In his presentation, Building the Open Library, Aaron Swartz introduced us to his vision of an online library. In his vision, like Brewster’s, he sees a wiki with one page for every book. For this reason, the small group (6 people spread out around the world) is starting their project with monographs.
To achieve [...]

I have created a set on Flickr with a ton of pictures from the recent Code4Lib conference in Portland - as you see - I didn’t get out of the hotel much, but I did review each restaurant we ate in.
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In Andrew Nagy’s presentation From Idea to Open Source, he took us through the process of creating VuFind, an open-source OPAC replacement/Library portal.
At Villanova, they wanted to develop a portal for library patrons that would let people search the catalog, the article databases and digital library all in one - and keep it separate from [...]

Geeze, I go to a conference and come home to find that Google Docs has changed - and so has LinkedIn! LinkedIn has released a new design. So far it looks good to me - I can find everything I need and it’s a bit cleaner/moderner. Check it out.
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I noticed yesterday while trying to work with other Code4Libers on a document summarizing the Lightning Talks that the Save button had disappeared. Now this AM when I went to edit a personal document I only needed to make one small change and went to hit ‘Save & Close’ and had to wait for [...]

.htaccess EditorA free Web 2.0-like tool that lets you quickly generate .htaccess files for your hosted website.
eBay DesktopeBay Desktop 1.0 provides a desktop alternative to the eBay website - you can use it to search, browse, bid, keep track of your auctions, and more
Google SitesGoogle Sites, a new offering from Google Apps, makes creating a [...]

No Shelf RequiredA moderated discussion of the issues surrounding eBooks, for librarians and publishers.
Kaltura - Creating TogetherCollaborative video creation
Online StopwatchGreat way for conference moderators to keep their speakers on track
Open source plans - PLNWhat current plans or recent experiences do you have related to open source software?
OSS Watch - open source software advisory serviceOSS Watch [...]

Jonathan Brinley, Edward M. Corrado, and Jodi Schneider talked to us about the Code4Lib Journal, a project that had been talked about for years but never implemented until recently. The moral of this story is stop talking and just do it.
They decided to use an agile development philosophy, which basically means don’t over-engineer complicated rules [...]

I know I’ve said in the past that I’m no fan of Twitter - but I’m giving it another go. I’m trying to use it via IM now. So far this is going pretty well. With my new job I have to be online all day - and on IM & Skype [...]

What a great way to open a conference like Code4Lib. The first keynote was presented by Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive.
Brewster started by reminding us that the reason he was there talking to us and the reason he is working on the Internet Archive is because the library metaphor easily translates to the [...]

Why look at open source now? - PLN
The Wisdom of the Chaperones - Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy

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I will write up my summary of Koha Camp soon - but for now, check out my pictures from yesterday and today (and future Code4Lib conference pictures) on Flickr.
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Comparison of reference management software
openurl.code4lib.orgCome here for information about OpenURL; applications and hacks for your OpenURL resolver; code for working with OpenURL; and discussion about new profiles, applications and functionality.
Open Admin for SchoolsOpen Admin for Schools is a School Administration Program. It is a freely available, open source software package and is licensed under the [...]

Code4Lib here I come! I’m in Portland - after two planes and 2 screaming babies, I’m ready to geek out with my fellow code4libers. I’ll keep you all posted as I learn great new things!!
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Yesterday Mozilla announced that Firefox has been downloaded 500 million times!!
Firefox just reached 500,000,000 downloads. This is an absolutely phenomenal milestone for Firefox. It is sort of hard to imagine what that number means. For some perspective, that’s roughly the audience size of 10,000 Rome Colosseums combined. It would be the weight, in kilograms, [...]

Well - maybe not - but it totally sounds like me sometimes!!
Via xkcd.

Beau
Originally uploaded by nengard
Everyone asks me how I’m handling working at home. Well - when you have this face next to you on the couch and a laptop on your lap - how could you not love working from home? [update] For those who are wondering - Coda is at [...]

Open Minds, Open Books, Open SourceAs card catalogs once gave way to computers, it might be time for another paradigm shift at libraries.
The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy ? and Their Open Source Alternatives
Free FaxSend a fax for free to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada

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So far, here’s my spring schedule:

Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up — Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA), March 5, 2008

The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs — South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Voorhees, NJ, March 11, 2008

Attending PLA Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN - May 24 - May 28, 2008

Open Source for [...]

During my training I had the pleasure of meeting two of the newest LibLime team members. I already mentioned Marc Roberson, but now I’m happy to announce that John Rose has joined the LibLime team.
John Rose Joins LibLime as VP, Strategic Markets
…John comes to LibLime from CQ Press, where he was National Sales Manager. [...]

ControlCControl C is an automated solution that will monitor your clipboard and store the data for you so you can later share or retrieve for yourself contents copied to your clipboard that otherwise would have been lost forever.

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This is an interesting sounding event hosted by NFAIS at PALINET headquarters:
The Internet, search engine technology, and the growth in electronic resources have significantly changed both the publishing and the library environments. And a new, born-digital generation of information seekers is accelerating the pace of change as they embrace technology and integrate it into all [...]

The Joy of Computing: Recipes for a 5-Star LibraryLearn about wireless, print and time management, and laptop checkout programs!
The Joy of Computing: A Cookbook for Small and Rural LibrariesLearn about locking down public computers, use a handy maintenance checklist, and more!
COinS GeneratorThis tool will take bibliographic metadata for a citation and produce a "COinS", i.e. [...]

Found via The Stingy Scholar:
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (H.R. 4137) includes three critical provisions to help students deal with textbook prices. First, it requires publishers to tell faculty the price of textbooks when professors are choosing books for their classes. Publishers often withhold prices from professors, hoping that cost won’t factor into their [...]