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February 26, 2013
Bookmarks for February 26, 2013
Today I found the following resources and bookmarked them on Delicious.
Total Library Solution – TLS
Total Library Solution (TLS) is a suite of Free and Open Source Software customized for the local needs of LIS Community of Pakistan.
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Project Gutenberg to Dropbox
In the past I’ve given you tips on how to get Project Gutenberg MARC records in to your ILS. Now I can tell you how to download ebooks directly to your Dropbox account so that you can access them on all of your devices.
The Gutenberg website has recently added support for Dropbox meaning you can download ebooks directly to your Dropbox account in the cloud. Once you authorize access, it will create a new “gutenberg” folder in your Dropbox and the ebooks will get saved directly in that folder.
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February 25, 2013
Ordering from a Staged File in Koha 3.6
I was doing some training earlier this month and found that a feature I thought I knew did more than I thought! This tutorial will show you how to order from a staged file and will cover some of the new things I learned while training a new Koha library.
As always, if you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.
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February 22, 2013
Bookmarks for February 22, 2013
Today I found the following resources and bookmarked them on Delicious.
EveryLibrary
Building Voter Support for Libraries
Learnist
Use Learnist to share what you know. Create a Learn Board on a subject you understand and add ‘learnings’ by pointing to existing web videos, blogs, images and documents.
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Grid Preview in Chrome
A while back I wrote about my dream RSS feed reader. This plugin does nothing to get me there, but it’s kind of cool so I figured I should share it with you all (in case it gets you closer to your dream reader). This from Lifehacker:
Google Reader is still one of the best ways to get through your mass of blogs, but it’s never been the prettiest way to read. The Grid Preview extension for Chrome makes browsing through those blogs a little nicer with an image-focused grid layout.
Once you install the extension, you’ll have the option to organize Google Reader in two to twelve columns, letting you browse your favorite websites and blogs easier to see what you actually want to read without clicking next so many times.
If you like things to be more visual, and use Chrome, then this is the extension for you.
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Grib Preview in Chrome
A while back I wrote about my dream RSS feed reader. This plugin does nothing to get me there, but it’s kind of cool so I figured I should share it with you all (in case it gets you closer to your dream reader). This from Lifehacker:
Google Reader is still one of the best ways to get through your mass of blogs, but it’s never been the prettiest way to read. The Grid Preview extension for Chrome makes browsing through those blogs a little nicer with an image-focused grid layout.
Once you install the extension, you’ll have the option to organize Google Reader in two to twelve columns, letting you browse your favorite websites and blogs easier to see what you actually want to read without clicking next so many times.
If you like things to be more visual, and use Chrome, then this is the extension for you.
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February 21, 2013
Bookmarks for February 21, 2013
Today I found the following resources and bookmarked them on Delicious.
Beam me up to Internet Archive
A plugin for Omeka to send data from Omeka to the Internet Archive.
Attachments.me
Share and organize your attachment files and documents from web, mobile and Gmail.
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Open Source ILS Survey
I received this via email and thought you might all be interested in participating:
This is a call for participation in a survey about the decision-making process of choosing a proprietary versus an open source integrated library system (ILS). The results will be tabulated and used to help other libraries learn from and use your experience as they make decisions regarding their ILSs.
This survey is part of a research project, funded by IMLS, comparing the technical support of Open Source ILS with technical support of proprietary ILS. One product of this research is an information portal (http://opensourceils.com) for disseminating resources about OSS ILS. We appreciate the many responses we have had to previous calls for surveys and interviews and hope to hear from many librarians again for this survey. Participants will be entered into a drawing for 1 of 5 $20 gift cards for Amazon.com.
The survey can be accessed at http://oss-research.cci.utk.edu/ILS_adoption_survey and will be open for one month. Please feel free to forward this notice to other interested parties.
You can also direct any queries or suggestions to utk.ils.research@gmail.com with the subject “ILS Survey” in the subject line.
We really appreciate your time and support and look forward to reporting back the results from this study!
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February 20, 2013
Google Floor Plans
This looks pretty awesome.
Floor plans for over 10,000 locations worldwide are available on your web browser, such as stores, train stations, airports and museums. You can use it to plan the fastest route through the mall, or make sure you know how to get from the taxi to the airport gate without running all over the airport.
“Simply zoom in on a building on Google Maps and you’ll automatically see a detailed floor plan with helpful labels for gates at the airport, stores within the mall, departments within a retail shop, as well as ATMs, restrooms and more,” Google wrote.
Learn more at Mashable and if you can, upload your library’s floor plan to help enhance the product.
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February 19, 2013
Bookmarks for February 19, 2013
Today I found the following resources and bookmarked them on Delicious.
Branch
Branch allows users to pull in any content, like a tweet or a video, then expand on that subject by inviting other users via email or Twitter to the conversation, or the “Branch,” as it’s called.
MARC must die!
A site dedicated to offering alternatives to the MARC metadata standard in libraries.
School of Open – P2PU
The School of Open will provide online educational resources and professional development courses on the meaning and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond.
Hack Design
An easy to follow design course for hackers who do amazing things. Receive a design lesson in your inbox each week, hand crafted by a design pro. Learn at your own pace, and apply it to your real life work – no fake projects here
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