Technology

Departments: The Competition Intensifies

Have you noticed that we seem to have entered an era of heightened competitiveness? Lots of wagon-circling and turf-protecting. Libraryland as one big happy family aside, shrinking funds are bringing out the tiger in us.

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Posted August 30, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Feature: Dynamic Doers

Welcome to a showcase of the dynamic doers—a snapshot of those who have dedicated themselves to the profession, who have gone above and beyond, and whose contributions have been so significant and so varied. These individuals and...

Posted August 27, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Departments: Measuring E-Resource Use: Standards and Practice for Counting Remote Users

By Rachel A. Flemming-May and Jill E. Grogg

Over the years, librarians and researchers have studied the usage of books, journals, meeting rooms, photocopiers, programs, and just about any other resource or service libraries have chosen to provide. The reasons for doing so are...

Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: OCLC

The enhanced WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway provides a self-service tool for uploading the metadata of unique digital content to WorldCat. Once metadata is in WorldCat, collections...

Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Departments: Your Reality, Augmented

Location-aware mobile technologies

Meredith Farkas

Last time, I discussed QR codes and how they can link you to content that provides further information about an object. But...

Posted August 19, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: Meridian Specialty Vehicles

Meridian Specialty Vehicles offers affordable, customized bookmobiles. Environmentally friendly options include the replacement of generators with solar power and alternative fuel, hybrid, or all...

Posted August 19, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: OCLC's Web-scale Management Services Released to Early Adopters

The much-hyped OCLC Web-scale Management Services (WMS) moved from pilot...

Posted August 12, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: If You Google Net Neutrality, What Do You Get?

There’s been no dearth of opining in the past few days about the implications of Google and Verizon banding together to “find ways to protect the future openness of the internet and encourage the rapid deployment of broadband,” which is...

Posted August 11, 2010 | Comments: | Read More