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, 05 Aug 2011 02:52:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/04/code4lib-journal.html Issue 13 of the Code4Lib Journal has been published. Partial contents:ISBN and QR Barcode Scanning Mobile App for LibrariesGraham McCarthy and Sally WilsonThis article outlines the development of a mobile application for the Ryerson University Library. The application provides for ISBN barcode scanning that results in a lookup of library copies and services for the book scanned, as well as QR code scanning. Two versions of the application were developed, one for iOS and one for Android. The article includes some details on the free packages used for barcode scanning functionality. Source code for the Ryerson iOS and Android applications are freely available, and instructions are provided on customizing the Ryerson application for use in other library environments. Some statistics on the number of downloads of the Ryerson mobile app by users are included.Using Web Services for a Mobile OPACDenis Galvin and Mang SunThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the creation and intended evolution of the Rice University mobile online public access catalog (OPAC). The focus of the article is on how SirsiDynix’s Symphony Web Services can be used to create a mobile OPAC.Look What We Got! How Inherited Data Drives Decision-Making: UNC-Chapel Hill’s 19th-Century American Sheet Music CollectionRenée McBrideHave you inherited a digital collection containing valuable, but inconsistent metadata? And wondered how to transform it into a usable, quality resource while accepting that it can’t meet your idea of perfection? This article describes such an experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library with its CONTENTdm-based 19th-Century American Sheet Music Collection, addressing issues such as field construction, the use of controlled vocabularies, development of a project data dictionary, and metadata clean-up. ... Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895887 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16327 Access Services Librarian - Kemp Library #2010000318 (East Stroudsburg University -- ESU, Pennsylvania) University seeks an experienced Access Services Librarian to supervise and coordinate the areas of Circulation, ILL, Stacks Maintenance, Reserves, and Document Delivery in the Kemp Library. This is a full-time, nine month, continuing tenure track faculty position within Kemp Library and reports directly to the Library Dean. As part of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Kemp Library has a staff of 9 Full-time library faculty and 13 staff. The general collection consists of over 564,000 books, serial back-files and government documents in print, and more than 1. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:20:02 +0100 895386 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/24/3838 Bruno BAUER, Daniel FORMANEK und MARIAN MIEHL: Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und eBooks on Demand als Facetten der Hybridbibliothek: zwei innovative Services der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien Zusammenfassung: Die Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien verfügt als Hybridbibliothek über große Bestände an gedruckter bzw. digitaler Literatur. Um den Zugriff zu dieser Information zu verbessern, wurden in jüngster Zeit zwei Projekte entwickelt und realisiert. Für die Studierenden wurde das Informationsportal Van Swieten Student 2.0 als virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung konzipiert, das neben dem Nachweis von gedruckten und elektronischen Lehrbüchern weitere für das Medizinstudium relevante Informationsquellen offeriert und auch Web 2.0-Applikationen integriert. Die Zettelkataloge, bisher einziges Nachweisinstrument für die wertvollen medizinhistorischen Bestände, wurden digitalisiert, OCR-gelesen und als webfähiger OPAC mit Web 2.0-Funktionen erweitert. Auf Basis dieses Katalogs können urheberrechtsfreie Werke über das innovative Service eBooks on Demand (eod) in digitaler Form bzw. als Reprint angefordert werden. Schlüsselwörter: Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsbibliothek, Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung, Van Swieten Student 2.0, WordPress, Scriblio, eBooks on Demand (eod), Zettelkatalog, Digitalisierung, Hybridbibliothek, Web 2.0. Bruno BAUER, Daniel FORMANEK and MARIAN MIEHL: Virtual textbook collection and eBooks on Demand as facets of the hybrid library: two innovative services of the university library of the Medical University Vienna Abstract: The university library of the Medical University of Vienna is a hybrid library and offers a huge stock of literature in print and online. Two projects were realised to improve access to this collection. The library built a catalogue for their students, which includes all relevant resources for their courses. ... Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0100 895376 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoesfera/~3/mS5T-LS0MBU/terror-en-la-escuela.html “El verdadero terror es despertar un día y darte cuenta que tu salón de secundaria gobierna el país” Kurt Vonnegut Hay personas que se toman a broma lo del acoso escolar, conocido como bullying en los paises de habla inglesa, y siguen pensando que es cosa de crios y que "cuando maduren" esas cosas despareceran. Puede. Puede que desparezcan para quienes infieren el maltrato, pero jamás las víctimas olvidan las humillaciones y ofensas, por muchas horas de terapia que pasen junto al sicólogo/a.  Y esto lo dice una de esas víctimas que día tras día, mes a mes, curso a curso sufren la violencia tanto física como verbal en sus propias carnes. Pero, lo peor del caso, es que este tipo de abusos se dan cada vez a mas temprana edad, y así tenemos ejemplos de niños de guardería que acosan, y pegan sistemáticamente a ciertos compañeros, independientemente del sexo. La violencia flota en el ambiente de crispación generalizada y los críos lo absorben todo, tanto de la calle como de su familia y la tele. Ya les puedes decir que no deben hacer tal o cual cosa, que si lo ven en cualquier lugar, los niños proceden por imitación, para ser "mayores" ante los demás y demostrar que cada uno es el rey y todos los otros sus vasallos.Por eso, antes de que estos maltratadores en potencia - lo seran de no poner remedio - pasen a mayores, se hace  conveniente alertar a padres y educadoeres de que, en ocasiones, es muy necesario un buen azote a tiempo, y no dejarse amedrentar por los pequeños, pues, de ello, depende la salud de todos. Leed con sumo cuidado el siguiente artículo del que se desprenden algunos datos interesantes. Cuando entré a la universidad, lo último que tenía en mente eran mis traumas de la infancia. Desgraciadamente, la emoción por el primer día de clases fue opacada por una sensación de horror aplastante cuando reconocí a una de mis compañeras de sexto de primaria a través de la explanada. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:11:00 +0100 894714 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/a-informacao/~3/bTs54xEhU28/avancando-para-tras.html Fonte: O Globo. Data: 19/12/2010. Roberto Feith* Diretor da Objetiva escreve sobre o rumo que a nova lei de direitos autorais pode tomar *Roberto Feith é jornalista e empresário do setor editorial A proposta do Ministério da Cultura para uma nova Lei do Direito Autoral é uma tentativa de reformar o que não está quebrado. Ela é fruto de uma arrogância bem intencionada; os arquitetos da proposta são movidos por uma vontade genuína de melhorar o mundo e tomados pela convicção de que sabem, melhor do que ninguém, como fazer isto. Lembram os arquitetos da finada Lei da Informática; o contexto era diferente, mas os responsáveis pelos dois projetos têm em comum a convicção que sabem como corrigir os “erros” da sociedade. O resultado, num e outro caso, são projetos de lei confusos, autoritários e retrógrados. O projeto do Minc é confuso porque trata de forma igual setores com dinâmicas distintas. Na vida real, complexa e multifacetada, o mundo da música é diferente do mundo do livro, que é diferente do mundo do cinema, que é diferente do mundo das artes plásticas. Os idealizadores do novo projeto de lei, no seu furor regulatório, atropelaram este fato singelo e indiscutível. O projeto é autoritário porque cria a figura sem precedente da “licença não voluntária”. Esta terminologia opaca quer dizer que, quando entender que há motivo, o governo poderá declarar nulas as disposições do autor sobre sua obra. Mas quem determinaria quando “há motivos”? Não se preocupe, esta medida de última instância ficaria em mãos qualificadas: nada menos do que o presidente da República. Este é um aspecto inusitado da proposta, pois nem o mais ingênuo dos mortais poderá pensar que o presidente vai tratar desta questão. Na verdade, se aprovada a proposta do Minc, o presidente delegará este poder ao órgão que geralmente trata do tema — o próprio Minc. