Systems M-libraries in Vancouver I am looking forward to attending the second M-Libraries Conference in Vancouver in June. The programme [https://m-libraries2009.ubc.ca/ Lorcan Dempsey Feb 15, 2009 2 min read
Institutions Libraries and cultural resources at the University of Calgary Tom Hickerson, Vice Provost, Libraries and Cultural Resources, and University Librarian, University of Calgary, visitied us last week together with Lorcan Dempsey Feb 15, 2009 1 min read
Institutions Recording and disclosing print archiving commitments My colleague Constrance Malpas is inviting comments on the use of MARC Field 583 “to record and effectively disclose local Lorcan Dempsey Feb 15, 2009
Systems The centrality of the catalog? In listening to discussions about the library catalog, I am surprised not to hear more about how the type of Lorcan Dempsey Feb 13, 2009 1 min read
Systems More on repositories and search engines I referenced [https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001876.html] a note [https://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2009/02/repository-usability. Lorcan Dempsey Feb 11, 2009 1 min read
Books QOTD: "the occasional young adult Christmas paranormal love story mystery" The Public Lending Right [https://www.plr.uk.com/] is a mechanism for distributing funds to authors based on circulation Lorcan Dempsey Feb 10, 2009 1 min read
Systems SEI - search engine interoperability I have used the phrase search engine interoperability in these pages a couple [https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001810. Lorcan Dempsey Feb 10, 2009 1 min read
Research ∕ Learning Configuration of data curation infrastructure Further to my remarks [https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001874.html] about Canadian research data curation of the other Lorcan Dempsey Feb 9, 2009 2 min read
Systems Name authorities, crowdsourcing, and Máire Mhac an tSaoi I was sad to read of the death of Conor Cruise O’Brien [Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_ Lorcan Dempsey Feb 4, 2009 3 min read
Social A signed network presence: people as entry points again The phrase ‘people are entry points’ has stayed in my mind since I heard Dan Chudnov use it at a Lorcan Dempsey Feb 4, 2009 3 min read
Books Looking at Darwin I was interested to look at Charles Darwin’s Worldcat Identity [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78-95637] given his bicentenary Lorcan Dempsey Feb 2, 2009 2 min read
Research ∕ Learning Research data set management Via Pam Bjornson, Chair, Research Data Strategy Working Group [https://data-donnees.gc.ca/eng/members.html], I learn of a Lorcan Dempsey Feb 2, 2009 1 min read