Still here…
Yes, I realize it’s been almost one full month since I posted anything but it’s been a busy time and it never hurts to save electrons. ILS futures Attended a… Read more »
Category: Library Tech
A neat hosted wiki
I’ve seen and used pbWiki a number of times but never really liked it. Have also installed and used MediaWiki but that’s best for long-term, long-lived, high-traffic projects. Today I… Read more »
Simple list of PBS Videos up for on-campus testing
If you have QuickTime installed on your PC or Mac, you can view any of the 498 PBS videos we’re working to add to the library’s collection. I put a… Read more »
For want of a nail
Wonder what these locations might have in common? Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Nuernberg, Germany Department of Mathematics, Tehran University, Iran Yerevan, Armenia Madrid, Spain Mannesmann, Germany Bievres, France Sandanski, Bulgaria Kuwait City,… Read more »
MARS librarian search begins…
We’ve just posted an announcement of our Digital Repository Services Librarian. You can read the full posting (and make an application) on the http://jobs.gmu.edu site. Here’s the announcement: Digital Repository… Read more »
ipfw and QTSS
The other day I mentioned loading 498 PBS videos on our QuickTime streaming server—work that’s part of a VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia) project focused on delivering streaming video to… Read more »
Tech Ratings, Digital Campus, and more
I’d be happier with something like the Blog Advisory System (courtesy of Airbag)…but we’re going to take a pass on the Blogger Code of Conduct for now. Yes, they really… Read more »
Update on PKP Harvester
Late last month (Jan 22, 2007) the Public Knowledge Project released an updated version (2.0.1) of their PKP OAI Harvester software. I wrote about this tool a few months ago,… Read more »
Snow day and the digital library
We’re enjoying a snow day today so I’m trying to catch up with some research I’ve been putting off–an environmental scan on digital libraries (what the term means these days,… Read more »
Back to MARS
For the past year and a half, Dorothea has been our go-to person for MARS (our DSpace installation) and she’s handled most of the sysadmin duties on our XServe as… Read more »