Speaking of social OPACs, I came across MIT Libraries’ The Virtual Browsery (Beta) via del.icio.us/jaydatema. It appears to be another OPAC/WordPress mashup, but not yet with as many records as the WPopac from Plymouth State’s Lamson Library.
Other social OPACs include Hennepin County Library’s catalog which allows for patron reviews, having reviews from Amazon.com load [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
social OPAC roundup
18 Nov 06 – 7:52 pm
flickr game: name that movie, and social OPACs
18 Nov 06 – 2:32 pm
In Flickr I recently titled and tagged a photo of mine with the name of a movie. I clicked through to see what other photos were tagged with “videodrome” and found one that is part of a flickr group called NAME THAT FILM. Group members post screenshots of films (placing them in the [...]
make your library trendy
17 Nov 06 – 12:57 am
Trendy is a dirty word in libraries, isn’t it? It conjures up thoughts of sinking resources into flash in the pan ideas, harebrained schemes and jumping off of the bridge just because the cool kids are doing it. Even though many librarians would have us be above all of that, libraries still contain [...]
qwerty warriors
13 Nov 06 – 5:23 pm
Yeah, this game nominally involves shooting aliens, but it is still great for typing practice! Everyone I’ve shown this too seemed to like it, so with any luck you will too. My high scores stink so I’m not telling.
As creatures approach, you need the correctly type the word underneath to, uh, [...]
CustomizeGoogle
13 Nov 06 – 12:32 pm
This weekend at the conference I got to spend some quality time with Jessamyn. Not only did we share one of the best wifi experiences I’ve ever had, but she also turned me on to a Firefox extension I’m wild about:
