A couple of days ago, Tim Spalding linked to an announcement that Simon Spero has released a nearly-complete copy of the Library of Congress Authority Files. This data wasn’t exactly hiding, but it hasn’t been easily accessible before, not in this way.
Caveat One: In the announcement, Simon makes it clear that the records aren’t necessarily […]
To make a long, long rant much shorter, I’ll just say this: I think OPACs have a long way to go before they stop sucking. To be more precise, I think we need to throw out the whole concept of the “Online Public Access Catalog.” But that’s not going to happen today or tomorrow. In […]
Here’s an idea that just popped into my head:
What if a library took Linden Lab’s source code and created their own Second Life grid? The grid would be a virtual library with staff providing online reference. But the Second Life library would also have virtual stacks where visitors could browse the shelves, looking at book […]
My jaw is on the floor. I missed this point, so I’m very thankful that Jessamyn West has pointed out one incredibly great thing about Casey Bisson’s WPopac.
Catalog records distributed freely under a CC or GNU license? Jumpin’ Jupiter! That’s monumental! That’s heroic! That’s…about damn time!
Casey Bisson won the Mellon Award for his WPopac. The first time I saw his proposal for a library OPAC based on WordPress, my mind was fairly blown. So it’s great to see him getting an award for that. (Getting an award for creating the WPopac, that is, not for blowing my mind. There’s no […]
I’m a fan of rants and manifestoes (especially when I agree with what’s being said) and I’m a fan of LibraryThing. Throw both of those in a blender, add some chocolate syrup, and I’m one happy camper.
And so, Tim Spalding’s latest post on the Thing-ology blog: “Is Your OPAC Fun? (a manifesto of sorts).”
When I […]
It’s getting hot in Kansas, and my office at home is particularly godawful hot and stuffy. Phew! So, no long posts for me lately. Instead, I’m playing the “link and nod my head in agreement” game.
And here I go again…
Basically, I’ve enjoyed the heck out of Karen G. Schneider’s epic OPAC smackdown trilogy, “How OPACs […]
I’ve been working on proposals to my library on how we could use blogging in our daily operations. It started because I thought we should have a blog on our website for the public to read and comment on. My supervisor started asking me questions that led to me realizing that yes, we could use […]
