Monthly Archives: March 2010

I’m probably noticing this later than everyone else, but I just did and found it amusing. Apparently wikipedia is now an acceptable citation for source of information in an LCSH authority record? Happened to notice this on the same LCSH … Continue reading →

More and more authorities data is online for free in ways relatively easily accessible to machine use, which is actually pretty exciting. In the form of id.loc.gov for LCSH subject authorities, and the VIAF for name authorities from the US … Continue reading →

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks/index.html The war on WikiLeaks and Why it Matters by Glenn Greenwald …All of this has made WikiLeaks an increasingly hated target of numerous government and economic elites around the world, including the U.S. Government.  As The New York Times put it last … Continue reading →

Originally coming out of a discussion on Code4lib and RDA-L between me, Karen Coyle, and others (too many others).  Response rewritten for this forum. Please keep in mind that of the Work, Entity, Manifestation, Item entity model, it’s really only … Continue reading →

Every once in a while I am reminded of the 043 marc field, and fantasize about using it in an interface some day. It includes coded (controlled) information about the geographical topic of the item cataloged. It appears in a … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/books/16archive.html Even if those storage media do survive, the relentless march of technology can mean that the older equipment and software that can make sense of all those 0’s and 1’s simply don’t exist anymore.Imagine having a record but no … Continue reading →

On the Code4Lib listserv…. Michael Beccaria wrote: We will be switching over to VuFind this summer and I will likely use GB  in a similar way with that interface as well. I plan (hopefully this summer) to build a web … Continue reading →

SirsiDynix makes Unicorn. SirsiDyinx also makes Horizon.  SirsiDynix also makes Symphony, which you could call the new version of Unicorn or you could call it yet another ILS. For some reason Unicorn customers are in the habit of referring to … Continue reading →

Originally posted in shorter version as a comment on a post by Karen Coyle on this issue… The frustrating thing here is that libraries ARE willing to pay a reasonable amount to SUBMIT their holdings to an ILL service, such … Continue reading →

We talk a lot about de-coupling of software, so you are not stuck with a monolithic stack of software, but can mix and match components that meet your needs. The same thing applies to vendor services. Apparently OCLC will not … Continue reading →