The Accidental Bloggist

First, this link to the tool produced by the Grandaddy of all consortia libraria:  OCLC.   they have digital library products and services – at what I would imagine is a pretty hefty fee - but they are at the heart of every other library function and why not.   no really.   why not.  anyway, as such, their DC software would get my nod since one never knows when other products are going to die and take everything with them.   http://www.oclc.org/us/en/services/collection/default.htm

Reference #2:  an article by Edmund Balnaves that addresses some of the issues (and validates my uncertainties if my suggestion # 1 is not followed).   products with strong histories of functionality and continued tech support are fundamental when creating organizational strategy:  http://llc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/20/4/399?ijkey=O6OAxJKjGAx8aTh&keytype=ref

#3 - in the spirit of seeing both sides, this article neatly answers my first question and makes me think anybody can do this.   the flow charts are amazing.   I feel more reassured that Dublin Core would seem to be the metadata of choice for all this, no matter what platform, right?   I still would not want to trust my whole library’s IR to my ability to do this myself.   http://www.wrlc.org/dcpc/dcmspaper/

#4 -  omg a PowerPoint!!   love those bulleted lists and flow chart.   Tom Ceresini of Palinet makes life easy…   or not.    http://www.palinet.org/media/2007conferencepresentations/2007DigitalCollectionManagementSystems.pdf

#5 = this next article may be dated, but this is about the speed at which most real libraries keep up with the technology – in fact, this is downright progressive if not futuristic compared to local instititions I’ve worked in lately.   Librarians!   put on your sci-fi goggles and peek into the future.   or not… http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/lisa3/grothkopfu1.html

# 6 – Copyright.   my favorite topic and I love this site, although I’ve not made my way through it all.  I warn you, take a piece of thread into it, because it goes for miles under the surface.   Georgia Harper is a Texas woman who sets out some legal issues with a delightful touch of pepper sauce.   Intellegent, witty, and USEFUL.   why do we have copyright?   why should we care?   Georgia, tell it!  http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/image.htm

# 7 -  since I have a forthcoming post on the “death of print,” I want to include this link to a speech presented by Dan Okrent, editor of Time magazine.  I will be taking the opposite view, not that it matters in the face of pretty much every other comment I’ve read lately on the topic.  but, given the content, I hope ya’ll appreciate the irony of an oral message, transcribed through conventions of print medium, and published in a digital journal.  in terms of Homer and linear B, what does this really say….  http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0002/okrent.htm

# 8 – digital bookmoblie?    open source gone native, leave it to those radical militant librarians to take it to the next level: http://www.digitalbookmobile.com/  

# 9 -  so now that there is electronic bookmobile, wouldn’t it be nice if there were just a list of digital books floating around out there in the datasphere?    some kind of locator - that flows over the boundaries of Gutenberg and Google.   yes, confirmed DCists, behold!   http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

and for #10 – there are several Sudoko sites, but this one keeps archives and provides a forum for enthusists.   there is even a puzzle-solver that you can set up to solve step-by-step if you are stuck and want a teeny little boost (which I would call “cheating” if I hadn’t used it once or twice).   the daily puzzles can be printed or completed electronically and submitted for competition.   go on.   have yourself a little fun…  http://www.sudoku.org.uk/