There is a cute comic over at Penny Arcade that asks “…so you’re saying men can be librarians?”
What I Learned Today…
Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today… covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries.
Monthly Archives: August 2007
My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2007-08-02
- PriceFad.com – The Internet Price Trends Company
PriceFad presents a unique historical perspective on today’s deals. - Information Research
Information Research, is an open access, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines.
ALA 2007: Metadata Presentations
Via Cataloging Futures (Chris won’t mind…):
Over on the LITA Blog, Rebecca Guenther provides information about an ALA Annual 2007 program that was sponsored by the LITA Standards Interest Group, Using Metadata Standards in Digital Libraries: implementing METS, MODS, PREMIS and MIX:
- Rebecca Guenther, Library of Congress:
Using Metadata Standards in Digital Libraries: Introduction to METS, MODS, PREMIS and MIX- Morgan Cundiff, Library of Congress:
Using <METS> and <MODS> to Create XML Standards-based Digital Library Applications- Nathan Trail, Library of Congress:
How to Build, Display and Find METS Objects- Brian Tingle, California Digital Library:
Use of METS in CDL Digital Special Collections- Sarah Shreeves, University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign:
Creating Rich Shareable Metadata: the DLF Aquifer MODS implementation guidelines- Tom Habing, University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign:
METS, MODS and PREMIS, Oh My! : Integrating Digital Library Standards for Interoperability and Preservation- Tod Olson, University of Chicago:
MODS as Data Hub
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- IFLA Journal
- Journal of Information Science
- Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
- Information Development
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XQuery
So I just spent the last three days learning about XQuery for work. Five years ago I took a 4 day course in PHP programming and I was the both the youngest in the session and the only female – the same is true five years later for the XQuery training! Where are all the girls?? What are you all up to?
Anyway, my brain is so full of school and home stuff that I’m not sure I got the hang of things – but XQuery seems awesome and I can’t wait until I have time to sit down and read through the books I have and start creating awesome apps for accessing our digital collections. Keep an eye out as I learn XQuery – I’ll be sure to share tidbits with you all.
