The Biennial Information Online conference starts in Sydney tomorrow, and while I won’t be attending the conference I will be heading down to the exhibition for a couple of hours.
I’ll be taking advantage of Katipo’s free Koha installation on my laptop for the library to evaluate.
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Folksonomies, internationalisation and libraries
Published by January 22nd, 2005 in Library technology. ClosedDespite problems, folksonomies allow personalisation, flexibility, and a greater level of specificity than was possible with existing thesauri.
This week, as you know if you read other library blogs, I was surfing the Seattle Public Library’s site while trying to get inspired for website design ideas, and came across a press release regarding RSS and SPL’s catalogue. Alas, the RSS feed turned out to be another hack.
What I’ve sometimes found frustrating […]
Statistics, hot off the press
Published by January 15th, 2005 in Conferences and Research/Writing. 0 CommentsFrom the PLA blog (Public Library Association), which is doing a great job in covering ALA’s Midwinter conference for those that can’t be there, comes a post on Statistics for Librarians (specifically, to analyse e-journal usage).
These are skills that every librarian needs to have - not just to be able to conduct and write […]
I laughed out loud at the Sydney Morning Herald’s Heckler this morning on learning Japanese.
My well rehearsed phrases were the English equivalent of conversational oddities such as “Good day sir, I dare-say I need to be escorted to the nearest gentlemen’s restroom.”
Sigh, the complexities of language. I’ve been attempting to learn Japanese for the […]
ALA and participation
Published by January 10th, 2005 in Library technology, Associations and Conferences. 0 CommentsJessamyn West and Karen Schneider have posted thoughts about dealing with ALA, especially the issue of access to technology at conferences and virtual participation.
As an international member of ALA, I have a strong interest in advances that increase involvement for members wherever they live, in the USA or elsewhere. I joined ALA a little […]
Recent discussions on the NMRT-L (ALA New Members’ Round Table List) list have centred on the topic of defining a research agenda for those librarians that either choose to write or are obliged to do so by their jobs. Rachel Singer Gordon has also just published an article on Emerald that covers the issue of […]
My half-done booklist for 2004 is up now.
