Terry’s Worklog

  • Thoughts about the SkyRiver/OCLC lawsuit

    So this is what it has come to…two iconic (III and OCLC that is) library software vendors wrestling in court.  Not that I think this is all that surprising…too bad…but not particularly surprising.  In fact, I think that many folks in the library community probably seen this coming.  For me, the canary in the mine,…

  • MarcEdit update

    I posted a minor MarcEdit update this evening.  The changes were minimal, mostly cosmetic.  The main issues corrected were: Z39.50 batch file checking:  If the user file isn’t generated on install, the program would throw an error.  The program will now autogenerate that file if it is missing. Window cleanup:  When running the MarcEditor and…

  • Google and the future of search

    I was reading through my blog reader this morning and ran across Nicolas Carr’s somewhat snarky comment of an interview done by Google CEO Eric Schmidt (http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2010/08/brave_new_googl.php).  It made me laugh, but I wanted to actually read the interview since the Google folks lately have been making some very oddly un-Googlish statements regarding privacy or,…

  • MarcEdit update notes

    While I’ll have to admit that I haven’t had an opportunity to do a lot of major work on MarcEdit this summer, I have had the opportunity to make some very targeted changes.  One of those changes was long past due, but has been causing a little bit of trouble when upgrading so I thought…

  • Summer update

    Well, it’s been a bit of a busy summer.  So much so, that I’ve been neglecting my space here for a bit.  I’ve been keeping up with MarcEdit updates and primarily notify folks of updates through the new auto update tool, but other than that — I’ve gotten behind.  Lots of reasons.  Some of it…

  • WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative — initial thoughts

    So yesterday, a number of messages were sent out letting folks know that the OCLC Record Use Policy Council had completed their work and have provided a draft document to the OCLC member community for comment.  Sadly, I’m in the middle of doing other work (travelling mostly) — but I have had an opportunity to…

  • Fun MarcEdit facts

    While I was looking through my web stats the other day, I realized that for the first time, I was able to get a rough look at how often MarcEdit gets utilized during a normal day.  A few months ago, I added the capability for MarcEdit to automatically check for updates.  This has been really…

  • MarcEdit 5.2 update

    I’ve been busy this week working on a few more updates. This week, I was able to squash a couple of bugs, fix a few UI issues and add a couple of enhancements. Here’s the highlights of what’s been corrected: Bug Fixes: MARCEngine: When converting to UTF-8 using the MarcMaker — the leader byte indicating…

  • MarcEdit 5.2 Updates

    First, a big thank you to folks that sent me feedback on the new Task Automation tool. I’ve taken that feedback and put together an update to address some of the usability questions. Changes made for this update: Ability to clone existing tasks Ability to rename tasks Ability to reorder tasks Ability to Edit Task…

  • MarcEdit 5.2 Update

    Hi all, I have just uploaded a new version of MarcEdit to the website.  This version specifically addresses two bugs and introduces the Task Automation function into the application.  Bug Fixes: Changes not saved in the MarcEditor: Under certain conditions, MarcEdit would lose track of changes made within the program.  This occurred primarily after changes…

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