LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the OPAC interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/wm4Aw0ZbXe8/jobs-systems-librarian-university-of-la.html #3041 – Systems Librarian, University of La Verne  -- Wilson Library The University of La Verne invites applicants for a Systems Librarian (Assistant Professor), a non-tenure track 12-month faculty appointment. Reporting directly to the University Librarian, the Systems Librarian will use a high level of technical, instructional, and interpersonal skills. The responsibilities of this position include administering and providing technical support for all aspects of library technology including the Innovative Interfaces Millennium integrated library system, hardware and software installations and maintenance, library wireless, opac, proxy server, online resources and services such as LINK+, ILLIAD, ERM, OCLC, link resolver, research databases, e-journals, e-books, etc.; assisting the University Librarian with technology planning and project implementation; serving as primary liaison with the university’s Office of Information Technology to coordinate all library systems’ installation, upgrade and maintenance; supervise one full-time staff member (Electronic Services Technician); serving as liaison to database and online service providers; providing technology training to library staff; providing research consultation services to library users in a multi-disciplinary environment using multiple formats (in-person, e-mail, phone, and chat); developing, promoting, and delivering effective library research skills/information literacy instructional sessions, seminars and workshops for both on-campus and off-campus programs; developing the library collection by selecting materials for acquisition in all formats; serving as liaison with selected academic departments; maintaining a program of professional development. ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:44:00 +0100 868359 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7729 State: New Jersey Library Web Developer/Designer Princeton University Library Princeton, New Jersey Requisition #1000633 The Princeton University Library comprises a large central library and nine specialized libraries that are heavily used by an academic community of 6,400 students, 1,100 faculty members, and many visiting scholars. To support the diverse needs of its users, the Library holds some six million printed volumes, ranging from incunabula to current imprints, and provides access to many other records of human knowledge, such as ancient papyri and cylinder seals, modern literary manuscripts, and recently produced electronic databases and journals. The Library employs more than 300 professional and support personnel, complemented by a large student and hourly workforce. Please consult the Library Web site at http://library.princeton.edu/ for more information. Available: Immediately Description and Responsibilities: The Web Developer position will help the Library Web Development Manager on specific projects to deliver more library content and services to our users from our web sites. Specific projects may include designing new sites, or using new web services technologies to improve the user experience in discovering, searching, finding, or acquiring library materials and content. Additionally, the position will assist in implementing the Drupal CMS, customizing the interface for the latest version of the OPAC, and creating mobile ready versions of the library web site and catalog. Customization tasks for the new NextGen Discovery system will be a large component of the work. Projects will also likely include implementation of open source code created in other libraries, using various API's made available by Google, OCLC, or Code4Lib members, as well as various library vendors. This position will also be assigned other digital library projects as the need arises. ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:20:04 +0100 867342 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7762 State: New Jersey Library Web Developer/Designer Princeton University Library Princeton, New Jersey Requisition #1000633 The Princeton University Library comprises a large central library and nine specialized libraries that are heavily used by an academic community of 6,400 students, 1,100 faculty members, and many visiting scholars. To support the diverse needs of its users, the Library holds some six million printed volumes, ranging from incunabula to current imprints, and provides access to many other records of human knowledge, such as ancient papyri and cylinder seals, modern literary manuscripts, and recently produced electronic databases and journals. The Library employs more than 300 professional and support personnel, complemented by a large student and hourly workforce. Please consult the Library Web site at http://library.princeton.edu/ for more information. Available: Immediately Search Committee: (Princeton access only) Description and Responsibilities: The Web Developer position will help the Library Web Development Manager on specific projects to deliver more library content and services to our users from our web sites. Specific projects may include designing new sites, or using new web services technologies to improve the user experience in discovering, searching, finding, or acquiring library materials and content. Additionally, the position will assist in implementing the Drupal CMS, customizing the interface for the latest version of the OPAC, and creating mobile ready versions of the library web site and catalog. Customization tasks for the new NextGen Discovery system will be a large component of the work. Projects will also likely include implementation of open source code created in other libraries, using various API’s made available by Google, OCLC, or Code4Lib members, as well as various library vendors. This position will also be assigned other digital library projects as the need arises. ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:20:04 +0100 867336 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/27/new-san-jose-public-library-mobile-app-now-available-for-iphone-joins-versions-for-other-mobile-devides-already-available/ The other day we noted that the Los Angeles Public Library was now “mobilized” using Boopsie technology. Today, we head north to San Jose, CA where the San Jose Public Library completes the release of their mobile app that’s also being powered with technology from Boopsie. Actually, we used the word complete because what’s actually new today is the release of the iPhone version of SJPL Mobile. Other versions (Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, etc.) have been online for over a month. We found a couple of Android app directories that listed SJPL Mobile (Android) being available since July 23, 2010. You can access the version that works for your mobile device by simply heading to sjpl.boopsie.com. You’ll be redirected to the URL for the version available for your device. If you’re an iPhone user you can also download a free copy of the app by heading to this URL. Some Features Include: + Use of GPS (if available) to assist in finding closest branch. + A Direct Link to EBSCO Mobile. It’s great to see mobile versions linking directly to other mobile tools. We need to see more of it. Yesterday, we pointed out that text-to-speech is now available for all EBSCOhost databases accessible on desktop and laptop computers. While no date has been announced and it’s still something that EBSCO is considering, text-to-speech would be especially valuable on mobile devices. + A Link to Review New Materials Added to the Collection. The new “new book shelf” of the 21st Century. (-: + Contact Info for Questions and Homework Help + Of course, staples available on most mobile library sites including OPAC search, an event calendar, and user access to their accounts. Finally, we really like the design of the opening screen and the SJPL logo used at the top of each page. Kudos to the SJPL Digital Futures Dept. (great name, btw) and the entire library staff. ... Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:21:56 +0100 866651 http://bibliotheque20.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/apple-store-iv-les-bibliotheques/ Que peut-on trouver dans l’apple store, dans des champs bibliothéconomiques ? 4è partie : nous / nos homologues J’ai été sur l’iphone pour rechercher les appli qui sortent quand j’appelle : « bibliothèque » ou « mediathèque » Aucune bibliothèque La Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie : quelques livres du domaine public accessibles Des titres de la maison d’édition « bibliothèque digitale » Bdessinée : plateforme type babelio pour les BDs Books App : plateforme type babelio ILoveBooks : plateforme type babelio Libfly : plateforme bien connue, avec webservices à destination des bibliothèques (proprio = Archimède) En anglais : les « library » Beaucoup de choses diverses et variées Bibliothèque du congrès : 2 appli Une appli « Virtual Tour » : visite des locaux avec archives de qq expo marquantes Une appli « NewsReader » : aggrégation de flux rss dont ils sont la source Wattpad : 100.000 livres électroniques en lecture (Gratuit) Université Illinois : Nouveaux titres en français du catalogue Université de Cornell accès a l’opac horaires compte usager askal (tel, mel, IM) Wahsington Public Lib OPAC critiques sur les notices horaires&co réservations Southern Maryland idem Orange County OPAC Interface de recherche travaillée spécifiquement Auckland University OPAC dont nouveautés Brown University OPAC Avec un mode de recherche simplifié San Francisco Public Lib Mon compte L’accès à l’opac est payant Denver « creating communities » consortium culturel pour créer une plateforme communautaire. ... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:41:22 +0100 867004 http://bsf.org.br/2010/08/15/opac-do-koha-3-2-em-portugues/ O Koha é um dos melhores e mais utilizados softwares livres para bibliotecas no mundo. Mas ainda não existia uma tradução em português do Brasil. Eu consegui fazer uma tradução que ainda está incompleta, mas já está bem utilizável. Escolhi usar os arquivos comprimidos ao arquivo .PO por este último ainda ter alguns problemas. pt-br Está no Wiki do RABCI um pequeno tutorial de instalação do Koha 3.2 no Debian Squeeze. em posts relacionados. Visite o blog e faça sua busca manual. (Source: Bibliotecários Sem Fronteiras 2.0) Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:43:00 +0100 867118 http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/08/14/new-hybrid-ils-front-end.html A regional group of public libraries in Antwerp, Belgium have announced a new hybrid OPAC for their library software. They have merged WordPress with AquaBrowser to create a web presence with the capabilities they felt were most important for their libraries, notably local searching, faceted browsing, local news and announcements, and a fast, consistent design across all elements of the site and catalog. This isn’t the first time WordPress has been used as an OPAC front end.  The Scriblio project has been around for several years.  Other projects that provide catalogs similar to AquaBrowser are The Social OPAC (SOPAC) and VuFind. There is no mention of what ILS software is running in the background, but the hybridization of these two capable and solid OPAC enhancers is a positive step.   I suspect that we will be seeing an increasing number of front-end designs in the future, especially if developers increase the usability for both the patron and the libraries by combining the strengths from multiple projects. found on Open Source Living, via Nicole Engard (Source: LibrarySupportStaff.Org) Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:56:18 +0100 867179 http://www.librarian.net/stax/3297/now-thats-how-you-do-a-foss-press-release/ The Howe Library in Hanover NH has just moved their ILS to Evergreen. They sent out a very cool press release. Here is the first paragraph. In a technology move designed to cut taxpayer costs, Howe Library is pleased to announce it has moved its entire bibliographic catalog and circulation system to Evergreen, an open-source integrated library system used by hundreds of libraries nationwide and in Canada. Moving to Evergreen will save considerable taxpayer dollars, primarily in annual service fees and upgrades. Talk about upbeat! Instead of saying “Hey we’re going to have some downtime.” or “Here is all the new stuff you need to know.” they focus on the things that will affect everyone, lower fees and stable trusted software. Nice work team. Here’s the press release, now linked on their site. (Source: librarian.net) Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:06:09 +0100 867451 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/04/new-mobile-web-site-research-medical-library-the-university-of-texas-md-anderson-cancer-center/ The mobile site went live a few weeks ago. It appears crisp and clean on our iPhone and the icons look great. You can access the mobile site at: http://www3.mdanderson.org/library/mobile/ The mobile site includes: + Library Hours + Library Location (with Google Map) + Access PubMed (Links to Unbound Medicine Version of Medline) + The UptoDate Service (Login Required, Only Available on Certain Platforms) + The Library’s Twitter Feed + Contact Information Built using iWebKit Source: MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas See Also: July was a busy month at the Research Medical Library. The also went live with a new OPAC. Here’s a video the library made available with a brief intro. They’re using Voyage/WebVoyage from ExLibris. The Research Medical Library is also part of the Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium. (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:15:48 +0100 864674 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/ezFR/~3/X65rxARg6CY/ The new bookless/electronic engineering library opened yesterday in Palo Alto, CA. Here’s the announcement from yesterday and a look at their web site. Much More in an Article (Published Last Week) in Stanford News: The Engineering Library’s move from the Terman Engineering Center to the new Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center was an opportunity to do more than just haul books from one building to another – and the librarians jumped at the chance to create a state-of-the-art library. “It’s going to be gorgeous,” said Helen Josephine, head librarian for the Engineering Library. “There’s a lot of new technology going into this. “We’ve been working on this for the last three years – we’re anxious to get in and get going. I’m really excited about it. I can’t wait to show it off to the students,” she said. She’ll get that chance when the library opens on Aug. 2, with a campus-wide invitation to tour the new engineering center and library on Sept. 8. The new library at the Huang Center will be less than half the size of its predecessor at Terman – about 6,000 square feet compared with the earlier 16,000 (and that’s not counting footage from the physics and computer science libraries that have merged into the new library as well). The revamped library will have a completely electronic reference desk with four Kindle 2 wireless reading devices. It will be the first on campus to have a self-checkout and book security system; by this fall, it also will have 15 ebook readers that library patrons may take home like regular books. Librarians will not be staffing a desk to help students and faculty, said Josephine, “but we’ll be more available when they need us.” Available, that is, through email, online chatting and Facebook. An online journal search tool called xSearch will scan 28 online databases, a grant directory and more than 12,000 scientific journals. ... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:46:26 +0100 864395 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/03/articlevideo-stanford-u-opens-new-bookless-engineering-library-blacklight-deep-web-part-of-the-mix/ The new bookless/electronic engineering library opened yesterday in Palo Alto, CA. Here’s a blog post from yesterday about the new Terman Engineering Library and a look at their web site. Much More (including a video) in an Article (Published Last Week) in Stanford News: The Engineering Library’s move from the Terman Engineering Center to the new Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center was an opportunity to do more than just haul books from one building to another – and the librarians jumped at the chance to create a state-of-the-art library. “It’s going to be gorgeous,” said Helen Josephine, head librarian for the Engineering Library. “There’s a lot of new technology going into this. “We’ve been working on this for the last three years – we’re anxious to get in and get going. I’m really excited about it. I can’t wait to show it off to the students,” she said. She’ll get that chance when the library opens on Aug. 2, with a campus-wide invitation to tour the new engineering center and library on Sept. 8. The new library at the Huang Center will be less than half the size of its predecessor at Terman – about 6,000 square feet compared with the earlier 16,000 (and that’s not counting footage from the physics and computer science libraries that have merged into the new library as well). The revamped library will have a completely electronic reference desk with four Kindle 2 wireless reading devices. It will be the first on campus to have a self-checkout and book security system; by this fall, it also will have 15 ebook readers that library patrons may take home like regular books. Librarians will not be staffing a desk to help students and faculty, said Josephine, “but we’ll be more available when they need us.” Available, that is, through email, online chatting and Facebook. ... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:36:14 +0100 864251 http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/08/02/one-possible-oclc-solution.html I am going to be very presumptuous and put forth a possible solution to the OCLC situation. Ready? Divide OCLC in two. One entity, which we will call OCLC.org (just to keep from having to make up some name for one of them) will encompass the bibliographic collective of thousands of libraries worldwide. Membership fees will be the primary source of income for this non-profit organization.  