EOS OPAC Discovery

Hi class,

Since we are learning to use EOS in class, this piece of news will be of your interest:

http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16598

Best,
Rong

16 New Library Tech Stories

Hi class,

Check out the following posting on library tech stories:


http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/16-new-library-tech-stories-you-may-have-missed-2/

Rong

Enhanced E-Books

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading this posting about enhanced e-books and think a little further how would ILS cataloging module handle this kind of items?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/02/enhanced-e-books


Rong

Google+ Pages for Libraries

Hi class,

Check out this posting about G+ for libraries:

http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2011/11/google-pages-for-libraries.html

Best,
Rong

Pinterest

Have you heard about Pinterest?

http://pinterest.com/

Rong

Creative Commons Search Engine

Hi class,

Check this out: http://search.creativecommons.org/

Best,
Rong

OCLC Provides Websites for Small Libraries

Hi class,

This is a news about OCLC providing websites for small libraries using webcat (also allows place holds) for $500 annual fee.

The full posting is here:

http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201211.htm

And the sign up site is here:

http://beta.worldcat.org/lib/


Try it out your self (there is a 90 day trial period).

Rong