http://acrlnysymp2008.wordpress.com Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://acrlnysymp2008.wordpress.com/about/#comment-17 ACRL/NY Symposium 2008 « stuff I learned about libraries, etc. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:14:58 +0000 #comment-17 [...] Jennifer Bowen of Rochester University is co-principle investigator on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded prject to develop “open-source software to provide libraries with an alternative way to reveal their collections to users.” In her presentation, Jennifer described some of the limitations of current library metadata, and talked about ways this XC project could address these limitations. The XC catalog “will run alongside a library’s current Integrated Library System to privde more intuitive access to resources, a customizable interface to include Web 2.0 functionality, seamless connections to other web applications…and sophisticated metadata services capabilities.” (http://acrlnysymp2008.wordpress.com/about/) [...] [...] Jennifer Bowen of Rochester University is co-principle investigator on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded prject to develop “open-source software to provide libraries with an alternative way to reveal their collections to users.” In her presentation, Jennifer described some of the limitations of current library metadata, and talked about ways this XC project could address these limitations. The XC catalog “will run alongside a library’s current Integrated Library System to privde more intuitive access to resources, a customizable interface to include Web 2.0 functionality, seamless connections to other web applications…and sophisticated metadata services capabilities.” (http://acrlnysymp2008.wordpress.com/about/) [...]

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