Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on February 1, 2010 - 1:25pm
In the wake of the 2010 Midwinter meeting, there's been a lot of talk about unconferences and online conferences. A rough economy and the inconvenience of long-distance travel, combined with the proliferation of Web 2.0, VoIP and other tools for instantaneous online communication have led to a significant increase in the popularity of online events. Our own Tom Peters has written quite a bit about this topic on the blog and in Smart Libraries Newsletter. Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on January 28, 2010 - 9:19am
The ALA Midwinter meeting provides a fantastic opportunity to reflect on how technology is continuing to transform the library world. Between the exhibition floor and the variety of technology-related events, the conference can provide attendees with an overview of where library technology is, and where it may be going. Of course, for various reasons, many librarians weren't able to attend, and many who did found themselves spread too thin to attend every technology-related event they might have wanted to. Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on January 19, 2010 - 11:27am
Today, we face a significant time of change that is being prompted by today’s library user. This user no longer visits the physical library as his primary source of information, but seeks and creates information while connected to the global computer network. The change that libraries will need to make in response must include the transformation of the library’s public catalog from a stand-alone database of bibliographic records to a highly hyperlinked data set that can interact with information resources on the World Wide Web. The library data can then be integrated into the virtual working spaces of the users served by the library.
--Karen Coyle Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on January 14, 2010 - 3:11pm
As part of our continuing partnership with WebJunction, ALA TechSource presents WordPress for Library 2.0 and Beyond, a Webinar with Joshua Dodson and Laura Slavin on Wednesday, February 10th at noon Eastern.
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Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on January 11, 2010 - 1:40pm
TechSource is kicking off the new year by turning our focus to a concept at the very core of library technology--library metadata. With all of the discussion about Google, ILS, Social Networking and eBooks, the major trends, developments and transformations in how library data is organized, managed and utilized often get overlooked.
Library Technology Reports will kick 2010 off with a double-dose of Library Data. Karen Coyle has authored our January and February issues. Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on December 7, 2009 - 3:47pm
When it comes to the modern ILS, customization is all the rage. Marshall Breeding addresses this trend in the December issue of Library Technology Reports:
 Over the last few years, Web services and the service-oriented architecture (SOA) have become dominant themes in IT across many industries. Web-based computing, service-orientation, and cloud computing increasingly displace the client/server approach favored by libraries in the past.
In library automation, one major trend involves evolving or rebuilding automation systems to adopt this new approach to software. Purveyors of both open source and proprietary library automation products increasingly emphasize the ways in which they embrace openness, support application programming interfaces (APIs), or implement Web services.
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Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on November 19, 2009 - 9:21am
As part of our ongoing partnership with WebJunction, we’re thrilled to announce the next in our series of Webinars--Integrated Library Systems: Open Source and Customization with Marshall Breeding.
Currently, the focus in the ILS market is on customizability. How much ability does a library’s software give the end-user, their institution and its IT staff when it comes to modifying the ILS to suit their specific needs? When they do have the ability to customize the program, how deep does the customization run? Is it accessible? User friendly? Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on October 5, 2009 - 10:49am
As many of you know, the 2009 LITA Forum took place this past weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. While we didn't have a physical presence at the conference, modern technology and networking softened this barrier a bit for us. Throughout the week, we'll providing some coverage and highlights from a number of different perspectives. To start things off, we're proud to syndicate some coverage from American Libraries' Sean Fitzpatrick, who covered the weekend like a blanket for Inside Scoop.
Sean started by summarizing the keynote address from Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information: Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on September 2, 2009 - 8:32am
We're proud to announce that in collaboration with WebJunction, ALA TechSource will be hosting a Webinar with recent Library Technology Reports author David Lee King. Read More »
Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on July 10, 2009 - 8:52pm
Annual kicked off today, and at one of Chicago's swankier hotels I took part in a distinctly non-swanky event: Open Gaming Night. In an elegant ballroom at the downtown Hilton, a group of professionals from around the country gathered to kick back, socialize and have some fun. Read More »
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