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:58:00 +0100 894575 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/goodreader-for-iphone-updated-includes-ipad-features/ Here’s the update description from their site: new PDF displaying engine – zooming/panning is a lot smoother now. However, if for some reason the new engine doesn’t work for you, you can always switch back to the original engine with the switch in Settings. Higher quality images switch in Settings for PDF files. This switch produces higher quality scanned images, but impacts rendering performance noticeably. So try this switch to see which option suits your needs better. wireless printing: AirPrint support (iOS 4.2 or later) actions available without closing a file – “Open In…”, E-Mail, Print Repair a PDF File feature. Some damaged files that previously caused GoodReader to display an “Unknown PDF Error” message (and could not be annotated for that matter), can now be automatically repaired. support for 256-bit AES encryption in PDF files (iOS 4.2 or later) PDF Night Mode brightness slider is now available directly in a viewer, no need to adjust it in Settings any more PDF Annotations: adjustable line thickness for drawings PDF Annotations: adjustable opacity for drawings Redo button in freehand drawing mode freehand drawing tool now allows to zoom and pan a page with two fingers, useful for long handwritten notes that do not fit on one screen freehand drawing mode now recognizes single taps as dots – no more circles when drawing the “i” letter freehand drawing tool now works much faster on pages containing a large number of annotations images can now be deleted without closing the image viewer fixed the issue with accessing some WebDAV servers based on Microsoft IIS engine fixed the issue when annotations created in GoodReader were missing when printing files later from a computer (you’ll need to somehow modify old annotations to fix them, any modification – placement, color, etc. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:31:46 +0100 894292 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/17229 Good afternoon: Tisch library at Tufts University has the option of providing OCLC's WorldCat Local search interface to our patrons. Our Web Services Team is devising a strategy. Like many libraries, we offer a tab interface for direct interaction with our library catalog as well as electronic resources. The current trend for libraries providing access to WorldCat Local appears to be replacing the "classic" catalog (local OPAC) search with WorldCat Local, but including a link to the local OPAC (see University of Washington Libraries<http://www.lib.washington.edu/> for an example). Others have chosen to place WorldCat Local in a tab unto itself and keep the local OPAC in another tab - see University of Connecticut Libraries<http://www.lib.uconn.edu/>. Would anyone be willing to share their strategy and rationale in providing WorldCat Local to your community, as well as student response to the interface? Thanks ever so much, Thom Thom W. Cox Technical Project Manager Tisch Library Tufts University Med (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894118 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16260 Coordinator of Information and Technology Services (The Academy of Natural Sciences, Pennsylvania) Ewell Sale Stewart Library and Archives   The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia seeks an experienced, creative, and enthusiastic Coordinator of Information and Technology Services to join our team.  Working with one of the world’s finest natural history collections, the encumbent will lead the provision of in-depth, specialized research and information support; and manage the library technology services including the OPAC, web presence, e-resource discovery, and the Greenfield Digital Imaging Center. For more information, click to the announcement on our site and apply online: http://www.ansp.org/about/employment.php#1002 (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:05:02 +0100 892966 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8978 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 for more information http://library.princeton.edu 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. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:00:02 +0100 892579 http://vivabibliotecaviva.blogspot.com/2010/12/dispositivos-moveis-nas-bibliotecas.html A sociedade de informação está em constante evolução, os dispositivos móveis estão em força na sociedade e cada vez mais integrados com os produtores de conteúdos, desde os jornais às bibliotecas. Os dispositivos móveis permitem um acesso à informação, metamorfoseando a comunicação.Algumas bibliotecas agarram este novo desafio a apresentam uma série de aplicações possíveis para usufruto dos seus utilizadores, tanto conteúdos como serviços, por exemplo: o portal Web da biblioteca acessível, serviços de alerta por SMS, geo-localização, acesso ao OPAC, (Mobile OPAC) e M-Repositórios, Códigos QR, serviço de recomendações, conteúdos para ebooks, tutoriais vídeo, podcats, etc.Ainda muitos problemas técnicos terão que ser resolvidos e ultrapassados, assim como os profissionais  das bibliotecas terão que demonstrar mais vontade em experimentar estas novas plataformas.Documentos a  consultar:Arroyo, Natalia. Web móvil y bibliotecas. El Profesional de la Información, vol. 18, núm. 2, marzo-abril 2009, pp. 129-136. Disponible en: http://eprints.rclis.org/16063/M-Libraries: Information use on the move : A report from the Arcadia Programme, by Keren Mills (18 Maio 2009) Utilidades de la web móvil para profesionales de la información, Natalia Arroyo In comunidad de prácticas sobre web móvilNatalia Arroyo apresenta-nos duas reflexões introdutórias sobre o tema:Web móvil y bibliotecasView more presentations from natalia.arroyo.Adaptando contenidos para la web móvil: pautas y herramientas para bibliotecas públicasAdaptando contenidos para la web móvil: pautas y herramientas para bibliotecas públicasView more presentations from natalia.arroyo.O nosso colega Pedro Príncipe (rato de biblioteca) apresentou a comunicação "Conteúdos para dispositivos móveis: uma oportunidade para as bibliotecas" nas VI Conferências do Cenáculo: Biblioteca 2. ... Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893283 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/12/12/library-web-developerdesigner-at-princeton-university-library-revised/ The Princeton University Library is recruiting a Library Web Developer/Designer. Here's an excerpt from the ad: 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. Conducting user-centric usability studies is highly desirable, so experience in this area will be preferred. | Digital Scholarship | (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892863 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/Q9Bg_jGLH2U/ The Princeton University Library is recruiting a Library Web Developer/Designer. Here's an excerpt from the ad: 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. Conducting user-centric usability studies is highly desirable, so experience in this area will be preferred. | Digital Scholarship | (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:03:20 +0100 892648 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/MK7PhsJgdCU/ It’s been some time since I last had a look at the “My Library” service in Google Books, but with the announcement of Google eBooks store (currently US only, except for out-of-copyright free downloads) I popped over to my Google Books account to see whether anything else had changed… One of the little known (I think?) features of Google Books is the “My Library” personalisation which allows you to create a collection of books and search over them. Searching your library finds all the books in your library collection that contain the search phrase; if a preview of the book is available returns deep links into the book to the point(s) at which the search terms appear: I’ve previously commented on the My Library aspect of Google Books in the context of its possible use by libraries for providing a full-text search option over books in their collection (e.g. Complementing the OPAC With a Full Text Search Book Catalogue where I describe the use of the service by Wiltshire Heritage Library (example) and the Penn State University Press booksearch (example)). (At the moment I don’t think you can get statistics back on the searches carried out on a My Library profile, though Google books can do stats for publishers e.g. Google Books for Publishers). Anyway – one of the problems I originally had with My Library was that you could only maintain a single collection. But it seems that it’s now possible to create separate collections by tagging books in your Library onto “shelves”: (Shelves appeared at the start of 2010, it seems: Updated Books Home Page and My Library. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:33:18 +0100 892172 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62374 In recent weeks three libraries have started to use a social discovery layer/system from Toronto's BiblioCommons. 1. Johnson County Library, KS 2. Seattle Public Library 3. About a month ago, the North Vancouver (BC) District Public also began using BiblioCommons (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:31:12 +0100 890315 http://www.betabib.org/2010/11/29/att-jamfora-discoverynext-gen-opac/ I senaste numret av Library Hi-Tech finns det en artikel som heter Evaluating and comparing discovery tools: how close are we towards next generation catalog? skriven av Sharon Q. Yang och Kurt Wagner. Det är en traditionell jämförelse av olika system där man tittar vilka som uppfyller viss funktionalitet. Det som är lite speciellt med den här jämförelsen är att man även tar med open source system. Det är roligt. Det som är lite synd är att man inte har hängt med när det gäller aggregerade index så man missar både EDS och Primo Central i jämförelserna. Överlag så för man ganska lite resonemang kring utvecklingen av ”web-scale Discovery” som står i ganska stor kontrast till next gen opac:en/cat:en. Jag tycker även det är synd att man missar Summa i genomgången av OS-system. Som en introduktion till vad moderna gränssnitt bör erbjuda är artikeln helt klart läsvärd. (Source: betabib) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:58:09 +0100 890687 http://bibliotheque20.