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Wednesday’s Word: Policy
Posted by Jennifer on 5 November, 2008 in OCLC, WorldCat, wednesday's word
Today’s word is policy and specifically, OCLC Policy. OCLC has updated 1987’s Guidelines for Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records. To understand more about the policy please read Karen Calhoun’s blog post, Notes on OCLC’s Updated Record Use Policy
from November 4, 2008 located at (http://community.oclc.org/metalogue/archives/2008/11/notes-on-oclcs-updated-record.html). It explains the policy and why OCLC changed the policy.
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Posted by Ada on 15 October, 2008 in wednesday's word
The landscape of gaming has certainly changed. Back in September, Pew Internet & American Life Project published a report with the title “Teens, Video Games and Civics“. Among all the findings of the report, supported by various statistics from every angle you can think of, the essential finding is that game playing is universal among [...]
Wednesday’s Word
Posted by Laura on 8 October, 2008 in Librarians, wednesday's word
Today’s word is one I’m sure many of us are aware of: Facebook
SOLINET recently became a member of Facebook so if you’re a member, search for us and become a fan. As a very popular free social networking website, it’s a great place to keep in touch with organizations, friends and colleagues.
Are you a member [...]
Wednesday’s word: Library
Posted by Jennifer on 17 September, 2008 in wednesday's word
Today’s word is simple, but is it: Library.
What does library mean?
What does library mean to you?
Have you ever asked your patrons/students what library means?
Wikipedia defines library as: a collection of information, sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday’s word
Posted by Jennifer on 27 August, 2008 in Educational Services, Preservation, Upcoming Classes, wednesday's word
From SOLINET’s Jessica Lemming, wednesday’s word is:
Enclosures. Boxes boxes everywhere. We store everything in a box, including ourselves! There are whole stores dedicated solely to containers. And what do these boxes, containers, enclosures do? They protect us and our stuff from weather, temperature, dirt, they consolidate things, and generally keep stuff out that may cause [...]
Wednesday’s word
Posted by Jennifer on 13 August, 2008 in Electronic Databases, wednesday's word
Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS) is software system used to manage digital subscriptions in libraries. Typically an ERM system will include most subscription management elements, e.g. product names, descriptions, producers, aggregators, license start and end dates, renewal alerts, price and payment terms, access URLs, usernames/passwords, verification access methods, access restrictions, vendor contacts, links to usage [...]
Wednesday’s Word
Posted by Jennifer on 6 August, 2008 in Technology, wednesday's word
OSS
OSS stands for Open Source Software. The principles and practices of OSS are commonly applied to the development of source code for software that is made available for public collaboration, free for anyone to have, modify, enhance etc. Public collaboration means anyone can use it, modify it or make enhancements.
So why should libraries be [...]
Wednesday’s word
Posted by Jennifer on 30 July, 2008 in Digital Libraries, Educational Services, wednesday's word
Pixel
Did you know the term “pixel” is actually short for “Picture Element?” I had no idea until I took a digital imaging of library and archival materials class and thought I’d share.
Some common facts to remember with pixels and your digital imaging:
1) the number of pixels per inch differs upon your resolution
2) the more [...]