USA's #1 Library (Hennen American Public Library Ratings, 2009, 2010)**

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those whocannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." Alvin Toffler

Library Automation News

2012-01-22T13:14:00.000-08:00

Hi class,

Welcome to my LIS531R blog site. Thorough out the semester, I will be posting news and information related to library automation and ILS.

Speaking of which, LJ just published today on the top tech trends discussed at ALA Midwinter this morning:

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/01/future-of-libraries/ala-midwinter-2012-from-consumer-electronics-through-post-ils-top-tech-trends-run-the-gamut/

Enjoy reading it!

Rong

Open Source ILS Maps

2009-12-10T07:09:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-29T07:18:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-21T05:58:00.000-07:00

Check out:

http://duraspace.org/duracloud.php

The State of China's Book Industry

2009-10-21T05:48:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-15T06:40:00.000-07:00

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

LITA Forum Presentation Files

2009-10-14T11:09:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-13T12:36:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-13T12:33:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-12T04:50:00.000-07:00

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

SIRSI/DYNIX getting sued

2009-10-07T08:11:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-06T12:28:00.001-07:00

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

New Utility

2009-10-06T12:22:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:53:00.001-07:00

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

Open source answers for libraries

2009-09-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T14:02:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T13:45:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-24T05:43:00.000-07:00

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

The google wars

2009-09-24T05:36:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-18T05:32:00.000-07:00

http://www.windowshop.com/

Try it and see how you like it!

LibLime and Koha

2009-09-17T11:06:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-15T08:50:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-15T08:26:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-12T13:25:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-10T09:36:00.001-07:00

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

2009-09-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

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

Popular Programming Languages

2008-12-08T12:09:00.000-08:00

On Tim O'Reilly's blog, Marc Hedlund posted a piece and a graph showing programing languages demand. And it is avaialable here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/precipice/31218845/

Out of these, how many do you know?

Rong

Search Terms by Categories

2008-11-24T15:03:00.000-08:00

The proportion of search terms by categories based on users' search of NYPL Web site.

http://labs.nypl.org/2008/11/24/stat-of-the-week-no2-search-terms-by-category/

LibLog landscape 2007-2008

2008-11-24T15:01:00.000-08:00

http://www.lulu.com/content/4898086

Google search wiki and Web history

2008-11-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

A new product from Google. Very neat. You login to your account, you can change the results order and give comments for each site.

Now you can also view your Web browse history using Google's "Web history."

Evergreen new release

2008-11-24T11:13:00.000-08:00

http://coffeecode.net/archives/175-Evergreen-1.4.0.0-RC2-and-OpenSRF-1.0.1-are-out.html

NextGen OPAC bibliography

2008-11-22T21:37:00.000-08:00

http://arlisnamw.wordpress.com/virtual-poster-sessions/whats-hot-whats-not-trends-in-technologies-and-services-in-libraries/next-generation-opacs-current-practices-future-opportunities-for-art-libraries/next-generation-opacs-bibliography/

LESS TALK, MORE CODE

2008-11-13T14:55:00.000-08:00

A list of technology/software that you may be interested in. Evergreen and Talis are among them:

http://oxfordrepo.blogspot.com/2008/11/useful-interesting-inspiring.html

Rong

Survey research on library practices

2008-11-13T14:36:00.000-08:00

Here is a site that contains several survey research reports on library practices including the Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices; Academic Library Cataloging Practices Benchmarks:

http://www.primaryresearch.com/index.html

Rong

The evolving federation of search

2008-11-11T09:06:00.000-08:00

A nice article about the evolution of search technology --

http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/The-evolving-federation-of-search--51415.aspx

Techstatic

2008-11-11T08:55:00.000-08:00

A newly launched site features reviews of tech books:

http://www.thetechstatic.com/

Rong

Reference Extract

2008-11-10T16:36:00.001-08:00

Check out this project that plans to use librarians to work as search engines:

http://referencextract.org/

Rong

Comparision of institutional repository software

2008-11-10T07:58:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

You may be interested in reading the following posting regarding various features of Digital Commons, DigiTool, DSpace, and Eprint.

http://metalogger.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/comparing-some-institutional-repository-solutions/

Craftspace now supports SOPAC

2008-11-06T13:26:00.000-08:00

Craftspace is currently integrating SOPAC with their yourlibrarysite service.

http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/sopac-integration-through-yourlibrarysite110408/

Here is the site they have worked on:

http://www.pvld.org/

Rong

Google Alerts

2008-11-05T14:45:00.000-08:00

You can set up an RSS feeds through google alerts:

http://www.google.com/alerts

All the best,
Rong

Breaking up OCLC?