They will serve as a repository of bibliographic records and collective resources available to members at minimal or no cost.  Minimal would mean the amount needed to recoup the expense to provide whatever services.  OCLC.org would truly be a non-profit organization. OCLC.org could be governed by a board made up of member library representatives, voted in by general election.  It could hold conventions every few years to debate the charter and map the future of the collective. The bibliographic records contained in the WorldCat database would be licensed with minimal restrictions, primarily to ensure that more restrictive licensing could not be imposed upon them by others.  A license such as the Creative Commons ShareAlike could be a starting point for discussion. Recognizing that the data contained within the records is part of the Public Domain would encourage the organization to search for funding models that didn’t include paying piecemeal for records. A means of searching, adding, editing, and retrieving records would need to be maintained, but cataloging services and software would be outside the scope of the organization.  Software such as xISBN and xISSN would be a good fit for the database, especially since the complete WorldCat API would be open and available to all, and services like these would add to the value of the collection. An OPAC-like interface such as WorldCat.org may, or perhaps may not, be necessary. ... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:27:19 +0100 864516 http://www.betabib.org/2010/08/02/unlocking-the-full-power-of-your-library-with-encore-synergy/ I en tid av web scale discovery och aggregerade index är Encore Synergy en lite udda fågel. Innovative Interfaces har valt att möta konkurrenterna genom att fokusera på att utveckla Encore gränssnittet mot Millennium med en modul för samsökning. Genom att erbjuda användaren en vy för lokalt katalogdata och en vy för artiklar och externa databaser menar Innovative att de har ett verktyg som uppfyller Discoveryplattformarnas krav på enkelhet och ”goes beyond the limitations of both federated search and aggregated index models”. Inlåst på Innovatives kundwebb finns det en webinar som förklarar produkten och upplägget. Efter att ha kikat på den och på de installationer som finns tillgängliga på Deakin University Library, Saginaw Valley State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of San Diego och HELIN konsortiet är jag tveksam till om Encore lever upp till sina ambitioner. Ja, det är praktiskt att kunna rulla vidare med Encore om man haft det som sitt gränssnitt för OPAC. Användarna är bekanta med hur den fungerar och genom att lägga till en vy/modul för artiklar så får man en gemensam ingång och det fungerar ungefär som tidigare. Men det stora problemet är och förblir parallellsökningen. Varje extern resurs som skall samsökas måste konfigureras. Innovative anger inte vilka databaser man har stöd för eller vilken teknik som används. Men man säger att det sker via ”webservices” och att de är snabba. Ändå får man vänta på resultat och jag tycker att gränssnittet har problem. Eftersom varje resurs hanteras individuellt redovisas de individuellt. Relevansrankning är samma som man får från källan. I bästa fall kan man erbjuda ett begränsat antal facetter (fulltext och peer reviewed). När man söker i det lokala indexet så spränger man in resultat från artikelsökningen i träfflistan i en egen ”tips-tier”. Det är sådär och ställer till träfflistan för mig. Intrycket blir rörigt. ... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:57:37 +0100 864378 http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/08/01/guide-to-the-skyriver-vs-oclc-lawsuit.html Marshall Breeding at LibraryTechnology.org has gathered together resources and information regarding the lawsuit filed by SkyRiver against OCLC: Guide to the SkyRiver vs. OCLC Lawsuit (Source: LibrarySupportStaff.Org) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:31:09 +0100 864518 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16629 Colleagues/ In addition to to my interest in MashUps (and/or Readers) that allow one to Create A Cloud Tag From An RSS Feed > RSS > TagCloud > 4 > CD : WebFeed-Based TagClouds For Collection Development > i-CD [ http://bit.ly/dyLrF5 ] I am also interest in any initiative implementation in which an RSS feed can be used o search an OPAC / WorldCat / Any Database in order to identify relevant items related to the topics of the RSS search results > To further identity publications/information resources /etc. that might support an individual / departmental / institutional Current/Emerging Research Foci , I am interested in using RSS feeds from Dissertations & Theses < at > Iowa State (D&T [At] ISU) for the departments/subjects for which I have formal Collection Development responsibilities ] As A Search Statement For Searching Select Databases >>> Another Scenario >>> Shall We Call This > Citation Searching On Steroids [:-)] Please Post Any/All Recommendations/ Thoughts / Reactions As A (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 863288 http://bibliotheque20.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/opacs-mobiles-co-utilisation/ Fin fevrier, la bibiothèque de Toulouse lancait un OPAC mobile. En plus de son OPAC standard, jeunesse et anglais. I. Que vaut cette nébuleuse d’opacs ? Voici, les statistiques d’utilisation sur les 3 derniers mois, des usagers de chez eux : J’ai pris un indice 1000 pour l’opac standard   OPAC Standard OPAC Mobile OPAC Jeunesse OPAC Anglais Home 1000 4,9 3,6 0,6 Liste des résultats 1000 4,4 4,2 0,1 Notice biblio 1000 5,4 4,9 0,0 Les opac « mobile » comme « jeunesse » sont employés dans une proportion de 5 pour 1000 – donc. II. Et donc qui surfe en mode mobile ? 63% d’iphones (et c’est pas moi !!!) 9% d’android iPhone  350 62,28 % iPod  53 9,43 % Android  50 8,90 % Samsung  26 4,63 % iPad  24 4,27 % SymbianOS  22 3,91 % BlackBerry  21 3,74 % LG  6 1,07 % Windows  6 1,07 % PalmOS 3 0,53 % (Source: Des Bibliothèques 2.0) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:45 +0100 864402 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/rhZeeWYIerA/ Andreas Neumann, der sich um den “mobilen Katalog” OPACplus der BSB kümmert, hat diesen etwas getunt. Er arbeitet ja mit einer Browserweiche (der Katalog, nicht Andreas) und stellt also – wenn man die Adresse vom normalen PC aufruft – die für den PC optimierte, “normale” Ansicht dar. Man findet jetzt aber im rechten Bereich des Fensters den Link “mach mobil”, mit dem auch die Darstellung auf einem mobilen Endgerät simuliert wird. Gute Idee! (Source: netbib weblog) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:43:02 +0100 862836 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/19/presentation-oclc-canadas-daniel-boivin-on-online-catalogs-what-users-and-librarians-want/ By: Director, Daniel Boivin, OCLC Canada From: 2010 BC Library Conference, Penticton, BC; April 22-24, 2010 Made Available via E-LIS on July 19, 2010 From the Abstract: Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want summarizes findings from research conducted by OCLC on what constitutes quality in library online catalogs from both end users and librarians’ points of view. In 2008, OCLC conducted focus groups, administered a pop-up survey on WorldCat.org – OCLC’s freely available end user interface on the Web – and conducted a Web-based survey of librarians worldwide. The Online Catalogs report presents findings from these research efforts in order to understand: · The metadata elements that are most important to end users in determining if an item will meet his or her needs · The enhancements end users would like to see made in online library catalogs to assist them in consistently identifying appropriate materials. The enhancements librarians would recommend for online library catalogs to better assist them in their work The findings indicate, among other things, that although library catalogs are often thought of as discovery tools, the catalog’s delivery-related information is just as important to end users. Access Presentation (45 Slides; PDF) See Also: Full Text Article: Accessing the Collection of a Large Public Library: An Analysis of OPAC Use See Also: Resource Discovery and the Library Catalog: VuFind Releases Version 1.0, Beta is Over (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:18:50 +0100 860834 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16589 Dear colleagues: The deadline for submitting new proposals of chapters for the book "Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the Landscape 2.0." has been extended until 1 September 2010. The full text of accepted papers should be submitted on November 5, 2010. The main topics for proposals are: • New and Innovative library systems • OPAC 2.0 products • User interfaces for libraries and library systems. • Library services and products 2.0 • Behavior Library 2.0 user information • Social networks on libraries 2.0 • Library data visualization. • Collaborative technologies on libraries • Semantic libraries and open data • Theory and reflection about library 2.0 Detailed information can be found at http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=10166 http://igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEditorResources/CallForBookChapters/CallForChapterDetails.aspx?CallForContentId=4ae6e1c4-904b-4d83-8a4a-9ece2171fccb Yours, J. Tramullas (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 860512 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/17/full-text-article-accessing-the-collection-of-a-large-public-library-an-analysis-of-opac-use/ by Dr Vivienne Waller Research Fellow, Institute of Social Research Swinburne University of Technology Access Full Text Article (27 pages; PDF) From the Abstract: Despite widespread use of Internet search engines, the online catalogue is still the main pathway to the collection of a particular library. The use of Internet search engines does, however, have implications for user expectations around the online catalogue, and search strategies when using the online catalogue. There is much research on online catalogue use that predates search engine use, and there is a need for more up-to-date research, particularly on the use of online catalogues in public libraries. This paper reports on an analysis of transaction logs of end users of the online catalogue of a large public library in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. It compares searches over four years, taking into account the search settings and search strategies and looking at search success, including the reasons for search failure. The paper also introduces the concept of abandonment rates to online catalogue search, defining a metric that adds to the useful information that can be determined from transaction logs. The paper uses the findings as the basis for its concluding recommendations for how public library users can be assisted to find what they are looking for on the library catalogue. Access Full Text Article (27 pages; PDF) Source: LIBRES (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:55:54 +0100 860228 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/3HRMqIwl2Fw/vufind-out-of-beta-with-10-release.html VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to search and browse through all of your library's resources by replacing the traditional OPAC to include: * Catalog Records * Locally Cached Journals * Digital Library Items * Institutional Repository * Institutional Bibliography * Other Library Collections and Resources VuFind is completely modular so you can implement just the basic system, or all of the components. And since it's open source, you can modify the modules to best fit your need or you can add new modules to extend your resource offerings (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:50:20 +0100 859898 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/07/vufind-10-released.html Today, VuFind 1.0 has been released.In addition to improved stability, the new release includes several features missing from the previous release candidate:Flexible support for non-MARC metadata formatsA mobile interfaceDewey Decimal supportIntegration with Serials Solutions' SummonDynamic "recommendations modules" to complement search results with relevant tipsHere is the description of VuFind from their home page.VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to search and browse through all of your library's resources by replacing the traditional OPAC to include:Catalog RecordsLocally Cached JournalsDigital Library ItemsInstitutional RepositoryInstitutional BibliographyOther Library Collections and ResourcesVuFind is completely modular so you can implement just the basic system, or all of the components. And since it's open source, you can modify the modules to best fit your need or you can add new modules to extend your resource offerings. (Source: Catalogablog) Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 859870 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/tiiclZ1j4t0/ Sigi Jöttkandt has self-archived "The Accessibility of Open Access Materials in Libraries" in E-LIS. Here's an excerpt: Librarians often champion open access (OA) as a sustainable alternative to the current scholarly communications system, which is widely accepted as being in a state of crisis. However, there has been little insight into how far libraries are making this support tangible by providing access to OA publications in their OPACs and other library pathways. This study conducted a large-scale survey of US library holdings to determine the extent that records of journals from the Directory of Open Access Journals are held by WorldCat-affiliated Academic libraries. It then followed up with a questionnaire inquiring into the attitudes and practices of librarians from 100 libraries that were ranked highest out of the total population in terms of their holdings of DOAJ journals. The main objective of the study was to develop a better understanding of the factors influencing the incorporation of OA materials into a university library’s holdings, where and by what means they typically appear on library websites, and how librarians feel about having these materials in their collections. Our findings suggest that the majority (54%) of WorldCat-affiliated US academic libraries have at least one record for a DOAJ journal in their holdings. It additionally suggests that librarians from institutions holding high numbers of DOAJ records generally have very positive attitudes towards OA, even though most of the respondents from these institutions were largely unaware that their holdings were more heavily weighted towards DOAJ records than at comparable institutions. Regarding library selection of OA titles, a journal’s subject matter was highlighted as a more important consideration than its access model. ... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:01:57 +0100 859729 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/2Ab56-aq0WE/ In Würzburg wurde der KirchenOPAC eingerichtet, der die Bestände der Diözesanbibliothek Würzburg, der Forschungsbibliothek der Deutschen Augustiner, “Bibliotheca Augustiniana” und der Bibliothek des Karmelitenordens, “Bibliotheca Carmelitana Provinciae Bavariae OCD” umfasst. [via osthessen-news] (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:51:48 +0100 859847 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/2Ab56-aq0WE/ In Würzburg wurde der KirchenOPAC eingerichtet, der die Bestände der Diözesanbibliothek Würzburg, der Forschungsbibliothek der Deutschen Augustiner, “Bibliotheca Augustiniana” und der Bibliothek des Karmelitenordens, “Bibliotheca Carmelitana Provinciae Bavariae OCD” umfasst. [via osthessen-news] (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:51:48 +0100 858731 http://www.youtube.com/v/nxVwsKNv08Q&hl=es_ES&fs=1 Manuel Erice escribía hace poco acerca del periodismo y cómo sobrevivir a la revolución de este oficio. Conforme leía el artículo, encontraba, como ya es habitual, más coincidencias entre este oficio y los bibliotecarios, por varias razones que intentaré argumentar al hilo de las palabras del propio Erice.Citando a Vittorio Sabadin y su libro «El último ejemplar del New York Times», en el que describe la imagen de «hombres de mediana edad, impermeable y sombrero» que rebosaban los vagones del metro en hora punta con la cartera en la mano primero, y con el periódico en el bolsillo años más tarde, y cómo hoy se estarían convirtiendo en hombres -y mujeres- absortos en sus móviles o en cualquier otro dispositivo digital, en busca de las últimas noticias, en texto, en foto y ya también en vídeo.Los cambios tecnológicos van tan deprisa que apenas se ha asentado un mito, surge otro que lo derrumba como un castillo de naipes y así, ahora vemos como el mismísimo uso tradicional de internet a través del pc se ve desbordado por otros soportes que no obligan al usuario a estar atado a la oficina o su casa para trabajar o estar informado.Esta es la realidad que Erice describe, y es la misma realidad que una y otra vez leemos a través de los informes y noticias que nos llegan (porque nos llegan, ya no las buscamos).Y sin embargo los líderes, los gestores de nuestras bibliotecas siguen sin darse cuenta cuando estamos exactamente ante la misma situación. ¿Cuantas bibliotecas se han puesto las pilas y ofrecen la versión móvil de su web?, ¿cuantas bibliotecas han superado la preeminencia de lo textual para ofrecer información multimedia? Parece mentira que llevemos ya tanto tiempo hablando de los cambios tecnológicos y de comportamiento de los usuarios y veamos tan pocas evidencias en las webs de las bibliotecas y en la oferta de sus productos y servicios. Acostumbrados a las normas, nos limitamos a respetarlas, pero no a innovar. ... Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:33:00 +0100 856768 http://litablog.org/2010/07/mods-and-mads-current-implementations-and-future-directions/ MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions ALA Annual Conference 2010 Sunday, June 28, 2010 10:30 to noon Intro, Jenn Riley: Metadata Librarian, Indiana U. Digital Library Program MODS 3.4 schema released June 2010. MODS/MADS editorial committee considering overall direction for MODS 4.0. mods 3.4 has support for RDA descriptions better handling of subject vocabularies (specify vocabulary at relevant subject subelements, specify vocabularies and terms by URI. Better support for multilingual cataloging expanded the use of the usage attribute expanded use of the displayLabel attribute. Ability to bind a specific name to a title to create a Uniform title. The ability to mark selected elements as containing cataloger-supplied data (rather than brackets, etc.). Various changes to make the schema itself for consistent, easier to manage and of greater utility to other applications importing elements from the MODS namespace. For mods 4.0 thinking of a more formal data model, maybe RDF. Want to encourage linked data and hope that the more formal model may help. Give feedback on the MODS listserv Speakers: Bill Leonard, Library and Archives Canada In 2004 national archives and national library of Canada merged. This meant that they had to merge all of their data and records. They have a federated search to both the archival and bibliographic descriptions: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all They are also building a trusted digital repository using these metadata standard: METS PREMIS MODS Government of Canada records management metadata standard (records are received this way and then stripped down to the archival core set, eventually mapped to MODS to be placed in the TDR) archival core set ARK MODS is the common schema for all the descriptions within the TDR. Another project is Canadiana Authorities: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canadiana-authorities/index-e.html. ... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:56:28 +0100 856635 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/01/a-mobile-web-site-from-the-brooklyn-public-library/ Brooklyn Public Library goes mobile via a beta that is linked at the very bottom of the regular web site. You can access the BPL mobile site at: http://m.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ Services: + Branch Info (Times, Maps, Directions) + OPAC Search & Web Site Search + Featured Events at the Library + A Collection of Brooklyn Photos + Recommended Material (Not Working at the Moment) + Direct Link to iTunes to Download the AccessMyLibrary App for iPhone/iPod and iTouch (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:16:06 +0100 856309 http://bsf.org.br/2010/06/28/biblioteca-alexandria-bibliotheca-alexandrina/ Olá colegas de trabalho, sentiram minha falta? Tenta dizer isso sem parecer metido, mas eu estava de férias, e dei uma passadinha de leve na Biblioteca de Alexandria. O que dizer? Não muito. Vocês tem que ir lá ver. Eu gostei do design; da luz natural; de ver a biblioteca cheia de gente, usuários e visitantes; da biblioteca como espaço cultural, além de só biblioteca caixa de livros; da exposição de prensas; exposição de papiros (que eu sorrateiramente entrei sem pagar); das mesas com computadores, luminárias e tomadas; wifi potente; estantes; amplitude física (todos os andares são visíveis entre si); das seções dividas por personas (crianças, jovens, adultos). Não gostei de ter que pagar para entrar (usuários locais podem pagar uma taxa anual equivalente a R$60, não sei se dá direito a empréstimo, talvez apenas o direito de usufruir o espaço e o acervo. Ou seja, não é uma biblioteca pública); acervo aparentemente incompleto, estantes relativamente vazias; opac relativamente ultrapassado, não condizente com a imponência da biblioteca física. Qualque pergunta específica sobre a biblioteca, façam nos comentários e eu respondo. Fotos, fotos, fotos no meu flickr Posts relacionados:Joshua Prince-Ramus e a biblioteca de Seattle Biblioteca de São Paulo – Carandiru (Source: Bibliotecários Sem Fronteiras 2.0) Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:45:45 +0100 855670 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoesfera/~3/vY57TOBrIIM/10-ideas-20-para-bibliotecas.html 10 ideas 2.0 para bibliotecasLa web social ofrece múltiples posibilidades para que las bibliotecas desarrollen sus servicios. Gracias a la web social, las bibliotecas disponen de nuevos procedimientos para realizar su actividad tradicional de formación, información o recreación. Pero lo más destacado es que las tecnologías participativas ofrecen posibilidades inéditas para que las bibliotecas pongan en marcha nuevos proyectos para la relación con sus usuarios, la transmisión de información, el uso de recursos y el apoyo al ciudadano en sus necesidades formativas. La web 2.0 termina con la idea de que Internet es el escaparate en el que las bibliotecas deben exponer sus servicios y colecciones. La web se plantea como un espacio bibliotecario, en el que la relación con el usuario es real y los servicios bibliotecarios son directos y efectivos. La web deja de ser un mero medio desde el que la biblioteca ofrece servicios que se disfrutan en el plano físico, para convertirse en un medio-fin, es decir, en el espacio a través del cual se establece la comunicación con el usuario, al que se prestan servicios bibliotecarios completos mediante medios telemáticos. En los siguientes párrafos se aportan algunas ideas sobre cómo aplicar servicios y tecnologías 2.0 a la actividad bibliotecaria, además de algunos servicios gratuitos con los que poner en práctica estas sugerencias. Qué hacer con la web social Con qué hacerlo1. Publicar contenidos. Todas las bibliotecas tienen que estar en la web y no siempre se dispone de los recursos tecnológicos, económicos y humanos suficientes. La web social ofrece tecnologías y plataformas sencillas y gratuitas para que las bibliotecas estén presentes en Internet. ... Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:04:00 +0100 854881 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7473 State: International To apply, go to the City of Boulder job site: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=4270 Feel free to contact the hiring manager, Matthew Hamilton, with questions at: hamiltonm@boulderlibrary.org Boulder Public Library website: http://boulderlibrary.org/ Systems Librarian-Boulder Public Library and the Flatirons Library Consortium Under limited supervision to administer the integrated library system for the Flatirons Library Consortium (Boulder Public Library, Louisville Public Library, and Maime Doud Eisenhower Public Library). Manages the web-based events calendar and virtual reference tools, and performs related duties as required for the Boulder Public Library and the City of Boulder. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Administers and supports the integrated library system (ILS) for the Flatirons Library Consortium (FLC). (40%) This includes: * Manages all systems operations and oversees the production of statistical reports. * Acts as primary contact to ILS vendor for acquiring bids and new software modules, reporting problems, and requesting support. Handles all system upgrades. * Works collaboratively to support library acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, reference teams by researching, evaluating, recommending and testing new software, hardware and techniques for information delivery that improve access and are compatible with the ILS. * Coordinates with Library Innovation & Technology (LIT) staff on troubleshooting and reporting ILS issues to the vendor and the planning, implementation and operation of all technology that affects the ILS used by the Boulder Public Library (BPL) system and consortium member systems. * Manages the interface and handles billing of third party software and/or vendors that support the ILS. * Supports the LIT Manager in creating the annual ILS billing for the consortium, pro-rating costs based on several measured factors. ... Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:00:02 +0100 854237 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16454 Call for Chapter Proposals Proposal Submission Deadline: July 10, 2010 Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape A book edited by Dr. Jesús Tramullas and Dr. Piedad Garrido University of Zaragoza (Spain) ## Introduction Library automation was an interesting research topic and a classical development in the eighties and nineties. However, during the last decade, big research effort was centered in digital libraries, leaving library automation in the background. Nevertheless, the beginning of web 2.0 and social networks favored the resurgence of library automation, since available methods and techniques made possible the design and implementation of novel ways of managing, accessing and dissemination of the information throughout libraries and information services. The combination of different technologies previously used in digital libraries, the integration of social network tools, and the popularization of digital information access through special (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 853206 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15152 Systems Librarian (Boulder Public Library, Colorado) Under limited supervision the Systems Librarian administers the Integrated Library System for the Flatirons Library Consortium (Boulder Public Library, Louisville Public Library, and Maime Doud Eisenhower Public Library). Additionally, this candidate will manage the web-based events calendar and virtual reference tools, and perform related duties as required for the Boulder Public Library and the City of Boulder. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Administers and supports the integrated library system (ILS) for the Flatirons Library Consortium (FLC). (40%) This includes: • Manages all systems operations and oversees the production of statistical reports. ... Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:50:01 +0100 852941 http://bibliotheque20.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/une-application-smartphone-a-la-bibliotheque-de-toulouse/ Après avoir lancé une version mobile de leur opac, La bibliothèque de Toulouse va développer une application pour smart-phone. Vous pourrez suivre cette actualité sur leur page facebook dédiée (Source: Des Bibliothèques 2.0) Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:22:49 +0100 853933 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/i4jCdsRunXU/ Sehr schön, dass immer mehr KollegInnen die Möglichkeiten von vufind als zeitgemässe Alternative zu  den Dinosaurierkatalogen von PICA in den lokalen Bibliothekssystemen austesten. Wir erinnern uns an die noch nicht recht von Erfolg gekrönten Bemühungen der GBV-Kataloge auf dem Weg ins Internet. Ein Projekt von Jörg Schmitt und Marcel Stehle, der bachelopac, ist gerade in einem ersten Test (ein Weblog dazu gibt es natürlich auch), Christian hat einen sehr lesenswerten Text zu seiner vufind-Installation geschrieben VuFind installieren – ein kurzer Erfahrungsbericht und gibt sich optimistisch Ich prophezeie VuFind (und anderen freien Katalog-Oberflächen) einen baldigen Durchbruch in Deutschland. Es wird Zeit, dass das Bibliothekswesen in Deutschland seine wichtigsten Werkzeuge selbst in die Hand nimmt. Wie so eine Katalogoberfläche auch sehr zeitgemäß aussehen kann (verspielte Naturen können das Design sogar wählen), zeigt sehr gut der gemeinsame Katalog von der Swansea Metropolitan University, der Swansea University und des Trinity University College iFind [via Joerg Schmitt]. (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:11:40 +0100 852140 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/06/11/vufind-installieren-ein-kurzer-erfahrungsbericht/ Vor fast genau 3 Jahren habe ich hier zum ersten Mal über VuFind berichtet, Anfang 2008 dann noch mal darauf hingewiesen, wie wichtig Open-Source-Bibliothekssysteme doch als Innovationstreiber seien. Jetzt war es an der Zeit, die Gedankenspiele einmal in die Tat umzusetzen. Die TU Hamburg-Harburg ging zum 1. April mit gutem Beispiel voran und installierte VuFind. Auf einem (nur lokal zugänglichen) Testrechner habe ich dies nun auch gemacht. Erster Eindruck: so einfach wie lehrreich! Rechner vorbereiten. Ich habe einen uralten PC mit Ubuntu 10.4 ausgestattet. Netto-Arbeitszeit: ca. 30 Minuten. VuFind installieren. Dies kann man auf verschiedenen Wegen erledigen. Man kann das von Gerald Steilen gebaute inoffizielle Debian-Paket ausprobieren. Oder das Installations-Skript von der VuFind-Seite verwenden, das von Gerald ebenfalls modifiziert (Achtung, vermutlich nicht die aktuellste Version!) wurde. Wenn man Schritt 1 und 2 direkt hintereinander ausführt, ohne zwischendurch noch alles mögliche auszuprobieren, sollte die reine VuFind-Installation auch nicht länger als 1 Stunde dauern. Ich brauchte etwas länger, da ich zwischendurch über mehrere Kanäle (Twitter, Email, Telephon) großartigen Support von Gerald bekam. Vielen Dank an ihn und seine einschlägig vorbelasteten Kollegen von der VZG! Der Support war größtenteils nur notwendig, weil ich mein System vor der VuFind-Installation zum Teil kaputt konfigurierte. Daten einspielen. Dank Open Bibliographic Data kommt man als Bibliothekar inzwischen häufig leichter an bibliographische Daten aus anderen Bibliotheken als an die der eigenen. Für erste VuFind-Tests kann ich empfehlen: MARC records of UNC (Bibliothek der University of North Carolina). Die Daten werden problemlos importiert und sind in kleinen bekömmlichen Portionen erhältlich. Wenn man weiß, wie es geht, dauert es ca. 1-2 Minuten, solch ein Häppchen in den Solr-Index (die Suchmaschine hinter VuFind) zu kippen. ... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:19:23 +0100 851881 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/LuFoeOAE5S0/legacy-thinking-at-iii.html In search of the perfect "discovery platform" (formally known as the OPAC), I recently turned my attention to the new Encore Synergy product touted by Innovative Interfaces as "the only discovery solution that fully integrates next-generation article discovery technology into... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 851735 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/F8GMzvwTwOI/flame.html Take a moment for yourself.  Breathe.  Make something. Exercise your creativity by creating a canvas of universes, black holes, & comets with Flame, a gorgeous image generator that you control.  Colors, opacity, width, focus…  You can make really pretty stuff.  See myo wn creation below (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:30:42 +0100 852078 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lint/~3/4L4txAdVhHQ/ Week 1 in the #blogeverydayinJune challenge has come to a close.  It’s been an exciting and productive week to say the least! I am most impressed that all participating bloggers remain on the bandwagon to date. It seems @flexnib with her Day 6 meme about reading habits provided some light relief for a third of the blogging enthusiasts, particularly as some enjoyed a WA public holiday. The meme has provided some interesting librarian type revelations – drinking tea seems to be the favourite drink whilst reading with some very specific tea requirements – Lady Grey or green tea on Angels have the Phonebox, Madura loos in a pot for Strawberries of Integrity, Daintree white no sugar for moonflowerdragon and the very specific strong English Breakfast tea with a drop of milk and no sugar for our meme originator ruminations. Coffee made a fleeting appearance but in its generic coffee form, no grande double skinny mocha latte with a half sugar to be found! I was quite surprised to learn that perhaps I am the only librarian who regularly defaces books by marking them and making notes in them (and dare I add I have done this to a number of library books in my time – slap!).  I am grateful to Virtually a Librarian for joining in me as a confessed ‘dog earer’. With more respectable librarians it seems whilst bookmarks are preferred its more likely a receipt of some kind will be used. I must admit I have never considered the idea of being irritated by a book enough to throw it – although my mother did raise me with an immense respect for books (I cut my doll’s hair and drew all over them but I never once defaced a book – well in my childhood anyway!) But two of our meme participants admitted to it – LiberryDwarf threw Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper and whilst Feral Librarian Tales admitted to the ‘crime’ declined to share the victim. ... Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:23:19 +0100 851836 http://www.betabib.org/2010/06/07/en-tydlig-kb-strategi-skapar-tillit-i-den-nationella-infrastrukturen-for-informationsforsorjning/ STRATEGI strat¹egi⁴, äv. -ʃi⁴, ngn gg äv. -ji⁴, r. l. f.; best. -n l. -en; pl. -er. (förr äv. -egie) [jfr t. strategie, eng. strategy, fr. stratégie; av gr. στϱατηγία, strategs ämbete l. myndighet, till στϱατηγός, strateg (se STRA- TEG). Jfr STRATEGISK, STRATEGIST] [STRATEGI 1] 1) mil. konst (se d. o. 3 e) att föra l. leda krig, krigförings- konst, fältherrekonst, härförarkonst; numera bl.: konst att långsiktigt o. övergripande föra l. leda krig med självständigt opererande förband, t. ex. en hel armé l. hela arméer l. ett lands o. d. alla stridskrafter (o. övriga (militära) resurser); motsatt: taktik; förr äv.: konst att teoretiskt planlägga l. förbereda krig (i stort); i ä. tid ofta uppfattat l. avgränsat på olika sätt; äv. om läran om sådan konst; jfr STRATEGETIK. STURTZENBECHER (1805). Strategien bestämmer .. Planen til et företag; Tactiken: Sättet at utföra en plan. LEFRÉN Förel. 1: 9 (1818). Konsten att anordna och sätta trupperna i rörelse på operationstheatern .. kallas strategi. SYLVAN Vial 2: 4 (1863). Hand i hand med strategien går hos .. (G. II A.) politiken: i hvarje ögonblick är han på samma gång statsman och fältherre WEIBULL LundLundag. 22 (1882). Lärare (vid Kungl. Krigshögskolan) .. i strategi. SvStatskal. 