Comments on: Library Catalogs Should Be Like WordPress http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rex Turgano http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-184003 Rex Turgano Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:16:17 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-184003 Hi there completely agree with you. However, I am somewhat familiar with WordPress BUT has anyone tried to make one in Movable Type or Drupal. Both these platforms allow for custom fields. Let's develop one! Hi there completely agree with you. However, I am somewhat familiar with WordPress BUT has anyone tried to make one in Movable Type or Drupal. Both these platforms allow for custom fields. Let’s develop one!

]]> By: Free Markets, Bad Products, Slow Change Rates « MaisonBisson.com http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-48182 Free Markets, Bad Products, Slow Change Rates « MaisonBisson.com Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:30:14 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-48182 [...] Purchase decisions on multi-hundred-thousand-dollar products are big, blunt instruments, but the risk that a current or potential customer might choose some other vendor’s system because it offers better value is an important one. That doesn’t mean that smart vendors won’t join the conversation before things go that far. It’s important to make sure your vendor knows what you want. And it’s important that you tell them. [...] [...] Purchase decisions on multi-hundred-thousand-dollar products are big, blunt instruments, but the risk that a current or potential customer might choose some other vendor’s system because it offers better value is an important one. That doesn’t mean that smart vendors won’t join the conversation before things go that far. It’s important to make sure your vendor knows what you want. And it’s important that you tell them. [...]

]]> By: Weblog Tools Collection » Library Catalogs Should Be Like WordPress http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-37486 Weblog Tools Collection » Library Catalogs Should Be Like WordPress Mon, 15 May 2006 22:16:05 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-37486 [...] Library Catalogs Should Be Like WordPress Library catalogs should be be like WordPress. That is, every entry should support comments, trackbacks, and pingbacks. Every record should have a permalink. Content should be tag-able. The look should be easily customizable with themes. Everything should be available via RSS or Atom. It should be extendable with a rich plugin API. And when that fails, it would be nice if it were all written in a convenient language like PHP so we can hack it ourselves. Beside the part about “written in a convenient language like PHP” part, this would make library catalogs much more useful and entertaining. However, it would also add complexity and spam issues. Amazon has recently started a similar approach to their listings including adding a customer wiki. Thanks to Eric Schnell who posted a detailed review of the original thought and some insight into Wordpress OPAC or WOPAC. This is already getting some press in library circles. Technorati Tags: OPAC WOPAC wordpress   [...] [...] Library Catalogs Should Be Like WordPress Library catalogs should be be like WordPress. That is, every entry should support comments, trackbacks, and pingbacks. Every record should have a permalink. Content should be tag-able. The look should be easily customizable with themes. Everything should be available via RSS or Atom. It should be extendable with a rich plugin API. And when that fails, it would be nice if it were all written in a convenient language like PHP so we can hack it ourselves. Beside the part about “written in a convenient language like PHP” part, this would make library catalogs much more useful and entertaining. However, it would also add complexity and spam issues. Amazon has recently started a similar approach to their listings including adding a customer wiki. Thanks to Eric Schnell who posted a detailed review of the original thought and some insight into Wordpress OPAC or WOPAC. This is already getting some press in library circles. Technorati Tags: OPAC WOPAC wordpress   [...]

]]> By: About My code4lib Presentation « MaisonBisson.com http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-32052 About My code4lib Presentation « MaisonBisson.com Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:28:29 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-32052 [...] I’ve talked about this before (here, here, here, and here, among others), and I’ll be talking about it more yet. Most exciting for me, I wasn’t alone in my plea, as Art Rhyno made some great points about how our acquisitions and accounting processes are substantially similar to what’s called ERP in the outside world. [...] [...] I’ve talked about this before (here, here, here, and here, among others), and I’ll be talking about it more yet. Most exciting for me, I wasn’t alone in my plea, as Art Rhyno made some great points about how our acquisitions and accounting processes are substantially similar to what’s called ERP in the outside world. [...]

]]> By: code4lib Program Proposal « MaisonBisson.com http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-25782 code4lib Program Proposal « MaisonBisson.com Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:41:54 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-25782 [...] The idea here is that lots of people are blogging, and a good number of them have figured out how to install and maintain their blog management software -- even installing plugins and tweaking templates. What lessons can we, as a community of library programmers, learn from that? Yes, I’m working on a project along these lines, but it’s not yet ready for public consumption. You’ll see more about this in future posts, and if you’ve been watching, you might have picked up on it in previous posts. [...] [...] The idea here is that lots of people are blogging, and a good number of them have figured out how to install and maintain their blog management software — even installing plugins and tweaking templates. What lessons can we, as a community of library programmers, learn from that?

Yes, I’m working on a project along these lines, but it’s not yet ready for public consumption. You’ll see more about this in future posts, and if you’ve been watching, you might have picked up on it in previous posts. [...]

]]> By: Raging Arguments About The Future Of The ILS « MaisonBisson.com http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-19446 Raging Arguments About The Future Of The ILS « MaisonBisson.com Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:21:29 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-19446 [...] So while I advocate for change within our libraries, my challenge to vendors is clear: deliver flexible, extensible products that leverage working standards, not just “library standards.” There are many examples outside the library space showing the success of such efforts, use those examples, build on them. And the true lesson of Web 2.0 for you is that the vendor who opens up their product wins against others who impose barriers to remixing. [...] [...] So while I advocate for change within our libraries, my challenge to vendors is clear: deliver flexible, extensible products that leverage working standards, not just “library standards.” There are many examples outside the library space showing the success of such efforts, use those examples, build on them. And the true lesson of Web 2.0 for you is that the vendor who opens up their product wins against others who impose barriers to remixing. [...]

]]> By: OPAC Web Services Should Be Like Amazon Web Services « MaisonBisson.com http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10982/library-catalogs-should-be-like-wordpress#comment-18224 OPAC Web Services Should Be Like Amazon Web Services « MaisonBisson.com Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:43:09 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10982#comment-18224 [...] Fired up? Read more with my library catalogs should be like WordPress post, John Blyberg’s ILS customer bill of rights, and Ryan Eby’s open vs. turnkey discussion. [...] [...] Fired up? Read more with my library catalogs should be like WordPress post, John Blyberg’s ILS customer bill of rights, and Ryan Eby’s open vs. turnkey discussion. [...]

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