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In LibraryFind 0.9, the UI has been enhanced to include a number of small niceties (things that have been flowing into the 0.8.x branch — but are enhanced in 0.9).  Things that you will find in LibraryFind 0.9 is Cover Art (which can be pulled from Open Library, Google or Library Thing [Open Library is…

One of the main UI complains with the 0.8.x branch of LibraryFind relates to what happens after the user searches.  Since LibraryFind must collocate all the search results together before display, what happens as the user waits (or doesn’t happen) has been an admitted weakness of the program.  That will change in 0.9.  In 0.9,…

The boys got me out of the house this weekend and we picked up our tree.  They’d been itching to get the presents laid out.  Of course, the other person happy to see the tree is the cat.  He seems to believe that we brought this tree in the house just for him, because he’s…

I know that its a little early, but the boys are excited.  Today, we got a little bit of snow (enough that the boys get off of school tomorrow) and they say that it won’t get above freezing all week — so it maybe sticking around.  I’ve never, ever had a white Christmas, so we…

So, over this past year, I’ve watched the Beaver’s Football team go from awful (Stanford and Penn State) to great (USC) to inspired as they ran through the Pac-10.  In fact, like many season ticket holders, I was making my Rose Bowl plans because, well, all we had to do was beat a very flawed…

Changes, changes.  One thing that is always true at an academic institution is that things just don’t stand still very long.  Jeremy Frumkin, my good friend and partner in crime here at OSU for the past 5+ years, has moved on to the University of Arizona, leaving some very big shoes for the library to…

A friend of mine gave this to me the other day — it’s an old picture of Kenny, probably around when he is 14 or 15 months, so we would have still been in Eugene at the time.  To see him now, you’d have to wonder where all that blonde hair has went to. 🙂…

As all good things must come to an end, so too has the ReadEx Digital Institute closed for another year.  Like always, this symposium offers an opportunity to connect with colleagues from various institutions and professional backgrounds to discuss some of the issues that we wrestle with as we work on developing and managing our…

I was at the Oregon State/USC football game last night (9/25) and have just one question:  Does mean that Oregon State is now The OSU?  I’m just saying… –TR