Terry’s Worklog

  • Search Engine for Coders

    Seen this on slashdot today: http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/02/17/2027211.shtml.  I’ve signed up.  I’d like to see what this actually looks like. –Terry

  • MarcEdit 5.0 Update Feb. 13th

    Forgot to get this up because I’ve been playing at the code4lib conference, but I did update a new version that corrected some display issues in the Z39.50 client and updated the console program so that the full file paths could be omitted (i.e., current directory would be assumed). As always, MarcEdit50_Setup.exe –Terry

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15 Keynote: 20 minute sessions 1

    Here are some notes from the first set of 20 minute sessions.  There is one session not commented on, Jeff Young’s session on WikiD.  Its an interesting project, but one that I’m having a difficult time summarizing. (Twenty minute sessions) ERP Options in the OSS World Art Rhyno Primary OpenSource ERP Contenders: GNUe — python-based,…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15 Keynote: Evergreen development

    Evergreen branching out Bill Erickson (Systems Developer), Jason Etheridge (PINES System Support Specialists), Brad LaJeunesse (PINES System Administrator) and Mike Rylander (Database Developer) Quick History of the PINES Consoritum *      Started as a Y2K project o        Many libraries running older, antiquated systems. o        Some libraries were still manual *      Politial support was available for the…

  • Code4Lib

    I’ll be periodically posting my notes on the Code4lib sessions, so stay tuned. –Terry

  • Back from Utah

    Up until this last weekend, I’d never actually been to Salt Lake City in the winter…just gorgeous.  There was snow everywhere around the mountains, an a little bit of the white stuff around the University of Utah grounds (though it looked maybe a week or so old).  I wish I would have had a little…

  • WPOPAC — a testbed by Casey Maison

    Disclaimer — these are some first impression type thoughts…dangerous, I know.  Take them for what they are…musings.  Casey Maison has been doing a lot of writing and thinking about how to make ILS systems more social — and as such, has created a testbed application using WordPress to sit ontop of their library opac.  His original post…

  • More Google & Privacy concerns

    The EFF is warning against using the new Google Desktop application because of a new option allowing users to search for documents across computers.  This feature appearently stores copies of your documents on Google servers meaning that they are just one subpena way from being read.  And while Google isn’t doing it yet, these documents…

  • More IE 7 beta thoughts

    I was suprised to see that it didn’t take Google long to put a link to the searchlet that can be installed into IE 7.  It was about time that they added that feature.  Anyway, I’ve been playing around with it for a bit and here’s what I’ve seen so far: Pros: CSS support is…

  • CONTENTdm/EAD III

    As I’ve been putting together a CONTENTdm interface to our EAD records, I’ve been using the NWDA’s website as a template…the idea being that users working within our site could start local and then move out to the regional database and still see a like interface with like functionality.  However, this has meant doing some…

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