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/enrichir-son-opac-offre-titelive/ Titelive est un acteur positionné sur un créneau proche de celui d’Electre. Jusqu’à présent, sa cible était avant tout les libraires. Il commence à approcher le monde des bibliothèques – via 2 types d’offre : Enrichir son OPAC Concurrencer Electre avec leur base de données bibliographiques : mediabase (avec intégration dans le SIGB) Pour se positionner sur le monde des bibliothèques, ils ont un partenariat avec Archimed, notamment afin de réaliser la deuxième prestation, sous le titre LibflyNotis. Je laisserai ce dernier point, pour traiter la question de l’enrichissement de l’opac. I. Prestation proposée L’offre titelive se compose de : Founiture de vignettes : livres, cds et dvds. Fourniture de Web-services pour du contenu enrichi sur les livres II. Modèle technique Pour la fourniture de vignettes : C’est un simple lien en dur dans votre opac. Deux prérequis : cela fonctionne avec l’EAN, donc il faut que vos notices en disposent Il faut en outre pouvoir isoler les 3 derniers chiffres de l’EAN de la notice Pour la fourniture de webservices : Les webservices sont ouvrables chez eux. l’intégration de webservices ds votre OPAC sera à votre charge, et là, c’est une autre paire de manches. Du reste, cette offre n’est pas encore tout à fait mûrie de leur côté (je crois) III. Le coût Bibliosurf l’avait dit, je le confirme: pour le pack {vignettes de livres} : moins de 50 euros par mois TTC pour les webservices, ca dépend de votre taille : moins que le seuil actuel des marchés de toute façon. Mais le problème restera d’abord l’intégration de ce service dans votre OPAC IV. Qui sont-ils ? Je cite leur doc : Depuis 25 ans, Tite-Live fournit des outils d’information pour les produits culturels à plus de 700 clients en France et en Europe. La société compte 65 salariés. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:42:25 +0100 887606 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8403 State: International Memorial University of Newfoundland invites applications for a permanent tenure‐track position in the University Library System. Web Services Librarian Memorial University Libraries, Queen Elizabeth II Library Memorial University of Newfoundland Libraries seeks an enterprising, innovative, and self‐ directed Web Services Librarian. The Web Services Librarian will join a dynamic, collegial team and will work in a collaborative and supportive environment to enhance the Library’s web site and web‐based tools. The successful candidate is expected to combine a thorough understanding of the ways in which library patrons access and use information in the present day, along with well‐developed practical experience in web design and web 2.0 technologies. Duties: This position reports to the Associate University Librarian for Information Technologies. As part of the Systems team for Memorial Libraries, the Web Services Librarian works in a highly collaborative environment to develop, support and manage the Library's web site (http://www.library.mun.ca), applying principles of usability and accessibility to develop functionality and features across the entire web site. Duties include configuring and implementing a Drupal content management system; integrating the main library site with the larger library web presence; designing and carrying out interface usability studies; selecting and implementing appropriate site structure and navigation tools; search engine optimization; collaborating on the establishment and enforcement of web standards and styles; ensuring conformance to accessibility guidelines; analysis of usage statistics; actively exploring current web technologies and making recommendations for best practices; and providing instruction and skill development sessions for librarians and staff. The successful candidate is expected to consult broadly across Memorial Libraries’ branches and divisions. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:10:02 +0100 886229 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/yVyFV1e-egA/newsjpl.html The new website for the San Jose Public Library has finally launched! You can see the site at SJPL.org. The major changes that this new site represent: a new URL, sjpl.org a split from the combined website we previously had (with the SJSU Library) a new design, created by our web librarian Nate Hill new site content new information architecture new content management system (Drupal) a new way for staff to update content directly through a customized, simplified WYSIWYG editor So you know…it’s not like it was a huge project or anything. Other significant highlights of the site: Every single staff member at SJPL has been asked and empowered to create blog posts for the new site.  That means everyone.  No limiting by classification, specialization, or degree-holding nonsense.  We’re all smart.  We all have things we know about and want to share with our library users.  We currently have over 300 staff set up to create content and I couldn’t be happier. Content is not pre-moderated by any web staff.  When staff click “Save,” it goes up.  And rightly so. We offer commenting as a function on almost every part of our site, and user comments are not pre-moderated either.  Again, rightly so. We strove for minimalism and simplicity in both design and content whenever possible. We don’t use the words “database” or “OPAC.”  We chose words that our users actually told us they wanted us to use. We are making  heavy use of RSS feed content.  Take our branch library webpages as an example, e.g. West Valley.  You’ve got RSS populating the next upcoming events, the blog posts from the staff, and the newest items in that branch library’s collection.  Go dynamic content! This launch is the culmination of a three year project. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:18:06 +0100 887515 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/cfp-library-trends-international.html CFP: LIBRARY TRENDS, International Journal of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Special Issue on Trends in Next Generation Discovery and AccessURL: Library Trends: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/The library catalog, along with other traditional information retrieval tools, is in a state of flux. Contributing factors include changing codes, changing priorities, and changing expectations. In the past four years, many institutions have implemented radically new approaches to the traditional library catalog. Whether we call these Third Generation Catalogs, Next Generation Catalogs, or Next Next Generation Catalogs, these are most often characterized by the introduction of faceted search capabilities and reliance on social technologies like tagging that encourage user interaction and participation. This period marks a new phase of experimentation that has not been seen since the late 1970s and early 1980s when the OPAC burst upon the scene. Since the unveiling of the new catalog at North Carolina State University in 2006, impassioned exchanges have occurred throughout the grey literature of our field today, from blog posts to the NGC4LIB listserv.To provide a more permanent record of the ideas driving these exchanges, the international journal Library Trends is planning a special issue, Trends in Next Generation Discovery and Access. This issue of Library Trends aims to investigate the historical background of the developments and innovations in the catalog, and to support articulation work that describes both the theory and practices that underlie Next Generation Discovery and Access. Some of these instantiations are traditional catalogs with new window dressing, but many institutions are rethinking fundamental technologies and practices. It is these experiments that will be highlighted by this issue. ... Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887391 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/14/two-serious-ladies-jane-bowles-review Named by Tennessee Williams as his favourite book, Two Serious Ladies (first published in 1943) is a singular achievement – a modernist cult classic, and Jane Bowles's only novel.Bowles, the darling of the avant garde, anatomises women's place in society with delicate but devastating skill. Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield meet at a party in a New York suburb: one a wealthy spinster, the other married, both seek escape from their stifling social milieu, though the paths they choose in their search for salvation take them far apart. Abandoning her family home, Miss Goering decamps to a dilapidated house on an island, but asceticism yields swiftly to increasingly sordid encounters with strange men. Mrs Copperfield dutifully accompanies her husband on a cruise to Panama, but falls in love with a prostitute and is swallowed up by a seedy world of bars and bordellos. When the two meet again, they are much changed – both have suffered the depredations of their deadbeat odysseys, but have found a new strength too. "I have gone to pieces, which is a thing I've wanted to do for years," Mrs Copperfield declares. "I know I am as guilty as I can be, but I have my happiness which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which I never had before."Bowles's spare, elliptical prose has a hallucinatory quality, pierced by moments of startling clarity and wit. Her characters retain a sphinx-like opacity, as unsettling as it is engrossing; "If you are only interested in a bearable life, perhaps this does not concern you," one of them writes. It is this challenge that lies at the heart of Bowles's novel.FictionLettie Ransleyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:03:06 +0100 885885 http://www.betabib.org/2010/11/11/quick-and-dirty-journal-tocs-api-och-jquery/ Journal TOCs är en himla fiffig tjänst och den har ett API! Av någon anledning fick jag ett plötsligt behov av att se om man kunde parsa RSS flöden i jQuery för att kunna inkludera t ex de senaste artiklarna från en tidskrift i en bibliografisk post. Ett par snabba sök och så hittade jag ett plugin till jQuery – zRSSFeed – som gör just det man vill att det skall göra dvs ta ett RSS flöde och presenterar det. Ett quick and dirty exempel: $(document).ready(function () { $(‘#test’).rssfeed(‘http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/journals/0737-8831?output=articles’, { limit:15, date:false, snippet:false, content:false, header:false }); }); och så får man det man vill ha. Det enda som återstår är att formatera det hela och givetvis att fånga upp ISSN från OPAC:en. Snajdigt! Kanske hjälper det någon som vill berika sina tidskriftsposter. (Source: betabib) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:24:58 +0100 886026 http://caslisottawainformation.blogspot.com/2010/11/evenement-ose-t-on-parler-dun.html Vendredi, le 19 novembre 2010, de midi à 13 hBibliothéque publique d'Ottawa, Auditorium (120, rue Metcalfe)Depuis des années, les bibliothécaires constatent l’utilité de permettre aux utilisateurs une participation à l’organisation de l’information proposée en ligne ; en 2007 déjà, le rapport sur les principes de pré-coordination dans les vedettes-matières de la Bibliothèquedu Congrès (LCSH) signalait à plusieurs reprises l’intérêt de l’application des étiquettes d’utilisateurs aux documents dans l’OPAC. Dans une optique de collaboration avec nos utilisateurs, il nous sera utile de considérer leurs attentes par rapport à l’organisation de l’information et à sa manipulation (capacité d’étiqueter, de commenter, de partager et/ou de sauvegarder) sur les sites Web des bibliothèques dans la nouvelle décennie.Cette communication commencera par un survol de l’état actuel des systèmes d’étiquetage disponibles en ligne et auxquels nos utilisateurs auront eu affaire en tant qu’internautes. Dans un deuxième temps, cette communication recensera les systèmes d’étiquetage disponibles dans les portails de bibliothèques au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe. Que permettons-nous aux utilisateurs comparativement aux sites Web au sens plus large, et devrons-nous essayer d’aller encore plus loin en incitant nos utilisateurs à une participation active ?******************************************************************Professeure Heather Moulaison est professeure adjointe à l'École des sciences de l'information. Elle enseigne des cours dans le domaine de l'organisation de l'information. Ses principaux champs d'intérêt comprennent les réseaux sociaux et les étiquettes, la bibliothéconomie comparée et les bibliothèques numériques. Elle publie et présente des communications sur ses sujets d'intérêt à des colloques locaux, nationaux et internationaux. ... Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:00:00 +0100 883713 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/o6dzsBRxWU8/4299 Up next our own Ian Walls to talk about his awesome visions for where we can go with Koha 4.0! Ian warned us that the following could all be ideological and naive and we have to remember that they are all just his ideas and nothing concrete. First (and Ian rants about this alot) we need to rebuild some of the modules like holds, notices, accounts (a big problem for us) and borrowers. In addition we want some features that we have been talking about forever like hourly loans, electronic resources management, biblio relationships (aka analytics), enhanced circulation preferences. It would also be nice if we have tools for ILL and a way to connect to OCLC connexion so that you can catalog there and push a button to send to Koha. So let’s go into more detail. Holds Right now the holds table is missing a primary key (Paul chimed in to say that BibLibre has fixed this!). One known bug we should fix is the ability to place multiple holds on a title. Also for holds (and I love this idea), Ian suggests a Netflix-style queue (for the non-US attendees this was somewhat confusing, but for those of us who use Netflix, it means patrons can place unlimited holds, but can only have X out at once). Notices Notices need to be rebuilt (a loud WOO HOO from Liz Rea on this one). Ian wants to bring printed slips under notices so that they can be customized like notices. It would also be nice if we had a priority order for notification method, so email is priority if no email send it via print. In addition it would be nice to have on-demand messages – meaning the librarian could click and generate a notice or a copy of a notice. Right now patrons can opt-out of advanced notices – Ian thinks we should allow the librarians to control these as well if they want to and say which ones they can change and which they can’t. ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:33:54 +0100 882872 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15940 Library Systems Administrator (Drew University Library, New Jersey) Library Systems Administrator. Drew University Library (Madison, NJ) seeks an administrator to maintain, improve and upgrade its SirsiDynix ILS and OPAC.  Configure and implement user interface designs. Provide leadership, vision and support for new technological projects and emerging technologies. Participate in state-wide VALE-OLE open source ILS project. MLS preferred.  Complete announcement and qualifications at: www.drew.edu/library/openings/sys-admin.  Apply by Dec. 1, 2010, for fullest consideration. To enrich education through diversity Drew University is an AA/EOE (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:25:01 +0100 882124 http://frikitecaris.blogspot.com/2010/10/la-cabina.html Vivimos tiempos marcados por innumerables cambios, crisis cataclísmicas y modas medioambientales. Que si la profesión no sabe dónde va, que si no hay dinero por culpa de la crisi —que bien les ha venido la crisis a algunos!—, que si debemos reciclar hasta la última gota de nuestros residuos... Y nosotros, mientras, preguntándonos todavía qué futuro nos espera. Pues bien, en Inglaterra nos dan una pista: van los muy sajones y reconvierten una antigua cabina telefónica en un punto de intercambio de libros. Y quien dice punto de intercambio podría decir biblioteca: con las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación actuales, podemos tener el OPAC en un móbil, y un móbil cabe sin problemas en la cabina... Quien tal vez no cabría sería el bibliotecario...Talvez La-Compañía-Antes-Conocida-Como-Telefónica debería tomar nota y reciclar las antiguas cabinas que debe esconder en algún sitio. Así los probables futuros émulos del hombre de la cabina tendrían algo con que entretenerse en su encierro...La noticia en La Vanguardia y en El Mercurio.(via Juanma Santiago en septiembre y Eli Ramírez en octubre, y perpetrado por su seguro servidor en el día de hoy. La imagen, de Reuters, procede del artículo de El Mercurio) (Source: Frikitecaris) Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 882701 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/k0RYthUA2y4/4270 Irma Birchall and Sue Lavery are up next to talk about Koha when it’s not the code that’s locked up (because the library is in a prison). The prison in question was built to focus on both incarceration and rehabilitation – so that the prisons can go back to normal life when released. Why Koha in the prison library? Because a modern ILS is essential. The librarian needs something simple to use that is efficient. The tool has to facilitate participation in ongoing educations and has to be attractive and easy to use or it won’t hold the prisoner’s attention. Koha is viewed as state of the art software in the prison and has gotten the prison some good attention! For Sue, this experience has taught her a lot about Koha. My favorite of which is that it has raised her technology skills generally and empowered her to work things out herself. When Irma came in to provide support to Sue she was hit with all kinds of new challenges like transparent desktops, locked down internet connections (making Z39.50 searching difficult). Everything has to go through the security department’s eyes which means there is nothing easy – especially upgrading to new releases. This also means that library users can’t contribute to the Koha project or communicate with the outside Koha community due to the locked down Internet access. Another restriction Sue has to deal with is the fact that she can’t have a laptop to do remote circulation or inventory. And finally she too is locked down on what she can access outside of the library meaning she is also cut off sometimes from the rest of us who are working on Koha. Some things that they hope to have in the future for Koha include turning on features that they aren’t using at this time such as a multi-language OPAC, lists, purchase suggestions and moderated tags and reviews. ... Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:50:06 +0100 881955 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/6BakXB42xeU/4266 Paul Poulain from BibLibre was first after lunch to give us the history of Koha. He started with a recap of what we heard from Rosalie on the first day – Koha was developed to meet the needs of of HLT, and only HLT. Koha is full of firsts: it used agile development before there was any real definition of ‘agile development’ it was the first fully web based system it was delivered on time! it was not developed as a vendor product In order to have open source software you can’t just give it an open source license you also have to release it for more than just developers. You need a website that ‘non-techie’ people can read and understand. In September 2000 two new developers submitted patches (developers who were not from Katipo), but it’s interesting to note that those two did not submit patches after that – they jumped into the project to scratch an itch and then jumped out. Next up was the spread to Non-English speaking countries. This meant that developers needed to find a way to easily translate Koha to other languages (before this it was not easy to translate). In 2002 Koha 1.2 was released along with the introduction of Bugzilla for tracking bugs, a new wiki for shared documentation, the use of HTML::Template to make translations easier and the decision to add MARC support. Also by the end of 2002 the 17th committer to Koha was recorded – this means a 17th person joined the project and started writing code. This meant that Koha needed to create some sort of structure. The first release team included a Kaitiaki, a release manager, a release maintainer, a QA manager and a documentation manager. This way people know who to contact if they wanted to add to the documentation or submit a patch. From 2003 to 2005 the software grew very strong. New features were added like MARC (including authorities), Serials, Statistics, Import tools and an Advanced OPAC. ... Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:08:50 +0100 881956 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/61491 From a Spotlight Blog Post: Access Mobile Site at: http://m.library.sfsu.edu/ Includes: + OPAC Access + Send Item Location to Phone + Request Material + Google Previews Where Available Mobile Access To: 1. Academic Search Premier 2. Factiva 3. JSTOR 4. ProQuest Newspapers + Mobile Versions of Research Guides + IM or SMS Chat + More (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:52:10 +0100 881685 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/walkingpaper/full/~3/zPrhprjOU5k/2925 Here’s a reprint of my June 11, 2010 LJ column. ########## I like pBooks and eBooks. I like movies. I like music. What’s more, I think these things have a place in our libraries and have played a crucial role in their evolution. I’m afraid, though, that the pervasive concept of library as commercial content provider is preventing us from adapting and evolving. Libraries will have to build a new foundation if they are to recover from these economic hard times—a foundation of valuable services, of user experience, not just free content. Free Content For All The traditional warehouse model is seductive in economic hard times: libraries circulate more items, providing a convenient metric to demonstrate importance via usage. But this is the most shallow way libraries can demonstrate value—and looking at all of the budget cuts across the country, legislators apparently agree. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “If libraries didn’t exist today they wouldn’t be allowed to be created.” I always suspected this was true, but it wasn’t until the explosion in popularity of containerless content that I realized the rug was being pulled out from under us. Sure there are ebook, e-audiobook, and downloadable movie services into which libraries can buy. These solutions, however, are largely unsatisfying: there’s a variety of platforms, the selection of content is limited, and the software is difficult to use. Library users are well aware of this. In fact, the frustrations of a tech-savvy and highly motivated library user recently made the rounds in the form of a comic strip titled “Why DRM Doesn’t Work” (bit.ly/c3LlxA). Librarians could collectivize and demand content and interface improvements. But their inaction with regard to the most important part of their websites—their OPACs—suggests they aren’t likely to do that for digital content. ... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:00:07 +0100 884070 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/FBxi17teK2Y/4248 David Friggens gave us a very animated (slides and speaker) talk about how to present our information in different ways to our patrons. First example was from the University of Dundee and their serials holding chart. It’s a graphical representation of what issues the library has of a specific serial. Next, word clouds. One way to use a word cloud is to show what people are searching for right now – or today – or this month (I can’t share a link to an example of this cause the system they use does not have permalinks – another reason to use Koha). One that I’d love to see is RSS feeds for new titles in different subject areas. This is possible in Koha with the custom RSS feeds, but it would be awesome if it was just a default function. Some libraries are showing what has been checked in or out recently in different ways – one example was to have it publish to Twitter. Yet another graphical display would be to show a map of where you can find the item in the library right from the bib record display in the OPAC. There are different ways to handle this – flash, image files, etc. Along the lines of mapping would be usage heat maps to show where things are circulating more or less (this is not something David or I have seen anyone do yet). We have all of this data in our libraries that we can mash into new and interesting visualizations and tools. As I say in my mashups talks (and my book did get a shoutout by David), we just have to open up our data. David gave us a great quote by Rufus Pollock about open data: “The coolest thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else.” We have to open up our data and see what gets created with it! Technorati Tags: kohacon10 Related posts:KohaCon10: Kete & Koha KohaCon10: Why I Love Koha KohaCon10: What is a Koha? (Source: What I Learned Today...) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:22:08 +0100 881520 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/lyeJq14EsS0/4229 One of the things I love about Koha is the huge community and worldwide adoption. Olugbenga Adara from Nigeria was our next speaker, unfortunately he was unable to join us in person, but through the magic of technology he was able to join us via Skype. In Nigeria there are 13 known Koha installations – he said known because you can never know for sure how many people are using open source products because so many do not report their usage. Another interesting statistic is that fewer than 20% of libraries in Nigeria are using an ILS in their library! There is lack of adequate funding so Koha becomes a great alternative because of the lack of licensing fees. Other than price challenges include: Poor infrastructure – electricity power problems (no power for days sometimes) Internet Access – Most OPACs are offline because Internet Access is unreliable Manpower Issues – Computer literacy among professional librarians is still low Lack of commitment by heads of libraries Rivalry between organizational IT departments and contractors One way to resolve the power issue is to use Kyle Hall’s offline circulation tool. They are also generating card catalogs by exporting Koha data and bringing it into applications on their desktops. They hope that with an upgrade to 3.2 they might find a better way to handle this issue. Finally they hold workshops to educate their librarians. Other steps include encouraging users to create local users groups so that they can lean on each other for support (this was launched in June 2010). Their promotion efforts has made it so that at least the name Koha is now recognized in Nigeria. The next steps needed to make Koha more widely used in Nigeria include translating Koha into the major Nigerian languages (I think he said there were 6 of them). ... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:42:54 +0100 881526 http://lisnews.org/koha_320_released The latest version of Koha, the first open source ILS, has been released. The release announcement can be found at: http://koha-community.org/koha-3-2-0/ Koha 3.2.0 is a major feature release that includes a revamp of its acquisitions module, numerous improvements to staff functions include circulation, cataloging, and serials control, and support for additional enhanced content providers for its OPAC. (Source: LISNews.org) Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:50:05 +0100 880806 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16973 We use LibX, too. Some people really love it (myself included), but I'm also not sure how much use it gets. It's most handy for our traditional Voyager OPAC since more index-specific searches are supported, but we configured it for our VuFind implementation as well ( http://labs.library.yale.edu/yufind/2009/05/libx_toolbar_now_supports_yufi.html ). We're also experimenting with OpenSearch plugins. Daniel Daniel Lovins Metadata and Emerging Technologies Librarian Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 daniel.lovins-LrD5EImo2rg< at >public.gmane.org tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231 (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 880389 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryVoice/~3/SS4Q4-1sgMs/what-is-a-browser Libraries are often accused of using terms that the general public does not understand (catalog, OPAC, stacks, reserves, reference, periodicals, etc).  