The OCLC OpenURL 1.0 distributions provide OpenURL 1.0 resolution capability. The default installation echoes OpenURL requests formatted in HTML, but the service can be configured to support any context-sensitive service compliant with the OpenURL 1.0 protocol.This software may be used without charge in accord with the terms of the OCLC Research Public License.OpenURL
Friday, July 15, 2005
OCLC Research releases Open Source OpenURL 1.0 software
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ISBN-13
The Book Industry Study Group is making available ISBN-13 for Dummies.Seen on the LJ Tech Weblog.
ISBN
ISBN
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Houston Area - Copyright
Wed July 27 Debate: Copyright, Technology & the Arts
This event is sponsored by Copynight Houston, a monthly social gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law. We meet over drinks once a month in many cities to discuss new developments and build social ties between artists, engineers, filmmakers, academics, lawyers, and many others.
For more information, contact me Robert Nagle at this email: idiotprogrammer at fastmailbox .net
Robert Nagle, Technical Writer, Trainer & Linux Aficionado
He is still open to panel members, if anyone from the library community wants present our views.
Copyright
- Event: Public Debate: Copyright, Technology and the ArtsDate: Wednesday July 27, 7:00-8:30 PMLocation: Nexus Cafe, 2828 Rogerdale (a block away from Rogerdale and Westheimer). Second floor of Walden Internet Village ApartmentsCost: Free. (Also free WiFi onsite!)
- Does current copyright law help or hurt artists?Will technological innovation increase or decrease copyright infringement?What is the impact of Grokster vs. MGM Supreme Court decision on publishers, web site owners and inventors?
This event is sponsored by Copynight Houston, a monthly social gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law. We meet over drinks once a month in many cities to discuss new developments and build social ties between artists, engineers, filmmakers, academics, lawyers, and many others.
For more information, contact me Robert Nagle at this email: idiotprogrammer at fastmailbox .net
Robert Nagle, Technical Writer, Trainer & Linux Aficionado
He is still open to panel members, if anyone from the library community wants present our views.
Copyright
MARC Tag of the Month
Follett's Tag of the Month for June is a MARC Record Sample with the Main Entry a Personal Name.
MARC
MARC
This Weblog
Some changes have been made to this Weblog. The blogroll is gone. No one said they would miss it, so I guess it was wasted space. I have created a link in the index to Library Weblogs where I point to some of the directories and the RSS aggregation, LISFeeds.I have started a TagCloud, it is at the very bottom of the page. Unlike the index it includes a few other related weblogs and the terms are generated automatically by a program. It is not picking the tags assigned at del.icio.us nor the Technorati tags I've assigned, so the name is a bit of a misnomer. It is an interesting concept, let me know your thoughts about it as an information tool.
TagCloud
TagCloud
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Additions to the MARC Country and Geographic Area Code Lists
The codes listed below have been approved for use in MARC 21 records. They include MARC country and geographic area codes for states and territories in Australia requested by the National Library of Australia.
From 1972 until the adoption of USMARC as the national standard in 1991, Australia had its own MARC specification, AUSMARC, that included more specific country codes for states and territories. The National Library of Australia has continued to use these more specific codes in its national bibliographic database for the ability to retrieve data by state and territory jurisdiction.
Codes are available at this level for similar jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The following new codes are defined for Australian states and territories and will be included in the next edition of the MARC Code List for Countries.
Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes in all distribution services no earlier than September 12, 2005.
MARC
From 1972 until the adoption of USMARC as the national standard in 1991, Australia had its own MARC specification, AUSMARC, that included more specific country codes for states and territories. The National Library of Australia has continued to use these more specific codes in its national bibliographic database for the ability to retrieve data by state and territory jurisdiction.
Codes are available at this level for similar jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The following new codes are defined for Australian states and territories and will be included in the next edition of the MARC Code List for Countries.
- New code Place nameaca Australian Capital Territoryxga Coral Sea Islands Territoryxna New South Walesxoa Northern Territoryqea Queenslandxra South Australiatma Tasmaniavra Victoriawea Western Australia
- New code Place nameu-atc Central Australiau-ate Eastern Australiau-atn Northern Australia
Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes in all distribution services no earlier than September 12, 2005.
MARC
More Scripts in OCLC
Some good news from OCLC.
OCLC
As part of the Connexion client 1.40 field test, the first Cyrillic script record (OCLC #60678907) was input into WorldCat on June 20 by Diana Brooking, Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington, Suzzallo Library, Seattle, Washington, USA. The first Hebrew script record (OCLC #60690901) was input on June 21, and an existing romanized record (OCLC #9355323) was upgraded to include Greek script on June 22. This month, OCLC implements full support for cataloging using the Hebrew, Cyrillic and Greek scripts, complementing the current offering of Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic scripts and providing librarians with a more complete source for cataloging using the scripts of the world.This requires the Connexion client 1.40, that is now available for download.
OCLC
Sunday, July 10, 2005
This Weblog
Ok I've folded the blogrolls on the right side of the page into the index. The index points to the FURL page that includes the MARC Tools and Standards links once listed separately.Another change would be to eliminate the blogroll. I've not kept it up to date and there are good tools to find library related weblogs. The Open Directory Project and LISFeeds are all anyone should need. Should I drop the blogroll and just create another FURL page pointing to the collections and directories? Or should I update the blogroll to reflect my current reading habits?
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Weblogs
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