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The New York Times has 22,000 of movie reviews dating back to 1924.  In order to get this information out, they’ve created the Movies Reviews API so people can pull those reviews and use them in their own web sites/services.  They hope to provide access to the trailers and movie clipes in the future.
Wouldn’t it [...]

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When the North Carolina State University Libraries integrated their library catalog into their website, I was excited.  Why do we move our patrons to a different interface just to search our collections?
Now, other libraries are following suit and, thanks to Roy Tennant, I’ve seen the cleanest implementation yet at Villanova University.  Only four tabs in the [...]

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OCLC has posted a counter of the materials being cataloged into the WorldCat database.  It’s a great reminder of the types of very interesting collections libraries have!
[from Catalogablog]

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For some time, 8 museums have been asking museum-goers to tag their collections in an attempt to see if tagging improves access to their collections.  The answer was a definite “yes”, so the museum community is continuing down this road.
The project, called “steve,” is also a set of open-source tagging tools.  ”Steve” is not an [...]

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BookLamp is a service that analyzes different aspects of books and then compares those traits with traits in books you say you like.  Kind of confusing, but if you’ve used Pandora, it works on the same principle.  It looks at traits like pacing, density, action, dialog, description, perspective, and genre.
Be aware that BookLamp is still [...]

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Google has introduced a set of protocols, Google Book Search API, that allow libraries’ automation systems to include Google’s scanned books into patron searches. Basically, if a library owns a title, they can provide a link to the full-text or to the preview, depending on its copyright restrictions. The University of Texas [...]

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Jenny Levine at The Shifted Librarian posted about libraries that are starting to use instant messaging within their catalogs.  When the patron is struck, it can provide an option to work with a real person.  The Meebo Me widget seems to be quite popular for use at the end of a “no hits” search.  Check [...]

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LC Classification Game

Carnegie Mellon created a cute game for LC shelvers. You have a stack of books on the left and three shelves of books on the right. Shelve the books correctly and you’ve won. You’ll need Flash for this. I did pretty well — shelved all the books but two correctly. [...]

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Marshall Breeding, who has written the Automated Systems Marketplace article for Library Journal for the past 6 years, has written an accompanying article — Perceptions of Integrated Library Systems 2007.  He surveyed libraries on their satisfaction levels with their current system, the company, customer support, the likelihood of purchasing their next system from the same [...]

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NISO has published a best practices document surrounding the implementation and maintenance of RFID use in US libraries (RP-6-2008). The recommendations include:

RFID tags should comply with the ALA/BISG Resolution on RFID Technology and Privacy Principles
Use 13.56 MHz High Frequency tags
Use passive tags, not active
Read range should not be substantially increased
Tags should use standardized AFI feature
AFI [...]

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