Smoke and mirrors
Roy [https://roytennant.com/] wonders
[https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000579.html#comments] if the screenshot
showing works-based access
Future of public libraries
The Laser Foundation (in the UK) has been commissioning reports about the public
library system. The latest takes a new
Library collections and services - some pictures
The library co-evolves with the community it serves, and we need to remember
that those communities also change, which in
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OAI and SRW/U
The library community has deployed several niche protocols. Most were developed
before the web, and perhaps need to be updated
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Services, repositories, elearning, metadata, ...
Wilbert Kraan of CETIS has a nice overview of some recent meetings surrounding
the IMS Melbourne meeting. Discussion about service-oriented-architectures,
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The value of libraries
I mentioned the proposed cut in library staff by the administration at Bangor
University a few days ago. This continues
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Works 4 you?
Dorothea [https://cavlec.yarinareth.net/] left a comment
[https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000575.html#comments] which wondered how
Reading in the bath
One of the more dreary library arguments over the years has been the ‘reading in
the bath’ case against digital
Pooling uncertainty
Posts have been light recently as I have been on the road. I have just come back
from The Netherlands
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Unanticipated uses
Now that people have economical access to large amounts of storage on the iPod
new uses are emerging.
> Ratib
FRBR fervor
Various of my OCLC Research [https://www.oclc.org/research/] colleagues have
long thought that a work-based approach to bibliographic
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The cost of managing serials
The rising cost of serials occupies much discussion bandwidth. However, the cost
of managing serials, including the A&I
