Keyword “Libraries, Library Technologies &Amp; Open Data”
July 10, 2012
A play with the Talis Aspire API
I wanted to have a go with the Talis Aspire API and see what potential …
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July 15, 2011
MARC Tools & MARC::Record errors
I know next to nothing about MARC,though being a shambrarian I have to …
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January 26, 2011
VuFind in 8 minutes using Amazon EC2
I’ve created a screencast showing how easy it can be to install …
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November 15, 2010
Jisc bid writing
Today I submitted a JISC bid on behalf of a team, as part of the …
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August 31, 2010
Talis Aspire, checking if a course has a list
Talis Aspire is a new-ish Reading List system used at the University …
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August 25, 2010
Library Catalogues need to cater for light-weight discovery clients
Way back I wrote a piece about the changing model for library …
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May 30, 2010
ircount : update
One Sunday morning in January this year I got an email sent …
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May 25, 2010
Summon @ Huddersfield
I attended an event at Huddersfield looking at their and …
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November 26, 2009
ircount development
I’ve finally got around to spending a bit of time on the ircount code. …
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July 11, 2009
Amazon AWS EC2 and vufind
Today I saw a tweet from juliancheal, which mentioned he was setting …
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June 3, 2009
The Data Imperative: Libraries and Research Data : comment
I put this in to a seperate post. It continues on from my previous …
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June 3, 2009
Event: The Data Imperative: Libraries and Research Data
Today I’m at the one day event ‘The Data Imperative: …
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May 29, 2009
Research in the Open: How Mandates Work in Practice
Today I’m at the RSP/RIN Research in the Open: How Mandates Work in …
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May 27, 2009
Library search/discovery apps : intro
There’s a lot of talk in the Library world about ‘next generation …
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May 26, 2009
Free e-books online via University of Pittsburgh Press
The University of Pittsburgh Press has put nearly 500 out of print …
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May 14, 2009
ircount : Repository Record Statistics
I’ve updated Repository Record Statistics (which I refer to as …
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April 24, 2009
Linked data & RDF : draft notes for comment
I started to try and write an email about Linked Data, which I was …
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March 29, 2009
Academic discovery and library catalogues
A slightly disjointed post. The useful Librarytecholgy.org website by …
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February 12, 2009
Library catalogues, search systems and data
Below is an email I sent to UK Library e-resources mailing list …
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December 12, 2008
“Sitting on a gold mine” – improving provision and services for learners by aggregating and using ‘learner behaviour data’
I’m at a workshop today called “Sitting on a gold mine” – improving …
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December 4, 2008
Mashed Libraries
Exactly a week a go I was coming home from Mashed Libraries in London …
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November 13, 2008
Playing with OAI-PMH with Simple DC
Setting up ircount has got me quite interested in OAI-PMH, so I …
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October 21, 2008
ircount : new location, new functionality
A while a go, I released a simple website which reported on the number …
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July 7, 2008
RIOJA – Repository Interface for Overlaid Journal Archives – live blog
Living Blogging http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/rioja/ see http://is.gd/N8T or …
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April 17, 2008
JISC Library Management System Review
The JISC and SCONUL have just released a Review (Horizon Scan) of …
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April 3, 2008
or08: eprints track, session 2
After coffee a little more talk about new features and the future as …
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April 3, 2008
or08: Eprints 3.1
At the sucks-less-than-dspace Eprints track today. First up Eprints …
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March 30, 2008
UK repositories : growth of records
For a while now I’ve been running a weekly script which connects to …
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March 16, 2008
Google Books API
Google released an API for their Book Search at the end of last week. …
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February 8, 2008
nostuff library catalogue using the Talis Platform
You may have already seen that a while a go I had a little play with …
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September 19, 2007
Talis Platform
A few days a go I was bored. I had read loads about the ‘Talis …
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