As this video demonstrates, misunderstanding  jargon goes way beyond the walls of the library.  In this video, an employee from Google asks random New Yorkers, “What is a browser?”.  The answers are both amusing and a little disturbing. (Source: Library Voice) Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:54:18 +0100 880937 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/10/cfp-iug-2011-san-fancisco-ca.html CFP: IUG 2011 (San Fancisco, CA)On behalf of the IUG 2011 Program Committee, I am pleased to announce that we are currently accepting proposals for the IUG2011 Conference which will be held in San Francisco April 13-16. Earn the respect and adulation of your peers by taking the stage at San Francisco to WOW the audience with your mastery of the Innovative system! Or, if you're like the rest of us, simply offer to share your hard-earned knowledge with others facing the same questions and problems. They will thank you for it.To submit a program proposal use the program proposal form available on Conferences page of the IUG Website. When prompted, login with your MyIUG login. If you don't already have one, go to the IUG Registration  page to create your account. The deadline to submit program proposals is Friday, November 5, 2010. URL: http://conferences.innovativeusers.org/index.php/IUG2011/IUG2011/userOnce again, all program, forum and poster session coordinators and co-presenters will receive a $50 discount on their conference registration fee. NOTE: this does not apply to Lightning Round presenters.Unsure of what programs people are thirsting for? Here are some of the hottest topics from last year:* [Anything] 101: back to basics programs like "10 easy ways to dress up the OPAC", "Tips for making your Millennium life easier" and "System Administration Essentials" were big hits.* Data, Data, Data: there were great turnouts for sessions on Exporting to Excel, Using Google Analytics, and Using Regular Expressions.* Automating Processes: sessions on load tables, using AutoIT, and batch loading had great attendance.For a more extensive list of program suggestions, visit the Suggested Topics page on the IUGwebsite. ... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 879379 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16930 No, I intended to ask whether any libraries do this to their collections? Or don't opacs allow imbedded buttons like "search within this book"? I don't know, I'm just a journalist. AE 2010/10/11 Peter Murray <peter.murray-XLSsnTcP9sZAfugRpC6u6w< at >public.gmane.org>: (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 878152 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16933 Still not clear what you're asking -- what's the "this" in "do this"? I saw a guy scanning ISBNs from the backs of books so he could build a MyLibrary list in GBS. Do we scan ISBNs from the backs of books to create MyLibrary lists in GBS? Probably not (especially since most OPAC records include ISBNs and most book backs don't). Do we offer "search within this book" features for books in our collection? Depends on the library, but most likely not. Do we offer "search within this book at Google Books" features or other links to Google Books content? Yes, and (I think) it's fairly common to do so. Bob Duncan ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Robert E. Duncan Systems Librarian Editor of IT Communications Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 duncanr-K+s1kEdG33PV1CgomF1qdQ< at >public.gmane.org http://library.lafayette.edu/ (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 878149 http://dltj.org/article/thursday-threads-2010w40/ Week #2 of this new project to highlight interesting tidbits from the previous seven days. Well, things that were interesting to me that I hope will be interesting to DLTJ readers. Time will tell.Technical Debt: A Perspective for ManagersWhat is Technical Debt? It’s all “those internal things that you choose not to do now, but which will impede future development if left undone” [Ward Cunningham]. On the surface the application looks to be of high quality and in good condition, but these problems are hidden underneath. QA may even tell you that the application has quality and few defects, but there is still debt. If this debt isn’t managed and reduced, the cost of writing/maintaining the code will eventually outweigh its value to customers.Technical Debt is like a credit card that charges a high interest rate, just leaving the team with an outstanding balance cost. In this case, the costs are represented by time and effort needed to work around the problems. The longer the team takes to pay off the debt, the more interest is accumulated (in the form of additional workarounds) and the higher the costs for the business.This definition of the amorphous stuff that gets in the way of moving faster really resonates with me.A Case of Taking QR Codes to the Park[Fort Smith Park Superintendent Bill Black] sat through a few conference sessions held by the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department about information technology, where he heard about QR (or Quick Response) codes—which are two-dimensional bar codes that can be used in a variety of ways. A company can choose from any number of sites that will generate a QR code for free and put that code almost anywhere—on a website, a postcard, or even a T-shirt. ... Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:17:11 +0100 878330 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/10/06/vufind-ausprobieren-leicht-gemacht/ Oliver Marahrens hat ein einem Fahrplan zur Vufind-Nachnutzung im TUBfind-Blog erläutert, wie man VuFind selbst installieren und ausprobieren kann: Was ist zu tun, wenn eine Bibliothek selbst vufind ausprobieren möchte? Zu diesem Thema lässt sich viel schreiben. Daher haben wir uns entschieden, eine kleine Serie zu starten und die einzelnen Schritte zur Nachnutzung von Vufind zu dokumentieren und zu beschreiben. Gewisse Grundkenntnisse in der Administration und Konfiguration von Webservern werden vorausgesetzt; Programmierkenntnisse werden jedoch nicht verlangt. Wer von den erforderlichen Administrations-Grundkenntnisse abgeschreckt ist: es geht auch fast ganz ohne, wenn man sich an die Anleitung hält. Meine persönlichen Erfahrungen dazu habe ich vor kurzem auch in diesem kleinen Erfahrungsbericht gepostet. Ungeklärt ist eigentlich nur, wie man VUFind nun korrekt ausspricht. Wi-Juh-Feind, Vau-Uh-Find, (engl.) View-Find? (Source: Infobib) Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:18:35 +0100 877306 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/10/cfp-iug-2011-innovative-users-group.html CFP: IUG 2011 (Innovative Users Group)You know stuff we wish we knew!!!The IUG Program committee is currently accepting proposals for the IUG2011 Conference which will be held in San Francisco April 13-16. Did you figure out how to do something cool after much trial and tribulation? Have you bent Millennium to your will? Do you love Create Lists so much that you think up awesome search parameters when you're lying in bed at night? You do know stuff we want to know or do things we want to do. We're begging you to share your hard-won knowledge to make our lives just a little easier.To submit a program proposal use the program proposal form available at the IUG Website: http://www.innovativeusers.org/. When prompted, login with your MyIUG login. If you don't already have one, go to the IUG Registration page to create your account. The deadline to submit program proposals is Friday, November 5, 2010.What might we want? Here are some of the hottest topics from last year:* [Anything] 101: back to basics programs like "10 easy ways to dress up the OPAC", "Tips for making your Millennium life easier" and "System Administration Essentials" were big hits.* Data, Data, Data: there were great turnouts for sessions on Exporting to Excel, Using Google Analytics, and Using Regular Expressions.* Automating Processes: sessions on load tables, using AutoIT, and batch loading had great attendance.For a more extensive list of program suggestions, visit the Suggested Topics page on the IUG website.Don't let the list limit you, we can't think of everything!Preconference Tracks are new this year. ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 877710 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/09/30/historical-photo-collection-survey-results Thanks to everyone who completed the historical photo collection survey. The Nashua Library got answers about 13 different collections, which will help them create their own collection policy. Kersten Matera from the Nashua Library was kind of enough to compile and summarize the results (below) - a PDF of the full results and individual answers [156KB] is also available. I was particularly interested in seeing what kind of fees libraries are charging for digital copies of their images collections. To this I asked the question: If the public wants a high-resolution digital copy of an image, will you provide that to them? 42% of libraries do not offer high-resolution copies 33% offer copies for free 25% charge a fee (e.g. $10, $20, $24) Interesting to note that a call in to Kinko’s furnished me with their scanning prices: $6.99 if they scan it and put it onto your storage device, or, an additional $9.99 to burn it onto a CD for you. Other questions that were asked on the Historical Photos survey included whether or not the library would provide a physical copy of an item in the collection 5 libraries said they charge between $.10 and $.25 for what I took to mean a copy on regular paper which is printed using the library’s printer 4 libraries charge a rate more in line with what a photo shop would charge (i.e. $5.00-24.00) 2 libraries do not provide copies 1 library will provide them for free When asked about possible tools to help with a Historical Photos collection, responses included: Flickr, Content DM, Facebook, a library’s OPAC (in this case, Polaris), Illinois State Digital Archive, Local History Digital Archive, websites created specifically for such things, and library websites. How much of your historical photos collection is digitized? All of the collection:16.7% Some:66.7% None:16.7% Is the collection available/viewable online? All are viewable online:25% Some:58.3% None:16. ... