http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/ News from the LTS department at RIT's Libraries, and on Library Technology in general. en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:16:23 -0500 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:48:11 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Try out the RIT Library's New Facebook Application!... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/09/new_facebook_ap.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/09/new_facebook_ap.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:16:23 -0500 Nice video explaining RSS - I'm using this in my sessions on Introduction to RSS. Watch it here.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/05/rss_in_plain_en.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/05/rss_in_plain_en.html Sun, 06 May 2007 21:30:28 -0500 Here's an excellent video on the development and importance of Web 2.0, RSS, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl= Significant for Libraries, and their use of these technologies.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/02/explaining_web.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/02/explaining_web.html Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:48:28 -0500 “Many predict that the digital age will wipe public bookshelves clean, and permanently end the centuries-old era of libraries. Technology’s baffling prowess and progress even has one librarian predicting the institution’s demise." Here are 33 reasons librarians are still extremely important.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/02/thirtythree_rea.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2007/02/thirtythree_rea.html Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:27:01 -0500 An interesting article I found on Digg points to yet another potential Open Source solution for ILS and OPACs. Here's some other to check out: http://www.cni.org/tfms/2006b.fall/abstracts/PB-open-frumkin.html http://www.dspace.org/ http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11133/... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/12/open_source.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/12/open_source.html Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:48:56 -0500 I'm giving a presentation on Web 2.0 technologies on October 17 and November 2, both at 11:00am in the Via Lab on the second floor of the Library. I'll be giving demos of dozens of Web 2.0 applications. You can see the slides (but not the demos - they'll be live) here.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/10/web_20_seminar.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/10/web_20_seminar.html Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:01:22 -0500 Free Range Librarian: The User Is Not Broken: A meme masquerading as a manifesto This has been circulating around the various library blogs in recent days and it's excellent. Nice job as usual by K.G. Schneider. You can read her blog here. Blogged with Flock... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/06/the_user_is_not.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/06/the_user_is_not.html Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:00:21 -0500 RIT Libraries - Feeds The RIT Libraries pubish a variety of RSS feeds to keep our customers up to date on events, new books, etc. Click on the link above to leran more! Blogged with Flock... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/06/webfeeds.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/06/webfeeds.html Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:57:03 -0500 RIT Libraries was recently selected as the 2006 winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries excellence Award. You can read all abouit it here. You can read our winning application here... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/05/acrl_recognizes.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2006/05/acrl_recognizes.html Wed, 17 May 2006 13:45:07 -0500 Bard College has recetly become the eighth member of Connect NY. With the addition of Bard's catalog, over 4,000,000 books are now available.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2005/02/welcome_bard_co.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2005/02/welcome_bard_co.html Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:00:09 -0500 The RIT Libraries have published our Strategic Plan and are requesting feedback from the RIT community. Please take a few moments and review our ideas. Your comments are encouraged. We will also be holding open forums on 11/30 and 12/1. Please click here to view the plan.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/11/strategic_plan.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/11/strategic_plan.html Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:16:30 -0500 This is a pretty cool tool for students at any level. It will help you with a project assignment by helping you manage your time as well as suggesting resources available at the RIT Library for you to use. It's called the Assignment Calculator. An earlier version was developed at the University of Minnesota, and we've improved and customized it. Try it!... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/10/assignment_calc_1.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/10/assignment_calc_1.html Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:38:37 -0500 There's lots of activity going on at the RIT Libraries. We've undertaken the development of a 5-year strategic plan to complement the one currently being implemented by the institute as a whole. Every member of the staff is involved, and with the deadline of 10/29 for each team's recommendations fast approaching, we're in high gear. The Library's management team will then select from the list of recommendations generated and present these ideas to the RIT community for input. Check back in early November to see how you can do that.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/10/the_strategic_p.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/10/the_strategic_p.html Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:16:20 -0500 The LTS department is responsible for all computers, servers and software for the RIT Libraries. We have approximately 300 PCs and Macs, including 45 that can be checked out for use within the Library. We also maintain Windows and Unix servers that support printing and filing, as well as the Library's Web page. We also support the client and server software required to operate the Libraries, including our WebPAC. More details to follow!... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/09/the_library_tec.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/09/the_library_tec.html Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:10:28 -0500 Check out Connect NY! It's a consortium of schools in New York state that have combined their library catalogs. Better than InterLibrary Loan, it's a true union catalog that contains over 3 million items. Union College and Siena College have recently joined original members Colgate, RIT, RPI, St. Lawrence and Vassar. More college are looking to join. Connect NY is integrated into the RIT online catalog. Try it! I act as the technical coordinator for ConnectNY, so contact me if you have any questions. There's also a faq on the Connect NY Website.... http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/08/connect_ny_web.html http://wally.rit.edu/blogs/crlwml/2004/08/connect_ny_web.html Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:46:11 -0500