Category: Digital Libraries

  • IE Toolbar revision and notes

    I did a little revision this weekend and added the ability to add your own resources to the IE Toolbar for our library. I’ll be implementing this code for Firefox as well so that I can keep compatibility between the two browsers. Here’s an image: However, something I’m considering doing — and have actually started…

  • OSU Libraries Toolbar for IE

    I need to still build an installation for this project, but I completed the IE toolbar for our library. Its a little different than the Firefox version, but not that different. The biggest thing left todo is getting some kindof automatic updating mechanism to work. Anyway, here is a screenshot of the toolbar as it…

  • Oregon State Libraries FireFox Plugin (Just for fun)

    I love simple technologies. I was asked recently how difficult it would be to build a toolbar to search our library’s resources for Firefox and IE. The answer — it took about an 1 1/2 to build the firefox toolbar (see: Click for the full image: that included a simple search interface to a number…

  • Readex Digital Institute Notes

    Ok — so I guess I’ll have to try this blogging a session again at DLF and simply post notes in real-time… 2005 Readex Digital Institute Trip Report, Terry Reese Background: While this isn’t the biggest gathering that I attend during the year, it’s definitely been one of my favorites. Essentially, for those that haven’t…

  • Readex Update

    Well, I realized something — its difficult to blog a session when you don’t have an Internet connection. We have connects in the conference room by I’m a bit old fashioned I think, because it just seems a little rude to be blogging during someones talk — so I’d hoped to get to type up…

  • Playing in Vermont

    Ah, to get out of the office…I was looking at the weather this morning and would you believe it — I’m getting better weather here in Vermont than my compatriots are having in Oregon. Who would have thought that I’d have to go to Vermont to get back to the mid-70 degree afternoons. Its great.…

  • Playing with AJAX (continued)

    I’ve posted the XML/XSLT CONTENTdm example files at: CONTENTdm XML/XSLT Example The AJAX examples are found in the compound object code and the image code. The idea here is that I didn’t want to reload pages over and over again — hence I wanted to just pull small snippets of data and replace them when…

  • Playing with AJAX

    I’m not sure I really like this term — but I’ve been doing some design work to play around with this “AJAX” concept. At OSU, we use a product called CONTENTdm as our image repository — however, the software was just recently upgraded an the new api has caused a need to update our interfaces.…

  • College Libraries of tomorrow

    I was pleasantly surprised to see an article on ZDNET talking about digital library development being done in libraries in the pre and post Google eras. I’m always interested to see how folks outside the library profession view our digital library efforts. URL: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5817291.html

  • OSU’s OpenURL resolver on Google

    Well, OSU has finally been able to get their openurl resolver added to Google’s Scholar. (click on the image for full size) Its been a long time coming — we originally tried working with Google on their pilot project before they had made the service more public…but we use Innovate Interface’s Webbridge and there had…