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Peter E. Murray

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

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  • On Innovation in the ILS Marketplace

    Last month the ILS Discovery Interface Task Force of the DLF called a meeting of library system vendors (including one commercial support organization for open source ILS software) to talk about the state of computer-to-computer interfaces in-to and out-of the ILS. The meeting comes as the work of the task …

     Posted on  April 12, 2008
     and last updated April 13, 2008
     ·  4 minutes reading time
  • Survey on Digital Preservation Systems is Seeking Respondents

    There are just a few days left to respond to the "International Digital Preservation Systems Survey" being run by Karim Boughida and Sally Hubbard from the Getty Research Institute. From the survey description:

    This survey is intended to provide an overview of digital preservation system (DPS) implementation. DPS is defined …

     Posted on  March 28, 2007
     and last updated March 28, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • DLF's Upcoming Workshop on Developing a Services Framework for Digital Libraries

    I know I said I would only be taking "a day's break" from posting about applying the Service Oriented Architecture pattern to library services but, well, real work gets in the way. Thoughts are still bubbling around — some of them have even reached draft form — but nothing new yet. In …

     Posted on  October 10, 2006
     and last updated October 10, 2006
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Electronic Resource Management Systems in Consortial Environments

    This is a summary of the discussion of the LITA Library Consortia / Automated Systems Interest Group meeting on Monday morning of the ALA Annual Convention in New Orleans. The meeting consisted of a managed discussion of the use of Electronic Resource Management (ERM) systems in consortial environments. In some cases …

     Posted on  June 26, 2006
     and last updated June 26, 2006
     ·  5 minutes reading time