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

Popular Programming Languages

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