2008-11-05T06:54:00.000-08:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading this blog from Terry Reese on "What would it look like if OCLC was broken up?"

http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/blog/archives/579

Rong

Library Automation Survey 2008 by Breeding

2008-11-05T05:49:00.001-08:00

All,

Breeding is doing 2008 library automation survey here:

http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=91

You've all read the 2007 perception survey from the class. I am looking forward to hearing his results in this year's survey!

Rong

Stanford and SirsiDynix's project on searching and display in orginal scripts of CJK

2008-11-02T06:07:00.000-08:00

Press release available on:

http://www.librarytechnology.org

2008-10-31. Stanford University Libraries and SirsiDynix Partner for
State-of-the-Art, Original Script Access , [SirsiDynix]
Stanford University and SirsiDynix officially announced the completion
of a project that now allows searching and display of the library’s
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean holdings in the original scripts. In a
previous related project, functionality for searching, sorting, and
displaying was made available for Arabic and Hebrew scripts.

RDA draft and Halloween

2008-10-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Roy Tennant makes a comment about draft release day of RDA Coinciding with Halloween.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/130035213.html

Rong

JHU Digital Book Features in its OPAC

2008-10-18T15:45:00.000-07:00

Check out this blog on the digital book project in Johns Hopkins. Click on its links to "OPAC" and "link resolver" to see how the digital book items displaying through OPAC and link resolver. It is amazing how they integrate google books search, amazon, Internet Archive, and many other features in their catalog. Unbelievable!

http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/umlaut-digital-book/

Rong

XC -- the eXtensible Catalog (developed by Univ of Rochester) Web site

2008-10-18T15:22:00.000-07:00

The XC will be released next year. Check out its Web site:

http://www.extensiblecatalog.org/

Rong

Open Source Participant Satisfaction Survey

2008-10-16T09:54:00.001-07:00

Hi all,

You may be interested in learning about this survey that is conducted by someone from Victoria University at Wellington in NZ:

http://surveys.sim.vuw.ac.nz/survey.aspx?surveyid=205

All the best,

Rong

Libraries and IT Departments

2008-10-15T14:18:00.000-07:00

You may be interested in hearing this audio discussion on libraries and IT depts from Chronicle of Higher Education:

http://chronicle.com/media/audio/v55/i07/techtherapy/

Best,

Rong

Surpass searchpoint

2008-10-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Surpass searchpoint is a federated search tool that works with the Surpass databases. Here is the link to its demo site:

http://wfx.webfeat.org/wfsearch/menu?cid=10454

See you next Tuesday,

Rong

EnvisionWare PC management software

2008-10-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

I heard some good reports of the EnvisionWare's PC reservation software that helps to manage the public library's PC use.

http://www.envisionware.com/en/pc_reservation

Rong

Liblicense

2008-10-13T06:52:00.001-07:00

Hi class,

As we will talk a little about contracts/licensing in tomorrow's class, here is a link to liblicense site at Yale that contains good information about licensing for digital information:

http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml

Rong

OPALS ILS

2008-10-08T05:16:00.001-07:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in exploring another OSS ILS called OPALS that is mediaflex's product. My source say that the prices is $750 per year in terms of support.

http://opals-na.org/

http://www.mediaflex.net/showcase.jsp?n=OPALS%99&product_number=F05800

See you next week,

Rong

Negative comments about III

2008-10-06T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

You will find the following blog on customers' criticism of Innovative Interfaces, Inc to be interesting.

