Last year I read a fascinating article in Wired about Jay Walker’s personal library. Click through for photos of his amazing collection, which seems to be specifically arranged for serendipitous inspiration. In this 7-minute show-and-tell for TED, you can see …
Wednesday Spark: Waterford Institute of Technology Libraries
The WIT OPAC is powered by III, but you would never know by looking at it. It’s a great example of how design affects the search experience. I encourage you to test it out, and leave us comments with your …
New ASIS&T Bulletin
This Tuesday we’re skipping the tutorial to bring you the latest issue of the ASIS&T Bulletin.
This issue is focused on search and includes an excellent article from Daniel Tunkelang on human-computer information retrieval:
…In economic terms, HCIR aims
Minutes from meeting on 09/29
Attendees
- Matt Amory
- Louisa Choy
- Su Ciampa
- Amy Deschenes
- Luke Gaudreau
- Diana Haynes
- Katie Ingrao
- Linnea Johnson
- Kristina Lareau
- Adam Robinson
Regrets
- Shannon Astolfi
Minutes
ASIS&T Organization Overview
- Members are from inside and outside the library community. Great for networking,
TED Thursday: Mobile devices
Continuing the theme of mobile interfaces, this 15-minute talk by Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase addresses the use of mobile devices in the developing world.
Wednesday Spark: UVa Mobile
The University of Virginia has developed a robust mobile catalog using Summon and Blacklight. It’s an interesting example of merging commercial and in-house solutions. Check out the specs and try a test search. Does this solve any of the …
Tutorial Tuesday: Mashups
Libraries are enhancing their own services using APIs from a variety of web services. You’ll be seeing many examples this semester in our Wednesday Spark posts, but it can be difficult to know where to start with your own mashup. …
TED Thursday: Google
We use their services, we debate their expanding influence, Google is in the conversation. This 20-minute talk gives a little insight into the company:
Wednesday Spark: Franklin Park Public Library
The Franklin Park Public Library in Illinois was featured in Library Journal last year for its use of Google Maps.
I particularly like the local history map, but check out the library’s other maps also.
This simple tool helped …
Tutorial Tuesday: Yahoo Pipes
Learn to use Yahoo Pipes by building something useful with this tutorial from Tony Hirst’s blog. Dr. Hirst presents a practical and focused use of the Yahoo Pipes service for tracking journal articles by subject.
Even …