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Google Book Search API in Library Catalogs

Posted by arnold | March 14, 2008 .

Librarians who are against the Google Book Project may not find this useful. But for those who have embraced the new web, the Google Book Search API is certainly a welcome development. What can the Google Book Search API do? It lets you put a link in your library catalog entries that points to an […]

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Web 2.0, What’s in It for Libraries and Librarians

Posted by arnold | March 5, 2008 .

Just attended a forum sponsored by my alumni association (UPLSAA) on Web 2.0. The speaker was Jonas de los Reyes of Yehey.com’s ecommerce unit. Jonas is also a blogger and a very active one, unlike me.
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When Pinoy Blograrians Meet, A Mafia is Born

Posted by arnold | September 15, 2007 .

The title of this post is dedicated to Juned, a Pinoy librarian blogging at Baratillo and A Feed is Born of b5Media. And this post is dedicated to the fivePinoy blogging librarians who once in a while get featured in Von’s Pinoy Big Biblioblogsphere. These five Pinoy blogging librarians got together this afternoon […]

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University Library from Asia Joins Google Book Project

Posted by arnold | July 11, 2007 .

The latest library to join Google’s ambitious book digitization project is Keio University Libraries in  Japan. Keio University Libraries boost of around 120,000 titles of books in the public domain and would add to the growing number of books Google has been digitizing to make available to the public online.
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Study Results: Librarians are the Most Stressed Workers

Posted by arnold | July 11, 2007 .

BBC is running this story about a study done by psychologist, Saquib Saddiq saying that librarians are the most unhappy with their jobs compared to five other occupations. Based on a survey of 300 respondents coming from five types of occupations - firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians , the “librarians” who […]

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One of the Best Careers for 2007 is - Librarianship

Posted by arnold | June 14, 2007 .

U.S. News released its list of Best Careers for 2007, and guess what? librarians are going to be one of the most sought after profession this year as the need for professionals that will help users navigate all the information online heightens.
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4 Habits of Highly Effective Librarians

Posted by arnold | May 23, 2007 .

Inspired by Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Todd Gilmann, librarian for literature in English at Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library wrote this 4 Habits of Highly Effective Librarians. As highlighted by Covey’s seven habits, the key to being effective is having to work as part of a team.
In the 4 Habits of […]

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Linux To Digitize LC Holdings of American Historical Documents

Posted by arnold | March 29, 2007 .

Linux is set to embark on a project to help the Library of Congress preserve its American Historical collection using Linux very own digitizing system. With a $2 million grant from the Sloan Foundation, Linux will use the Scribe technology which is a combination of both hardware and software that scans books producing high-quality images […]

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University of Michigan’s Social Computing Degree

Posted by arnold | March 25, 2007 .

[via The Library Stuff]
The University of Michigan School of Information has launched the first ever Graduate Course in Information Science with Specialization in Social Computing. Social computing encompasses social bookmarks, social networks, and other online technology which involves “user generated content” information. And yes of course, it includes blogging.
Related Link: Nouveau Riche University - […]

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Five Weeks to a Social Library

Posted by arnold | February 20, 2007 .

..is the first free, grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries. It was developed to provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity for librarians who do not otherwise have access to conferences or continuing education and who would benefit greatly from […]

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MSN Live’s Answer to Google Books

Posted by arnold | December 7, 2006 .

MSN’s Live Search Books has been released in beta version. The Live Search Books portal is a pretty simple interface with a simple blurb and the MSN live search box.
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Google Co-op Custom Search Engine for Librarians

Posted by arnold | November 27, 2006 .

The Filipino Librarian has an interesting post about LISZEN, which is actually an application of Google Co-op, or the Google Custom Search Engine which was launched a couple of weeks ago. Yuga tested it a couple of weeks ago with his Yugatech Search.
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