Posted in Library Systems on Jun 30th, 2004 No Comments »
So I've been asked to put together a syllabus for a class on Information Technologies in Libraries and was wondering if my readers had any thoughts on what topics they think should be included. right now I am thinking about the following possibilities:Web Technologies -Static page technologies -Dynamic page technologiesXMLSecurityWireless TechnologiesDatabasesPrivacy IssuesE-referenceWeb-based InstructionProxy-ServersNetworkingOpen Source SoftwareIntegrated [...]
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Safari RSS–Apple’s Next Generation Web Browser. “By giving its blessing to XML syndication, Apple is joining the trend of browser makers embracing Web news feeds and potentially bringing the technology to the masses. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc., previewed the company's next version of its Web browser, dubbed Safari RSS. RSS refers to [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on Jun 23rd, 2004 No Comments »
Letting Patrons Shift their Data onto Your Computers.
Today Karen Schneider started a thread on WEB4LIB carrying forward a PUBLIB thread about Chris Rippel's list of things that make your library look incompetent/stupid, and George S. Porter contributed the following idea.
“The first major industrial design advance on the WinTel side that I encountered was the [...]
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Posted in RSS on Jun 23rd, 2004 No Comments »
WebGrabit.
From the site:
“WebGrabit is challenging established RSS (Really Simple Syndication) as a means of effectively getting updated news and information feeds directly to users desktops.”
Very interesting. This one is on my tools-to-try list. Of course, I can see that the one big drawback for my use is that it runs on the [...]
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Posted in Usability on Jun 22nd, 2004 No Comments »
Cross Browser Testing
In the course of conducting accessibility testing on our library's WebOPAC, I used a variety of web browsers. Some of these included Firefox, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and Lynx. Perhaps the most difficult one of these to find a copy of (on the PC platform) was Lynx. In the past I was [...]
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Greetings from Boston!
If you've been wondering where I disappeared to again I'm in Boston to give a presentation at this year's NAAUG and SMUG conferences. [North American ALEPH Users Group and SFX/Meta-Lib User's Group] My presentation on Web Accessibility went really well. However, the best part of the trip thus far has been meeting Owen [...]
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Posted in Usability on Jun 11th, 2004 No Comments »
Web Accessibility
Well, I've been working my butt off to finish my presentation on web accessibility and OPACs for NAAUG (North American Aleph User's Group). I had my testing and preliminary stuff done a while ago but hadn't put everything together. As a result, I had forgotten what really good resources are available on the web [...]
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Posted in RSS on Jun 9th, 2004 No Comments »
RSS(sm): This fabulous new site has links to libraries using RSS/XML. The number of links here is small now but with RSS gaining popularity it is bound to grow. Even better is the fact that “the site provides a categorized registry of the library services that are delivered or provided through RSS/XML feeds.” So there [...]
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Posted in RSS on Jun 8th, 2004 No Comments »
Libraries Explain RSS http://wally2.rit.edu/rss/about.html This page from the library website at Rochester Institute of Technology. It does a great job of keeping library user up to date of the latest developments in the information world. This page explains to users what RSS feeds are and how users can start utilize them. A colleague of mine [...]
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Back blogging at last
After two weeks of fighting with Radio to try to post, it looks like I have gotten things back up and running correctly again so that I can post in a normal fashion and read my news. Don't know what the problem was but things seem to be fine again now. Using [...]
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