Technology
Is Google Ready for the Big One?
Posted by Alicia on 4 March, 2010 in Librarians, Social Software, Technology
Google is ready when disaster strikes. According to Rajen Sheth, Senior Product Manager, Google Apps, Google is prepared for disaster recovery for all the major applications in the Apps suite (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Talk, Google Video).
Customers don’t have to worry about backup options for the data they create and store within Google [...]
Wednesday’s Word: Cloud
Posted by Alicia on 3 March, 2010 in Technology, wednesday's word
What does a cloud have to do with computing? Metaphorically speaking, the cloud denotes a likeness to the internet. Remember the cloud symbol used to represent the Internet in flow charts and diagrams? Combined with computing, clouds can be defined as thin and narrow as cirrus clouds (virtual servers) or as broad and puffy as [...]
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.
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…
Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program
Posted by Alicia on 21 January, 2010 in ALA, Librarians, Library News, Technology
On January 25, 2010, ALA-APA will accept applications from potential candidates interested in achieving the Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC). The LSSC Program is the first national, voluntary certification program for library support staff. This new certification program will help library support staff achieve recognition for current and new skills and abilities, and increase access [...]
Plinkit Training Manual To Be Updated
Posted by Alicia on 14 January, 2010 in Technology
With the release of Plinkit 2.0, a new manual is being updated to reflect the new user interface and features that will be available to libraries using Plinkit. Toni Mantych (of Professional Quill™) developed the original manual and is expected to be updating both the Plinkit Training Manual and the Plinkit Administrator’s Manual this summer.
Wednesday’s word: Chrome
Posted by Jennifer on 10 September, 2008 in Social Software, Technology, wednesday's word
Wednesday’s word is Chrome, in particular, Google Chrome; Google’s latest endevor, an open source browser. According to Google the reason behind Chrome is this:
We spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized [...]
Wednesday’s word
Posted by Jennifer on 3 September, 2008 in Technology, wednesday's word
SQL- Structured Query Language
A database is a collection of tables that contain similar facts about data. There are two types of databases: 1) Flat File – this is more of a spreadsheet of growing data. Cells with the same information can be filtered and isolated by the Data Sort function; 2) Relational databases – sets [...]
Web Security Words Help Digitize Old Books
Posted by Jennifer on 19 August, 2008 in Technology
NPR’s All things considered last thursday shared with listeners around the world about reCAPTCHA and how it is helping to digitize old books. reCAPTCHA what? how can it help digitize books? Read more here!