LibraryU

Online training program for library staff:

http://learning.libraryu.org/home/

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The Virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisitions Artifact

You may find the following site to be interesting:

http://www.heidihoerman.com/museumca/index.html


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250 digital libraries and archives

This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help you continue your research efforts.

http://oedb.org/library/features/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-archives


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A librarian's guide to creating 2.0 subject guide

Hi class,

Check out the following link about 2.0 subject guide tools:

iLibraian

All the best,
Rong

Online Book Services

From ResourceShelf --

• Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book” (new books)
  
• MSN’s Book Search (both old and new)
• The Online Books Page is the place to begin for freely accessible full text books online.
• ebrary Discover offers over 20,000 NEW full text books for free (pay only to print or copy, about $.25 cents/U.S.).
• The World Public Library offers more than 500,000 full text titles.
• The International Children’s Digital Library is amazing for both kids and older children.
• Full text books and cool technology from the Turning the Pages service at The British Library.
• A number of full text collections from The Internet Archive.
• NetLibrary is a service that many libraries offer at no charge, for free, without having to visit the library. Full text, full image without a limit on how much you can read, annotate, etc. The same goes for Safari Tech Books and Books24×7. The latter two services also offer individual subscriptions.
• Finally, the Digital Book Index lists over 137,000 online books with nearly 100,000 available free.

Schemes to add more functionality to Web OPAC

http://dltj.org/2007/10/web-opac-schemes/

Jessamyn West : Web 2.0 Library 2.0 Librarian 2.0 - updated!

http://www.librarian.net/talks/nelal2/

Directory of experimental library tools sites

Hi class,

Here is a directory of some experimental library tools sites:

http://www.rss4lib.com/2007/10/directory_of_experimental_libr.html

See you tomorrow,
Rong

JSTOR Sandbox Faceted Search

http://0-fsearch-sandbox.jstor.org.library.simmons.edu/search/

E-books and online sources on Open Source Software

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/10336

Page Turner Systems

Hi class,

Here is a list of a variety of page turner systems:

http://userslib.com/?p=49

I particularly like Catholic University's James Carroll's scape book:

http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/bitstream/2041/51485/Carroll-book.swf

Best,
Rong

LibGuide

LibGuide is a tool that can be used by academic libraries to create subject guides.

http://www.springshare.com/libguides/

An example of libraries use LibGuide -- at BC:

http://libguides.bc.edu/

Powerhouse Museum Collection Search

Hi class,

Check out Powerhouse OPAC2.0 search:

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/


See you tomorrow,
Rong

A collection of image search systems

Here is the demo site of a variety of image search engines:

http://wang.ist.psu.edu/IMAGE/

e.g., check out the SPE there:

http://www.alipr.com/spe/

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Open Source ILS Market Penetration

Hi class,

You might be interested in reading the following report:

http://www.lisnews.org/features/07/10/15/118229.shtml

Note that .67% of the public libraries are using the open source ILS (Koha or Evergreen).

See you on Wednesday,
Rong

ILS OPAC Spell Check

Compare the spell check function of the following OPAC:

1. Rochester Hills Public Library OPAC:

http://catalog.rhpl.org/polaris/search/

2. Phoenix Public Library:

http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/

3. Skokie Public Library:

http://catalog.skokielibrary.info/search

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Penntags

Check out the following social tagging library application:

http://tags.library.upenn.edu/


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Merriam-Webster's Word Central

Hi class,

Check out the following resource:

Merriam-Webster’s Word Central for kids has been visually reprogrammed and upgraded with exciting new content! We’ve integrated the fully searchable Merriam-Webster’s Online Student Thesaurus, turbo-charged the classic feature Build Your Own Dictionary, and assembled two great new games—Robo-Bee and BIGbot—to make this the ultimate language site for younger humanoids.

http://www.wordcentral.com/

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Better Search: Libraries or Engines?

A blog from searchengine watch:

The Engines win by a landslide, at least according to current college students.
They preferred searching on Google or Yahoo versus their college library systems, based on the attributes of: speed (90%); convenience (84%); ease of use (87%); cost-effectiveness (71%); and reliability (63%). Libraries, however, won on more trustworthy measures including credibility (77%) and accuracy (76%).

... ...

Libraries are still filled with treasure troves, holding everything from special collections to rich databases. Years ago, librarians made progress in providing electronic islands for their patrons. Now, their challenge is to make the holdings as searchable as possible -- following their "self-service" patrons into the larger search ecosystems.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/071002-151201

Muse Search and Grokker

1. Web meta search engine Muse:

http://www.musesearch.com/muse/servlet/MusePeer

2. Visualization search tool Grokker:

http://www.grokker.com/

Grokker used by Internet Public Library:

http://ipl.grokker.com/grokker.html

World Wide University

Hi class,

Just thought you may find the following sites to be useful resources:

Universities world wide
http://univ.cc/world.php


Universities of United States Listing
http://univ.cc/states.php

Rong

Yahoo! "Search Assist" Feature

Hi class,

Have you noticed that Yahoo! has recently implemented a new "search assist" feature to give user suggestions on search terms and also show how the concept can be explored.

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Sony's Reader Digital Book

Hi class,

Check out Sony's device titled "The Reader Digital Book:"

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=16184

See you tomorrow,
Rong

LC digitized Children's Literature

Check out the LC digital collection of children's books:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll/digitalcoll-children.html

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The Lazy Library

Hi class,

Check out lazylibrary with its slogan "read less, get more." Retrieval of items is based on the page number info from amazon.com.

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Welcome to the LazyLibrary, where you can find books on any topic without having to worry about high page counts. If it's over 200 pages, you won't even see it. Read all about anything, in less time, for (usually) less money.
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http://lazylibrary.com/

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