Kristy Lee
Systems Librarian
Connexion [OCLC - Cataloging and Metadata] Karen Coyle's recent presentations. List of commonly used links from presentations List of some useful semantic web tools Slides for "Linked Data, Easy as 1, 2, 3," Singapore, 2013. (PDFs, in zip file) Think "Different" (PDF) DC2012 (Kuching) and Emtacl12. Kuching, Malaysia, tutorial slides as handouts in PDF ALA Webinar: Libraries and Linked Data; looking to the future. Things and stringsAfter MARCTools for linked data development Library Linked Data: an Evolution, for Global Interoperability and Linked Data in Libraries, Florence, June 18-19, 2012. NISO Webinar: Taking Library Data from Here to There February, 2012.
Knowledge Organization. From here to there: Library linked data. On the Web, of the Web, keynote given at LITA 2011, October 1. Presentations from ALA 2011 in New Orleans Things and Strings (PPTX PDF) presentation to CCS, Friday, June 24Will RDA Kill MARC? ASIST Webinar: Library Linked Data, Part I: Introduction to the Semantic Web (Mar. 8, 2011) Bibliographic Data: A New Context. Linked Data & Libraries. CCS Forum presentations - Turning Catalogers into Semantic Web Engineers, or, Out of the Catalog Drawer and onto the Internet Highway. Turning Catalogers into Semantic Web Engineers, or, Out of the Catalog Drawer and onto the Internet Highway.
The Semantic Web often enters into discussions about the future of cataloging and the purpose of RDA. To meet users’ expectations catalogers must become Semantic Web engineers so the library catalog will get out of the drawer and onto the Internet highway. Speakers addressed issues to consider as we approach the entrance ramp. First Session: Encoding bibliographic data - The Things and Strings of the Semantic Web Karen Coyle She discussed moving bibliographic data toward linked data on the semantic web.
Second session: Bibliographic data in the Semantic Web – what issues do we face in getting it there? Gordon Dunsire Library catalogues use the bibliographic record as the unit of metadata, while the Semantic Web focuses on the metadata statement of a single bibliographic attribute. Third session: RDA and the Semantic Web Ed Jones Does RDA play nice with the Semantic Web? Better Living Through Macros. Better Living Through Macros by Joel HahnLead Cataloger, Niles Public Library District I've been active for a while in creating macros for use at the Niles Public Library District, as well as grabbing some off of the Web.
Now it's time to give back to the net what I've gotten out of it, and share some of what I've created. I sincerely hope some of these are as useful to others as they have been for us. Macros for the Connexion client Useful macro fragments and functions How to load macros into Connexion from an e-mail, a web page, or another computer OCLC Macro Language for the Complete Beginner (Connexion version) This is a series of "lectures" on how to program macros in the OCLC Macro Language, intended primarily for those who are just starting to learn about OCLC macros and feel intimidated by the "strange" language used to create and edit them. Contact JoelJoel's home page. Education/Learning. Organize your resources in an online binder - LiveBinders. Origami club.
Kristy Lee (vicbury. Sql. Orange and blue, color of SUNY New Paltz. Mobile Perspectives: On websitesMobile Matters: Communication Trumps Technology (EDUCAUSE Review. Susan T. Evans (stevan@wm.edu) is Director of Creative Services at the College of William & Mary. Comments on this article can be posted to the web via the link at the bottom of this page. "Mobile is the future for content delivery. Colleges and universities need to establish a strategy now and make the decisions necessary to take advantage of this communication opportunity. " Mobile technology is a favorite discussion topic among senior IT leaders and higher education administrators. Talking with key constituencies is a large, and not easily quantifiable, percentage of what we do in higher education. Your institution may not have a mobile site right now, but it will.
So, what to do about mobile? Primary Audiences Who are your key audiences? I recommend that we get out of our own way and develop a laser-sharp focus on content. Alumni. "With mobile delivery, a college or university literally meets the audiences where they are. " Current students. A Practical, Phased Approach © 2011 Susan T. Mastering Google Analytics Custom Variables. I’ve got a stack of posts that I want to write, and realized that the all deal with Custom Variables. So, to make sure that we’re all on the same page when it comes to custom vars, here’s my guide to Mastering Google Analytics Custom Variables.
For those of you that have not used custom variables, CVs are a way for you to insert custom data into Google Analytics. What kid of custom data? Almost any kind of data. As long as the data is available to you in the source code of a web page you can pass it to Google Analytics via a custom variable. There are 4 parts to a custom variable: 1. Name & Value Custom variables are name-value pairs of data. Google Analytics will show you a list of all the custom variable names in a list and then let you drill down into the list and see all of the values. Here’s an example. Then I can click on “Year” to a get a list of all the values: Custom variables can also be used in custom reports and advanced segments. Index or Slot Scope The Code Super Nerd Stuff 1. 2. Google Analytics & Webmaster Tools Now Track the Impact of Tweets, Likes & +1s. Google is getting more social , and its web analytics tools are no exception; Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools have added new tools for tracking the impact of tweets, likes, +1s & more on your website’s traffic.
