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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Ensuring System Interoperability: Readers and Ebooks — A NISO/BISG Forum

    These are the presentation notes for the Ensuring System Interoperability presentation during the Readers and Ebooks: Making The Connection during the NISO/BISG Forum on Friday, June 21, 2019.

    • EPUB
    • NISO FASTEN Working Group
    • ONIX for Books
    • Project Counter
    • W3C Web Annotation Data Model, Vocabulary, and Protocol
    • Hypothes.is

    Presentation …

     Posted on  June 20, 2019
     and last updated April 03, 2021
  • Privacy in the Context of Content Platforms and Discovery Tools

    These are the presentation notes for the Privacy in the Context of Content Platforms and Discovery Tools presentation during the NISO Information Freedom, Ethics, and Integrity virtual conference on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.

    • ALA Code of Ethics
    • Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights

    • Panopticlick - Electronic Frontier Foundation …
     Posted on  April 18, 2018
     and last updated December 07, 2022
     ·  17 minutes reading time
  • Anxious Anger -- or: why does my profession want to become a closed club

    I'm in the Austin, Texas, airport -- having just left the closing session of the Re-Think It conference -- and I'm wondering what the heck is happening to my chosen profession. When did we turn into an exclusive member's only club with unrealistic demands on professionalism and a secret handshake?

    The closing …

     Posted on  January 10, 2018
     and last updated April 03, 2021
     ·  4 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Data Management Plans, Better Q/A Sessions, App for Bird Identification

    This week's threads:

    • Where should you keep your data? Your library can help with that answer!
    • Use index cards for your next presentation's question and answer session -- it'll make for a better experience for you and your audience.
    • What's that bird? There is an app for that! Give it your …
     Posted on  June 25, 2015
     and last updated June 25, 2015
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • 2nd Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences -- Accepted Papers and Travel Support

    The conference organizers for WSSSPE2 have posted the list of accepted papers and the application for travel support. I was on the program committee for this year's conference, and I can point to some papers that I think are particularly useful to libraries and the cultural heritage community in general …

     Posted on  September 03, 2014
     and last updated September 04, 2014
  • My ALA Anaheim 2012 Schedule

    It is that time of year again where representatives from the library profession all gather for the annual Annual Library Association meeting. This year it is in Anaheim, California on June 21–26. And as the pace of technology continues to push libraries into new areas of content and service …

     Posted on  June 11, 2012
     and last updated June 12, 2012
     ·  9 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Developer Genders, Facebook Release Engineering, Alcohol Among Technologists

    You'll get the sense that this week's Thursday Threads is stacked towards cultural awareness. First is the view of a developer of the female gender in a room of peers at a meeting of the Digital Public Library of America. The second thread is a pointer to a story about …

     Posted on  April 12, 2012
     and last updated April 12, 2012
     ·  13 minutes reading time
  • My ALA Midwinter 2011 Schedule

    The end-of-year holidays are behind us and (in the northern parts of the northern hemisphere) the cold days of winter in front of us. What better time to bag it all and head to the warm(er) temperatures of San Diego, California for the ALA Midwinter meeting. I mean -- come'on …

     Posted on  January 03, 2011
     and last updated January 04, 2011
     ·  6 minutes reading time
  • "What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies?"

    At the American Library Association conference this weekend, I'll be part of a panel presentation from the LITA Emerging Technologies Interest Group with the title "What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies?" The presentation will be on Saturday, June 26 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm in room 103B …

     Posted on  June 22, 2010
     and last updated June 23, 2010
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Ohio Educational Technology Conference Program Posted

    For those interested and involved with distance and technology enhanced learning or have attended one of the past ODCE/LLT higher education conferences, you'll want to know about the Ohio Educational Technology Conference in early February.
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    The Ohio ETC is the combination …

     Posted on  December 02, 2009
     and last updated December 02, 2009
     ·  22 minutes reading time
  • Proposals Now Being Accepted for the Ohio Educational Technology Conference, February 2010

