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a compilation of chapters by 25 librarians around the world who have used mashups within their organisations to improve services to their patrons. Each chapter includes first-hand experiences and tips for using outside data sources to enhance library offerings.

The following tools can be used to connect to Ryerson Library resources and services from other sites on the web : - Google and NetVibes Search Gadget - Ryerson Library Lookup from Amazon/Indigo/Google Books - Search the Ryerson Library Catalogue from Facebook - Get It Buttons in Google Scholar - Ryerson Library Catalogue Search

"With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a multinational group of libraries is developing the design for an Open Library Environment (OLE), an alternative to the current model of an Integrated Library System. The goal is to produce a design document to inform open source library system development efforts, to guide future library system implementations, and to influence current Integrated Library System vendor products."

"Catalogue 2.0? Catalogue de nouvelle génération? Peu importent les appellations, finalement. Ce qui compte réellement, c'est la manière de gérer la transition, avec une attention particulière aux contenus et aux services, bref à la médiation. Ci-dessous, une sélection de ressources, de références, amorces possibles pour une discussion "globale", au sein de notre institution, sur les nombreuses questions: On y passe? Oui? Non? Pourquoi? Comment? Suivant quelles modalités? Avec quels outils, quelles fonctionnalités? Si vous le souhaitez, je vous invite à participer au débat en utilisant les commentaires pour alimenter la liste…"

" VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to search and browse through all of your library's resources by replacing the traditional OPAC to include: * Catalog Records * Locally Cached Journals * Digital Library Items * Institutional Repository * Institutional Bibliography * Other Library Collections and Resources VuFind is completely modular so you can implement just the basic system, or all of the components. And since it's open source, you can modify the modules to best fit your need or you can add new modules to extend your resource offerings. VuFind has many APIs to interact with the search, data and many other features. You can syndicate your record data with other institutions via an OAI server. You can search using vufind's algorithms via OpenSearch. And if you want complete access to your indexed data, you can interact with Solr, VuFind's backend search and index engine."