Sunday, February 22, 2009
A Blog Carnival for Medical Libraries and libarian
Medlib's Round is a blog carnival for medical librarianship introdused by Laika's medliblog. It is "the “best blog posts in the field of medical librarianship”. Blog Carnival is a subject-oriented blog taht is developed by the regular compilation of the “best blogs in a certain area”. Medicine 2.0 blogcarnival, SurgXperience could be examples of such blogsphare contribution.As Laika stated well librarians also should have blogcarnival, and this the one. See Laika's MedLiblog for more information.
MedPedia
A new online health information resource has been launched February 2009 in the US. The Medpedia is a medical enclyclopaedia that only health professionals will be able to produce and edit the content for. Medpedia also is one example of collaborative web2.0 based information resources for medicine. It has been developed in association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and Univerity of Michigan Medical School. There are three services currently available through MedPedia as follows:
• a collaborative encyclopaedia or knowledge base (a wiki)
• a Network & Directory for health professionals and organizations
• Communities of Interest where medical professionals and non-professionals can share information.
• a collaborative encyclopaedia or knowledge base (a wiki)
• a Network & Directory for health professionals and organizations
• Communities of Interest where medical professionals and non-professionals can share information.
Friday, December 19, 2008
A library based search engine , RefEx, REX......
A library based search engine is planning to be developed by cooperation of OCLC and the information schools of Syracuse University, NY, and the University of Washington (UW) … and a $100,000 Grant from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
According to referencextract.org , Reference Extracts will be built for maximum credibility by relying on the expertise and credibility judgments of librarians from around the globe. Users will enter a search term and get results weighted towards sites most often referred to by librarians at institutions such as the Library of Congress, the University of Washington, the State of Maryland, and over 1,400 libraries worldwide. This grant will support planning for Reference Extract and building the foundation necessary to implement it as a large-scale, general user service.
The project is searching for librarians' intellectual cooperation and their technical knowledge and experience .
Registration (free) is now open for “Multilingual, Multinational: Best Practices in Cooperative Reference” where Reference Extract will be presented. You can register for it on this page:
https://www3.oclc.org/app/ala_registration/
Sources :
1-http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6618859.html?nid=3310
2- http://referencextract.org/
According to referencextract.org , Reference Extracts will be built for maximum credibility by relying on the expertise and credibility judgments of librarians from around the globe. Users will enter a search term and get results weighted towards sites most often referred to by librarians at institutions such as the Library of Congress, the University of Washington, the State of Maryland, and over 1,400 libraries worldwide. This grant will support planning for Reference Extract and building the foundation necessary to implement it as a large-scale, general user service.
The project is searching for librarians' intellectual cooperation and their technical knowledge and experience .
Registration (free) is now open for “Multilingual, Multinational: Best Practices in Cooperative Reference” where Reference Extract will be presented. You can register for it on this page:
https://www3.oclc.org/app/ala_registration/
Sources :
1-http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6618859.html?nid=3310
2- http://referencextract.org/
Thursday, November 6, 2008
ATM library
In California a New ATM for Books Debuts ,
Surviving in crossing over the time, …
To survive on the supper highways of the cyberspace libraries are shifting their services from the libraries' walls to virtual environment, on the other hand changes in technology and speedy lifestyle makes busy residents of the metropolitan areas feed their brain while crossing the road, moving to the work, traveling and maybe resting times.
The concepts of mobile libraries, ATM libraries, Hand Size libraries, Robotic Librarians and Every Where libraries tell us the story of "copping with environment" , "changing the shape for harmonizing with the changing needs and preferences of audiences."
For more information See the following URLs at Library Journal.com
ATM Library : http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6535617.html?rssid=220
Every Where Library: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6611189.html?nid=3310
I will tell You about "Hand size library" in the next Post.
Surviving in crossing over the time, …
To survive on the supper highways of the cyberspace libraries are shifting their services from the libraries' walls to virtual environment, on the other hand changes in technology and speedy lifestyle makes busy residents of the metropolitan areas feed their brain while crossing the road, moving to the work, traveling and maybe resting times.
The concepts of mobile libraries, ATM libraries, Hand Size libraries, Robotic Librarians and Every Where libraries tell us the story of "copping with environment" , "changing the shape for harmonizing with the changing needs and preferences of audiences."