1918, s. 313. Napoleons förintelsestrategi angav riktlinjerna för den kommande utvecklingen (inom krigskonsten), varunder strategi och taktik ställdes i direkt samband med varandra. HT 1932, s. 266. Kulturen 1962, s. 122. jfr SJÖ-, SKRIVBORDS-, SKÄRGÅRDS-, UTMATTNINGS-STRATEGI. [STRATEGI 2] 2) i överförd anv. av 1: konst (se d. o. 3 e) l. metod l. teknik att (gm skickligt manövrerande) långsiktigt o. övergripande leda ngt (t. ex. ett företag l. en utveckling) l. ngn l. ngra i önskad riktning l. arrangera l. ordna ngt o. d.; jfr STRATEG 3. (G. III:s) politiska strategi. LEOPOLD 5: 335 (c. 1804). Gorm tittade .. ... Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:44:07 +0100 850456 http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php?title=ala_annual_2010_best_bets_for_metadata_l&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Below is a list of metadata and digital library-friendly sessions for ALA Annual 2010. Planning to attend a session or already reporting on a session? Think about blogging it here! If you would like to blog any of the sessions, please contact Kristin Martin at kmarti@uic.edu with your name, e-mail address, and preferred session. Fuller descriptions, when available, are linked to. See a section not on here that you think would be of interest? Suggest it! I've tried to be inclusive as possible with the sessions as metadata is a cross-disciplinary topic within library and information science. Sessions of interest include metadata, digital projects, digital technology, and cataloging, and are from all different groups within ALA. Note that many of the sessions are sponsored through LITA, which has its own blog and they are also looking for bloggers. They are listed here for interest and I will link to write-ups following the conference. Friday Sessions 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM on 06/25 FRBR Interest Group Location: MAY in Chinese BR Unit/Subunit: ALCTS 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM on 06/25 Cataloging and Classification Forum (CCS) Location: HIL in Lincoln Unit/Subunit: ALCTS - CCS 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM on 06/25 Electronic Resources Management Interest Group Location: HIL in Fairchild Unit/Subunit: LITA, ALCTS 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM on 06/25 Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group Location: JW in Commerce Unit/Subunit: ALCTS - CCS Saturday Sessions 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM on 06/26 Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group Program Location: MAD in Constitution Unit/Subunit: ALCTS 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM on 06/26 Grassroot Prog. ... Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:24:27 +0100 850102 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/06/05/recently-released-san-diego-state-universitys-mobile-web-site/ Access the SDSU mobile site at: http://infomobile.sdsu.edu/ The SDSU mobile site is loaded with resources. From library, campus, and regional maps to the San Diego St. OPAC (they’re using AirPac). Those with a login, password, and PIN can login and check their library record. You’ll also notice a journal finder and citation finder. lalso has the largest collection of mobile friendly web interfaces we’ve seen, We also really like how they’ve worked hard trying to make finding easier by hyperlinking each letter of the alphabet to the section of resources and databases that begin with that letter. Of course, this assumes that the user knows what they’re looking for The same “alphabet” concept is available for course guides, research guides, and the directory of library personnel. Finally, a mobile friendly list of library departments with department name, location, and phone number is available. Clicking on a department name takes you to info about those who work in that department. Finally, as you would expect library hours, news, phone number, and an email address. Excellent work. Perhaps in the next release they’ll make the actual site searchable since many just like to take them time to browse for an answer. We wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to allow chat with reference librarians when more features are released. The only other thing we would love to see here and at just about everywhere else is an audio tour of the library. This way students can learn about what is and is not available, where various resources are located, etc. at their own pace and replay sections from the audio if necessary. Access the SDSU mobile site at: http://infomobile.sdsu.edu/ (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:17:48 +0100 849882 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library_Automation_and_OPAC_2-_2010__Library_Automation_and_OPAC_--- Library Automation and OPAC 2. 2010 : Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape - Conference and Journal. (Source: pligg - all) Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:00:19 +0100 849776 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eclecticlibrarian/~3/zasfi3PCYcU/ Presenter: Eric Miller, Zepheira, LCC Nowadays, we understand what the web is and the impact it has had on information sharing, but before it was developed, it was in a “vague but exciting” stage and few understood it. When we got started with the web, we really didn’t know what we were doing, but more importantly, the web was being developed so that it was flexible enough for smarter and more creative people to do amazing things. “What did your website look like when you were in the fourth grade?” Kids are growing up with the web and it’s hard for them to comprehend life without it. [Dang, I'm old.] This talk will be about linked data, its legacy, and how libraries can lead linked data. We have a huge opportunity to weave libraries into the fabric of libraries, and vice versa. About five years ago, the BBC started making their content available in a service that allowed others to use and remix the delivery of the content in new ways. Rather than developing alternative platforms and creating new spaces, they focus on generating good content and letting someone else frame it. Other sources like NPR, the World Bank, and Data.gov are doing the same sorts of things. Within the library community, these things are happening, as well. OCLC’s APIs are getting easier to use, and several national libraries are putting their OPACs on the web with APIs. Obama’s open government initiative is another one of those “vague but exciting” things, and it charged agencies to come up with their own methods of making their content available via the web. Agencies are now struggling with the same issues and desires that libraries have been tackling for years. We need to recognize our potential role in moving this forward. Linked data is a best practice for sharing data, connecting data, and uses the semantic web. ... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:59:13 +0100 851058 http://vivabibliotecaviva.blogspot.com/2010/06/sopac-20-and-future-of-social-opacs.html SOPAC 2.0 and the Future of Social OPACSView more presentations from John Blyberg. (Source: viva biblioteca viva) Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 850111 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/QYaDh_DtT4M/3900 Today I spoke at the NyLink Annual meeting, but first Marshall Breeding started the morning with is talk entitled “Technology trends in library automation and resource discovery.” Marshall pointed us to his ILS turnover report on his website which shows what ILS people had and what they have switched to. He also showed us what ILSes were being used in NY public libraries right now – and interestingly there are no Koha libraries on the list, however there are several academics in NY already on Koha. I had to giggle when Marshall then told us that automation systems are complex because I was remembering a talk given by Chris Cormack where he said that originally he thought the ILS was just a big database and would be easy to write. Marshall also went through his perceptions report and mentioned that interest in open source was surprisingly low overall – which just means I have to up my game and get the word out there about what open source is – because as you know I always feel that lack of education on a topic is the number one reason people fear something. He went on to explain that people aren’t judging systems on features so much anymore, but on service offerings – this I feel is where the strength of open source can be found – since you’re not buying the software itself you’re buying the services on the system. Marshall also reminded us that the most important part of our ILS is the OPAC (or discovery layer) since this is what our users see – and the marketplace is showing this as well – people are putting their resources into improving their discovery layers. As well all know we’re also dealing with libraries that are spending more on electronic subscriptions than print materials – so we need tools that will allow us to index and search that information. ... Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:05:00 +0100 850195 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/ipzglm_7Pbs/ OCLC has released MARCView and MARConvert as open source software. Here's an excerpt from the press release: OCLC and Systems Planning are pleased to announce the donation of MARCView and MARConvert to OCLC, and OCLC’s release of MARCView and MARConvert as open source software under the Apache 2.0 license. MARCView and MARConvert software, developed by Systems Planning of Bethesda, Maryland, USA, are widely-used applications designed to assist librarians and developers working with MARC records. MARCView provides a user-friendly interface to navigate and display individual MARC, MARCXML and UNIMARC records. MARConvert™ supports the conversion of bibliographic or authority records into or out of MARC21, UNIMARC or MARCXML and can also convert MARC records from one character set to another. Related Posts Open Source OPAC: Blacklight 2.5 Released OCLC Adds Records for Google Books Library Project and HathiTrust Digital Library to WorldCat Library of Congress Establishes Procedures to Release Open Source Software (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:03:18 +0100 849505 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/06/02/qr-codes-for-some-entries-in-the-uc-berkeley-opac/ Lorcan Dempsey from OCLC Research reports that some of the entries in the University of California at Berkeley public catalog now contain QR codes with book info (title, location, LCC, and availability) about the item when scanned. Scanning the QR code below this entry provides this data (taken from the catalog record itself. Le débat Locke-Filmer / par F:: :: Main (Gardner) Stacks JC 155 .L47 1998 (Available) Double Clicking on the Text (Using QuickMark for iPhone) runs all of the text as a single search in Google Shopping. Note: We ran a few searches and spot checked 10 entries. 8 of 10 had QR codes including DVD’s and CD’s. Source: Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand Hat Tip: Peter Brantley See Also: Speaking of QR Codes and libraries, thee “QR code cards” pictured here are from the University of Amsterdam. They’re being distributed to promote the library portion of the University’s recently launched mobile web site. A bit more in this post. (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:57:59 +0100 849171 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/06/call-for-chapters-library-automation.html Call for Chapters: Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 LandscapeProposal Submission Deadline: June 25, 2010Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 LandscapeA book edited by Dr. Jesús Tramullas and Dr. Piedad GarridoUniversity of Zaragoza (Spain)IntroductionLibrary automation was an interesting research topic and a classical development in the eighties and nineties. However, during the last decade, big research effort was centered in digital libraries, leaving library automation in the background. Nevertheless, the beginning of web 2.0 and social networks favored the resurgence of library automation, since available methods and techniques made possible the design and implementation of novel ways of managing, accessing and dissemination of the information throughout libraries and information services. The combination of different technologies previously used in digital libraries, the integration of social network tools, and the popularization of digital information access through specialized devices have made possible that the research community, professionals and users of librarian systems and networks take up interest in library automation again, and user interaction, by means of OPACs 2.0.As a result, a new research trend is being carried out. It includes the basis, techniques and tools for library automation, specially centered in information access from the end-users’ perspective, as service receivers, as well as active participants in the enrichment, participation and dissemination process of the digital information products. In this field of knowledge, the research and development has focused on information standards, data treatment and labeling, semantic web, information visualization, user interfaces, information literacy, e-books, social networks, etc. The interaction between digital world and social world has created the library 2. ... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 850116 http://comunisfera.blogspot.com/2010/06/rankings-de-universidades.html 4 international actualiza su ranking de universidades españolas "por popularidad web". Wikipedia publica una serie más completa de este tipo de estudios en los últimos años.Como bien dice el artículo, este tipo de listas y de encuestas incide en qué universidades se escogen en cada país. Los productores de informes y los medios no desaprovechan estas oportunidades según se acercan los periodos de matrícula. No deberíamos confundir la web con cada universidad. Tampoco son igual de excelentes todas las facultades dentro de una universidad.Navegar la web de una universidad da idea de lo que valora su imagen externa y cómo se comunica con sus públicos o clientes potenciales. Hace unos años, cuándo estas clasificaciones sólo se basaban en tráfico importaban más las ciudades y las universidades grandes. El asunto va cambiando y la presencia de las marcas universitarias en las redes sociales va ser determinante en el paso de la gestión de imagen a la gestión de reputaciones en estas instituciones.El usuario de la web y el estudiante potencial empezaron a contar desde 2007 cuando se planteó evaluar la facilidad de acceso y manejo. Desde el punto de vista del que navega estas webs  hay otro ranking de universidades. En su estudio, cinco malas prácticas destacaba Juan Carlos García Gómez (Úsalo.es) en la gestión de la comunicación digital de webs institucionales de universidades españolas.Tiempos de descarga excesivos (más de 100 kb).Fragmentación del site (diferentes unidades con diferentes webs)Buscadores perdidos o inexistentes.Abusar del lenguaje administrativo.Transmitir información sólo con imágenes.Creo que en dirección de comunicación se han ganado algunas batallas. La información de muchas universidades es opaca y confusa, también entre las privadas. Y las más actualizadas han alcanzado ofrecer canales de noticias, agendas, eventos. ... Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:44:00 +0100 850476 http://www.betabib.org/2010/05/31/bibliotekets-system-och-soktjanster-var-star-vi-och-vart-ar-vi-pa-vag/ Bibliotekets system och söktjänster – var står vi och vart är vi på väg View more presentations from Daniel Forsman. Det finns en berättelse som hör till bilderna. Man måste nästan lyssna på den för att inte missförstå eller tro saker som man inte skall tro. Så betrakta på egen risk och vill ni höra berättelsen som hör till får ni bjuda in mig eller komma till Göteborg. (Source: betabib) Mon, 31 May 2010 08:47:00 +0100 848604 http://www.betabib.org/2010/05/31/introduktion-till-apier-webbtjanster-att-integrera-libris-tjanster-i-opac/ Introduktion till API:er, webbtjänster & att integrera LIBRIS tjänster i OPAC View more presentations from Daniel Forsman. Min presentation från workshopen om att använda LIBRIS öppna infrastruktur i Jönköping. (Source: betabib) Mon, 31 May 2010 08:38:04 +0100 848605 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library_Grits_Censoring_the_OPAC I am usually pretty open about what is put into our school library - I try not to censor too much. I do have a few rules to help me in my decisions w (Source: pligg - all) Mon, 31 May 2010 07:00:26 +0100 848366 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/c4Dwudb7vNE/ Diese Meldung wollte ich schon längst hier angezeigt haben: Das Online-Rezensionsorgan Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken (IFB), in dem seit 1993 bibliothekarisch qualifizierte Rezensionen gesammelt und publiziert werden und das beim BSZ gehostet wird, wurde mit neuen Funktionalitäten ausgestattet. Dabei wurde die an die Printform angelegte Strukturierung aufgegeben, so dass nun kontinuierlich Rezensionen eingestellt und im SWB-Verbund-OPAC verlinkt werden. IFB finden Sie unter http://ifb.bsz-bw.de Ausserdem ist der Titel von “Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken” in “Informationsmittel (IFB) : Digitales Rezensionsorgan für Bibliothek und Wissenschaft” geändert worden. (Source: netbib weblog) Thu, 27 May 2010 20:06:10 +0100 847533 http://audioboo.fm/boos/118335-martin-bean-ou-vc-jisc10-opening-keynote-libraries.mp3 Over the last few weeks and months, I’ve had several opportunities to try and peddle my own peculiar take on the sorts of skills that I think someone – possibly “the librarians” – needs to be developing if we’re going to have the go-to people we need to help us keep tabs on world of digital information, and put some of those digital bits to work effectively; for example: Digital Librarian presentation, Imaginings Around Emerging Infoskills for Digital Librarians, CILIP Talk – Skills of the Future, Time For a Library Shist – Arcadia Brown Bag Lunch presentation, and so on… Quite by chance, I came across a couple of posts yesterday that illustrate some of the skills that actual librarians need… First up was Ed Chamberlain’s “Resignation Letter to CILIP” describing his reasons for leaving that professional body. Part of Ed ‘s role is to keep the OPAC ticking over for the Cambridge University Libraries, so his take comes from a technical stance, but many of the issues he raises reach wider than that. For example, on the relevance of the training CILIP provides, Ed writes: “[I]n the near future, a modern information service could involve data curation and storage, online communication services and data manipulation, database design and potentially web application construction on behalf of users. Yet CILIP does not appear to be skilling a workforce to do this. He also touches on the role of CILIP as an advocate for Libraries, as threats come in from the defection of users to competing online technologies, as well as stresses brought on by financial woes within institutions. The second post that caught my eye came from @katy_bird, a librarian working for the Guardian newspaper – “Week in the life: Wednesday 25 May 2010“. ... Thu, 27 May 2010 13:10:15 +0100 848352 http://jobs.nasig.org/?p=771 Bethel University invites applications for a Cataloger/Electronic Resources Librarian. This position is responsible for cataloging in all formats and selection, creation and application of appropriate metadata for bibliographic and digital records. The Librarian will also provide system-wide leadership and management of the acquisition, licensing and maintenance of Bethel University’s cooperative electronic resources and oversee the loading of bibliographic, authority and other records into the library database, in addition to maintaining InterLibrary Loan.    Please direct any questions to Jill Whitfill, Interim Director of the Library, at whitfillj@bethelu.edu Responsibilities include: Manage and process electronic and print cataloging records using Library World and OCLC Connexion Ensures quality of bibliographic and digital databases through compliance with national and local standards such as MARC, AACR2, LCSH, LCCS, OCLC, NLM and LC cataloging practices and other appropriate cataloging standards Performs original and complex copy cataloging for all formats. Participates with members of the library staff in the development of standards, policies and procedures to ensure accurate and timely maintenance of catalog records Participates in library digital projects, keeps abreast of developments in electronic publishing, networking and indexing to design methods for including off-site access to electronic documents in library’s OPAC, including images, full text, etc. ... Mon, 17 May 2010 18:58:25 +0100 846033 http://biblioragazzi.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/pensare-a-un-catalogo-per-nativi-digitali/ In anteprima la presentazione che abbiamo preparato per il corso: Opac, blOpac, socialOpac: da catalogo elettronico a strumento di cooperazione e social network organizzato a Treviso per il 14 maggio 2010 (Source: biblioragazzi) Thu, 13 May 2010 11:54:17 +0100 846705 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/talis/panlibus/~3/H6f85D7R8Ws/the-sconul-shared-services-study-2.php I kicked off this mini-series of blogs on the SCONUL Shared Services Report with some overall impressions. In this second blog, I want to open my discussion of the report’s proposals for a shared library management system by reiterating a point I made in my opening blog, namely that the scope of the project and its potential impact on academic library services is breathtaking: “… the business case is grounded in procurement, licensing, discovery and delivery, plus associated ‘web scale’ user services; this demands inclusion of remaining local library services which will consequentially have a reduced footprint.” Towards a sharing culture The report confirms the impression that many of us have had that there is strong support among academic librarians for the development of shared library management services – 78 UK HE libraries expressed this during the project’s consultation period. The report adds that … the higher education library community increasingly recognises that the strength of the individual library collection and the quality of its catalogue may no longer represent essential differentiators between UK institutions. Interestingly, the report also argues that the dynamics change at national level, seeing shared services as an instrument to Provide a visible national differentiator for overseas students seeking to study in the UK HE system. The authors also recommend subjecting the reference implementation to “open interfaces, standards based documentation and Open Source software with a licence that facilitates commercial exploitation, which will enable institutional, community and commercial developers to build and to interface components.” Changes I’m not an expert on the history of the library management system, and I’m happy to place my trust in my former colleague and co-author of this report, Ken Chad. ... Wed, 12 May 2010 14:37:47 +0100 843811 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/talis/panlibus/~3/UAdOZHPaQU0/the-sconul-shared-services-study-1.php SCONUL has published its HEFCE Shared Services Study against a backdrop of considerable interest for the idea of shared services on the UK library scene, triggered by the deteriorating global economic conditions that we’re only too aware of. The report is a HEFCE-funded feasibility study into a shared services approach to the library management system and related systems in UK higher education libraries. The public expenditure discourse during the UK’s recent election campaign was thin and arguably evasive, giving the impression that the frontline could be maintained through back-office savings. Those of us who work in and around public services will know that there’s not much meat left on the back-office bone. Shared services in the area of library technology, though, do seem to offer considerable savings through rationalised elimination of duplication, and so this report commands our attention. I will be covering this report in a series of three blogs. Today I’m talking about the general proposition that the report is communicating. I will cover two specific areas – the Library Management System and Electronic Resource Management – in separate posts. Development by committee? But this feasibility study is quite concrete, in organisational terms at least, proposing the setting up of an operating entity to deliver the Shared Service as a company limited by guarantee. This inevitably raises the spectre of Development by Committee. Towards the beginning, the report states: The Members of the Board will include the Service Director, representatives of JISC JIR and the Pathfinder Partners. HEFCE could be represented on the Board should this be appropriate. The JISC JIR role will be informed through the SCONUL and JISC Strategic Alliance. Scope Creep Clichés persist for a reason, I find, and both Development by Committee and Scope Creep have become clear indicators of failing software development projects. ... Tue, 11 May 2010 08:48:29 +0100 843812 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/Q-vm2maZU4k/catalogs.html Great article about 4-year trends in the use of a large public library’s online catalog at the State Library of Victoria in Australia: “Accessing the Collection of a Large Public Library: An Analysis of OPAC Use” (27 pg PDF) by Dr Vivienne Waller. From the abstract: Despite widespread use of Internet search engines, the online catalogue is still the main pathway to the collection of a particular library. The use of Internet search engines does, however, have implications for user expectations around the online catalogue, and search strategies when using the online catalogue. There is much research on online catalogue use that predates search engine use, and there is a need for more up-to-date research, particularly on the use of online catalogues in public libraries. This paper reports on an analysis of transaction logs of end users of the online catalogue of a large public library in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. It compares searches over four years, taking into account the search settings and search strategies and looking at search success, including the reasons for search failure. The paper also introduces the concept of abandonment rates to online catalogue search, defining a metric that adds to the useful information that can be determined from transaction logs. The paper uses the findings as the basis for its concluding recommendations for how public library users can be assisted to find what they are looking for on the library catalogue. via ResourceShelf (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Mon, 10 May 2010 21:14:54 +0100 844735 http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=2135 The big theme in the current era of librarianship is to be user-centered. Being user centered is the key to maintaining relevance, changing with the times, and erasing the barriers to access that turn many people off to libraries. In the background of the idea of user-centeredness are two parallel but very different theories: critical pedagogy and market-based democracy. The theory that underlies a call to user-centeredness is often obscure or not worked out fully. The difference between the two theoretical foundations concerns, among other things, conceptions of the user and of the user’s surrounding structures – what is to be taken as a given. There are a number of different theoretical problems underlying the idea of user-centeredness, but I want to make note of an idea concerning just one of them, and that is the way assumptions about who the user is serve to determine the conclusions about what will work best in “user-centered design.” Take the new “next generation catalogs,” for example. They are designed to work better for “the user,” and librarians who find it more difficult to do the things we are used to doing in a catalog are told to keep in mind that the catalog is serving our users better than the old one. These catalogs have discovery tools built into them that enable undergraduate students to find resources on their topics without having to mess with subject headings or reason from a known lead to a title or an author. What reference librarians are good at is less relevant in the environment of the next-generation catalog, because it has the smarts to make it easy for students to “find stuff” on their own. The success of these catalogs in “finding stuff” for users can only be measured against an idea of what the users are looking for and what kind of research they are doing. ... Fri, 07 May 2010 17:30:24 +0100 843262 http://vivabibliotecaviva.blogspot.com/2010/05/workshop-opac-20.html 7 Maio 2010 | no Arquivo Distrital do Portoformadora | Luísa AlvimOferecida aos associados da Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Documentalistas pelo Conselho Directivo Regional Norte. (Source: viva biblioteca viva) Thu, 06 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 842262 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/QPypq1R1x-4/ Das kleine, aber feine (wir berichteten: Kataloganreicherung durch Firefox-Erweiterung) Plugin der Kollegen der HSU-Bibliothek  Google Buchsuche für jeden OPAC hat jetzt ein Update erfahren, und funktioniert jetzt auch mit den Firefox 3.6er Versionen. Das Plugin scannt die Webseiten nach einer ISBN, wenn eine gefunden wird, wird – soweit verfügbar – ein Coverbild eingeblendet. Das klappt nicht nur bei Katalogen, sondern auch bei anderen Seiten.  Die Installation ist mit einem Klick erledigt. (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 03 May 2010 10:26:02 +0100 841658 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/QPypq1R1x-4/ Das kleine, aber feine (wir berichteten: Kataloganreicherung durch Firefox-Erweiterung) Plugin der Kollegen der HSU-Bibliothek  Google Buchsuche für jeden OPAC hat jetzt ein Update erfahren, und funktioniert jetzt auch mit den Firefox 3.6er Versionen. Das Plugin scannt die Webseiten nach einer ISBN, wenn eine gefunden wird, wird – soweit verfügbar – ein Coverbild eingeblendet. Das klappt nicht nur bei Katalogen, sondern auch bei anderen Seiten.  Die Installation ist mit einem Klick erledigt. (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 03 May 2010 10:26:02 +0100 840804 http://www.wallandbinkley.com/quaedam/?p=304 The University of Alberta added WorldCat Local to its web offerings a while ago, but for my own library use I’ve gone on using our old OPAC by default, for no other reasons than familiarity and inertia. Now, though, I’ve found a solid advantage that WorldCat Local offers to my personal workflow: fixed record-level URLs. I was trying to solve the age-old problem of capturing a call number so that it will be easy to consult when I get to the stacks to pick up the book. The OPAC record is on the screen of my workstation, my iPhone is on my belt: how to bridge the gap? Emailing it to myself is tedious, copying and pasting into a note and then syncing even more so. Taking a picture with the iPhone’s camera may get the call number but it’s hard to include enough of the citation to show which item this is, if I’m fetching more than one. The solution I want, which was inspired by a tweet by Lorcan Dempsey, is a QR code that gives me the URL of the record. That way when I need it I’ll have the full citation, the call number, everything. QR codes don’t appear in WorldCat Local or in the OPAC (like Huddersfield), but there’s Greasemonkey for that, specifically the “QR Code for Everything!” script (and probably others, I didn’t explore). I can pop up a QR code for any page I visit in Firefox on my workstation, grab it into the iPhone using the free i-nigma app (or one of the other QR-reading apps) to snap a picture of the QR code, and then easily consult the full record in the stacks. The only problem with my default behavior is that the OPAC uses a session URL, which is meaningless once the session expires or when accessed from another device, so capturing it does me no good. WorldCat Local gives me a URL that doesn’t depend on the current session. ... Sat, 01 May 2010 01:49:07 +0100 840403 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/04/29/accessing-the-collection-of-a-large-public-library-an-analysis-of-opac-use/ By: Dr Vivienne Waller Research Fellow, Institute of Social Research Swinburne University of Technology Full Text Article (27 pages; PDF) From the Abstract: Despite widespread use of Internet search engines, the online catalogue is still the main pathway to the collection of a particular library. The use of Internet search engines does, however, have implications for user expectations around the online catalogue, and search strategies when using the online catalogue. There is much research on online catalogue use that predates search engine use, and there is a need for more up-to-date research, particularly on the use of online catalogues in public libraries. This paper reports on an analysis of transaction logs of end users of the online catalogue of a large public library in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. It compares searches over four years, taking into account the search settings and search strategies and looking at search success, including the reasons for search failure. The paper also introduces the concept of abandonment rates to online catalogue search, defining a metric that adds to the useful information that can be determined from transaction logs. The paper uses the findings as the basis for its concluding recommendations for how public library users can be assisted to find what they are looking for on the library catalogue. Source: LIBRES Hat Tip: LibraryTechNZ: The Source (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:59:59 +0100 839984 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/26/beyond-numbers-with-analytics/ Numbers are important. We’re told this constantly. But, they’re not enough. You have to know how to read, present and know your numbers. Educause has published another of their two pagers (Anyone can fid time to read this!). It is in hte “7 Things” guides series. The latest one is 7 Things You Should Know About Analytics. While this briefing is generically about academic analytics programs and what types of data they can assess in an educational environment you can find insights here in other analytics too. This quick guide answers the following questions: What is it? How does it work? Who’s doing it? Why is it significant? What are the downsides? Where is it going? What are the implications for teaching and learning? So, here’s some things that apply to everyone: 1. You should (probably do) have Google Analytics on your website. 2. You also have reports and data coming out of your servers. 3. You also have reports and data coming out of your OPAC. 4. You also have reports and data coming out of your vendors in various formats (OMG – Counter, Sushi, etc.). 5. You may have Gale Cengage’s Foresee surveys in your mix as well. 6. You may use SurveyMonkey or Zoomerang for user surveys. All of these give you clues about your user behaviours and sometimes on the impact and satisfaction (expecially Foresee and SurveyMonkey/Zoomerang). When was the last time you reviewed these in a strategic context? What do they tell you? Are some no longer useful or could be made more useful and efficient? What visuals could you develop that deliver meaningful insights quickly? It’s not too late to get better at your numbers. It about more than budgets. It is about measuring and justifying the impact and value of your operations, programs and strategies. Arm yourself first. ... