February 2010
RDA and Cataloger’s Desktop
Posted by Jennifer on 24 February, 2010 in Cataloging
From the Autocat listserv posted by Bruce Johnson:
The Library of Congress and the Co-Publishers for RDA (Resource Description and Access) are pleased to announce that Cataloger’s Desktop subscribers will be able to access the RDA Toolkit (due in June 2010) via Cataloger’s Desktop.
Cataloger’s Desktop is the Library of Congress’s integrated, online documentation system for cataloging [...]
Upcoming LYRASIS classes!
Posted by Jennifer on 23 February, 2010 in Educational Services, Uncategorized, Upcoming Classes
The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. LYRASIS Preservation classes are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. Please keep an eye out for [...]
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 4
Posted by Alix on 22 February, 2010 in Librarians, Preservation, Uncategorized, disaster
LYRASIS Preservation Services will be publishing easy steps that you can take to complete your Disaster Plan. A new step will be presented every 2 weeks. If you follow each step you will have a Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010.
Step 4 Assess Salvage Priorities
In step 3 you were asked to identify essential services; the functions [...]
Relais and LYRASIS Partnership
Posted by Alicia on 17 February, 2010 in Products and Services, Technology
LYRASIS’ new partnership with Relais International offers members new options for resource sharing and document delivery. For more information, click here. Products now available to members across ALL LYRASIS regions include Relais Express, Relais ILL, and Discovery to Delivery D2D (scheduled release April 2010).
wednesday’s word: Faviki
Posted by Alicia on 17 February, 2010 in Technology, wednesday's word
Faviki is a tool that brings together social bookmarking and wikipedia. It uses wikipedia in common text. You can use your own tags and connect them with more common univerdsl concepts. Faviki will categorize tags automatically for better organization and allows you to chose your own langauge.
Upcoming LYRASIS classes
Posted by Jennifer on 16 February, 2010 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. LYRASIS Preservation classes are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. Please keep an eye out for [...]
Library of Congress Explores Ways to Release Open Source Software
Posted by Alicia on 9 February, 2010 in Digital Libraries, Technology
In the spirit of transparency and community, the Library of Congress has established an internal process to create open source software . This will make it easier for software developers and sponsors within the Library to produce software that can be freely redistributed to users worldwide. Read more…
Upcoming LYRASIS classes!
Posted by Jennifer on 8 February, 2010 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. LYRASIS Preservation classes are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. Please keep an eye out for [...]
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 3 Identify Essential Services
Posted by Alix on 8 February, 2010 in Librarians, Preservation, disaster
LYRASIS Preservation Services will be publishing easy steps that you can take to complete your Disaster Plan. A new step will be presented every two weeks. If you follow each step you will have a Disaster Plans by MayDay 2010.
In step 1, you began gathering information about your cultural institution’s current state of readiness and [...]
Upcoming LYRASIS classes!
Posted by Jennifer on 2 February, 2010 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. LYRASIS Preservation classes are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. Please keep an eye out for [...]