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Next Generation Catalog IG at Midwinter

January 3rd, 2008 by Thomas Dowling

Next Generation Catalog IG at Midwinter: Three Next Generation Catalog Projects
The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 13, from 4:00 to 6:00pm in the Hilton Garden Inn (conveniently located just outside the convention center), in Salon A/B.
We will have presentations and discussion about three locally developed and/or open source catalog [...]

Thomas Dowling’s Top Tech Trends

January 13th, 2007 by Thomas Dowling

Increasingly radical rethinking of the catalog. What is it? What’s in it? What do we need it to do? Does every library really to buy its own, or build its own – or can we all work off of one Great Big Catalog In The Sky (or in Dublin, OH)? [...]

Thomas Dowling’s Trends For Midwinter 2006

January 13th, 2006 by Thomas Dowling

Ramblings and Meanderings, January 13, 2006
All Library 2.0., All The Time
It’s the best buzzword since “Web-Enabled”, even if (or because) no two people really agree on what it means. In general, it’s a Good Thing to make better online Library services that talk that make smarter use of technology, and give more power to [...]

Thomas Dowling’s Non-Trends From The Trailing Edge

June 22nd, 2005 by Thomas Dowling

Bad trends that should be better by now, but aren’t