Terry’s Worklog

  • ‡biblios.net MarcEdit Plug-in

    So, one of the presentations at Code4Lib this year discussed one of the latest initiatives to come out of the LibLime company, ‡biblios.net.  ‡biblios.net is a repository of ~30 million MARC records released under an Open Data license.  From my perspective, one of the things that I found most interesting about the ‡biblios.net platform is…

  • Finally in Providence

    Whew — made it in early enough to make my afternoon meetings and chat with a few folks.  The flight today was great.  Got upgraded to first class for the lion’s share of the trip, and got to get in some reading (the Life of Pi — so far, so good).  After my meetings, got…

  • On my way to Providence

    So, while my trip to Providence got off to a rocky start yesterday, I must say that I had a fantastic experience working with the Delta representatives getting it resolved, and as a bonus — this is the first time travelling as a Gold Medallion member — so when I checked in, I was automatically…

  • WorldCat API: draft ruby gem

    Since the WorldCat Grid API became available, I’ve spent odd periods of time playing with the services to see what kinds of things I could do and not do with the information being made available.  This was partly due to a desire to create an open source version of WorldCat Local.  It wouldn’t have been…

  • We must be doing something right

    Thursday, we sat down and met with Kenny’s teacher for a parent/teacher conference.  He’s doing exceptionally well.  He reads, writes, etc. all above grade level — and I understand is quite the orator during their sharing times. 🙂 Anyway, during the meeting, Kenny was asked to pick out a story that he’d written (a short…

  • Trying out Windows 7 with the TV

    One of the benefits of having a large flat screen TV is the wide abundance of video inputs.  At present, there are 8 on our TV, 4 HD,  2 RCA style, 1 cable and 1 PC connection (DVI).  This leaves lots of room for experimentation.  As noted on Saturday (https://blog.reeset.net/archives/614), I picked up a netbook,…

  • MarcEdit update notes

    Since a few folks have asked, the update mentioned last week is coming along nicely.  At this point, I have a number of MarcEdit users that are testing new features and the install program (both individually and in an enterprise environment).  Things are looking good, so it will be out the door as soon as…

  • New toys

    So like most folks, I’m hanging out today kind of watching the super bowl — but am also playing with a new toy, my MSI Wind netbook.  This is a nifty little device, running a 1.6 ghz, 1 gb, 160 gb HD, 10.1 inch monitor weight about 2 lbs.  The machine came installed by default…

  • Quick MarcEdit note

    Just a couple of quick MarcEdit notes. As part of my campaign to make MarcEdit work better within group managed systems, I’ve been working on migrating MarcEdit’s installer from a general .exe setup to one using Microsoft’s MSI installer.  This will allow system administrators the ability to use Microsoft’s package management tools to distribute MarcEdit…

  • OCLC to convene a Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship

    From the OCLC news release: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/20092.htm First off, I think that this is a good thing for a couple of reasons. I take this development as a sign that OCLC has heard the membership, heard some of their concerns and has agreed to take some additional time to have further discussion with the membership.  For…

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