Daily Archives: 5 May 2008

Unicode ascending

Posted on 5 May 2008 by Rick Mason

Unicode has recently become the top website character encoding in the world, according to Google.  The point is driven home in this chart. Even if you do not use foreign languages or encoding on your web sites, Unicode should be … Continue reading →

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The Missing Link in the ILS

Posted on 5 May 2008 by Rick Mason

Karen Coyle writes about what is needed for the libraries of the world that don’t have the resources needed to install and use a full-featured integrated library system (ILS). There must be a minor psychic link involved (don’t worry Karen, … Continue reading →

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RFID Post-It

Posted on 5 May 2008 by Rick Mason

RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency Identification, is currently the leading edge in managing inventories  and supply chains of items in a variety of industries, as well as acting as a personal identification device.  It is used in many situations, … Continue reading →

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