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Peter E. Murray

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

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  • Automated Faceted Analysis In Google?

    Has anyone else started seeing what looks to be faceted topical headings at the top of Google searches? This past weekend I was the groomsman at my brother's wedding and had the unfortunate timing to catch a case of conjunctivitis in both eyes the day before the ceremony. ("Does your …

     Posted on  July 10, 2006
     and last updated July 11, 2006
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • "Identifiers Roundup" — LITA Standards Interest Group in conjunction with NISO

    This is a report of the presentations from the LITA Standards Interest Group at the ALA Annual Conference, 24-Jul-2006, in New Orleans. Pat Stevens, interim director of NISO, moderated the panel discussion.

    ISSN Regina Reynolds, Library of Congress (U.S. ISSN Center)

    Structure

    There are 80 ISSN centers worldwide with …

     Posted on  June 24, 2006
     and last updated June 25, 2006
     ·  8 minutes reading time
  • "Cautiously Optimistic"

    During the cookies and lemonade break during JCDL this afternoon I surprised one of the well-respected elders of the field with this question: are we really making progress? are we winning a fight against entropy Defined as: "Measure of disorganization or degradation in the universe that reduces available energy, or …

     Posted on  June 13, 2006
     and last updated June 13, 2006
     ·  4 minutes reading time
  • Thinking about Our Fedora Disseminators

    Another reason to consider the FEDORA digital object repository system, if having the ability to put all of your content in one place and reducing the complexity of digital preservation aren't enough, is the capability to create and define behaviors that the content can perform. In the FEDORA world, these …

     Posted on  May 02, 2006
     and last updated May 02, 2006
     ·  6 minutes reading time