Today a new feature of LINT has been released. It is called THALI – Tags. There is link to it in the top of every page or you can visit it directly by going to http://librariesinteract.info/thali-tags/. What is the THALI – Tag cloud? It is tag cloud made up of tags derived from posts from [...]

Today the software that runs the librariesinteract.info blog was upgraded to the latest version. As with any software installation, or upgrade ,odd things may occur. If you notice anything odd please let us know by commenting on this point, or emailing us at librarian [at] librariesinteract.info.

Today the software that runs the Virtual librariesinteract.info blog was upgraded to the latest version. As with any software installation or upgrade odd things may occur. If you notice anything odd please let us know by commenting on this point, or emailing us at librarian [at] librariesinteract.info.

John Blyberg, of the Ann Arbor District Library, recently announced the release of the SOPAC. The SOPAC, “cute speak” for the Social OPAC, is a redevelopment of the library catalogue that contains a number of features that are present in the ever increasing sphere of Web 2.0 sites. Features include the ability to rate, review, [...]

First spotted on LibrarianInBlack. There is a new entrant in the Library systems space and it is called Evergreen. There is a very interesting article on Linux.com about Evergreen including a brief outline of the decision to create their own system. The most interesting quote, at leas to me based on recent experience, was this: [...]

Recently, on a mailing list that I’m on, there has been intense discussion about the use of Boolean logic for searching. The discussion has been centred around Library catalogues, however it does have implications for other search sites as well. With the plethora of search engines, search sites, and other ways of searching available, I’m [...]

In early October I posted to LINT asking the question, “What exactly makes a systems librarian?“. In the post I asked all readers of LINT what they thought should be the course of study that I should take. I got a number of responses both in comments to the post, and via email. I took [...]

In a recent post Peta outlined some of the new things that had been happening here on LINT. Recently I improved the Australian Library Blogs search and enabled it as an OpenSearch plugin. What does this mean? It means that you can search the list of Australian Library Blogs without visiting the website first. Those [...]

Only three short days ago the LISZEN search engine was made available. Using the new Google Co-op functionality Garrett Hungerford of the Library Zen blog has created a search engine that covers over 500 blogs in the area of Library and Information Science. Garrett used the list of blogs at the LISWiki to create the [...]

I’ve been thinking lately about what makes a systems librarian. I’ve been thinking for a while about continuing my education and I am determined to start postgraduate study next year. The big question is, what course should I choose? As I am currently employed in a library as a systems librarian (and I want a [...]