Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
Yahoo! Answers Dominates Q & A - No Wonder Google Gave Up Yahoo! Answers has a market share of 96.1%, according to statistics from Hitwise. And the next in list is Answerbag at 2.0%. It’s little wonder that even a big player like Google couldn’t compete with Yahoo! in this area. I wonder how Amazon’s […]
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NowNow Amazon seems to have launched another enquiry service that allows the user to submit a question via email or SMS and then receive up to 3 answers. There is also a listing of some recent questions asked. The answers are researched by real people according to the website but I’ve got no idea if […]
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Though I don’t have any experience in drafting blogging guidelines, it might be useful to have a look at what some private corporations have come up with. The reason I’ve been digging up on blogging guidelines is because Karen requested for some suggestions. Ironically, there have been quite a few blogs discussing corporate blogging guidelines […]
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BookJetty ScreenGrab Hosted on Zooomr Here’s an interesting site called BookJetty.com by Herryanto Siatono of Pluit Solutions. It uses Web 2.0 technology of mash-ups to combine search results from both Amazon and the catalogue of National Library Board, Singapore. I came across this site when it was first launched but didn’t see much use of […]
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George Needham has written an insightful article on WebJunction entitled ‘Forget the OPAC: Why Does Library Management Suck?’. It’s a must-read for everyone working in the library even if you’re not in management positions. (via LibrarianInBlack.net) Meredith Wolfwater has suggested quite a few other very good online resources that one can use to do research […]
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Librarians stake their future on open source Librarians from the Georgia Public Library Service has developed an open source library management system, Evergreen, that is been used to manage 252 member libraries in the state of Georgia. What particularly impressed me wasn’t so much that the entire system was built in-house, but the many features […]
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Biographies Have Never Been EasierWell, this is highlighted more for the use of a comic-looking image to explain how to use the correct resource.(via Tame The Web) Which Game Console to Buy for Your LibraryA library’s dilemna in deciding which next generation game console to get for their library. Maybe you can help them make […]
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