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Peter E. Murray

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

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  • Drive-Thru Textbook Buy-Back

    I continue to be astonished by how efficient the used textbook market has become. This week, at the end of the spring quarter at Ohio State University, a drive-thru textbook buy-back service popped up on the site of a long-closed gas station. It is a tent on a parking lot …

     Posted on  June 11, 2009
     and last updated June 12, 2009
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • Advances in OpenSearch Definitions

    Screenshot of adding the OSU Libraries Catalog Search
    Earlier this month, Ohio State University Libraries launched the OSUL Labs area. (Congratulations and kudos to Eric Schnell and the others at OSU that have taken this step to "include customers as active participants in the development and/or testing of new …

     Posted on  April 21, 2009
     and last updated April 21, 2009
     ·  1 minutes reading time