Comments on: Casey Bisson named one of first winners of Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/ "... are signs of life and hope: They are the cornerstone of democracy" Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:19:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ebyblog » Blog Archive » Finally some Open Data http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-897 ebyblog » Blog Archive » Finally some Open Data Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:30:09 +0000 http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/#comment-897 [...] Or at least the possibility of some in library-land. I’ve thrown around the idea back when code4lib’ers were discussing the possibility of a non-profit status for the group, that it might be worthwhile to build some web services/APIs for various things libraries could use such as records, relationships, artwork, etc. Nothing came of it but it looks like I don’t have to bother with the records anymore. I missed it in the initial release but from a Open Libraries post: The revolutionary part of the announcement, however, was that Plymouth State University would use the $50,000 to purchase Library of Congress catalog records and redistribute them free under a Creative Commons Share-Alike license or GNU. [...] [...] Or at least the possibility of some in library-land. I’ve thrown around the idea back when code4lib’ers were discussing the possibility of a non-profit status for the group, that it might be worthwhile to build some web services/APIs for various things libraries could use such as records, relationships, artwork, etc. Nothing came of it but it looks like I don’t have to bother with the records anymore. I missed it in the initial release but from a Open Libraries post: The revolutionary part of the announcement, however, was that Plymouth State University would use the $50,000 to purchase Library of Congress catalog records and redistribute them free under a Creative Commons Share-Alike license or GNU. [...]

]]> By: netbib weblog http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-819 netbib weblog Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:36:57 +0000 http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/#comment-819 <strong>Neues vom WPopac, oder: Der Katalog wird endlich zum Massenartikel...</strong> Anne Christensen machte mich gerade auf ein sehr bemerkenswertes Blogposting von Jay Datema aufmerksam. Jay berichtet darüber, was alles passiert ist, nachdem Casey Bisson vor ein paar Tagen mit seinem WPopac (netbib über WPopac) einen mit 50.000 ... Neues vom WPopac, oder: Der Katalog wird endlich zum Massenartikel…

Anne Christensen machte mich gerade auf ein sehr bemerkenswertes Blogposting von Jay Datema aufmerksam. Jay berichtet darüber, was alles passiert ist, nachdem Casey Bisson vor ein paar Tagen mit seinem WPopac (netbib über WPopac) einen mit 50.000 …

]]> By: LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Blog Archive » MARC records to be available with Creative Commons license??? http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-812 LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Blog Archive » MARC records to be available with Creative Commons license??? Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:37:16 +0000 http://www.bookism.org/open/2006/12/04/casey-bisson-named-one-of-first-winners-of-mellon-award-for-technology-collaboration/#comment-812 [...] I was only able to find the Creative Commons MARC records information in this blog post, so I will leave this as unconfirmed at this point.  If it is accurate, however, it could be a great step towards making electronic records available to libraries with little or no budget for automation. [...] [...] I was only able to find the Creative Commons MARC records information in this blog post, so I will leave this as unconfirmed at this point.  If it is accurate, however, it could be a great step towards making electronic records available to libraries with little or no budget for automation. [...]

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