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‘Appy New Year
From Creative Comons "adactio" photostream No that isn’t a typo in the title this post is all about apps, specifically mobile apps for libraries and education. In this post I’ll explore the work going...
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CyMAL E-books discussion day
Image CC from Andrew Mason, Flickr Last week I went along to the CyMAL E-books discussion day at the National Library of Wales Aberystwyth. Their was a great mix of delegates from HE, FE and public...
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Survive and Thrive: CILIP Wales Welsh Libraries, Archives and Museums...
I’ve been thinking a lot about this second blog post and can’t get the idea of Red Kites out of my head! Until recently Red Kites were on the verge of extinction, but after some action from groups...
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The changing face of library catalogues: new OPAC developments
Today I attended the UC&R (University, College & Research Group) Wales event ‘The changing face of library catalogues: new OPAC developments’. It went beyond OPACs though to encompass the wider...
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Library Management Systems (LMS) Roundup
Library Management Systems may not get many pulses racing these days, yet for most libraries they continue to underpin core business – either helping or hindering on a daily basis, depending on the...
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Sharing Good Practice: Library Case Studies
Image Courtesy of masochismtango on Flickr Our fellow RSCs across the border in England have been busy collecting case studies for the last few years. This work is carried out on behalf of the...
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Open Source Library Management Systems: Is the wave breaking yet?
Photo by Rachel_thecat on Flickr Way back in April 2009 we had a somewhat ground-breaking event here in Swansea Uni on Open Source library systems. A year is a long time in technology and I was keen to...
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Pimp my OPAC
Some modern library management systems come with enrichment services that provide useful extra features for the catalogue/OPAC – book cover images, tables of contents, links to reviews etc. They can...
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Something for the weekend
I’ve been playing a bit of Top Trumps in my afternoon off. Anyone who knows me won’t be surprised that my favourite decks in the past were Horror Top Trumps. However this afternoon I’ve been playing...
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Toys 2.0
It seems that every day we hear about new technologies, tools and websites. The question is always: does this enable us to do something new, or perhaps to do something in a better way? Learning...
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