Choosing Technology: How We Decide What Technologies Work Best in Our Libraries ( http://georgialibraries.org/events/wed-web-series/choosing-technology-how-we-decide-what-technologies-work-best-our-libraries )Presented by Tim DanielsWednesday, January 19, 2011, 10:00am - 11:00am Eastern TimeSeparate registration is required for each hour-long session (free & open to everyone!)In today's environment librarians are constantly bombarded with new and emerg

So, the question of the day was about how to catalog a church's library.This article has some great suggestions especially in regards to collection management decision making.In addition to determining which audience level, type of media, and subject headings schema to use (Sears, LCSH, etc.), I would add to also figure out how you want to provide access to the catalog and what you want to use it for. Do you want a system where you can also circulate items?

Obama's campaign site was running Expression Engine... interesting to see this move to opensource. (yay! opensource.... altho' I do have a special spot in my heart for EE, it's where I cut my CMS teeth... where I began to be brave enough to contribute solutions to a public forum ... LOL)Last week, WhiteHouse.gov announced its release of custom code developed during its first six months of Drupal implementation for WhiteHouse.gov.

Hola! I'm chairing the ATHDrupal group and for now, I am just "helping" the EEATH group (I hope a Chair rises organically in the group).ATHDrupal is a new regional Drupal group (forming out of the ashes of UGA Drupal Group). We would like to invite anyone interested in Drupal to join us.

Closed systems, open systemshttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=closedsystems-090709124541-phpapp02&stripped_title=closed-systems-open-systemsView more presentations from robinfay.

The final report of the Open Library Environment project is available for reading. ♥ this project with its focus on the behind the scenes... because if the behind the scenes (processing system/database/data) doesn't work very well, the public interface is not going to work very well. I am definitely keeping an eye on this project and I hope to be able to contribute in some way in the future.

Nice preview of openoffice 3 (woohoo!) Honestly, I haven't missed dumping Microsoft Office yet......and if you'd like to see a little demo, try this one which covers all of the types of openoffice (databases, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations):[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yMCYsG7o0&hl=en&fs=1]

I was digging around in my webspace and found this brief overview of cataloging.

Lots of new writings, new art, new music. I'm finishing up my art interviews with artists (the creativity series) and a short (!) book review.Oh, and of course, the cover graphic is mine. ;-)-------------------------These are the dog days of summer, is it any wonder that everything seems to droop a little?