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Hammons, James W. | 1 Jul 17:31
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Syndetics Video & Music enrichment option

Who has the Syndetics Video and Music content option displaying in their OPAC? I'd like to get a feel for how
complete it is.

Thanks,
Jim Hammons

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Library Information Technology Services voice:  (765) 285-8032
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Ball State University                   e-mail: jhammons@...
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Geoffrey.Jackson | 1 Jul 17:36
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Z39.50 Access to LIBIS-Net

Dear Esteem'd Colleagues,

The settings:

host: cc2.kuleuven.ac.be, port: 3000, database: xxdefault

seem not to work for z39.50 access to LIBIS-Net.  Would anyone know the current settings?

Many thanks,

Geoffrey B. Jackson, MLIS
Data Analyst/Content File Specialist
Thomson Reuters
+1 415 563 1902
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B.G. Sloan | 1 Jul 21:23
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At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency


There's a report in LJ on an ALA panel discussion on the future of libraries:

"At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency"
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6574501.html 

I sure hope that this "Session on the Future of Libraries" panel discussion at ALA was more interesting than
the LJ report makes it out to be. Maybe something was lost in the translation. Maybe someone who attended
the discussion will set me straight?

It sure sounds to me like library consultants rehashing the same old "change or die" spiel that has been a
centerpiece at many library conferences and gatherings over the past 10-15 years.

The report notes that Steven Abram "called it 'appalling' that he can use a credit card anywhere but needs
multiple library cards for nearby libraries." Has he not heard of reciprocal borrowing? Sure,
reciprocal borrowing should definitely become more widespread, but people in quite a few areas have been
able to use one library card in nearby libraries for more than twenty years. 

The report also says "Abram, asked how collective organization could coexist with locally funded
libraries, suggested that, at the least, libraries could collaborate on their infrastructure, noting
that library servers went down after flooding in the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest. 'There are better ways
to architect this stuff,' he said. 'We have enough staff if we organize ourselves better.'" Has he not
heard of library automation cooperatives?

And I don't get the section of the LJ report where Abram seems to be equating library professionalism with
the folks at Wal-Mart who don't have any qualms about wearing name tags? So library staff name tags are the
key to the successful library of the future?

Then LJ reports the following from panelist Jose-Marie Griffiths: "While 'we cannot lose that notion of
collection,' she said of libraries’ traditional role, 'no longer has it to be physically resident in
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Susan Vittitow | 1 Jul 21:54
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Re: At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency

Just read the LJ article. I'm wondering where Abram's assertion that "In 2008, we had the worst year ever,"
came from, and whether "we" means libraries or "we" is people in general. 

Susan Vittitow, Statistics Librarian
Library Development Office
Wyoming State Library
516 S. Greeley Hwy,
Cheyenne WY 82002
Phone: 307-777-5915
Fax: 307/777-6289
svitti@...

>>> "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@...> 7/1/2008 1:23 PM >>>

There's a report in LJ on an ALA panel discussion on the future of libraries:

"At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency"
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6574501.html 

I sure hope that this "Session on the Future of Libraries" panel discussion at ALA was more interesting than
the LJ report makes it out to be. Maybe something was lost in the translation. Maybe someone who attended
the discussion will set me straight?
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Doug Mckay | 1 Jul 22:59

www.libdex.com

Is there anyone on this list have this item in their to do list.

What I am saying is there list members responsible for keeping library
website and catalog information current on the Internet, not including
OCLC's lists.

Doug McKay

Lindale Library

PO Box 1570

Lindale, TX 75771-1570

(903) 882-1900
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Christopher Kiess | 1 Jul 23:29
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Re: At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency

I would concur this is a poorly written article and the focus seems to be a
bit skewed. I would not, however, agree that libraries do not need change or
will survive given their current course. We do have to "think bigger" and
become more ubiquitous. 10 years ago, people had to come to the library for
more information. Today they use the web.

ILL's are great, but who wants to wait 3 days for a book if you can drive
across town in 30 minutes and get it? Libraries should become more connected
- more of a network. The web has moved towards a social networking model,
but libraries continue to have their own OPAC's and there own individual
presence. Google books is changing that to a certain extent.

