When Linux and Apache were familiar to the sysadmin community, Dan Chudnov had the foresight to develop a site for librarians to swap tips about open source software that would be useful in libraries.
Now, with libraries contemplating the advantages of home-grown open source library catalogs anew, open source expertise has become even more valuable.
The State of Georgia has made a committment to developing an open-source catalog, so things are starting to get interesting…
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Jay Datema has an MBA from Binghamton University (2007), a Masters in Library and Information Science from Dominican University (1999), and a BA in Literature from Wheaton College (1995).
Reading
Lessig, Lawrence. Code : version 2.0. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
Quotables
“This turns metadata creation on its head, since the Dublin Core elements are taken directly from what the weblog author enters as the title, the name of the weblog author, subjects that were assigned, and the date and time of the entry.”
– Repurposing Metadata
17 July 2008
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