Monthly Archives: July 2009

I will be on a leave of absence from work for the entire month of August, getting some much needed rejuvenation, hopefully coming back to work renergized. heh. I will have spotty internet access throughout the month of August. If … Continue reading →

So, as we move toward Blacklight implementation, I needed some way to expose item/holdings details from my Horizon ILS so they could be consumed for display (and/or indexing) in Blacklight. I figured, as long as I’m doing this, I might … Continue reading →

Eric Lease Morgan asks on code4lib: I heard someplace recently that APIs are the newest form of vendor lock-in. What’s your take? My reply (expanded a bit from my listserv post): Standards-Based When they are custom vendor-specific APIs and not … Continue reading →

So I just gave (or co-gave) a presentation here on Umlaut as deployed here as our Find It service. One of the most exciting parts to me was that various (non-IT)  librarians in the room, un-prompted, starting throwing out ideas … Continue reading →