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:03:01 +0100 875386 http://acrlog.org/2010/09/29/managing-e-resources-for-users-100/ I returned to electronic resources librarianship – and full-time work – 16 months ago in a brand-new e-resources coordinator position at an academic library. The catch? It was in public services. Not many e-resources librarians live among the folks in reference and instruction – link resolvers, proxy servers, A-Z lists, COUNTER compliance, and ERMs usually keep us pretty close to our colleagues in acquisitions, serials and IT. Public services librarians, who spend their days building relationships with teaching faculty, performing classroom instruction, and juggling reference questions don’t have time to worry about the circuitous, detailed process involved in e-resources acquisitions and maintenance. Likewise, technical services and technology staff don’t necessarily see the daily impact their work and decisions have on users. Feeling caught in the middle, my transition was difficult. As a public services librarian, I got to do things like teach and work reference in a way most e-resources librarians don’t. But I also had limited opportunities to connect with my colleagues on the technical side, leaving me out of the decision making loop at crucial points. Despite its necessary involvement in technical processing, I feel that electronic resources librarianship is actually very well suited to being located in public services. My previous e-resources position, at a small college, meant I managed e-resources from a public services position because we all did public services, and our close contact with students, faculty and each other helped us stay focused on making decisions that we thought were good for users even if for collections they were only good enough. How did that affect my approach to e-resources management? For one, I didn’t get into our systems from the back-end – I used the front end, the way our students did, and still do. ... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:26:42 +0100 875276 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2010/09/28/september-28th-stream.html Shared game night is going to be extra fun this week. game night is going to be extra fun this week love this — can’t come tonight but definitely in our future RT @LemonTreeGrocer: Introducing Our Neighborhood Menu http://conta.cc/d3ORlv [shifted] Posted mashable: Social Network Content Creation Has Plateaued [STUDY] — http://mash.to/2KYWH. Posted iab: Moore: An extra 20 million people who were not online in 2008 are online today #MIXX. does this mean libs can embed chapters in OPACs? RT @steverubel: Kindle for the Web. Preview books in your browser. http://j.mp/dj7WoA [shifted] Posted schammond: @JustinLibrarian scholarly article about benefits of gaming for education What happens in the arcade shouldn’t stay… http://bit.ly/aX6Vju. nice! same # of popular titles? RT @jblyberg: @shifted We can do that already w/ google books: http://bit.ly/cdjTMn [shifted] Published A social media policy for a one branch public library (link). “At the start of the year, Jean Hing Fay and I (who job shared at the Grove Library) did a lot of reading of social media policies and came up with one for the library. We based it on on the Intel social media policy and a very useful list at the High Tech Dad blog, Crafting your company’s social media policy . ALA Social Media Working Group read more In a meeting with @NewOrleansCVB folks to talk about #ala11 in New Orleans next year. I can’t wait to go back! [shifted] Posted islandlibrarian: A Must Read for Librarians: “Local Library, Meet the World Wide Interwebs” by Emily Williams http://bit.ly/9dIc8w #ebooks #dbw #libraries. RT @Booklist_Keir: Closing in on the end of War and Peace, via @dailylit. I scoffed two years ago but kept reading. [shifted] Why librarians are never bored. http://amzn. ... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:00:20 +0100 875134 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1563864/evergreen.mov I found out yesterday that the King County (WA) Library System is now live on Evergreen. They did a lot of work to develop the online catalog, and many of their customizations will become part of the core Evergreen code. Which is good news for many Massachusetts libraries, as we’ll be following in their footsteps in May 2011. But development continues, and we can still customize beyond what KCLS has done - so if anyone has comments or suggestions, please submit them to Kathy Lussier at http://masslnc.cwmars.org. And for the curious, these introductory videos show and explain a little more: 5 minute intro to Evergreen and the circulation module http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1563864/evergreen.mov 4 minute overview of the King County Library System OPAC http://www.kcls.org/evergreenopac/EvergreenOPACDemo.swf Yay for open source! (Source: herzogbr.net blog) Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:43:44 +0100 874851 http://vivabibliotecaviva.blogspot.com/2010/09/koha-opac-da-moda.html If you do an advanced search at http://www.librarytechnology.org, you can limit to public libraries using Koha, which might give you some leads (I get 429 results at present).The Koha site itself also offers examples and a map of libraries using it: http://koha.org/showcaseVivam as bibliotecas vivas! (Source: viva biblioteca viva) Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 874129 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60774 From the D'Angelo Law Library Blog: The University of Chicago Library now has an optimized web page for mobile technology featuring several key library services, including Hours Information, Lens Search [OPAC] and Ask a Librarian. This new "mobile app" (all platforms, no download required) is accessible at using any of the following URLs: 1. http://mobile.lib.uchicago.edu 2. http://m.lib.uchicago.edu 3. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/m Source: D'Angelo [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:43:39 +0100 873805 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16848 Robert, While I agree with you that RFID is nearly useless for securing collections for the reason you cite, I'm not convinced it's a privacy problem unless you're putting data on the tags that can readily be used to retrieve bibliographic data. OPACs don't usually provide search by barcode facilities--much less APIs to allow programmatic lookups, so I'm thinking you'll have difficulty telling me what 31290092415991 is in our collection. [NB: There's no prize for the first person who does!] This got me thinking about similar problems with commercial applications of RFID, so I Googled "UPC Database" and found this: http://www.upcdatabase.com/itemform.asp I tried the first UPC barcode I could put my hands on and came up with: http://www.upcdatabase.com/item/054651101685 Now I can imagine a display window full of TV sets displaying the contents of my shopping bag as I walk by: Preparation H, Viagra, Depends... Mark Mark Ellis Manager, Information Technology Richmond Public Library Richmond, BC (604) (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 873690 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60706 The new Temple University Libraries mobile site can be accessed at: http://library.temple.edu/mobile/ The site provides mobile access to the Temple U. OPAC as well as: + Librarian Contact Info + Access to Many EBSCO Databases + Floor Guide + Cell Phone Tour (Cool!) Simply dial and visit one or more of the ten stops. + System Status + Link to the Full [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:38:02 +0100 873036 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibrariansMatter/~3/wsgZRNRDFww/ Thanks to the committee of the ALIA WA Library Technicians Group for inviting me to talk about ebooks and do a Futures Dreaming session at the Falcon eLibrary yesterday. It was great to mix with library technicians and to see the beautiful, beautiful community space that is the Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre. I loved the public “wet area” just opposite the circulation desk where library staff were getting seriously sticky by creating paper rocks for a display – lots of chance for mess and creativity in the library space – just what we need: For those of you who were watching me tweet out the session about the history of Library Technicians in Australia , the speaker was Dr Judy Clayden from Edith Cowan University . Much of the talk was based on her PhD entitled “Contesting identity, power and status in feminized occupations: an historical case study of library paraprofessionals in Australia“. Ebooks are becoming for me a bit like Second Life was a few years ago. I am interested in them  and think they are significant and we need to cope with the changes they bring, but I talk about them mainly because people have asked me to talk about them – so I do more research and find out more – and then people ask me to talk about them even  more. So far this year I have done four sessions on ebooks and declined another three… I *love, love, love* doing the Futures Dreaming sessions. They are all so different each time, but the energy flow and the laughter is fantastic each time and all I need to do is channel the energy and point to make sure everyone gets to speak their piece. The trickiest job in the room is the scribe at the whiteboard who is capturing the meaning and the mood of what everyone is saying. Sarah did a great job yesterday, thank you. ... Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:55:06 +0100 872748 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/8UKNN6LjWfg/cataloging-ebooks-for-ereaders-in-aleph.html A few weeks ago I sent out queries asking how people were cataloging eBooks for eReaders (in particular the Nook) and got several good suggestions. The following is what we decided to do at TC3.  Our goal was to load full OCLC MARC records for each eBook.  We needed to have those eBooks to appear checked out within the web opac when the Nook they were on was checked out.  We also needed a way to bring all of those records together when searching for “Nook” within the web opac.  We accomplished both tasks.  It is not difficult to do this if one is familiar cataloging within the ALEPH 500 LMS.  Here are the steps we follow including some screen shots. 1. Find the appropriate record within OCLC and export it to ALEPH. 2. Open the record in Cataloging module and push to cataloging: 4. Delete the Item and Holdings records created by the OCLC load profile.  This will result in a better display in the web opac. 5.  Add LKR field (as suggested by Pam Flinton and others): According to ALEPH, subfield a “ANA is a link between bibliographic records of different levels.  When an analytic link is created the system generates UP / DWN           links between the two records and an item link between the source record and the item that corresponds to it (according to vol.,part, year and pages) on the ADM record of the second record.” Subfield b is the bib record number for the Nook ereader, in ALEPH speak it is the “sysno of the linked document record.” Subfield l is the XXX01 “library where linked record is located.” Subfield m is “note regarding an UP (up record) link.”  We used it to describe the eBook as being a Nook edition. 6. ... Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:28:00 +0100 871952 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/qnNxa_9Wki8/draft-faq-for-nook-at-tc3.html Here is what I have come up with so far as a draft of a Nook FAQ/webpage.  The FAQ would be linked out of the web opac (in the 856 field) for each title on the Nook.  Post your comments or suggestions, please. http://www.tc3.edu/library/h_nook.asp Posted via email from Bill Drew - BabyBoomer Librarian (Source: Baby Boomer Librarian) Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:47:00 +0100 871592 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/u8bbTPnqkY0/ebook-readersmp3-players-faq-pages-for.html I have been tasked with drafting a FAQ page covering ebook readers (specifically the Nook) and MP3 players (for audio books) that are now being loaned by our library. The FAQ would be linked out of the web opac (in the 856 field) for each title on the Nook or mp3 player and also from other locations. Has anyone done this, especially for an academic library? We have 5 Nooks we started lending out for two hour loans today. We also have four Sansa Fuze MP3 players for audio books. Posted via email from Bill Drew - BabyBoomer Librarian (Source: Baby Boomer Librarian) Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:16:00 +0100 871409 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/07378831011076620 Abstract: Purpose – The paper aims to cover the institutional decision-making processes behind the decision to add machine readable cataloging records to the library catalog that link to hundreds of thousands of URLs with freely available web content, the management processes making this possible, as well as other more philosophical concerns. Design/methodology/approach – This is a case study conducted at the University of Denver, Penrose Library. Findings – Implementing a URL tracking system, combined with a philosophical decision to follow a proactive URL maintenance approach rather than a reactive one, has resulted in an improved error rate for URL click-throughs. Originality/value – The paper addresses URL maintenance issues, staffing solutions, and error rates not addressed elsewhere in the literature. (Source: Library Hi Tech : Table of Contents) Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:05:02 +0100 871185 http://bsf.org.br/2010/09/08/t-banebibliotek-ostermalmstorg/ Eu tava andando na rua e vi essa placa. Segui. Dentro da estação do metrô (reparem as roletas de entrada no fundo), estava a biblioteca. Segui a sinalização Cheguei no balcão de informação A biblioteca fica dentro da estação, no subterrâneo, segundo andar. Roletas do metrô ao fundo Devolução automática, reservas Seção infantil Parece livraria, mas é uma biblioteca. Como o Tiago notou, eles não usam sistemas de classificação em bibliotecas pequenas. Afinal, não faz sentido mesmo. Essa biblioteca deve ter menos de 200 metros quadrados, os livros estão agrupados por assunto. Salão de leitura OPAC consulta Essa é uma das bibliotecas da rede de bibliotecas públicas de Estocolmo, Suécia. Pelo que eu entendi, como o sistema é um só, você pode pegar livros em qualquer biblioteca e devolver em qualquer outra. Então claro, nada mais simpático do que ter uma biblioteca dentro de uma das estações do metrô. Posts relacionados:LEI Nº 12.244 – Dispõe sobre a universalização das bibliotecas nas instituições de ensino do País. Kulturhuset – Estocolmo (Source: Bibliotecários Sem Fronteiras 2.0) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:27:00 +0100 871020 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.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02640471011065391 Abstract: Purpose – This study aims to focus on the keenness of students of business schools of Orissa (India) on the use of electronic resources and attempts to evaluate the level of electronic information services offered by the primary information reserves of the respective business schools with an opinion pool of sample respondents. Moreover, it intends to elicit the barriers in use of e-information with recommendations for the improvement of services and usage of e-resources. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the use of electronic resources by students of business schools of Orissa (India) through structured questionnaires. SPSS is used for data analysis. Findings – The study finds that students express keen interest in the use of e-journals, followed by e-books, e-newspapers, e-reports, and e-articles. Least interest is shown towards the use of electronic theses and dissertations. The study reveals that the majority of students are aware of EBSCO, and Emerald Management Xtra. However, the awareness of all other databases is not quite so encouraging. Further, it is revealed that the use of printed materials is slightly more compared to that of e-resources. Use of Web OPAC is also less than expected. Practical implications – The paper highlights the practicality of the use of electronic resources, compared to print, among the students of business schools of Orissa (India). Originality/value – The paper reveals the degree of use of electronic resources by business students and makes some useful deductions for its subsequent generalization. (Source: The Electronic Library : Table of Contents) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:05:02 +0100 869617 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://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14678041011064061 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the content and design of academic library web sites. Design/methodology/approach – The evaluation of the quality of the web sites is carried out on the basis of their function, design, originality, professionalism and efficiency. The quantitative analysis includes areas such as basic information about the library (address, contact information, opening hours, history); access to the electronic resources (OPAC, other electronic information); guides to internet resources (free access or subscribe databases); synchronous and asynchronous online reference services (e-mail, web forms, chat sessions, audio and video conferencing). Based on these indices, an expert evaluation was carried out, as well as a survey of 42 university libraries, accessible from the web portal of the Ministry of Education and Science, Bulgaria. Findings – The survey shows that Bulgarian academic library web sites do have a common core of content and many follow the design guidelines, but they still have not come up to expectations as high quality virtual expressions of academic libraries. Originality/value – This paper presents a comparison of all university libraries in Bulgaria and lays down the prospects to them under the conditions of the so-called “information age”. (Source: Performance Measurement and Metrics : Table of Contents) Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:05:06 +0100 869574 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