the only good use of pintrest so far

Access to Queen’s electronic resources is not usually available due to licensing restrictions and, some Queen’s collections are restricted to members of Queen’s University.

Can I use a computer and access electronic resources?
Durham University Library is able to provide limited access to electronic resources
for visitors. After entering the Library, speak to a member of staff at the Help and
Information desk to register to use our visitor access computer service. Once you
have registered, you will be given login details to use a dedicated visitor PC.
When you log in, a web browser will open which will allow you access to some of
the Library’s online resources, where vendor licenses permit. If you have a USB
memory drive, you can use this to save files from the internet.
As a visitor, you will not be able to print items or access any other software
available to full University members (such as Microsoft Office).

website response times

BibServer is a tool for quickly and easily sharing collections of bibliographic metadata. MARC -> JSON

encourage domains to work without the www in front (nostuff does)

Test the Load Time of a Web Page.

Guardian section on Government Borrowing (deficit debt etc)

April 2012.

wordpress.com for scholarly journals

Nice example of open journal system, ojs, run by the library

Nice example of open journal system, ojs, run by the library

Nice example of open journal system, ojs, run by the library

In the Observer, John Naughton unloads both barrels on the "academic publishing racket" in which giant multinational publishers get free, state-subsidized research to publish, use free, state-subsidized labor for peer-review, require assignments of the scholars' copyrights as a condition of publication, then charge astounding sums to the scientists and academics they are "serving" for the right to read the work they're all engaged in producing.

Vibrating motor
3 axis accelerometer with gesture detection

Myers-Briggs stuff

mysql client for windows

mysql client for apple os x

Advanced PurePortal is part of the implementation project. The portal will exhibit fulltext objects and bibliographic metadata, but may also contain other content from Pure such as Staff, CVs and esteem, Publications, Projects, External collaborators, and more. PurePortal will replace the DSpace-based ROSE repository at Bristol.

brilliant, detailed, live departure boards site using open data

This paper proposes the use of data available at Manchester Metropolitan University to assess the variables that can best predict student progression. We combine Virtual Learning Environment and MIS student records data sets and apply the Random Forest (RF) algorithm to ascertain which variables can best predict students’ progression (students satisfactorily completing one year and passing to the next or graduating). RF was deemed useful in this case because of the large amount of data available for analysis. The paper reports on the initial findings for data available in the period 2007-08. Results seem to indicate that variables such as students’ time of day usage, the last time students access the VLE and the number of document hits by staff, are the best predictors of student progression. The paper contributes to VLE evaluation and highlights the usefulness of a technique initially developed in the field of biology in an educational environment.

Raptor, a new tool launched by Cardiff University's information services directorate and JISC, allows users to assess the popularity and use of e-resources. The software is free to download.

Nonlibrarians (or “normal people,” as I affectionately refer to them) perceive our websites and our online catalogs as one ball of wax. Since they’re designed and paid for separately, we tend to see them as two separate entities.

And start going to the conferences our users – especially the faculty we work with – go to.

OK, we don’t have to completely stop going to library conferences, but unless we engage with our users more fully, I think we run the risk of being forgotten.

A bit of background.

At the ScienceOnline2010 conference, two librarians held a session attempting to tell scientists and researchers about library tools that were available. The ensuing discussion between librarians and scientists solidified some ideas that I’ve been having for a while now about the library world.

an issue of University Business magazine with an article about HE libraries.

Kuali OLE seeks to develop the first system designed by and for academic and research libraries for managing and delivering intellectual information.

A community of partners will deliver an enterprise-ready, community source software package to manage and provide access not only to items in their collections but also to licensed and local digital content. Kuali OLE (pronounced oh-LAY, for Open Library Environment) features a governance model in which the entire library community can collaborate to own the resulting intellectual property.

nowledge Bases are the backbone of electronic resource management but knowledge base products as they currently exist have resulted in ERM systems that are either of limited utility to overall library workflow or are never fully implemented due to inflexibility of workflow integration. This panel session will discuss why now is an attractive time to pursue a community source approach and will describe the partnership between the Kuali OLE project and JISC Collections to make a community-sourced knowledge base a reality. We want your feedback on why this will be important to the electronic resources community.

Welcome to the JISC Electronic Licence Comparison & Analysis Tool (ELCAT) which aims to help librarians view and compare the terms of content licence agreements. ELCAT enables librarians to:

View a specific licence
Compare and contrast two or more different licences
Find licences which differ from a specific base licence (e.g. NESLi2)
Download ONIX-PL licences

VIDaaS (Virtual Infrastructure with Database as a Service) is a project of two halves. The 'DaaS' part will develop software that enables researchers to build, edit, search, and share databases online; the 'VI' part involves the development of an infrastructure enabling the DaaS to function within a cloud computing environment.

I really like this. Takes a ISBN and shoes relevant things for that University e.g. http://www.urko.org.uk/library/rlms/relic/?type=isbn&search=0230573053