http://thebookpile.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/if-i-were-innovative-i-would-be-worried/

See you tomorrow,

Rong

The future of librarianship

2008-10-05T14:36:00.000-07:00

Enjoy this funny image about the reference librarian:

http://speakquietly.blogspot.com/2008/10/future-of-librarianship.html

Rong

Content Management Systems and Resources

2008-10-01T14:30:00.000-07:00

1. Various CMS:

2. Resources:

(1) Comparing wikis:

http://www.wikimatrix.org/

(2) Content Management Software:

http://www.cmsmatrix.org/

http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php

Rong

Joomla! Another Open Source Content Management Software

2008-10-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out the OSS content management software (you've heard about WordPress, Drupal in class) Joomla!

http://demo.joomla.org/

And Royal Oak Public Library in MI uses Joomla for their library Web site:

http://www.ropl.org/

Rong

Misio -- Textalibrarian

2008-09-30T11:33:00.000-07:00

Misio has been used by some libraries for "text-a-librarian" services:

http://www.mosio.com/

Rong

2008 Access Conference Program

2008-09-30T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Here is the link to Access Conference Program that Scot mentioned that he will be attending:

http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/program/

Rong

OpenLibrary and OpenBook

2008-09-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple more open source social tagging types of systems:

1. Open Library (part of Internet Archive):

http://openlibrary.org/

2. OpenBook.

Read an article about openbook here:

http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/105

Best,

Rong

Blogs on RFP

2008-09-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

As we move towards library automation planning, there are two blog pieces you may find interesting regarding the RFP:

1. By Roy Tennant:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1210033721.html

2. By Latcorp:

http://latcorp.blogspot.com/2008/09/rfp-rant.html

See you tomorrow,

Rong

Cornell Making of America

2008-09-27T07:05:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out Cornell University Making of America Digital collection:

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

Rong

New OPAC -- SOPAC and VuFind

2008-09-27T04:48:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in learning about SOPAC (Drupal-based). It is the next generation OPAC that has a lot of library2.0 features. Their version2.0 just came out, and it is implemented in Darien Library. The OPAC display has both item record and item review tabs, and the tag cloud is on the right side:

http://www.darienlibrary.org/catalog

The excellent Ann Arbor District Library uses SOPAC version 1.0. I am very fond of their card catalog image feature:

http://www.aadl.org/catalog/

There is also an Open Source next gen OPAC called VuFind. Below are the two libraries using VuFind on top of their ILS:

http://library.villanova.edu/Find
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/

See you on Tuesday,
Rong

ALA automation bibliography: New URL

2008-09-24T05:16:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Apparently, ALA just launched the new Web site, so the link to the automating libraries bibliography has been moved to:

http://staging.ala.org/ala/aboutala/hqops/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet21.cfm

Best,

Rong

Zoomify

2008-09-21T09:56:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out Zoomify technology that is used by Kansas City Public Library for their local history special collection the image collection.

http://www.zoomify.com/default.htm

And KClibrary's local history collection site is at:

http://www.kchistory.org/

See you on Tuesday,
Rong

swetswise

2008-09-21T01:58:00.001-07:00

Hi class,

SwetsWise is a useful e-journal management tool. I will mention it in class on Tuesday. Meanwhile, here is its URL:

http://www.swets.com/

Rong

Biblio Tech

2008-09-20T16:58:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out biblio tech:

http://www.ringgold.com/biblio-tech/

You may want to compare it with Breeding's librarytechnology site.

