Recently added articles from Computers in Libraries:
Get ready to thrive.(Special Libraries Association)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... With the SLA Centennial celebration occurring in Washington, D.C., this month, I'm reminded that good things tend to endure. It was in anticipation of the SLA celebration that many months ago we planned to focus this June issue on libraries in the service of the enterprise. At ...
Enterprise content buying--the new landscape.
Jun 01, 2009; ... It is not news that the global economy is in a major crisis: a recession. We see it when we turn on our televisions, access the internet, or read a newspaper or our favorite weekly magazine. It is affecting everyone in some manner. We personally, or people we know, have lost jobs, ...
Library blogs: what's most important success within the enterprise?(Technical report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Library blogs, such as the one I supervise as associate director for public services at UCLA's Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, exchange information and ideas on everything from the everyday, such as library services, to the profound, such as values held by librarians (high-quality ...
"Next-generation" federated search: critical for intellectual property research.(Deep Web TECHNOLOGIES)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Overview Next-generation federated search technologies are quickly becoming an essential and indispensable tool for attorneys, paralegals, expert witnesses, and owners of IP to create, protect, monitor and litigate their intellectual property portfolios. Such ...
Online law school video repository: the flash way.(Technical report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... About 3 years ago, a law professor at Rutgers University School of Law, where I work as digital services librarian, asked me if law faculty members could record the audio and video of class lectures and share them in an open or protected online website for the public or for students to ...
Search without boundaries using simple APIs; how could we integrate the functionalities of one application with another and provide a single point of entry for users to search across?(application programming interfaces)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Library, where I serve as the digital services librarian, is increasingly challenged to make it easier for users to find information from many heterogeneous information sources. Information is scattered throughout different software applications (i.e., ...
The illusion of stability; a library with a staff that can stay on top of what's working and what's breaking is a library that just might continue to look like a bedrock of stability to its users.(libraries in computers)(Technical report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Change is nothing new in libraries. In many ways, change is what we're here for, in more ways than we care to discuss on most days. Many of our public libraries have seen rapid upticks in usage counts as the U.S. economy struggles, while time-honored usage counts in academic libraries ...
Libraries thrive through enterprise computing; when it comes to institutional relevancy, independence isn't a virtue. it's interdependence that makes a library a more valuable organizational asset.(the systems librarian)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Enterprise computing ranks as one of the most firmly established trends in IT over the last decade. This approach involves building a single technical infrastructure, designed as an organic whole, that spans an organization. Enterprise networks address each aspect of computing with a ...
Core values lead us to the core of the enterprise.(building digital libraries)
Jun 01, 2009; ... I ran a business as a first career, and I have brought several beliefs along with me into the information profession. Perhaps having a board of directors, a monthly profit/loss statement, and a balance sheet helped me visualize our core business in a concrete and clear fashion. Those ...
Special librarians still matter to the enterprise.(online treasures)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Librarians in public and academic libraries are used to questions about the need for libraries and librarians in the "digital age." Many people assume that between Wikipedia and Google, everything they would ever need to know can be found with just a click of a mouse-no librarian needed ....
Pew presentation helps libraries get social.(news desk)(Pew Internet and American Life Project)(Survey)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Libraries have a large role to play in the social networking experience, according to a presentation by Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. In the presentation, titled "Friending Libraries: Why Libraries Can Become Nodes in People's Social ...
Inmagic genie 3.3 released.(news desk)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Librarians can now get their hands on the latest version of Inmagic's web-based integrated library system: Genie 3.3. Available to all Genie customers on active maintenance, the product features new serials functionality that ...
Ex Libris Group releases updated metaLib.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Version 4.3 of the Ex Libris Group's MetaLib gateway and metasearch solution is now available. Taking user feedback into consideration, Ex Libris developed more than 35 upgrades that streamline staff workflows and reduce the total cost of ownership, ...
Thomson reuters launches in cites.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters is giving institutions a way to prove the impact and importance of their research. With InCites, a customized web-based solution, institutions can conduct analyses of their ...
Bibliotheca takes pain out of RFID conversion.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Bibliotheca, Inc. is streamlining bar-code-to-RFID (radio frequency identification) conversion with software that ties the process to something library patrons do every day: checking materials in and out. To use the software, librarians must fit their bar-code-enabled materials with blank ...
SPARC preps open access week.(Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... After the success of last year's Open Access Day, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) expanded the now annual event to a 5-day Open Access Week. Scheduled for Oct. 19-23, the event highlights educational resources on open access (OA) that local ...
Royal society of London launches new platform, website.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The Royal Society of London unveiled a new online journal delivery platform hosted by HireWire Press as well as a new domain at http://royalso cietypublishing.org that replaces the society's old site on MetaPress. The new platform provides enhanced Web 2.0 functionality and ...
SwetsWise selection support now available.(news desk)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... SwetsWise Selection Support completed beta testing and is now on the market, according to Swets. The service helps librarians and other information professionals make well-informed decisions about ...
McGraw-Hill's Access Engineering site goes live.(news desk)(McGraw-Hill Professional Book Group)(www.accessengineeringlibrary.com)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Library patrons can now bookmark Access Engineering (www.access engineeringlibrary.com), a new site from McGraw-Hill Professional that takes the place of its Digital Engineering Library. Redesigned to improve navigation, Access Engineering features a new graphical interface and ...
Ask a librarian.(news desk)(Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, Inc.)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Ask a Librarian is a monthly feature where librarians have a chance to comment on Computers in Libraries' topic of the month. In this installment, Karen Reczek, senior manager at the Information Resources Center at Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, Inc., talks about how her ...