Thanks to the folks who’re providing free internet access @ NYLA. I just finished an interesting workshop on EAD, or encoded archival description. My next project: digitizing our finding aids to make our archives more accessible. Too bad nothing else at the conference today looked applicable for this academic librarian. Hopefully tomorrow will contain more useful information.
NYLA: Thursday
October 18, 2007
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An Innovative Art Idea
October 15, 2007We’re opening a new room for periodicals here. We have a LARGE blank wall. The idea of one of my colleagues? Have students take pictures around campus and develop them at a certain size (eg. 8×10) and hang them in simple frames on the wall. We’re going to try it here! Watch out for updates!
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Clear Desk Friday
October 12, 2007It’s Friday, a little after 5 and I have a clear desk. This will be a good weekend.
Show me what your desk looks like!
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Database description/link maintence: how we do it.
October 11, 2007Keeping databases and descriptions up to date can be a daunting task. While lots of places use ASP and an mdb, we’re doing it slightly different – with includes. Yes, it’s more work, but it’ll work out easier for the technical abilities of other librarians here.
- Each database is stored in a .html file with the html coding and description for that database.
- In the code for the web page on whichi we wish to display the database we use a <!–#include –> command to include the text from that file.
- Updating the .htm for the database will automatically update it on each page where that database is listed.
It works for us, since we don’t feel like getting deep into SQL and ASP. If you want, I can share the procedure from the beginning to the end.
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RSS in your webpage
October 10, 2007RSS feeds are great ways for patrons to access your page without actually accessing your page. They can keep up to date on everything in a blog simply by subscribing to the blog. While they may not see any pretty pictures, they will read (like plain text email) everything that you put in your blog. It’s simple, too!
Here’s all it takes to make firefox (and other browsers) recognize the fact that your page has an RSS feed:
In the <head> tag:
<link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” href=”{URL of your feed}” />
Start using it today!
On another note, look at how nice it is in upstate New York in the Fall:
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LibGuy goes live!
October 7, 2007Hello Everyone,
This is my attempt at a library-based professional blog. I am an Emerging Technologies, Reference and Instruction librarian. I also help manage the website of my institution. This blog will serve as a feedback mechanism as well as a playground for me to try new technologies and (hopefully) reach a broad spectrum of librarians. So, enjoy what is about to come.
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