The State of Open-Source Library Software
Brett Bonfield has a great post, actually more of a long essay or article, on open source library software projects. W-E-B-S-I-T-E, Find Out What It Means To Me (great title, but certainly more...
View ArticleSimple and Evolvable Standards
May All Your Standards Be Simple and Evolvable is a post by John Wilbanks on Science Blog’s Common Knowledge. It is written with medical data standards in mind, but it could be discussing the state of...
View ArticleSSNs @ Your Library?
My former place of work (FPOW) used to have Social Security numbers as college ID numbers, which were written on book checkout cards. About ten years ago, we switched to an ILS and began generating...
View ArticleLibrary Website Fails
I see these types of messages all the time on library-related websites, and I agree that it sends the message that those who manage those sites don’t have a good grasp of current web technology: Time...
View ArticleILS Turnover
Library Technology Guides has a couple of interesting data sets that, in a limited way, shows some of the dynamic patterns in the Integrated Library System (ILS) market: Integrated Library System...
View ArticleAccent Folding
A List Apart has been a steady source of thought-provoking inspiration over the years, not only from a website building perspective, but also because much of what they publish crosses boundaries and...
View ArticleOpen Source Integrated Library Systems
Found a fantastic slideshow covering the basics of Open Source ILS software via the Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian: Open Source Integrated Library Systems View more presentations from stellacomans....
View ArticleAcademic Library Bubble
An interesting column in Library Journal by Stephen Bell: The Bursting of the Academic Library Bubble That is bubble as in housing bubble or stock market bubble. It is not the academic library that is...
View ArticleOne Possible OCLC Solution
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...
View ArticleNew Hybrid ILS Front End
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...
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