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:12:48 +0100 839107 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/vS6aOOU56mU/ I’ve already looked at the other two of the original “big three” iPhone e-book apps. The third of these apps is Stanza, the EPUB reader from Lexcycle. Stanza has a lot in common with eReader. They’re both great apps for the iPhone, their reading models are similar, and Stanza even shares the ability to download and read eReader-format e-books—even those protected by DRM. And like eReader, Stanza’s future in the iPad era is uncertain. Lexcycle COO Neelan Choksi said in a comment posted on Lexcycle’s forum on March 15th, “Currently, there is no work being done to customize Stanza for the iPad specifically.” Lexcycle was acquired by Amazon in April, 2009—a year ago tomorrow, as it happens—and this may well be history repeating itself. Amazon allegedly prevented MobiPocket from releasing an iPhone version of its MobiPocket Reader app, and may be doing the same for Lexcycle with the iPad. Amazon doesn’t need competition from its own subsidiaries. On the other hand, the iPad has a pretty decent EPUB reader in iBooks, but iBooks is not yet available for the iPhone (and, indeed, may never be available for older iPhones if it ends up requiring OS 4.0 to run). As I suggested in my iBooks review, it might simply be best to think of Stanza and iBooks as imperfect counterparts, each filling most of the functions of the other on its own platform. Currently in version 2.1.1, Stanza supports HTML, rich text, PDF, DRM-free LIT, DRM-free MobiPocket, Palm Doc, and the IPDF’s “EPUB” format (also DRM-free), among others. It even licensed the eReader format, including the ability to unlock eReader DRM, from Fictionwise, giving it access to the same library of books as eReader, above (at least in theory; see below.). And it’s free. The question is, do you get what you pay for? (Portions of this review are recycled from my 2008 review of Stanza v1.6, with changes to reflect differences in the new version. ... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:50:53 +0100 839016 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/rsHR6GlUYdk/ I was lucky enough today to speak at a conference on Teaching Digital Writing, run by the Higher Education Academy’s English Subject Centre. What follows is that talk in full, and it draws on a number of concerns which are central to this blog: the implications of digitisation, the resistance to digital books, and the importance of understanding the bodies of texts and readers when we attempt to consider the effects of making written texts, at least apparently, incorporeal. Thank you to everyone who organised and attended the event and made it such a success.I work in an English department, mostly teaching critical theory, and today I’d like to look at a deceptive question, one which I’m going to increasingly face in the discipline I’ve chosen: “how do we go about teaching examples of digital writing?” Now this is not a simple question. Before we can get to the ‘how’ of teaching something, we need to at least approximate what it is we are about to teach, if only to propose an appealing course. I’d put it to you that many students are just not certain what a digital text is, or what digital writing is, not really, and yet I feel that the worst thing we can do, as tutors, is attempt an exacting definition. Now this might seem oxymoronic, but what I actually think it is, is potentially exciting. Digital texts, digital literatures, digital writing, these still somewhat ineffable things represent a rare chance for us to teach the ‘contemporary’ in the thick of it. English Studies has only rarely been about hunting for, or rote-learning, the proscribed meaning of texts. Often, ideally, it has instead existed as a way of identifying the jumping-off points where written texts allow us to explore our own state of being-in-the-world – how we might think, how we might understand, how we might strive. ... Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:24:20 +0100 838424 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/8W4_gAWEbC4/3809 Our closing keynote was Eric Lease Morgan – I’ve read a ton of his articles, but have never seen him in person. Eric started with a history of him. He has been ‘kinda sorta’ writing code since 1996 1976. While driving taxi after college, he discovered his first ‘itch.’ He wanted to know how much he was earning, so he wrote a computer program that gave him all kinds of crazy stats about how much he was making – like how much per mile. He also like astronomy and had an application for his calculator that let you find out where the moon was. He thought, this should be on a computer – and so he wrote a computer program that did the same thing. Eventually he even wrote an online catalog – he made it so that he could hand out a disk and people would know everything in his library. Which brings us to open source. Open source is about community – if there is no community there is no software – there is no support! (There are some people that seem to forget this very important fact). Speaking of support, this is the biggest challenge to open source software. Next up the OSS SWOT Analysis Strengths: It benefits from the numbers game – chances are there is somebody out there with your particular interests. The internet makes that happen. There are plenty of choices – many people are trying to scratch an itch. Weaknesses: Support is its biggest weakness. OSS requires specialized skills – not necessarily programmers – but usually a systems administrator type of person to configure the application. Institutions change slowly – change takes time and it often makes people nervous. Opportunities: Very low barrier to entry – computer hardware is cheap and the software is ‘free’ Only limited by one’s time, imagination and ability to think systematically. ... Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:56:44 +0100 838938 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/5ZHdg9lPkh8/3775 Jed Moffit, Bill Erikson and Matt Carlson were up during our lunch to talk to us about the developments that were coming up from KCLS. Jed says that we have to have something in the new developments that is better than ’sucks less technology.’ He is hoping that these developments will be genuinely of value to all of us. Matt was up next and started with a history. He said that 2009 was the year of circulation and user interfaces. 2010 however is the year of Acquisitions, Cataloging, Serials and the OPAC. First up was the patron registration screen. They pulled all the fields into one form so you can work on it all on one page. They also added field specific help files (that can be added in by the librarian) and the ability to auto fill fields with city, state based on the zip. Other edits were a bit smaller, but made huge improvements like better use of the screen real estate and buttons for the really common tasks across the top. (as this was being shown) someone near me kept saying ‘wow’ – so for those who are using Evergreen now, these improvements are ‘wow-worthy’). They’ve also added a staff client activity log that shows the last X transactions performed at a staff machine so you can see what the last 5 patrons who were taken care of are and at what station. This log is only for circulation actions. There is a new patron merge interface where you can merge patrons together and it will keep everything related to the patron in the new merged record (bookbags, holds, etc). Moving on to catalog items. They are working on a single page to get all the info about an item that you might need. Right now you have to go to different places to find it all. As I mentioned in my Acquisitions summary, they are working on the connection to OCLC Connexion. So catalogers can edit records in Connexion and load them into Evergreen. ... Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:45:04 +0100 838941 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/-XHRq3KUxOg/3770 Bill Erickson started his Acquisitions roundup by showing us ‘Selection Lists’ – this is a concept I’m unfamiliar with. It’s basically a list of items you want to perform actions on. So you can create a list of items to order and then order from it – but you don’t have to – you can order items individually if you want. From a bib record you can choose to ’show/create orders’ and this will show you a history of all orders made for that item including costs. From here you can also add items to the selection list. From the Z39.50 search you can search for items to order from records cataloged by others and add them to a selection list from there. You can also create a brief record of your own (not the traditional marc editor, just simple questions). Next we saw the Acquisitions search functionality and it was pretty extensive which is awesome. You can search across all different kinds of objects using the search, so you can search for line items and invoices and selection lists all at once. You can even upload a file with a batch of ISBNs (or UPCs) and search for those items to see what you have or haven’t ordered yet (very very nifty). This was followed by Patron Requests. Patrons can log in to the OPAC and then enter in what they know about the title they’re requesting and submit that to a staging area that the staff can see. From the request list patrons can put a hold on the item for when it arrives in the library. Should you want to reject a request you can define the reasons why you’re rejecting. There are also a number of new notifications that can be sent to the patron (patron request received, ordered, rejected, item received, etc). For individual line items you can add notes so that you can communicate among you acq librarians. ... Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:15:20 +0100 838942 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/HDtHZ0uxvqY/3750 Bob Molyneux was up next with the ‘State of Evergreen’ talk. Dec 1999 PINES goes live with 26 systems, 98 outlets People would actually pass over their local library to go to a PINES library instead. So PINES grew because librarians saw their patrons leaving for libraries that belonged to PINES. June 2004 Lamar Veatch commits the Georgia Public Library Service to a one year test of an open source initiative Bob believes that a system for a consortial environment could only have been developed in an open source environment. Bob talked about a consortium that had 2 systems with 70ish libraries in each. He asked if they had split the network and they said yes. Bob feels this is because of limitations in the software – when they change to Evergreen they will bring the 2 groups back into 1. Sept 5, 2006, Evergreen goes life (46 system) November 2007, Prince Rupert Public Library, Prince Rupert, BC June 2008, University of Prince Edward Island November 2008, Tsuga (Innisfil, Ontario, Public Library) June 2009, National Resources Canada Bob mentioned the changing nature of FUD — people used to asked “Open source? you going to use code written by a bunch of dope-smokin’ hippies?” now they are a bit more educated. As we already know, Evergreen is the first consortial library system designed for sharing of an online catalog, shared resources and geographically spread out systems. Evergreen can accommodate libraries having their own separate policies (each physical building can decide on their own policies). I haven’t used the admin side of any proprietary ILS so I’m thinking this sounds like those systems don’t allow this kind of thing … but I could be wrong in this assumption. ... Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:20:08 +0100 838944 http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=987 The MARC records for Learning Express Library and EBSCO have recently been updated so that they can be added to your OPACs.  You can find them and records for other statewide databases on the OPLIN web page. Here is an interesting article about people and technology working together to catalog the books of the world.  From The Library IS the Machine : “The problem that Google’s machines are having with these records is that the descriptions have always been meant for humans to read, not for computers to parse and understand.” New MARC Records for Items in the Google Books & Hathi Trust Digital Collections Being Added to WorldCat Sources for free MARC records:  biblios.net Library of Congress Catalog Library of Congress Authorities MARC Standards Office at the Library of Congress has general MARC information, MARC formats, tools, development, and optional listservs. Cool link: Just for fun:  “MARC Horrors” [video] The first part of the video to whet your interest: “Deep within the bowels of systems on the Horizon, Of systems from beyond the Millennium, Of systems known only to small aliens as V-ger We see the signs of MARC records – MARC records that should not be — MARC records with control characters in the leaders – MARC records that require 25 characters per tag and yet have no indicators — MARC records that although apparently valid, have two 245 tags – And syntaxes and obsolete fields that have not existed since time beyond memory — Since eons beyond which were known….” (Source: The OPLIN 4cast) Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:12:59 +0100 838802 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/04/17/president-george-washington-racks-a-manhattan-library-and-two-books/ We wonder if Martha kept reminding George to go to the library and return the books. From a NY Daily News Article: Two centuries ago, the nation’s first President borrowed two tomes from the New York Society Library on E. 79th St. and never returned them, racking up an inflation-adjusted $300,000 late fee. But Washington can rest easy. “We’re not actively pursuing the overdue fines,” quipped head librarian Mark Bartlett. “But we would be very happy if we were able to get the books back.” Washington’s dastardly deed went unknown for almost 150 years. Then in 1934, a dusty, beaten-up ledger was discovered in a trash heap in the library’s basement. Access the Complete Article See Also: In March, we posted a link to a very interesting NY Times article about the New York Society Library. They’re still operating and are even doing social media. Our post also included links to their Facebook page and Twitter stream. Our to learn about their holding, their collection, you can search their OPAC. Interested in becoming a member? (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:34:18 +0100 836500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/ECR3-RftYnc/ Earlier this week, I spent three very enjoyable days in Edinburgh at UKSG (tag uksg10), the UK Serials Group conference which brings together librarians and vendors of journal subscriptions and discovery services. Walking round the exhibition, a couple of things jumped out at me. Firstly, a lot of the search/discovery interfaces that various vendors were pushing are still not really doing much on the relevancy/results ranking front or personal recommendations (for some of my previous thoughts on this, see OPAC Ground Truth… and for some ideas about new ranking factors see JISC MOSAIC Competition Entries – Imaginings Around the Use of Library Loans Data ). Everyone was happy to show me their advanced search interface forms, though…. (which gets a personal yawn from me… If I want to use an advanced search, I’ll usually drop a limit tag into the search box, or hack the URL. For advanced searching, I guess I prefer command line to a form!;-) The second thing that jumped out at me was the lack of technical knowledge on the part of the vendors and some of the buyers. “Is there an API for that?” is not, apparently, polite conversation in such circles… As ever, the conversation is what makes an event, and I’ll try to pop a few notes about some of the conversations I found myself in over the next few days. But for now, here are the slides I used in my (rather rushed) presentation… As ever, I guess you had to be there… (Source: OUseful Info) Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:26:07 +0100 836638 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/wo0bdm881nE/3726 iVia ProjectiVia is a complete Portal or Virtual Library Software package written by iVia Research and Development Group of the library of the University of California, Riverside. Open ElmsOpen Elms is the first open source Learning Management System aimed at business. The Open Elms bundle includes a free library of e-learning courses and an e-learning course creation tool. NewGenLibIntegrated Library Automation and Networking Solution. Modules: Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Serials Management, Circulation, Administration, OPAC, and Reports. InfomakiA tool for gathering usability feedback from web users in a low-impact manner. Genealogy Books and ResearchGrants, resources, and tips on genealogy research by Author Megan Smolenyak LibraryH3lpLibraryH3lp combines web-chat, IM (natively Jabber/XMPP, with gateways to other networks such as AIM, Yahoo!, and Google Talk), patron queuing, and message routing into an integrated help desk system. facebook-athenaeum – Project Hosting on Google CodeFacebook Athenaeum provides libraries an easy to implement Facebook application to extend library resources to students in Facebook. The application is easily customized for your institution and includes an integrated RSS reader, search tools, and a friend locator that allows Facebook users to record their location in the library so their friends can find them. Disk CleanerDisk Cleaner is a free open source (GPL v2) tool to quickly and easily clean your hard disk from temporary files like those in the system temporary folder, the Internet Explorer Cache and Cookies folder, and the Recycle Bin. GimPhotoGimPhoto is GIMP modification with new menu layout, great selection of plugins, and many additional resources for more professional look and feel as digital photo retouching and image editing application package. More of my links (Source: What I Learned Today...) Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:02:04 +0100 837279 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arlisnap/~3/0eyhxtW6-DU/ Nice write up including ARLIS/NA folks the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Frick Collection — have combined forces to share resources, save money and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: [ArLiSNAP]) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:37:27 +0100 835661 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davidleeking/~3/khNE6Fn4CsY/ Notes from a talk I attended … Speaker: Marshall Breeding Current State of the Industry: Check out Marshall’s Library Technology Guides (www.librarytechnology.org) – great info on who is using what ILS systems, what libraries switched ILS systems, etc. Most used ILS software in the world: Isis ??? never heard of it! Marshall’s point – there’s a lot happening in the global ILS industry that we don’t really know about in the US Horizon is next to last on the list of “how satisfied is your library with your current ILS system?” – Great – that’s what we have! Marshall does say take those stats with a grain of salt – people on both ends of the spectrum respond, people int he middle don.t That said, he’s gotten over 2000 responses to his survey. Observations from his 2009 Perceptions report: - small libraries generally receive higher perception scores. - Companies supporting proprietary ILS products receive higher satisfaction scores than companies involved with open source ILS systems Discovery Platforms are mattering a lot more right now – that’s what our patrons see, so libraries want to spruce those up. Library users in transition: they don’t want help in the beginning anymore. Tech in transition – web-based, cloud-based is the new thing. Client/server is the old thing. Local computing is shifting to cloud platforms. Full spectrum of devices – mobile, web, tablet, etc… Evolutionary Path: ILS systems are slowly evolving – they are wrapping their legacy code in APIs and Web services Revolutionary Path: Ex Libris URM, Kuali OLE, WorldCat Management System What does it mean to be open? Interestingly, open source systems generally run behind proprietary systems in terms of customer-facing APIs… which makes sense. ... Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:43:39 +0100 836427 http://jamillan.com/librosybitios/2010/04/me-entrevistan-sobre-la-traduccion/ El interesante blog Club de traductores literarios de Buenos Aires (del que ya hablamos con motivo de Salinger) está llevando a cabo una encuesta sobre la traducción a distintos escritores. Amablemente me pidieron mi opinión, y esto fue lo que contesté: 1) ¿En qué reconoce una buena traducción? En otros términos, ¿cómo definiría una buena traducción?A esta pregunta han debido contestar personas mucho más dotadas que yo, desde hace mucho tiempo, pero en fin: para mí, una buena traducción es la que te permite un acceso transparente a una obra lejana, pero sin dejarte olvidar que lo es. Tal vez como un cristal sutilmente esmerilado, que te permite seguir lo que ocurre en la calle y que al tiempo te impide creer que estás contemplando la escena al aire libre: algo que te recuerde que estás cómodamente resguardado tras tu ventana. 2) ¿Le molesta leer un libro traducido a otras especies del castellano? Si sí, ¿por qué?No me molesta, salvo en el caso de que contenga vulgarismos o localismos excesivos, que además suelen ser opacos para el lector de otros lugares. La traducción de obras con argots muy marcados respecto a un lugar y una época suelen apelar a soluciones similares en la lengua objeto, a veces con resultados demenciales: pero es que es un problema lingüistico prácticamente insoluble. Este tipo de obras resultan ilegibles desde las otras variantes (y, lo que es peor, desde la misma variante apenas transcurridos cincuenta años).En los demás casos (que por fortuna, son la mayoría), el lector de traducciones a variantes de castellano que no son la suya debe practicar una más de las muchas “suspensiones” a que está obligado. Uno lee la traducción de una obra en la que un autor que escribió originalmente en inglés narra una historia que ocurre en un aldea china. ... Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:17:00 +0100 837039 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/nmZWIWOgFjI/3717 museum-dashboardA way to create a stats dashboard for your library or museum ReservesDirectReservesDirect is free, open-source software that manages electronic and physical library materials reserved for university courses. The Social OPACThesocialopac.net is the official website of the Social OPAC application suite–an award-winning, open source social discovery platform for library bibliographic data. The purpose of this site is to build a cohesive community of users and developers around the SOPAC project suite. Blacklight: Project InfoA next generation library catalog written in ruby, using solr as the underlying search engine. VuFindVuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. OmekaOmeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its ?five-minute setup? makes launching an online exhibition as easy as launching a blog. WordPress Joomla In LibrariesHere you will find Articles, Tutorials, Helpful Information, and a Community of Joomla! Enthusiasts to help you transform your library website into a powerful content portal. drupalibA place for library drupallers to hang out DrupalAn open source content management platform. PidginUniversal chat client Zotero Evergreen open source library system Koha Open Source Integrated Library System Ubuntu More of my links (Source: What I Learned Today...) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:02:43 +0100 835589 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TomRopersWeblog/~3/wOOXOr0xcw0/uksg.html 'So what was the most interesting issue that came up at the [UKSG] conference?' asked an e-mail that arrived this afternoon, as I hurtled south on the train to King's Cross. I was stuck for a reply. It's hard to process three days of rich ideas about more or less everything that librarians and publishers have to deal with in the modern world. A frivolous answer would be 'tartan'. I don't believe Edinburgh has seem quite so much checked woollen cloth since George IV's visit in 1822. This was the theme of the conference dinner and, to my considerable surprise, I won the prize for its best interpretation. I wore evening dress, but substituted a pair of trousers in the Rothesay tartan for my usual midnight blue ones. I have no photograph to prove this, though some do exist, I believe; but I do have a handsome bottle of champagne, beautifully presented in a tartan cloth bag So would the most interesting issue be homosexual necrophilia in mallards? Open access? The changing OPAC? The big deal? How to measure the return on investment and impact of library services? New ways of finding and presenting information and data, as shown by Conrad Wolfram? The basic human need to make lists, something that cropped up in more than one presentation? Social media, as used by researchers? The uses and abuses of bibliometrics? Statistical fetishism? I'll write up my notes over the next few days, but I'll be hard-pressed to offer as good an account as the official bloggers already have, led by Charlie Rapple, @charlierapple on Twitter, at http://liveserials.blogspot.com/    (Source: Tom Roper's Weblog) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 836506 http://jamillan.com/librosybitios/blog/2010/04/me-entrevistan-sobre-la-traduccion.htm El interesante blog Club de traductores literarios de Buenos Aires (del que ya hablamos con motivo de Salinger) está llevando a cabo una encuesta sobre la traducción a distintos escritores. Amablemente me pidieron mi opinión, y esto fue lo que contesté: 1) ¿En qué reconoce una buena traducción? En otros términos, ¿cómo definiría una buena traducción?A esta pregunta han debido contestar personas mucho más dotadas que yo, desde hace mucho tiempo, pero en fin: para mí, una buena traducción es la que te permite un acceso transparente a una obra lejana, pero sin dejarte olvidar que lo es. Tal vez como un cristal sutilmente esmerilado, que te permite seguir lo que ocurre en la calle y que al tiempo te impide creer que estás contemplando la escena al aire libre: algo que te recuerde que estás cómodamente resguardado tras tu ventana.2) ¿Le molesta leer un libro traducido a otras especies del castellano? Si sí, ¿por qué?No me molesta, salvo en el caso de que contenga vulgarismos o localismos excesivos, que además suelen ser opacos para el lector de otros lugares. La traducción de obras con argots muy marcados respecto a un lugar y una época suelen apelar a soluciones similares en la lengua objeto, a veces con resultados demenciales: pero es que es un problema lingüistico prácticamente insoluble. Este tipo de obras resultan ilegibles desde las otras variantes (y, lo que es peor, desde la misma variante apenas transcurridos cincuenta años).En los demás casos (que por fortuna, son la mayoría), el lector de traducciones a variantes de castellano que no son la suya debe practicar una más de las muchas "suspensiones" a que está obligado. Uno lee la traducción de una obra en la que un autor que escribió originalmente en inglés narra una historia que ocurre en un aldea china. ... Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 835379 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/A33Q9Dx-1uc/sopac.html CIL2010: SOPAC 2.1: Digital Strategy for the New Library This was a presentation from John Blyberg from Darien Library in Connecticut.  What is SOPAC?  It’s a social OPAC built on the Drupal content management system.  The impetus behind SOPAC was to take a best of breed content management system that was open source and merge it with the catalog. John says: “You may have the best website in the world, but when your user click on Catalog–BOOM, they’re in the ghetto.” Ann Arbor wanted to create an online persona and identity connected with the library. Three libraries currently running SOPAC are Darien Library, Ann Arbor District Library, and the Palos Verdes Library District. Newport Beach Public Library and the SAILS Library Network in Massachusetts are both mid-integration with SOPAC. With SOPAC, all online activities with the library are conducted through DRUPAL.  SOPAC invokes two software libraries: LOCUM & Insurge.  It runs with SQL and Sphinx. SOPAC development is user experience driven.  It is built for end users, not librarians.  They wanted a catalog that would be friendly to their users.  Users don’t care about the little stuff librarians do, all they want is to find materials in an environment that doesn’t make them feel stupid.  The catalog should look really nice. Tagging in SOPAC is key.  The community tags items which changes the ability for everyone else to find things.  That element was a key change from SOPAC 1 to SOPAC 2.  They also use tagging to provide staff favorites.  It is a dynamic list that lets you sort the list in many ways.  They also use “better than the book” as a tag to mark movies that were better than the books they were based on.  Darien does a program called “Meet us on Main Street.”  It’s a readers advisory session where librarians recommend books that are coming out, favorite titles and subjects, etc. ... Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:16:38 +0100 836710 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/_zt_X6MZmho/3712 I’m now ready to drool over the new features coming to SOPAC 2.1. John started by telling us what SOPAC was and if any of my reader’s don’t know it’s a social OPAC built using Drupal — and it’s open source so that moves it to the top of my list To learn more about SOPAC there are plenty of articles out there and of course a chapter in Library Mashups. So why do you want SOPAC? John puts it best when he says: “Your web site is great, but when people click on the catalog link, Boom! They’re in the ghetto!” Our websites can be the most gorgeous easy to navigate site on the planet, but then our patrons need to search our catalog and they’re dumped in this horrible mess of a site. So one of the key design directives for SOPAC was that it had to “look good.” Drupal makes that easy because you have access to tons of canned templates and the ability to design your own templates on top of it. One example of the social capabilities in SOPAC is tagging. Tagging is of course a feature for patrons, but the staff love it too! They’re using it to generate staff favorite lists by tagging things as ’staff favorite.’ Another staff tag that is used often is ‘better than the book’ to make it clear which DVDs are actually better than the book. Next there are reviews & ratings like Amazon or other online booksellers. In addition to the community reviews you can get content from Syndetics (a pay service they subscribe to). They even made it so that you can follow the reviews from a specific user – in the case of their library lots of people follow the reader’s advisory librarian’s reviews. ... Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:10:51 +0100 835591 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/04/cil2010-what-is-computers-in-libraries.html I am again at the Computers in Libraries Conference (CIL) in Crystal City, VA. Nearly 2,000 people are attending this year, including participants, speakers, exhibitors, and people who are coming just to visit the exhibits. People have come from 47 states and 17 countries. This is the 25th year of this conference and one person (Marshall Breeding) was honored for attending all 25!  Every year, it seems like 50% of the attendees have never been to a CIL before.I'm sure that CIL has changed over the years. Currently the speakers and audience are focused on the use of technology in libraries in order to improve library services. By libraries I mean public, academic and special libraries of all sizes. I suspect that most participants are from public and academic libraries. Here, however, the type of library that participants are from doesn't matter, but the fact that the library is using or wants to use technology to serve its users better.By technology, I generally mean computers, handheld and mobile devices, social media, social networking tools, databases/OPACS, and Internet technology. People here are interested in the use of technology to improve user/patron services, to connect better to user communities, to deliver library content in new ways. This is a group that has some interest in digitization, but a larger interest in how those digital materials can be used in new ways. (Think of WolfWalk and Duke Mobile.) Yes, there have been sessions here on digitization, but it is not a major focus for this conference. What is very interesting to me is who attends CIL. This is a group that includes librarians and library workers...those with MLS degrees and those without...and here they are seen and treated as equals. In fact, academic degrees here really don't matter, but rather what you do (for real) and what you know. Attendees are very technology savvy. They come with technology - laptops, smartphones, cameras, etc. ... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 835070 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/WdYX5OxjWtw/cil2010-what-is-computers-in-libraries.html I am again at the Computers in Libraries Conference (CIL) in Crystal City, VA. Nearly 2,000 people are attending this year, including participants, speakers, exhibitors, and people who are coming just to visit the exhibits. People have come from 47 states and 17 countries. This is the 25th year of this conference and one person (Marshall Breeding) was honored for attending all 25!  Every year, it seems like 50% of the attendees have never been to a CIL before.I'm sure that CIL has changed over the years. Currently the speakers and audience are focused on the use of technology in libraries in order to improve library services. By libraries I mean public, academic and special libraries of all sizes. I suspect that most participants are from public and academic libraries. Here, however, the type of library that participants are from doesn't matter, but the fact that the library is using or wants to use technology to serve its users better.By technology, I generally mean computers, handheld and mobile devices, social media, social networking tools, databases/OPACS, and Internet technology. People here are interested in the use of technology to improve user/patron services, to connect better to user communities, to deliver library content in new ways. This is a group that has some interest in digitization, but a larger interest in how those digital materials can be used in new ways. (Think of WolfWalk and Duke Mobile.) Yes, there have been sessions here on digitization, but it is not a major focus for this conference. What is very interesting to me is who attends CIL. This is a group that includes librarians and library workers...those with MLS degrees and those without...and here they are seen and treated as equals. In fact, academic degrees here really don't matter, but rather what you do (for real) and what you know. Attendees are very technology savvy. They come with technology - laptops, smartphones, cameras, etc. ... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 834978 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16149 Just a funny note on thin clients. When we first implemented them some years ago, one of them was stolen the first day, but it mysteriously reappeared a week later. Tom -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of leblanc.lee Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:25 PM To: Cab Vinton Cc: web4lib-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Thin client computer lab Not sure if these will fall within your budget but we've deployed them successfully in quite a few situations. http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA0-1346ENW.pdf <http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA0-1346ENW.pdf> Objective: Replace trouble-prone online public access catalog (OPAC) workstations in the university library Approach: Florida Gulf Coast University chose HP Compaq t5730 Thin Clients, which are solid-state devices that run on less power than traditional workstations and produce less he (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 834874 http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2010/04/computers-in-libraries-2010.php Tim and I are in DC (ok, Arlington, VA) for the Computers in Libraries conference. We're booth 217 in the exhibit hall, so come by and visit us. (We're the ones with the rhinos, as always!)We're here to show off LibraryThing for Libraries (enhance your OPAC with tags, reviews, shelf browse, recommendations, and more) and our new product, Library Anywhere.Library Anywhere is a mobile catalog for everyone—it gives you a web version of your OPAC optimized for cell phones, as well as native applications for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. It requires no installation, and is cheap (see the public price list here).We're extremely proud and excited about Library Anywhere. We released our beta version to over 100 libraries last week, and response has been great. We're busy tweaking and building. Stop by the booth and we'll show you it live. (Source: Thing-ology (LibraryThing's ideas blog)) Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:37:00 +0100 836416 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16135 Dear Chris, I think your approach is novel, and well thought-out. I have two reactions. ## Technical: I wonder if you might make it even easier. Some questions, for you and for other tech people with more experience in both Overdrive and Nook systems: 1. Can you put all the Overdrive books into your OPAC, either directly or as buttons on some records? Having them on a separate website just reinforces the "distance." 