The best quote in here is from Griffiths who talks about librarians working
beyond the library. That is our future - using the skills we currently have
and applying them to different fields. For example, Information Architecture
is a field that has a foundation in our profession. It has applications far
beyond the library.

Perhaps we are changing. But, is there a perception we are changing or are
we still stuck fighting our stereotypes?

Chris Kiess
Information & Knowledge Specialist
Columbus Regional Hospital

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 3:23 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@...> wrote:

>
> There's a report in LJ on an ALA panel discussion on the future of
> libraries:
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Breeding, Marshall | 1 Jul 23:54
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www.libdex.com

As best as I can tell, www.libdex.com hasn't been updated since
September 2006.  This resource, originally created by Peter Scott, is
now owned and operated by Bisca International Investments, based in
Gibraltar.  

I maintain the lib-web-cats directory:
  http://www.librarytechnology.org/libwebcats

As much as I try to proactively maintain the directory, I really
appreciate it when libraries notify me of changes.  Lib-web-cats
currently lists over 34,000 libraries from 119 countries

-Marshall Breeding
Director for Innovative Technology and Research, Vanderbilt University
Libraries
Editor, Library Technology Guides:
http://www.librarytechnology.org

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From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Doug Mckay
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:59 PM
To: web4lib@...
Subject: [Web4lib] www.libdex.com

Is there anyone on this list have this item in their to do list.

What I am saying is there list members responsible for keeping library
website and catalog information current on the Internet, not including
OCLC's lists.
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Cary Gordon | 2 Jul 00:17

Re: At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency

Me. I'll take that deal, and, in fact, I have. Frequently...

Cary Gordon, MLS
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com

On Jul 1, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Christopher Kiess wrote:

> ILL's are great, but who wants to wait 3 days for a book if you can  
> drive
> across town in 30 minutes and get it?
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Houghton-Jan, Sarah | 2 Jul 01:49

Media Hosting Options - Recommendations?

Hi!

Our library is looking at the cost/benefit issues related to hosting media
in-house vs. hosting it externally with a free or paid service.  We are
exploring the various options out there (e.g. YouTube for videos), but are
wondering if any of the wonderful web librarians out there have had this
experience themselves.  We're worried that the cost of upping our bandwidth
in order to adequately host multimedia will cost more than we can afford, or
more than the benefit it will afford us.  Hosting on outside sites, though,
carries its own risks such as a lack of reliable data archiving, possible
ads, lack of branding, etc.

So, if you've hosted multimedia at your library internally, please tell us
how that's going.  And if you've hosted it externally, please let us know
that as well, including any data you have on the cost, storage limits,
bandwidth limits, terms of agreement and privacy issues, ads, and so forth.

Any information is appreciated - so don't hold back!

Sarah Houghton-Jan

Digital Futures Manager, San José Public Library
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Lars Aronsson | 2 Jul 02:50
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Re: At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency

Christopher Kiess wrote:

> ILL's are great, but who wants to wait 3 days for a book if you 
> can drive across town in 30 minutes and get it? Libraries should 
> become more connected - more of a network.

This is as naive as wishing for more connections between small 
independent bookstores.  Once things get more connected, we don't 
have many small independent bookstores anymore, only a few big 
store chains and one big Amazon.com.  If I can have a connection 
(to digitized contents), I don't need to go across town, because I 
can go across the nation or across the ocean.

Libraries and librarians have made a life, not out of providing 
information, but out of providing a remedy for the facts that 
information is printed on paper, and that books are expensive.  
When these facts change, you need to figure out what your role is 
going to be in the future. There will still be limitations that 
need remedies, but different ones.

Even printed books are changing.  Today I get two paperbacks for 
the price of one lunch meal.  It used to be the opposite, not so 
long ago.  (This is Sweden. What's your ratio?)  Why should I 
borrow books from the library, when I can afford to buy so many of 
them?  Yes, there are cases: When the book I want is no longer in 
print.  But these cases are a fraction of all that I read.

We should spend some time to think of what the limitations are of 
the Internet and its digital information society.  So far, all 
attention has been given to its potential. For a while we thought
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