Best,
Rong

ALA Library Automation Bibliography

2008-09-20T05:39:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

You will find the following resource to be very useful. I will add this to the course Web site the materials/resources section:

http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet21.cfm

See you on Tuesday,
Rong

An Open Source Interview

2008-09-17T13:06:00.001-07:00

Hi class,

You might be interested in reading the following interview with LibLime's original designer, Ellyssa Kroski:

http://www.web2learning.net/archives/2204

Rong

woldcat review

2008-09-17T06:54:00.001-07:00

Hi class,

Here is a recent review on worldcat:

http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00014665/01/TCA0804.pdf

Rong

face search engine

2008-09-17T05:38:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out the face search engine:

http://www.facesaerch.com/

Rong

OSS Web-based cataloging

2008-09-11T10:38:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out the following presentation --

http://code4lib.org/conference/2008/catalfo

Best,

Rong

Federated Searching and the Value of Librarians

2008-09-10T06:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a post by Carl Grant on librarian and federated searching tools:

http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/09/10/we-librarians-need-to-remember-what-our-value-is-in-providing-metasearching…/

Rong

Library's Social Network Software Use Policy

2008-09-10T06:31:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the social network software use policy developed by Binghamton University Libraries:

http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/socialsoftware.html

Rong

100 questions to ask federated searching vendors

2008-09-08T08:22:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the following article:

http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/09/08/100-questions-to-ask-federated-search-vendors/

See you tomorrow in class,

Rong

Google Chrome

2008-09-05T14:15:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Have you tried Google's browser Google Chrome? I am now typing this posting from Chrome.

Check it out:

http://www.google.com/chrome/

See you in our first class meeting on Tuesday!

Rong

worldcat identities

2008-09-03T06:06:00.000-07:00

Hi class,

Check out the worldcat identities system. You can find famous authors' publishing profile and patterns there. It is a very neat tool:

http://orlabs.oclc.org/Identities/

Rong

Welcome

2008-02-01T05:47:00.000-08:00

This blog was set up for Rong Tang to post materials/comments on Library Automation system. This is a part of LIS531R at GSLIS, Simmons College, Fall 2008.

LIS531R Library Automation Systems

Presentation on Mobility and handheld librarians

The Truth about the Tablet

Educators are getting iPads and ereaders into students’ hands—but it’s not easy

Job Announcement: Systems Librarian, Forest Park, GA

System Librarian Position, Douglas County Libraries, CO

Library Automation News

Open Source ILS Maps

Upcoming Conferences

DuraCloud

The State of China's Book Industry

Ten Technologies to Increase Communication in Your Organization

LITA Forum Presentation Files

Lyrasis conference

Open Source Coordinator

Slow Rise of E-Books

SIRSI/DYNIX getting sued

Public Libraries Using twitters

New Utility

Articles about organizational use of twitter

Popular E-book readers

Open source answers for libraries

Video conferencing; Virtual Classroom Freeware

After Losing Users in Catalogs, Libraries Find Better Search Software

100 ways of using twitter in libraries

The google wars

Amazon's windowshop

LibLime and Koha

Top Ten Things Library Administrators Should Know About Technology

Integrated Library Systems Position

reSearcher: Open Source Software for Libraries

plone CMS

evergreen index

Articles about APIs and Open Source

pubget.com

Fall 09 Class

Popular Programming Languages

Search Terms by Categories

LibLog landscape 2007-2008

Google search wiki and Web history

Evergreen new release

NextGen OPAC bibliography

LESS TALK, MORE CODE

Survey research on library practices

The evolving federation of search

Techstatic

Reference Extract

Comparision of institutional repository software

Craftspace now supports SOPAC

Google Alerts

Breaking up OCLC?

Library Automation Survey 2008 by Breeding

Stanford and SirsiDynix's project on searching and display in orginal scripts of CJK

RDA draft and Halloween

JHU Digital Book Features in its OPAC

XC -- the eXtensible Catalog (developed by Univ of Rochester) Web site

Open Source Participant Satisfaction Survey

Libraries and IT Departments

Surpass searchpoint

EnvisionWare PC management software

Liblicense

OPALS ILS

Negative comments about III

The future of librarianship

Tag Clouds tools

Content Management Systems and Resources

Joomla! Another Open Source Content Management Software

Misio -- Textalibrarian

2008 Access Conference Program

OpenLibrary and OpenBook

Blogs on RFP

Cornell Making of America

New OPAC -- SOPAC and VuFind

ALA automation bibliography: New URL

Zoomify

swetswise

Biblio Tech

ALA Library Automation Bibliography

An Open Source Interview

woldcat review