    The theme of the 2010 Ohio Educational Technology Conference, P-20 Conversations: Shaping a Path for the 21st Century Student, addresses the need to provide seamless technology integration throughout students' careers. Reflecting this year's theme, the sponsors of last year's Learning, Libraries and Technology conference — Ohio Learning Network (OLN), OhioLINK and …

     Posted on  September 01, 2009
     and last updated September 01, 2009
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • ALA Annual Goes Social

    The American Library Association annual conference is getting more social each year, and as a long-time member of ALA and often a critic of the, well, un-togetherness of ALA's electronic capabilities, it is nice to see the trend continuing this year. Take, for instance, the Blogger's Room. Initially just a …

     Posted on  June 20, 2008
     and last updated June 20, 2008
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • "Teaching with Digital Texts" presentation

    At the Ohio Digital Commons for Education conference yesterday I had the privilege of chairing a panel for a session called "Teaching with Digital Texts: Comparative Experiences from the Field". The panel was a mixture of the principle investigators and the publisher representatives from two pilot projects that ran last …

     Posted on  March 05, 2008
     and last updated March 05, 2008
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • Ann Arbor District Library Camp, 20 March 2008

    Formal information about the AADL Camp is available on the Library Success wiki, including logistical details, a list of people that are planning to attend, and a list of possible topics. Registration at the Library Success wiki is required to edit the page.

    Last month, Ed Vielmetti posted about the …

     Posted on  January 17, 2008
     and last updated January 17, 2008
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • 10 Great Reasons to Attend ODCE 2008

    Still deciding whether to attend the Ohio Digital Commons for Education 2008 Conference – The Convergence of Learning, Libraries and Technology? Here are 10 great reasons to register today.

    1. Meet, connect and share success stories with colleagues from across Ohio. ODCE 2008 will provide endless opportunities to talk with 300+ faculty …
     Posted on  January 16, 2008
     and last updated January 16, 2008
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Google Map of ALA Midwinter Hotels

    Here is a map of official conference hotels and a link to download the KML file into Google Earth.
    ALA Midwinter 2008 Hotel KML Location file

    I'm somewhat disappointed by the display of the KML file through the Google Maps API. The KML file contains

    tags, which in the Google …

     Posted on  January 07, 2008
     and last updated January 08, 2008
  • Meeting of the JPEG 2000 Interest Group on Jan 12th in Philadelphia

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    Saturday, January 12th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm — j2kIG Meeting at Chestnut room in the Radisson Plaza hotel

    The JPEG2000 Interest Group of LITA will be holding a business meeting to discuss plans for a program at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim in June. Anyone …

     Posted on  January 04, 2008
     and last updated January 04, 2008
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • ODCE2008 Preliminary Program, Registration Now Available

    ODCE Conference LogoThe preliminary program [PDF] and conference registration for the 2008 Ohio Digital Commons for Education (ODCE) Conference is now available. As a member of the conference planning committee and a track co-chair for the Moving Ohio Forward track, I got an early look at the sessions to be presented and …

     Posted on  December 17, 2007
     and last updated December 17, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • NISO IR Presentation: "The Third Wave of Library Information Stewardship"

    On Monday, I had the honor and pleasure of speaking at the NISO workshop "Getting the Most Out of Your Institutional Repository" on the topic of The Third Wave of Library Information Stewardship. The presentation abstract was:

    [Academic] Libraries are gearing up for the third wave of information under our …

     Posted on  December 05, 2007
     and last updated December 05, 2007
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • OAI-ORE Open Meeting, March 3 2008, Johns Hopkins University

    Here is the press release describing the event:

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

    Open Archives Initiative Announces Public Meeting on March 3, 2008 to Release Object Reuse and Exchange Specifications

    Ithaca, NY and Los Alamos, NM, October 31, 2007 - On March 3, 2008 the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) will hold a public …

     Posted on  November 09, 2007
     and last updated November 10, 2007
     ·  3 minutes reading time