Free Software in Libraries, success stories and their impact on the library today
Today I was privileged to present to the 6th International Congress of Technological Innovation, Innovatics 2016, organized by Duoc UC Libraries, Library of ...
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Happy to Announce that I’m Joining Index Data
Index Data posted an announcement on their blog about how I will be joining them next month. Confirmed! I'll be working on the open source library serv...
Modify Islandora objects on-the-fly using Devel “Execute PHP Code”
Alan Stanley taught me this trick at an Islandora Camp a few years ago, and when trying to remember it this morning I messed up one critical piece. So I'll ...
How to fix a directory that Git thinks is a submodule
Nuts. I added and committed a directory to my Git repository when the directory itself was another separate Git repository. Now Git thinks it's some sort o...
Idea for an NPR Twitter bot – Tweet me about that story I just heard
So I had an idea for a Twitter bot I would like to see. Occasionally I’ll be listening to a story on NPR and I’ll want to know more about it. Sometimes the h...
Emerging Tech: Bluetooth Beacons and the DPLA
This is the text of a talk that I gave at the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region tech talk on January 29, 2016. It has been lightly edited and annotated with link...
Embedding Graphics in Jaspersoft Report Files
One of the features of Jaspersoft Reports is the ability to include static graphics – logos, for instance – in the completed reports. These graphic files are...
Separating Configuration from Code in CollectionSpace
For the past few months I've been working on a project to migrate a museum's collection registry to CollectionSpace. CollectionSpace is a "free, open-source...
The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Library Discovery (text as intended for presentation)
[caption id="attachment_KkOCeAtKHIc" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Me and my Jester's Cap"] Closing out #nisoforum w Peter Murray as disruptive te...
Registration Now Open for a Fall Forum on the Future of Library Discovery
Helping patrons find the information they need is an important part of the library profession, and in the past decade the profession has seen the rise of ded...
Announcing “The Future of Library Resource Discovery” – a NISO Two-day Forum in October in Baltimore
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Issue 78: Battles over strong encryption, IPv4 addresses exhausted while IPv6 surges
Two articles in each of two threads this week: If Strong Encryption is Outlawed… Allocations of IPv4 Internet Addresses Now Restricted; It’s a Good Thi...