I always find it interesting to see what search terms people use to find what they are looking for (or not looking for). On that note, I thought I would share a quick behind the scenes of keyword searching for my article, The Effect of Automation on Academic Library Staffing: A Discussion . There is no abstract or keywords attached to this title, so the results are truly from within the fulltext searching. These stats are generated through the Bpress statistics tool.

Nice little presentation about the OCLC Reclamation Project from Pierce College Library (a Voyager ILS library). What is the reclamation project? It syncs and sets holdings in OCLC..prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swfA Reclamation Project on Prezi

Discovery Tool Implementation and SelectionMay 15-16, 2012Hosted by Nara Newcomer and Bill WalshPlease join us for an e-forum discussion.

Some interesting thoughts sprinkled throughout the interview portion...----------OCLC now serves 72,035 libraries in 170 countries, with more than 260 million records—up from 39 million records in 1998. Its businesses have shifted radically, with an increasing proportion of its revenues derived from the library automation business rather than metadata services.Jordan’s tenure has not been without controversy. Some in the automation field charge that OCLC has an unfair competitive advantage as a nonprofit.

 This white paper written by Virginia Feher and I started out as a conversation about the changes brought about by automation within the UGA Libraries. Over the years, I have documented some of the changes in automation (including 5 migrations/conversions of the ILS - Library catalog!) through discussions with colleagues within the Libraries and outside. This article not only provides a good overview of the impact of automation on one technical services unit within a library, but also a brief history of that automation.

Many points of interest in the OCLC discussion paper on RDA including  how catalogers may  use OCLC records postRDA implementation:Proposed Future Cataloging Policy for Member Contribution to WorldCat after RDA Implementation

• Catalogers are not required to update or upgrade existing records to RDA.
• Catalogers may re-catalog items according to RDA if it is considered useful. Such recataloging should only be done with access to the item.

This may also be of interest to those with semantic web interests:--------- “Transforming our Bibliographic Framework<http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/framework-051311.html>,” a statement from the Library of Congress (LC).  A web site has been established for the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative<

 As many of you in the library community know,  RDA is the new cataloging rules, which replace AACR2. RDA works within the FRBR and FRAD framework (for those who don't know what those terms mean, they are essentially semantic web and linked data friendly schemas for library metadata for library materials, like books.)One of the key parts of the semantic web is to be able to support multiple schemas, as long as the schema is referenced (linked to), the schema is available on the web to search engines, bots, spiders, etc. and the data can be parsed and crosswalked into multiple platforms.

Logi Insight for Libraries with Voyager ILSFeaturing Kevin Kidd, Manager of Libraries, Boston CollegeDate & Time: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 1pm ESTDuration: 45 minutesPresenters: Kevin Kidd, Manager of Libraries, Boston College Matt Hoffman, Director of Library Solutions, LogiXMLWho Should Attend: Deans, Systems Librarians, Electronic Resources Librarians, etc.Join us for a webinar on our new reporting solution for academic libraries using the Voyager ILS.