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Scott Peterson

Discovery Layer Interfaces - 0 views

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    Library Technology Guide's list of Discovery Interfaces, which shows the ILS's integrated with them and the libraries that use them.
Scott Peterson

Boise Library's Catalog Emulates Google, Amazon Search - 0 views

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    The article is interesting for what it gets wrong and for what it brings up. The phrase "Boise Public Library's new Enterprise Discover System, which was funded by a consortium of more than 15 Idaho libraries" makes it sound like this was a home grown discovery system, but it's actually Sirsi-Dynix's Enterprise system. It's interesting because it's one of the first general news articles I've seen showing awareness of a discovery service, which means they are gradually filtering their way into the public realm of what libraries are supposed to be about.
Debbie Luchenbill

Teaching with Batman | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    Superheroes (and enthusiasm) make everything better.
Jennifer Parsons

Ebooks and the Candlemaker's Petition | Peer to Peer Review - 0 views

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    Wayne Bivens-Tatum at the Library Journal offers a general criticism at how current copyright law is designed solely with the benefit of publishers in mind.
Jennifer Parsons

The Bedbug Bunk: How the New York Times Used Fear and Misinformation to Spread Public L... - 0 views

  • Brooke Borel, author of the forthcoming book Suck: The Tale of the Bed Bug, has also responded to Saint Louis’s article. She points out that Saint Young is outright wrong in declaring that bedbugs have only just “discovered a new way to hitchhike” through books. “This is an ancient pest, and it has been doing its thing for at least thousands of years. Probably far, far longer.” She also reiterates what entomologists have been telling me over the past two days. The risk is low. “You aren’t very likely to pick up bed bugs in these types of public spaces. The bugs are far more highly concentrated in residences, where they can breed and multiply in close proximity to their food source.”
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    Reports of bedbug demise have been greatly exaggerated, it seems.
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    That's a relief. I was itchy just thinking about that.
Jennifer Parsons

Wikidata - 0 views

  • Wikidata is a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It is for data what Wikimedia Commons is for media files: it centralizes access and management of structured data, such as interwiki references and statistical information. Wikidata contains data in all languages for which there are Wikimedia projects
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    This is a cool idea-- basically, it's a way to link the data in Wikipedia across languages to cut down on redundancy and help the information flow across language barriers.
adrienne_mobius

Bedbugs Hitch a Ride on Library Books - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Oh no! This is not good.
Scott Peterson

Parker on the Web - 0 views

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    A related concept to T-Pen, but focused more on collecting together references, summary, bibliography, and related information from manuscripts in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi Cambridge. It allows material that ordinarily would have to be handled with care or viewed from a microfilm or facsimile copy to be used with no fear of damage and considerably enhanced by the additional reference material.
Scott Peterson

EDUCE - Imaging the Herculaneum Scrolls - 0 views

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    A video about the EDUCE project to scan and read the scrolls from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. Herculaneum was the second and lesser known city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The scrolls were in what is probably the only library from antiquity to survive "intact," but the volcanic ash carbonized the scrolls so they are essentially charcoal. Some have been "read" by unwrapping the scroll in segments and scanning in ultraviolet light detect the ink, this is the first time the scanning has been done non-invasively to read the scroll without destroying it.
Sharla Lair

Seven qualities of highly effective technology trainers - Home - Doug Johnson... - 0 views

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    Although this is geared toward a K-12 trainer audience, I believe that all technology trainers should consider acquiring and honing these attributes.
Scott Peterson

A New Chapter? A Launch Of The Bookless Library - 0 views

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    Not exactly the first time one of these has been tried, but very close to it. The success or failure ultimately isn't how much access it provides but how much it will serve the needs of the user public.
Scott Peterson

Open Access Explained! - 0 views

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    A video that explains some concepts about open access; some concepts are a little too idealized, some research involving material that is patented or financed by commercial interests may not be free. However, some other points, such as the extreme cost of journals, or that patrons may not know if materials are suitable until they've already paid for them is spot on.
Scott Peterson

A Data Crusader, a Defendant and Now, a Cause - 0 views

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    A short article about Aaron Swartz, one of the founders of Reddit who committed suicide recently. At issue is not that he was accessing an archive of unauthorized articles from Jstor, but if the prosecution and potential sentence fit the the crime and if overall more information should be free
adrienne_mobius

Screwy Decimal: 5 Reasons Being a Librarian Is Stressful - 0 views

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    Librarians made the list of "Least Stressful Jobs of 2013" according to CNBC. This blog post covers the top reasons why CNBC is completely wrong.
adrienne_mobius

Fall 2012 (v.24 no.4) - National Information Standards Organization - 1 views

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    The feature article "The Future of Library Systems" has a section about Sierra and a summary comparison of new library services platforms.
adrienne_mobius

River Falls Public Library's motorcycle exhibit woos bikers and bookish … qui... - 1 views

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    Books and Harleys, who would have thought...
Scott Peterson

Library of Congress has archive of tweets, but no plan for its public display - 0 views

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    I was a little surprised the number of tweets is at 170 billion , with 400 million a day, but the Library of Congress has been archiving them. Part of the problem in displaying them is simply how; the size and continual growth of the collection would make a massive indexing collection. But also, I wonder about tweets that have been deleted for legal reasons or because of privacy, and whether those would appear in the database.
Scott Peterson

Will Gutenberg laugh last? - 0 views

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    An article I have some mixed feelings about, seeming a little too much of a cheering section for print books. However, some good points have been made, that eBooks have begin some declines in sales and e-readers and tablets may not be well suited for all reading applications, ultimately complementing print books the same as audio books rather than replacing them.
Scott Peterson

CheckThese Out at the Library: Blacksmithing, Bowling, Butchering - 0 views

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    An interesting article about some of the diverse offerings the Overland Park county library has begun to offer, including classes and seminars on Wii bowling and hog butchering, which has helped raise attendance 29% from 2004-2010. One comment does ring true, from Michael Gorman, former president of the ALA: "I hope the library doesn't turn into something that is a type of cooking-class meeting place with computers attached and no books."
Jennifer Parsons

What is metadata? A Christmas themed exploration. | Information Culture, Scientific Ame... - 1 views

  • Broadly speaking, metadata is simply a structured description of something else. The most popular example of metadata comes from the library catalog. Each book has a title, author, call number, publisher, ISBN etc. listed in the online catalog. These elements comprise the book’s metadata, and there are rules to make sure that things are standardized.
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    Includes one of the best brief descriptions of metadata that I've found. The author also, using example photos, illustrates the importance of metadata and its relevance to a material being used.
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    Nice! Thanks for sharing Jennifer.
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