2. Can Nook content-loading be partially or fully automated? I'm thinking the user clicks the "Load onto a Nook!" button in the OPAC and ten minutes later it's waiting at the front desk. ## Philosophical: In my opinion, these are all feeding the beast. In and of itself, these arguments can seem self-serving, but libraries need to stand up against ereaders. The problem isn't the medium—which is wonderful—but the completely different legal context. Ebooks are controlled, both legally and through DRM, which means publishers can finally restrict the very thing created and sustains libraries. (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 834593 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16138 You can, and we do, put your Overdrive records into your OPAC. In fact, the search capabilities in the OPAC are superior to those in Overdrive itself. -Margaret Margaret Hazel Virtual Branch & Innovative Tech Manager Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 541-682-6015 margaret.e.hazel-MYh3q4Xin/0sFKDMWsNPeA< at >public.gmane.org -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:49 PM To: Chris (CE) Cc: web4lib-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Circulating Kindle and Nooks Dear Chris, I think your approach is novel, and well thought-out. I have two reactions. ## Technical: I wonder if you might make it even easier. Some questions, for you and for other tech people with more experience in both Overdrive and Nook systems: 1. Can you put all the Overdrive books into your OPAC, either directly or as buttons on some records? (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 834590 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/04/09/auch-in-osterreich-permalinks-fur-katalogisate/ Der Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund (OBV) bietet ab sofort eine neue Suchoberfläche an. Positiv: Verschiedene Social-Bookmarking-Dienste sind integriert. Negativ: Naja, so richtig integriert sind sie eigentlich doch nicht. Ich habe versucht, Titel in Delicious zu übernehmen (vorübergehend verfügbar unter dem Tag OBV-Test, ich lösche sie aber sicherlich irgendwann wieder). Wenn mir die Funktion angeboten wird, einen Titel in Delicious zu speichern, gehe ich davon aus, dass sich die Anbieter vorher angesehen haben, wie entsprechende Metadaten zu übergeben sind. Dies war hier offensichtlich nicht der Fall. Speichert man einen Titel, lautet der Seitentitel im Normalfall “OBV Suche”. Weitere Angaben werden nicht übergeben. Speichert man also 30 Titel, wird man sie anschließend nicht auseinanderhalten können, ohne sie einzeln anzuklicken. Ähnlich untauglich ist der Link, der an Delicious übergeben wird. Ich habe zwei Titel gebookmarked. Klickt man sie an, wird man feststellen, dass man beim gleichen Katalogisat landet. Gespeichert wird nämlich nicht ein präziser und permanenter Link, sondern die Suchanfrage. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass zwei Delicious-User sowohl den selben Titel als auch den selben Suchweg speichern, tendiert bei Literatur abseits von Harry Potter & Co vermutlich gen Null. Die sozialen Funktionen von Delicious werden somit raffiniert umgangen. Man kann es nicht oft genug wiederholen: Katalogisate brauchen Permalinks! Katalogisate brauchen Permalinks! Katalogisate brauchen Permalinks! Bei Uraltkatalogen habe ich ja noch begrenztes Verständnis dafür, dass sie sich nicht ohne weiteres nachrüsten lassen. Bei einer Oberfläche, die vom Anbieter angepreist wird für ihre Library 2.0 und Social Computing Eigenschaften, kann ich es aber nicht aufbringen. (Source: Infobib) Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:17:49 +0100 835685 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1282 Ab sofort können Sie über die Schnellsuche in Firefox in unserem Online-Katalog nach Literatur suchen: Dazu müssen Sie lediglich im Online-Katalog sein, dann beim Drop-Down-Menü der Schnellsuche in Firefox auf den Pfeil klicken und “MEDMA-OPAC” auswählen. (Source: Newsblog) Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:21:56 +0100 834306 http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/04/07/oclc-and-data.html The OCLC Record Use Policy Council today posted a draft of the WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative. This is the second go-around for updating the 1987 Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-derived Records, which is in need of an update due to the changes in accessing and using data brought on by the expansion of the internet into the public realm. The first attempt to update the guidelines in the Fall of 2008, then called the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records (pdf), ran into a storm of criticism, including some from this blog.  I am not going to rehash those, but you can review my posts, which include links to quite a few facets of the debate, through my use of the OCLC Records Use Policy tag. I strongly recommend  that the draft policy be read and understood by as many library people as possible, and that constructive and fair feedback be given to the Council, among our coworkers, and in social media (blogs, e-mail lists, etc.). Links to commentary and resources can be found in the Code4Lib OCLC Policy Change wiki page. I glanced through the document during my lunch hour this morning, and sat down to read through it with more care tonight.  I have purposely not sought out what others might have to say about the draft in order to allow my first impression to be my own.  In doing so, I have come to the following conclusions: I can see that a great deal of effort and attention was given to creating this draft.  It strives to address the broad issues involved with creating and using data in a networked age, while attempting to ground the policy in the history and tradition of the OCLC cooperative.  I think the council deserves praise for seeking feedback and opening up the process to not only OCLC members, but also to interested members of the public. However, I do feel that the draft fails in one significant aspect:  Data. The word data is used only once in the 1987 Guidelines. ... Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:12:13 +0100 835026 http://www.blogpocket.com/2010/04/07/como-aplicar-estilo-david-hill-a-tus-fotos/ El paradigma de fotógrafo digital quizás sea David Hill. Sus fotografías son tan características que se habla del “efecto Dave Hill“. Naturalmente, aplicar ese estilo solo lo puede hacer el propio fotógrafo norteamericano pero si te gusta jugar con la luz, el color, el enfoque, la saturación y otros factores de tus imágenes, en la Red puedes encontrar muchos recursos para conseguir ese efecto sorprendente. David Alayón nos ofreció, en su día, el enlace a un tutorial para hacerlo con Camera Raw y Lightroom. También existen plugins para Photoshop pero, sin duda, lo más sencillo es utilizar este programa. Nos lo explican, por ejemplo, perfectamente en un vídeotutorial del canal de Youtube de Dzoom. También es muy interesante el siguiente foro de discusión en Flickr: OT – EUREKA!! the Dave Hill LOOK!!!. A continuación resumimos el proceso. La “calidad” del resultado final dependerá de los valores que se vayan aplicando. Lo mejor es ir probando hasta que des con ese aspecto mágico. 1. Luz intensa. Duplicar capa: Capa -> duplicar capa Paso alto: Filtro -> Otro -> paso alto (radio=8) Modo de fusión: Capa -> estilo de capa -> opciones de fusión (luz intensa) Acoplar capas: Capa -> acoplar imagen 2. Color. Duplicar capa: Capa -> duplicar capa Paso alto: Filtro -> Otro -> paso alto (radio=10) Modo de fusión: Capa -> estilo de capa -> opciones de fusión (color) Reducir opacidad de la capa (50%) Acoplar capas: Capa -> acoplar imagen 3. Desenfoque gaussiano y ruido. Duplicar capa: Capa -> duplicar capa Desenfocar: Filtro -> desenfocar -> desenfoque gaussiando (radio=6,5) Ruido: Filtro -> ruido -> añadir ruido (cantidad=5, uniforme) Reducir opacidad de la capa (40%) Acoplar capas: Capa -> acoplar imagen 4. Enfoque. Enfocar: Filtro -> enfocar -> máscara de enfoque (cantidad=200%, radio=4, umbral=15) 5. ... Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:40:47 +0100 834743 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/yDtBTlOGv10/3684 Today I finished my column for the next issue of the Collaborative Librarianship Journal and in it I talk about collaborative research tools. One of those tools is Zotero and I have plenty more to share about Zotero so I thought I’d share a review of the newest version with you all. Short version of my review – Zotero Rocks!! Longer version. First, if you haven’t heard of or used Zotero, you are missing out on one of the most handy research tools available online today. Zotero installs into your Firefox browser and lets you save both citation and full text information about any resource you can find on the web. Many popular OPACs or research databases actually have support built in for Zotero meaning you simply click a button on your address bar and the citation (and full text if available) is saved right to your library. In the newest version you can even set up your local copy to sync with the Zotero site for safekeeping and sharing. I have set up a public library on Zotero so that everyone can see what resources I’ve been saving and hopefully benefit from the articles/web pages/etc that I’m finding. The other great thing about the new Zotero are the community functions. There are now group libraries where multiple people can manage bibliographies together. One of these such bibliographies is the Free/Libre and Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography, a bibliography that was started by Brenda Chawner in 2002 and maintained as a static web page until recently. Brenda was able to import her bibliography into Zotero and because of the collaborative nature of Zotero I am now able to help her update and maintain this amazing resource (a resource that I constantly refer students to when teaching open source). ... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:03:10 +0100 832164 http://www.betabib.org/2010/03/30/att-modifiera-sfx-simplified-menu-millenium-z39-50-lookup-plugin-for-sfx/ De flesta svenska bibliotek som använder SFX har gått över till simplified menu. Det finns nästan bara fördelar med detta då man kan styra gränssnittet mer från administrationsgränssnittet. Men väldigt få har anpassat den förenklade menyn. Det är inte speciellt svårt att göra detta men kräver att man lämnar det grafiska admin gränssnittet och hackar lite på servern. Eller att man scp/sftp:ar hem filerna och editerar dem i lugn och ro för att sedan ladda upp dem. Det man skall vara medveten om är dock att man bryter de symboliska länkarna till den centrala instans som uppdateras vid, eh, ja uppdateringarna. Så man får hålla lite span på vilka filer som uppdateras i Release notes. Nu var det en stund sedan det hände något med menyfilerna och jag har svårt att tro att det kommer hända något större innan SFX4 kommer. För att ändra färger på länkar, positioner osv. så är det en .css fil som styr det hela (/sfxXXX/css/simplified_template1/sfxmenu.css). En del av grafiken är hårt knuten till den grafiska profilen så de kan man vilja byta ut. Bilderna ligger i /sfxXXX/img/simplified_template1/ med diverse underkataloger. Totalt sett handlar det kanske om 10 bilder som behöver bearbetas. Vi håller nu på att se över logiska regler och vilka tjänster som skall visas men det känns helt klart ett steg i rätt riktning att få samma grafiska profil på SFX menyn som på webbplatsen. Titta själv. En annan väldigt fiffig sak med SFX är de olika plug-in modulerna. Det finns t ex en z39.50 plugin som kollar mot den lokala bibliotekskatalogen om en resurs finns eller ej. Man kan göra uppslag på ISBN, ISSN och titel. Vi hade det aktiverat i Jönköping och använde då en speciell Aleph parser men det finns generella möjligheter för alla system som stödjer z39.50. I /sfxXXX/config/z3950_lookup.config gör du inställningarna för ditt bibliotekssystems z39.50-server. ... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:08:33 +0100 832822 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/4k88NQXJC1s/digicmb Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter 5 trends Helene Blowers "reality check" #dbup10 http://twitpic.com/1as7rr Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter Nice enhanced, enriched opac by http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be #dbup10 Rss, widgets, integrated services, etc http://twitpic.com/1asn9v zoeken.bibliotheek.be - AquaBrowser Library® Nice enhanced, enriched opac by http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be #dbup10 Rss, widgets, integrated services, etc http://twitpic.com/1asn9v Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter John Blyberg just said THE trigger words about traditionally opac's : It's a Disconnect! #dbup10 http://twitpic.com/1at5c5 Survey of Acadmic Librarians - Primary Research Group Use of tools and social media academic Libraries etc http://www.PrimaryResearch.com/publications-Survey-of-Acadmic-Librarians.html (Source: DigiCMB) Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:20:02 +0100 830920 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoesfera/~3/j80pvemvNaw/culturas-de-innovacion-vs-cultura-de.html Remedando a Juan Freire en su magnífico post "Culturas de innovación vs. cultura de calidad", no puedo estar más de acuerdo con sus ideas y reflexiones, y más ahora que muchos bibliotecarios estamos inmersos en temas de evaluación, calidad, sellos de excelencia, etc. Por esta razón quiero comentar su post en el que hace referencia fundamentalmente al entorno universitario docente y al empresarial, pero aplicando sus consideraciones a las bibliotecas, aunque como docente no puedo estar más de acuerdo con sus referencias a los proyectos de renovación de las metodologías docentes. La "tiranía de la innovación" puede generar peligrosas perversiones: Para Freire la imposición de la innovación en las organizaciones no significa necesariamente que la organización entienda su significado. Muchos bibliotecarios estamos siendo testigos de la "presión" que supone para las bibliotecas ver como sus bibliotecas de referencia o las que más "suenan", están incorporando en sus productos y servicios elementos de la web social. Esta situación está generando que muchas de ellas quieran un Opac con "apariencia" social y que las redes sociales y utilidades 2.0 se muestren en sus páginas web. La innovación y el "discurso de la innovación" se han convertido tambien en un leivmotiv para las bibliotecas como consecuencia de serlo en sus universidades o ayuntamientos. Es lo que se llama "estar alienados con los objetivos de la institución", que de eso estamos aprendiendo bastante los bibliotecarios. Sin embargo, estas ansias de parecer innovadores se enmarcan siempre en la llamada "cultura de la calidad" y como dice Freire: "Las universidades han llegado (de nuevo) tarde a los cambios y empiezan ahora a incorporar métodos de gestión de calidad que se popularizaron hace ya bastantes años en el ámbito empresaria. ... Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:57:00 +0100 830231 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-school-libraries-matter.html Young Learners Need Librarians, Not Just Google, by Mark Moran Many absolutely clueless administrators still believe that a search engine is an adequate substitute for a trained research teacher. With the nation's schools budget-strapped, librarians--and even libraries--are being cut from coast to coast. Even President Obama, whose creation of a National Information Literacy Awareness Month suggests he should know better, left additional funding for school libraries out of his FY 2011 budget proposal.Saving the Google Students, by Sara Scribner For the Google generation, closing school libraries could be disastrous. Not teaching kids how to sift through sources is like sending them into the world without knowing how to read.Thanks to David Dillard for the links. Every day in my reader it seems I hear of more layoffs in the schools or library closures. School libraries impacted my life far more than inspiring me to go to library school. The women (sadly, there were no men in any of the positions where I attended), were driving forces behind literacy and research. Unlike many students who go to college, I knew how to use Books in Print and all sorts of other indices and sources before stepping into the university library. I was well-versed in card catalogues (the OPAC came a couple of years after I started). Plus, school libraries were a lifeline for me. I didn't have ready access to a public library when I lived at Barksdale AFB--we lived seven miles from the main base out in a neighbourhood surrounded by woods with just a little convenient store. My parents wouldn't have taken the trouble to drive into Bossier City and take me to the library there. Fortunately, they didn't have to. In California, there was a Kern County Public Library on base, but the librarian wouldn't let me choose any books on the level I was reading (college, first year), because I was in 8th grade and they were 'too adult' for me. ... Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 830236