Monthly Archives: July 2008

XC, xCat, eXtensible catalog… what is it?

July 29, 2008 – 1:46 pm

Is there something new coming down the road that might make AquaBrowser or other vendor’s “next generation” catalog interface systems seem inadequate? Will libraries continually have to buy both new “discovery” and “federated search” software to run with traditional “inventory” ILS systems, to enable searching across a variety of resources, from catalog records to [...]

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WorldCat Local vs. Google

July 23, 2008 – 8:25 am

Here’s a link to an article in Serials Review by Steve Shadle, talking up WorldCat Local as implemented at the University of Washington:
The Local Catalog Is Dead! Long Live the Local Catalog!
He notes that the “igeneration” (roughly those born from 1981 to 1999) demand instant gratification a la Google, and go there for topic identification [...]

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What Do Faculty Want from Librarians?

July 21, 2008 – 12:24 pm

http://acrlog.org/2008/07/21/what-do-faculty-want-from-librarians/
Any other things???

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Google ‘aint us?

July 11, 2008 – 10:38 am

Apparently Google spurned attending the ALA annual conference: “ ‘only one short plane ride away from the Googleplex’ also in California,” sniffed some bloggers.
See this story in the Chronicle’s Wired Campus column (and be sure to read the comments it stirred up, for such choice bits as “Your ignorant swipe at librarians really does not [...]

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NEW! July 2008 SCL Staff Survey

July 9, 2008 – 2:39 pm

All Libraries Staff: Please send DST comments and feedback on the “Learning Web 2.0″ workshops, along with any ideas for additional sessions: DST’s Learning Web 2.0 Survey. Thanks!

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