Google Webmaster Tools now has a “+1 Metrics” section, which provides reports on the impact of the +1 Button on search. The new analytics show how +1s affect your website’s clickthrough rate (CTR). It tracks the amount of +1s on a given page, the CTR with +1 annotations and the CTR without +1 annotations. The new tool also graphs out the amount of annotated impressions and annotated clicks your website receives over time. Google has also added an Activity report and an Audience report to Webmaster Tools. The Activity report displays how many +1s your website’s pages have received. The Audience report displays geographic and demographic data about users that have +1′d your website’s content. Web Analytics. Mobile phone emulator (by COWEMO) Mobile Emulator for desktop. By Andreas Bovens, Chris Mills, Patrick H.
Lauke Introduction Making sure that your site looks great and works exactly as it should in mobile and tablet browsers can often be a tedious process — you typically need one or more physical devices, or some form of virtual machine emulating the whole operating system, and that’s just the start. Our Opera Mobile Emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac makes things a whole lot easier. It’s a small, native application that’s easy to install on your desktop machine and runs exactly the same code as its mobile phone version — that way, you can be assured that what you’re seeing on your test environment is practically identical to the experience your end users will get. The Profile Selector When you first open the Opera Mobile Emulator, you’re presented with the Profile Selector — see Figure 2.
Profiles Resolution Mobile phones and tablets come in varying shapes and sizes. Pixel Density User Interface User Agent String Window Scale Arguments Conclusion. Universities and Libraries Move to the Mobile Web (EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Key Takeaways Web-enabled smartphones (and their applications) have converged with cloud computing to change the ways people interact with each other and their environments. The academic community has only recently adopted mobile technology, and the few existing studies focus on one or two institutions rather than taking a cross-institutional view of mobile websites. The study reported here examined the mobile websites of large research universities and their libraries in the United States and Canada. Results found that few functions on university mobile websites clearly addressed educational needs, highlighting an opportunity to provide more educational links and applications.
The convergence of web-enabled smartphones, the applications designed for smartphone interfaces, and cloud computing is rapidly changing how people interact with each other and with their environments. Ecology of the Mobile Web Information can be accessed and delivered passively or actively. Using the Mobile Web. Mobile Site Builder - Springy News - May 2011. Forget about the Hollywood Summer Blockbusters, the Mobile Site Builder from Springshare is this season's must-see! Check out what the Mobile Site Builder can do for you! Create a fully-mobilized library website quickly and easily! Don't worry about ensuring viewability on various screen sizes! The Mobile Site Builder does it all for you! Create up to 10 top-level menu items and 10 secondary menu items.No special mobile URLs! Patrons use the same URL as your library website! Mobile Site Builder: Special Offer Interested in the Mobile Site Builder? If you purchase or upgrade to CampusGuides by June 30, 2011, you'll get 1 year of the Mobile Site Builder for free!
Why get / upgrade to CampusGuides? With LibGuides, or after June 30, 2011, you can have the awesome Mobile Site Builder for only $299/year! Interested? Give your Springshare Consultant a call! Free Ebooks. Help.
Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog - ebook Reader and Tablet PC News. We have some rather breaking news with online giant Amazon and their highly successful line of Kindle e-readers. It seems many publishers have been told by the company that in the near-future, they should be submitting their books to Amazon in EPUB format and not exclusively MOBI.
They also went on to let us know that Amazon was indeed planning something BIG and that soon the Kindle ereader will have the full capability to read ePub books. This news has been confirmed by at least 4 publishing companies we have spoken with during the last few days. The Amazon Kindle, for the last six years and more, has exclusively sold books on its Amazon Bookstore in the Mobi format. They also devised applications for major platforms such as Android, iOS, PC, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7 for reading their books. This insured that if you had purchased a Amazon Kindle e-reader or ebooks from their store, you were locked into the Amazon ecosystem. Michael Kozlowski (3709 Posts) Free Ebooks. No Shelf Required — A moderated discussion of the issues surrounding eBooks, for librarians and publishers. From the OverDrive blog: OverDrive conducted an end user survey from June 26-July 15, 2015. Administered via library websites, the survey collected input from 16,756 respondents.
Their full report examines the positive effect the shift to digital content has had on the role of libraries in their communities by helping attract new readers, serve existing patrons better and reach beyond their physical walls. There is a nice infographic on the original OverDrive blog post. Click here to see the full report and survey.
MADISON, Wis. (October 1, 2015) – Demco, Inc., a leading library supplier, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Boopsie, the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide. “We’re excited to add the Boopsie team and software platform to our global organization because their people, technology and user-centric approach are designed to deliver a superior experience for librarians and their patrons. This is a listing of those tweets for the last week. eBook FAQs. 36 Most Common Questions Answered by the OITP eBook Task Force. I’m just getting back from ALA and there is so much to process, wrap up and share! Last week the OITP eBook Task Force released these ebooks FAQs. pdf here Frequently Asked E-book Questions from Public Librarians Prepared by the OITP E-book Task Force The OITP E-book Task Force is responding to FAQs sent to us by public librarians.
(Future FAQs will focus on questions from the school library community). We anticipate that additional questions will be added over time. 1. An e-book is a digitally expressed narrative containing text and other media. 2. In 2011 two-thirds of U.S. public libraries offered e-books, up from 38 percent only two years before. 3. Public libraries have established relationships with their communities that begin when parents bring their very young children to the library to read books, and these relationships continue through adulthood. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. It all depends on what the reader is seeking and what the customer is willing to pay. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.