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Tag Archives: Lorcan Demsey
National Library of Australia’s Search Prototype
The National Library of Australia has launched the beta of their new search interface, SBDS Prototype (SBDS stands for Single Business Discovery Service, I think), and the search experience is not only better than any other library-related search I have … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Search, Web Design
Tagged Lorcan Demsey, National Library of Australia, OPAC, Roy Tennant, SBDS Prototype, Search, search experience, search interface, search interfaces, Search Prototype The National Library of Australia, Single Business Discovery Service, The National Library of Australia
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Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500
Gary Hamel’s blog post on the Wall Street Journal is titled The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500, but the issues contained within the post are ones that are going to touch upon all businesses and organizations, including libraries. He … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Facebook, Facebook Generation, Fortune 500, Gary Hamel, Lorcan Demsey, online life, The
Wall Street Journal;, Wall Street Journal
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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
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, History, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged analog, Eric Hellman, Heraclitus, lakes, Lorcan Demsey, rivers, Rivers Lorcan Demsey
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