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National Library of Australia IT Architecture Project Report - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Week 06 Topic 06 Supplementary Reading Databases

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    Advanced Reading about integrating information in many databases into one access point. National Library of Australia. (2007). National Library of Australia IT Architecture Project Report. Canberra, A.C.T.: National Library of Australia. Retrieved from http://www.nla.gov.au/dsp/documents/itag.pdf
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Assessing the (Enduring) Value of Libraries | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 13 Topic 12 Purpose Library Value

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    Fister, B. (2010). Assessing the (Enduring) Value of Libraries. Inside Higher Ed: Library Babel Fish. Retrieved from http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library_babel_fish/assessing_the_enduring_value_of_libraries
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VALA2012 Session 12 Warren - VALA - 0 views

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IMT122 Week 08 Topic 07 IMT122 Reading List Portals Widgets and Remix Supplementary Reading

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    NATIONAL AND STATE LIBRARIES OF AUSTRALASIA'S LIBRARY HACK PROJECT Warren, M., & Hayward, R. (2012). Hacking the nation: Libraryhack and community-created aps. VALA 2012: eM-powering eFutures. Presented at the VALA 2012: eM-powering eFutures, Melbourne Australia: VALA: Libraries, technology and the future. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012-proceedings/vala2012-session-12-warren
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Library 2.0 and User-Generated Content What can the users do for us? - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List IMT122 Week 10 Topic 09 Essential Reading library2.0

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    Danowski, P. (2007). Library 2.0 and User-Generated Content What can the users do for us? In World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council. Durban, South Africa: IFLA. Retrieved from http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/papers/113-Danowski-en.pdf
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What is a Database, really? Data Storage for Librarians « The Other Librarian - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Week 06 Topic 06 Supplementary Reading Databases Libraries

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  • A Text File Good old text is still not a bad way to store data. 
  • If you want to retrieve that information, you can use a script to tell the computer to organize the information in a particular way.   This is called parsing
  • Structured Text As you climb the data food chain, complex systems get developed to organize information. 
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  • Mark-up:   Marked information is data that has marks or signals to let a computer distinguish one type of data from the other.  
  • A variable:   A variable happens when you give some data a name. 
  • A string:   A string is a kind of variable that has text.
  • An array:   An array is a type of variable that includes a list used by computer programs for later manipulation.    
  • An object:   Explaining objects in full requires that someone read up on object-oriented programming.  
  • Tree-based  Structures Tree-based structures, or cluster models are a subset of “structured text” data storage models.  
  • XML is probably the best example.
  • data is organized in “parents”, “siblings” and “children”.
  • The Relational Model The relational model is better than a tree-model when your dataset is large and complicated.    The way it works is, instead of thinking in terms of “parents, siblings and children,” you think in term of relationships.
  • the “Primary Key.”   This means that every data object (such as a library) has a way of identifying itself in a unique way
  • a “Foreign Key.”    The Foreign key is a way to associate one dataset (eg. libraries) with another dataset (eg. library branches, hospitals or businesses).
  • This association is called a relationship.
  • In more complicated relationships (called the Many-to-Many relationship), you might have to create a third table to associate two entities.      
  • TEXT/XML Based Text files can be organized in such a way as to accommodate some of the benefits of the relational model.
  • Two examples of XML-based databases include Xindice and Sedna.
  • SQL/Binary-based Databases The more common relational database type is a piece of software running on a server, rather than a set of text files.   They are generally accessed using a standard language called SQL (Structure Query Language), or more specifically SQL as supported by a popular scripting language like PHP, Python or Java.
  • Almost any major web application will have a combination of all these types of data storage methods!  
  • Joanne S on 18 Sep 12
     
    How databases are used in libraries
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e-books and libraries: an economic perspective - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Essential Reading Week 12 Topic 11 ebooks econmoics

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    Besen, S., & Kirby, S. (2012). e-books and libraries: an economic perspective. Chicago IL: American Library Association. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/oitp/publications/booksstudies/ebooks_libraries_economic_perspective.pdf
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Anderson, C. (2006). Ethics and digital preservation. In Ethical decision making for di... - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Week 05 Essential Reading Ethics Topic 05 IMT122

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    Anderson, C. (2006). Ethics and digital preservation. In Ethical decision making for digital libraries (pp. 81-90). Oxford: Chandos Publishing. Retrieved from http://eres.lis.curtin.edu.au/cgi-bin/gw?url=DC60260496
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Taylor & Francis Online :: Optimal Results: What Libraries Need to Know About Google an... - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 04 Topic 04 IMT122 Curtin Login Required

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    Cahill, K., & Chalut, R. (2009). Optimal Results: What Libraries Need to Know About Google and Search Engine Optimization. The Reference Librarian, 50(3), 234-247. doi:10.1080/02763870902961969 ( You will need to be logged into Curtin Library to access this).
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Metz, R. (2011). Understanding the Cloud: an Introduction to the Cloud. Getting Started... - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Essential Reading Week 01 Topic 01 IMT122 Curtin Login Required

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    Metz, R. (2011). Understanding the Cloud: an Introduction to the Cloud. Getting Started with Cloud Computing: a LITA Guide (pp. 13-28). London, England: Library and Information Technology Association. Retrieved from http://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=DC60268502.pdf [5]
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TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 12 Topic 11 ebooks libraries news

