Terry’s Worklog

  • Open Source Federated search project

    Something we’ve been working on for a little bit is an open source federated search project.  I’m sure folks are probably wondering why we would bother considering the wide variety of vendor solutions currently available — but we do have a good reason I think.  In a sense, we are looking at building a library…

  • CONTENTdm and EAD Part II

    Well, it looks like we will be using CONTENTdm to handle our EAD records.  I was able to augment how CONTENTdm treats our EAD records (via display and indexing) so that it will meet our needs.  The good thing is that these records will be indexed on Google/Yahoo very soon now that they are in…

  • Internet Explorer 7 preview

    I figured since I do a bit of web development (though I’ll admit it tends to mostly be backend work), I thought I’d download Microsoft’s new IE 7 preview.  For the most part, it looks pretty good.  Nothing earth shattering or worth switching from your current browser if your happy with it, but I do…

  • MarcEdit 5.0 refresh

    Fixed a couple of bugs.  The one that folks would most likely run across was a bug in the swap fields function.  If you used the find text option, a match and swap would never occur. Other fixes, I’ve added some code to make sharing the application across a network share easier. As always, the…

  • How demoralizing

    The wind this morning was downright brutal.  No only did it take me longer than normal to get into work — but the gusts were strong enough to nearly knock me off my bike.  I spent the better half of my ride out of my seat and leaning against the wind to keep my balance. …

  • MARBI Proposal 2006-04

    So the following was sent out on the MARC Unicode list: Proposal 2006-04, “Technique for conversion of Unicode to MARC-8,” was approved at the MARBI meeting on January 21 with the following additions and changes.1. It was agreed that a proposal for lossless representation of unmappable characters using numeric character references will be brought to…

  • Goofy grin

    I’m not sure what I completely think about being one of the faces of Oregon State University (http://oregonstate.edu/home/stories/terry_reese.html), but what a goofy grin.  Actually, its nice bit of recognition by my university community and at least they let me wear my beanie in the picture. 🙂  –Terry

  • 2006 Midwinter Trip Report

    I have to write a trip report for my institution — so I thought I’d post it on my blog.  Enjoy. ALA Midwinter 2006 Trip Report San Antonio, TX Terry Reese   Ah, winter in San Antonio…certainly it must be warmer and drier than Oregon (at least, that’s the impression that I’ve cultivated).  Well, it…

  • CONTENTdm and EAD records

    For those of you out there that use CONTENTdm — OSU has been starting to experiement with putting EAD records into CONTENTdm and utilizing the software as our temporary (maybe longterm temporary) solution to making EAD records available electronically to our patrons.  As CONTENTdm 4.0 users know, this version offers the ability to index many…

  • What happened to the wireless revolution

    I’ve a wireless junkie so I’ve been waiting for the so called wireless revolution…always on, always there.  Well, someone must have forgotten to tell most airports.  Generally, I plan my travel arrangements through airports that offer free wireless to passengers simply because I like being able to pass the time doing a little work while…

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