Taxodiary – Library

Facets Help Move from Search to Found

By Melody Smith|December 8th, 2010|Access Insights, metadata, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Facets Help Move from Search to Found

by Alice Redmond-Neal, Chief Taxonomist, Access Innovations, Inc.

In the “everything old is new again” department, facets are all the rage in the taxonomy world! […]

Public Digital Library by Google?

By Melody Smith|December 3rd, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Public Digital Library by Google?

By controlling access to information, Google may represent the ultimate in business plans and is now investing in the control of the information itself. Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard and director of the Harvard University Library and his insights into what began as Google Book Search and is fast becoming the largest library and book business in the world is very interesting.

Library Digitization for Free

By Melody Smith|November 30th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Library Digitization for Free

Treasures of Connecticut Libraries allows libraries to digitize, for free, up to 100 items in their collection, and then to upload their collection to a CONTENTdm site managed by the state library in Hartford. This collaboration is providing a relatively inexpensive model for libraries that want to expand awareness of their collections and demonstrate their value to a wider public.

The Future of Bibliographic Data

By Melody Smith|November 25th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Future of Bibliographic Data

The surge in activity around open bibliographic metadata was noted and discussed on the blog, Information Environment Team. The British Library and the CERN library are two notable examples of libraries that have decided to release their bibliographic metadata under an open license. Equally as interesting is websites such as Open library and biblios.net engaging in the collection and reuse of open bibliographic metadata.

Discovery Technology Debate

By Melody Smith|November 19th, 2010|News, Technology|Comments Off on Discovery Technology Debate

Last week’s Charleston Conference set the scene for a discovery-product debate. Competitors EBSCO Publishing and Serials Solutions faced off over their discovery products—EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and Summon.

Going Digital in Nigerian Libraries

By Melody Smith|November 18th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Going Digital in Nigerian Libraries

Nigerian Former Minister of Defense, Dr Olu Agunloye is advocating for the introduction of Information Communication Technology (ICT) into the library system in the nation education sector. The fears of loss of jobs by librarians due to the digital library was allayed by Dr. Agunloye at the 30th Annual Seminar of the Nigerian Library Association (cataloguing, classification and indexing section) in Akure.

Libraries Become More Valuable

By Melody Smith|November 12th, 2010|indexing, News|Comments Off on Libraries Become More Valuable

A new agreement between OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) will create more value for libraries that subscribe to services from OCLC and EBSCO. Among other benefits that this partnership brings, libraries will be able to use EBSCO Discovery Service to facilitate interlibrary loan (ILL) via OCLC.

Shaking the Image of Dusty Archives

By Melody Smith|September 24th, 2010|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Shaking the Image of Dusty Archives

10-year project, Charting Change: An Interactive Atlas of Burnaby's Heritage, tied with a Smithsonian Institute project last month for ArchivesNext's award for best repurposing of digitized data. The online project allows visitors to Heritage Burnaby's website to click on and learn about historic locations on each of the maps.

Largest Regional Library Membership Network Has Announced Two New Partnerships

By Melody Smith|July 19th, 2010|News, Technology|Comments Off on Largest Regional Library Membership Network Has Announced Two New Partnerships

Lyrasis announces new relationships with two former rivals to produce results for all their diverse clients.

Entertaining Video by Librarians Tells a Story

By Melody Smith|June 9th, 2010|Access Insights, News|Comments Off on Entertaining Video by Librarians Tells a Story

Entertaining video also educates.