Tag Archives: Software

New Hybrid ILS Front End

Posted on 14 August 2010 by Rick Mason

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 capabilities they felt were most important for their … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

InfoToday Article on Lawsuit

Posted on 2 August 2010 by Rick Mason

InfoToday has posted a very good overview of the SkyRiver/III/OCLC suit on their website, written by Edward M. Corrado, who also blogs at http://blog.ecorrado.us (I have quoted him on this blog several times, and follow his posts closely). My post … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Ethics, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, Software | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

OpenWith.org

Posted on 22 July 2010 by Rick Mason

You know the frustration:  you have a file, but either don’t know what program you need to open it, or you don’t have the program available where you need it. OpenWith.org can help locate a free program for most any … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Granularity and Relational

Posted on 1 January 2010 by Rick Mason

While clearing out old lists of post inspirations, I ran across a post on Commonplace.net that still gets my brain going: At my place of work, my desk is in close proximity to our two catalogers.  The conversations that ensue … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Cataloging, ILS, Libraries, Software | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Open Data – Interoperability not Property

Posted on 20 August 2009 by Rick Mason

Open Data : It’s About Interoperability, not Property is a post on Common Knowledge that does a great job at not only explaining why Open Data is such a powerful idea, but also why it is so complex, as well: … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Definitions, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Software | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

The State of Open-Source Library Software

Posted on 22 July 2009 by Rick Mason

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 limited than the post’s topic) covers a … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Millennial Disc

Posted on 19 July 2009 by Rick Mason

It’s called the Millennial Disc, and it is being marketed as a 1,000 year storage for digital information. Before we run out and buy a stack of these for our archives, I would simply ask: How many years before some … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Archival, History, Libraries, Photography, Software, Space | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Sugar for Your Computers

Posted on 12 July 2009 by Rick Mason

Sugar is the desktop environment developed for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program, and it is now available as an open-source download through the Sugar Labs project.  This could be a fantastic way to keep older computers useful and … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Open Source, Software | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Useful Lists to Browse

Posted on 4 May 2009 by Rick Mason

This post will contain just a couple of links, but there is a wealth of information on the other end of each: 101 Great Free Sites and Downloads You’ve Probably Never Heard Of has been put together by PC World.  … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Blogs, Licensing, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Evernote

Posted on 16 April 2009 by Rick Mason

Evernote is an online service that serves an interesting purpose:  it allows you to indicate digital items that you wish to remember, it stores them, and then makes the entire collection searchable. Or more specifically, you can have it remember … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Blogs, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies

Posted on 30 March 2009 by Rick Mason

The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies is a British site “established by Jane Hart as a place to keep track of learning trends, technologies and tools.” Most impressive, at first glance, are the lists of free tools and resources: … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Language, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Training, Translation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

MarcEdit 5.1 Update

Posted on 2 March 2009 by Rick Mason

Terry Reese has released an updated version of MarcEdit 5.1, and there are a few interesting additions: Improved support for Enterprise users (large organizations). Multiple Z39.50 querying capabilities. Tutorials hosted on YouTube. Improved UTF-8 loading (as in Faster). ‡biblios.net proof … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Software | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Genogram Software

Posted on 10 February 2009 by Rick Mason

Had to do some research on free Genogram software, and thought I’d share a couple of programs here. Genograms are essentially family trees with metadata about relationships between people.  The software does a great job with making family trees, and … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Genealogy, Software | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Customize Firefox for Your Public Workstations

Posted on 1 February 2009 by Rick Mason

It’s a post that is months old, but the information is just as useful:  Swiss Army Librarian has a guide for Using Firefox on Our Public Computers. If you have computers that restore themselves to a pre-determined state upon reboot, … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Libraries, Open Source, Software | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Open Source Attitudes

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Rick Mason

Karen Coombs has a post on the Library Web Chic blog about getting feedback for a problem she was having with Drupal, an open source content management system. She points out, and rightly so, the fallacies that techies run into … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Blogs, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

What I Use – 2009

Posted on 3 January 2009 by Rick Mason

I thought I’d try something new and summarize the software that I use on a regular basis.  I have been thinking about this, as I have recently switched from one software program to another in a couple of areas, and … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in ILS, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

OpenDocument.XML.org

Posted on 14 September 2006 by Rick Mason

OpenDocument.XML.org is, as the name might suggest, a website devoted to the new standard document file format. These formats have been making news over the past year or so because of the issue of archiving data files and having the … Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Open Source, Software | Tagged , | Comments Off