Daily Archives: 1 September 2008

Google Chrome

Exciting news in the browser wars:  Google is releasing has released a beta version of a web browser that it is calling Chrome. Why does this matter?  The open-source browser will feature: Every tab running in isolation from the other … Continue reading

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SOPAC 2.0 @ Darien Library

After much anticipation, version 2.0 of the Social Opac (SOPAC) went live this morning at the Darien Library in Connecticut. It looks very good… excellent, in fact.  I am already looking forward to playing with this version of the software.  … Continue reading

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Lakes and Rivers

Lorcan Demsey has a post on metadata that does a great job of illustrating two types of data collections by describing them as lakes and rivers.  The idea did not originate with him; rather he encountered it via OCLC’s Eric … Continue reading

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