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    If you want to keep up to date with changes to ebooks - technically and commercially - these two resources are frequently updated by experts and enthusiasts. TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.teleread.com/ MobileRead Forums. (n.d.). Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.mobileread.com/
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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Essential Reading Week 12 Topic 11 ebooks lending

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    International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]. (2012, May). IFLA E-Lending Background Paper. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Retrieved from www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/publications/ifla-background-paper-e-lending-en.pdf
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The rise of e-reading | Pew Internet Libraries - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Essential Reading Week 12 Topic 11 ebooks

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    Rainie, L., Zickuhr, K., Purcell, K., Madden, M., & Brenner, J. (2012). The rise of e-reading. Washington, DC: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved from http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/ (Read just the summary at the start or browse the whole report
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. EEbook Readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it? - 0 views

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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 12 Topic 11 ebooks readers libraries

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    Hutley, S., & Harwood, W. (2002). Ebook Readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it? In e. Presented at the VALA, Melbourne Australia. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2002/2002pdf/34HutHor.pdf
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The Code4Lib Journal - How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source - 0 views

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IMT122 Essential Reading Week 06 Task 06 Koha

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  • We experienced freedom to explore alternate avenues, to innovate, to take risks in ways that would have been difficult under the direct control of a district council.
  • patrons made it clear that while they appreciated that computers were a necessary part of a modern library, they did not consider them the most important part.
  • Our overall objective was to source a library system which: could be installed before Y2K complications immobilised us, was economical, in terms of both initial purchase and future license and maintenance support fees, ran effectively and fast by dial-up modem on an ordinary telephone line, used up-to-the minute technologies, looked good, and was easy for both staff and public to use, took advantage of new technology to permit members to access our catalogue and their own records from home, and let us link easily to other sources of information – other databases and the Internet. If we could achieve all of these objectives, we’d be well on the way to an excellent service.
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  • "How hard can it be" Katipo staff wondered, "to write a library system that uses Internet technology?" Well, not very, as it turned out.
  • Koha would thus be available to anyone who wanted to try it and had the technical expertise to implement it.
  • fairly confident that we already had a high level of IT competence right through the staff, a high level of understanding of what our current system did and did not do.
  • ensure the software writers did not miss any key points in their fundamental understanding of the way libraries work.
  • The programming we commissioned cost us about 40% of the purchase price of an average turn-key solution.
  • no requirement to purchase a maintenance contract, and no annual licence fees.
  • An open source project is never finished.
  • Open source projects only survive if a community builds up around the product to ensure its continual improvement. Koha is stronger than ever now, supported by active developers (programmers) and users (librarians)
  • There are a range of support options available for Koha, both free and paid, and this has contributed to the overall strength of the Koha project.
  • Vendors like Anant, Biblibre, ByWater, Calyx, Catalyst, inLibro, IndServe, Katipo, KohaAloha, LibLime, LibSoul, NCHC, OSSLabs, PakLAG, PTFS, Sabinet, Strategic Data, Tamil and Turo Technology take the code and sell support around the product, develop add-ons and enhancements for their clients and then contribute these back to the project under the terms of the GPL license.
  • FRBR [5] arrangement, although of course it wasn’t called that 10 years ago, it was just a logical way for us to arrange the catalogue. A single bibliographic record essentially described the intellectual content, then a bunch of group records were attached, each one representing a specific imprint or publication.
  • The release of Koha 3.0 in late 2008 brought Koha completely into the web 2.0 age and all that entails. We are reconciled to taking a small step back for now, but the FRBR logic is around and RDA should see us back where want to be in a year or so – but with all the very exciting features and opportunities that Koha 3 has now.
  • In the early days, the Koha list appeared to have been dominated by programmers but I have noticed a lot more librarians participating now
  • "Adopt technology that keeps data open and free, abandon[ing] technology that does not." The time is right for OSS.
  • Joanne S on 02 Oct 12
     
    For more information about Koha and how it was developed, see: Ransom, J., Cormack, C., & Blake, R. (2009). How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source. Code4Lib Journal, (7). Retrieved from http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/1638
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"Likes" are lovely, but do they lead to more logins? - 0 views

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Week 11 Week 10 IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Social Media & the Information Professional Supplementary Reading likes

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    Evaluating library use of social media Glazer, H. (2012). "Likes" are lovely, but do they lead to more logins? College & Research Libraries News, 73(1), 18-21. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/1/18.long
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Library 2.0 Discussion: Michael Squared | Librarian in Black Blog - Sarah Houghton - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List IMT122 Week 09 Topic 08 library2.0 Supplementary Reading

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    Houghton-Jan, S. (2005, December 19). Library 2.0 Discussion: Michael Squared. The Librarian in Black. Retrieved April 16, 2011, fromhttp://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2005/12/library_20_disc.html
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What is social software? In Social software in libraries: building collaboration, commu... - 0 views

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Week 11 Topic 10 IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Essential Reading Social Media & the Information Professional

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    Farkas, M. G. (2007). What is social software? In Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community online. Information Today, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.sociallibraries.com/farkaschap1.pdf
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Hastings, S. K. and Lewis, E. C. (2005) Let's get digital. In N. Courtney, (Ed.), Techn... - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List IMT122 Week 10 Topic 09 Essential Reading Curtin Login Required Digital technology

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    Hastings, S. K. and Lewis, E. C. (2005) Let's get digital. In N. Courtney, (Ed.), Technology for the rest of us (Ch.11, pp 133-153). Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited. Available from Curtin's eReserve:
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