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15 Nov 2006

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ILS Symposium: Peter Murray, OhioLINK

Could We Do What They Are Doing? Applying the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Model to Libraries, Peter Murray (of the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog!) Overview – How can we apply what works in other industries to our industry? – What is an SOA? And why should I care? – What might a library SOA [...]


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15 Nov 2006

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ILS Symposium: Art Rhyno, University of Windsor

The Trip so Far – a Journey with the ILS, Art Rhyno – ILS has it’s roots back to 1948, but it came together in the 60s. – the ILS has gotten quite complex, but the ecosystem hasn’t evolved with it – we’re an edge market, we don’t get a lot of attention – not [...]


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15 Nov 2006

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Symposium notes to follow

I’m at a Symposium on the Future of the Integrated Library System in Windsor, Ontario today. The programme (pdf) is amazing and when I walked into the meeting room this morning, I saw a router set up prominently at the front of the room – free wifi! Thanks, Windsor Hilton and University of Windsor! So [...]


OLA: User-Created Content: Is there a Role for it in the Library’s OPAC?

OLA Super Conference Presenter: Beth Jefferson, BiblioCommons Beth worked with Ranganathan’s five principles to frame her talk (which provided great context, but I only got notes on four of them! Bad, bad conblogger). She also worked in some examples of work that’s being done on the Oakville Public Library’s website redesign (which is not live [...]


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17 Nov 2004

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web chic, indeed

Karen Coombs is doing some very interesting things with RSS at her library. I just love the implications of being able to do anything with your catalogue and feeds. The presentation version is here.




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