For more information See the following URLs at Library Journal.com
ATM Library : http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6535617.html?rssid=220
Every Where Library: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6611189.html?nid=3310
I will tell You about "Hand size library" in the next Post.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
eXtensible Catalog Project
The eXtensible Catalog Project, created and managed by the University of Rochester and supported by funding from the Mellon Foundation as well as partner institutions, has released a new web site that serves as the project's home. Roy Tennant , 17 october says that The new site provides more information (and creates the skeleton for upcoming enhancements) than the previous blog-based site, and reveals a snazzy new logo.
Extensible Catalog
Josh Hadro reported in Library Journal, 10/21/2008 9:45:00 AM that
Extensible Catalog project website updated, converted from WordPress to Drupal
Revamp comes during phase two of the project, on track for July 2009 completion
More information posted on project background, development partners, and participation options
As reported by LJ Digital Libraries blogger Roy Tennant and others, the Mellon-funded Extensible Catalog (XC) project from the University of Rochester has received a major upgrade to its web presence. Transitioning from a WordPress blog to a Drupal site featuring significantly more background and framework information, the shift signals the ramping up of the project’s second phase of coding and software design in which the XC will make the transition from a planning architecture to a workable and distributable set of open source software components.
The Extensible Catalog, scheduled to be released summer 2009, will serve as both a new interface as well as a means for managing library metadata, including MARC, Dublin Core, and FRBRized metadata, according to the new site, which also adds that the project hopes to initiate "a next phase of development to integrate the benefits of the RDA metadata standard once it is released." In addition, XC “will enable library content to be revealed through other services that libraries may already be using, such as content management systems and learning management systems.”
Development partners are already onboard to design “connectors” to other ILS software like Innovative’s Millennium, Ex Libris’ Aleph and Voyager systems, and the open source Koha and Evergreen ILSs, as well as the Blackboard learning management systems (LMS). Partners are also being sought to help integrate XC with SirsiDynix’s Unicorn ILS and the open source Sakai LMS.
The XC project is of great interest to the open source and library software communities in terms of the major funding it has received and the breadth of support already committed at this stage in its design, and is being closely watched as more details are divulged. The project has funds totaling $2.8 million from grants and support from the University of Rochester and partner institutions, including a $749,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in October 2007 to support the current second phase of the project.
Extensible Catalog project website updated, converted from WordPress to Drupal
Revamp comes during phase two of the project, on track for July 2009 completion
More information posted on project background, development partners, and participation options
As reported by LJ Digital Libraries blogger Roy Tennant and others, the Mellon-funded Extensible Catalog (XC) project from the University of Rochester has received a major upgrade to its web presence. Transitioning from a WordPress blog to a Drupal site featuring significantly more background and framework information, the shift signals the ramping up of the project’s second phase of coding and software design in which the XC will make the transition from a planning architecture to a workable and distributable set of open source software components.
The Extensible Catalog, scheduled to be released summer 2009, will serve as both a new interface as well as a means for managing library metadata, including MARC, Dublin Core, and FRBRized metadata, according to the new site, which also adds that the project hopes to initiate "a next phase of development to integrate the benefits of the RDA metadata standard once it is released." In addition, XC “will enable library content to be revealed through other services that libraries may already be using, such as content management systems and learning management systems.”
Development partners are already onboard to design “connectors” to other ILS software like Innovative’s Millennium, Ex Libris’ Aleph and Voyager systems, and the open source Koha and Evergreen ILSs, as well as the Blackboard learning management systems (LMS). Partners are also being sought to help integrate XC with SirsiDynix’s Unicorn ILS and the open source Sakai LMS.
The XC project is of great interest to the open source and library software communities in terms of the major funding it has received and the breadth of support already committed at this stage in its design, and is being closely watched as more details are divulged. The project has funds totaling $2.8 million from grants and support from the University of Rochester and partner institutions, including a $749,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in October 2007 to support the current second phase of the project.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Government Information in the 21st Century
Government Information in the 21st Century (Gi21) is a continuing education project to train public services library staff in the use of electronic government information. Over the past year, 49 government information librarians have created 21 subject modules focusing on federal electronic information sources. Modules are designed to be used as training materials and for self-guided learning. Kids Stuff, the newest module, has a large number of resources ranging from interactive web sites, online games, curriculum guides and fact sheets - all arranged by subject and marked for age category. You can learn more about the program by checking out these resources on their section of WebJunction.
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