Monthly Archives: February 2010
Code4Lib10 tuesday notes
The morning started with a nice 12 mile run based on a few different routes. A closed road near the Biltmore house had me walking (terrified) across a very short railroad trestle before I noticed a nice pedestrian bridge (way … Continue reading
Code4Lib Preconferences – Koha/blacklight/dev tools
JP and Erik hit Code4Lib on Monday and started off with attending a pre-conference on Koha. Koha has hit version 3 & includes some interesting serials and acquisitions functionality now. The presenter was Galen Charlton, the programmer who previously helped … Continue reading
Vufind RC2, Amazon EC2 Rocks(2)
Today Christina, JP, Erik, Carol C., Heather and Elise gathered to test the new Vufind RC2 on Amazon EC2 (go cloud!). The system performed admirably & included some nice new features that were not in RC1. For example, in RC2 … Continue reading
Iphone apps for libraries, Handheld Librarian, bestest 1 hour talk ever
Minglu Wang talked about how to develop applications for iphones/mobile devices. She started out with a survey of what platforms people used. 69% of attendees were iphone/ipod users . Who says it isn’t “all about the iphone.” It was interesting … Continue reading
Univ of California Publishing Services (UCPUbS) webinar
UC has launched UCPubS as “a suite of publishing services and tools includign oa, digital an dprint publishign tools to UC centers, institutes, deparmtnets that produce scholarly books.” This service combines the efforts of UCPubS, eScholarship, and UC organizations to … Continue reading
