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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: ILS
Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control – Draft Report
Library of Congress’ Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control released their Draft Report (Pdf) today, and are requesting that people review and comment on their recommendations between now and December 15th. This promises to be one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Government, ILS, Libraries
Tagged Congress, Draft Report Library, Report Library of Congress
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Library Software Manifesto
The Library Software Manifesto was compiled by Roy Tennant (with input from many others) and should be read by everyone who uses an Integrated Library System (ILS). Why? Reviewing the manifesto puts one into the mindset of critically reviewing your … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged default reporting tool, Roy Tennant, software documentation
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ILS usage in the ARL
Marshall Breeding has posted a chart detailing the various brands of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) software used by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Most interesting, from my own perspective, is that Voyager and Millennium are the top two systems. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software, Statistics
Tagged Association of Research Libraries, Integrated Library Systems, Marshall, Marshall Breeding
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Adding Functionality to the Web OPAC
Schemes to Add Functionality to the Web OPAC is a posting by Disruptive Library Technology Jester (a.k.a. Peter Murray of OhioLINK) in which he lays out a basic categorization of ways in which libraries can get their OPACs to do more. This … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Librarian.net, Peter Murray, Voyager library, Web OPAC
Schemes, Web OPAC
Schemes, Web OPAC
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The Really Modern Library
The Really Modern Library is a project undertaken by the Institute for the Future of the Book. They are soliciting comments from all quarters, and holding meetings in Los Angeles, London, and New York, in order to define how our … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, ILS, Libraries
Tagged analog, energy, Eric Lease Morgan, Institute for the Future of the Book, London, Los Angeles, New York, online data, Really Modern Library
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ILS Assessment
ILS Assessment : A Background Document (Pdf) is an excellent overview of the Integrated Library System issues facing libraries today. Created by the Leddy Library at the University of Windsor (Canada), it is their first step towards “evaluating the current … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Software
Tagged Canada, Integrated Library Systems, Leddy Library, University of Windsor
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You got LibraryThing in my Aquabrowser!!!
Aquabrowser will now utilize LibraryThing’s tagging. In case that sentence makes you go “huh?”, follow these links: Aquabrowser Aquabrowser in action LibraryThing LibraryThing in action LibraryThing entry with tags found on ResourceShelf (with some well-phrased questions at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Web Design
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Rethinking the Catalogue
Rethinking the Catalogue (pdf) is a paper that was delivered to the Innovative Ideas Forum in Australia by Alison Dellit and Kent Fitch. It presents another perspective on the state of library catalogues, and how we can go about improving them. from Resource Shelf … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, ILS, Libraries
Tagged Alison Dellit, Australia, Kent Fitch
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VuFind released
VuFind, touting itself as “The Library OPAC meets Web 2.0”, has been released. It is an open-source OPAC replacement that works for Voyager integrated library system (ILS) for now — they are planning to expand to other ILSs soon. This … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, Open Source, Software
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LibraryThing for Libraries
LibraryThing for Libraries has launched! Without needing to alter your existing ILS software beyond a few lines of javascript in your OPAC’s page footer, you can add the following functionality to your book catalog: Links to other editions and translations. Links to “similar books”. … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged Connecticut, Danbury Library
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Bibliographic news
A couple things of note are happening in the realm of bibliographic information: The Library of Congress will be holding their second regional meeting of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control on Wednesday, May 9th. This one … Continue reading
Two Library Videos
The first, Finding Time in the Penn State Libraries, is an example of what can be very wrong with how our patrons must use our online resources. The second, Mr. Bean: The Library, is an example of what can be very right … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Video
Tagged Bean, Chuck Lockwood
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Evergreen Update
The latest news from the Evergreen ILS project is that Equinox Software, the support company founded by several of the Evergreen developers, and the King County Library System in Washington state, are teaming up to develop a proof-of-concept installation. This … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Equinox Software, Evergreen ILS, King
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Elsevier and the arms business
Reed Elsevier, the European publishing corporation behind over 15,000 journals, is being challenged by one of them, The Lancet, in regards to its commercial involvement in the arms trade. This connects to libraries in several ways: subscriptions to many print … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Medical, News, Periodicals, Politics
Tagged Elsevier, Endeavor, Forbes;, online access, owner, Reed Elsevier, United Kingdom
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LibLime expands
LibLime, the U.S. based support company for the Koha open-source integrated library system (ILS), has acquired Katipo Communication’s Koha division. This is interesting news: not only will LibLime be in a much better position to offer support (it now employs … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged Australia, Katipo Communication, Koha installation, Nelsonville Public Library, New Zealand, software development, United States
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Open Letter to ILS Vendors
Roy Tenant has posted an Open Letter to ILS Vendors. He makes his case wonderfully. I suspect that we shall see an exodus away from the big vendors, and towards the open source solutions. The momentum is beginning to build; … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged open source solutions, Roy Tenant
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Usability in the Library
Usability in the Library is a web site created by the University of Michigan that contains a smorgasbord of links and references relating to, you guessed rightly, usability in the library. I especially liked the Resources section of their site … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged Michigan, the
University of Michigan, the
University of Michigan, web-based resources
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Go FISH
As discussed on the Infomancy blog, FISH was their response to the problems inherent in the current state of the OPAC (Online Public-Access Catalog). And their response? FISH (Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler). What’s the difference? Read their … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Search, Software
Tagged access search tools, Online Public-Access Catalog, OPAC technology
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Open Source ILS
There’s a great article about the Georgia Public Library Service‘s Evergreen project on Linux.com. Well worth reading. from NewsForge
Posted in Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Georgia Public Library Service, Linux, Linux.com;
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