Comments on: Woot! Woot! http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/ A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:11:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: switchjohnny http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-170046 switchjohnny Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:43:50 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-170046 Woot Woot [tags]Woot, woot, WOOT[/tags] Woot Woot

[tags]Woot, woot, WOOT[/tags]

]]> By: Remaining Relevant » Blog Archive » Whoa-eeee-PAC! http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-158732 Remaining Relevant » Blog Archive » Whoa-eeee-PAC! Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:23:44 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-158732 [...] I am proud to announce that Monday was my first day as an official part of Casey Bisson’s and Plymouth University’s formally-known-as-wpopac-new-name- announced-later project. I’ve been working with Casey informally for a number of months and my formal participation in the project makes me enormously proud. We’re up to great things and you’ll surely be hearing from us very soon. [...] [...] I am proud to announce that Monday was my first day as an official part of Casey Bisson’s and Plymouth University’s formally-known-as-wpopac-new-name- announced-later project. I’ve been working with Casey informally for a number of months and my formal participation in the project makes me enormously proud. We’re up to great things and you’ll surely be hearing from us very soon. [...]

]]> By: meghann http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-156431 meghann Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:10:26 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-156431 Clearly I don't check your blog nearly often enough. Congratulations - nice job. :) Clearly I don’t check your blog nearly often enough. Congratulations - nice job. :)

]]> By: thesecretmirror.com » Blog Archive » Is Open Data the Point? http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-139694 thesecretmirror.com » Blog Archive » Is Open Data the Point? Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:01:59 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-139694 [...] I’ve been thinking about the biblioblogosphere’s reaction to Casey Bisson’s decision to use the $50,000 he was awarded by the Mellon Foundation for his work on WPopac to purchase LC bibliographic data and open it up to anyone who wanted to take a crack at it. Yes, this is a “Good Thing,” and valuable to the library community as a whole, but I feel like there are some things we’re overlooking. Dan Chudnov and I seem to agree, but I’m not going to go so far to damn those who herald this as a “new era.” It’s a little premature to say where it will go, but I have to admit that I’m occasionally confused and often a little bit insulted by some of the talk surrounding this issue. [...] [...] I’ve been thinking about the biblioblogosphere’s reaction to Casey Bisson’s decision to use the $50,000 he was awarded by the Mellon Foundation for his work on WPopac to purchase LC bibliographic data and open it up to anyone who wanted to take a crack at it. Yes, this is a “Good Thing,” and valuable to the library community as a whole, but I feel like there are some things we’re overlooking. Dan Chudnov and I seem to agree, but I’m not going to go so far to damn those who herald this as a “new era.” It’s a little premature to say where it will go, but I have to admit that I’m occasionally confused and often a little bit insulted by some of the talk surrounding this issue. [...]

]]> By: rescuing data from the OPAC at walking paper http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-131454 rescuing data from the OPAC at walking paper Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:04:32 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-131454 [...] There might be some more usable and labor intensive ways to do this, but let’s stop there because that’s what I decided to do. On one hand, it was bad that I couldn’t get access to the ILS and have some awesome scripts to automate this a la the WPOpac, but on the other hand, doing what I did wasn’t that much more terrible than linking titles to the OPAC in a plain old HTML document. Plus, since it is in this blog post format, other staff can easily keep the list up to date without the need for much instruction. [...] [...] There might be some more usable and labor intensive ways to do this, but let’s stop there because that’s what I decided to do. On one hand, it was bad that I couldn’t get access to the ILS and have some awesome scripts to automate this a la the WPOpac, but on the other hand, doing what I did wasn’t that much more terrible than linking titles to the OPAC in a plain old HTML document. Plus, since it is in this blog post format, other staff can easily keep the list up to date without the need for much instruction. [...]

]]> By: Tim http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-130877 Tim Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:52:14 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-130877 Congrats! Now get talking. Everyone wants to know what you plans are. Blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ygtgn3 Congrats! Now get talking. Everyone wants to know what you plans are.

Blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ygtgn3

]]> By: Leanne Hill http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-130843 Leanne Hill Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:21:42 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-130843 Congratulations Casey!!! Congratulations Casey!!!

]]> By: LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Blog Archive » MARC records to be available with Creative Commons license??? http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-129925 LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Blog Archive » MARC records to be available with Creative Commons license??? Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:37:12 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-129925 [...] This potential earthshaking announcement is buried in the awarding of a Mellon Grant to Maison Bisson for work on an innovative merging of blogging software and library catalogs (I’ll just say that it is detailed, and interesting, and could change the OPAC in ways we have only dreamed about). [...] [...] This potential earthshaking announcement is buried in the awarding of a Mellon Grant to Maison Bisson for work on an innovative merging of blogging software and library catalogs (I’ll just say that it is detailed, and interesting, and could change the OPAC in ways we have only dreamed about). [...]

]]> By: Casey Bisson http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-129632 Casey Bisson Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:41:39 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-129632 @all: *blush* Thank you. @all: *blush*

Thank you.

]]> By: SJ Klein http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-129017 SJ Klein Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:01:09 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-129017 I love it. This information definitely has been longing to be free. Tell us more... Will you be starting at a specific corner of the dataset? How will it be updated over time? Is anyone helping in languages other than English? I'd love to see the 'commentable' nature of the resulting index; there's a WikiCite proposal that has been lingering unfulfilled for a few years that I would love to see carried out. --SJ [tags]multilingualism wiki wikicite freedom[/tags] I love it. This information definitely has been longing to be free. Tell us more… Will you be starting at a specific corner of the dataset? How will it be updated over time? Is anyone helping in languages other than English? I’d love to see the ‘commentable’ nature of the resulting index; there’s a WikiCite proposal that has been lingering unfulfilled for a few years that I would love to see carried out.

–SJ

[tags]multilingualism wiki wikicite freedom[/tags]

]]> By: jon link http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-128067 jon link Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:36:26 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-128067 Congratulations, I think it's pretty obvious you are doing great things even without this nice award. Congratulations, I think it’s pretty obvious you are doing great things even without this nice award.

]]> By: Darcy, Rochester P.L. http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127952 Darcy, Rochester P.L. Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:07:46 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127952 Congratulations Casey! I just read the article in American Libraries - sounds amazing! Congratulations Casey!
I just read the article in American Libraries - sounds amazing!

]]> By: Jameson http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127944 Jameson Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:59:24 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127944 Woot, woot, indeed! Nice work, Case. Pete sent me the interview. It was super smooth. Not only that, I vaguely understand what your program does! Woot, woot, indeed! Nice work, Case. Pete sent me the interview. It was super smooth. Not only that, I vaguely understand what your program does!

]]> By: Geoffrey Skinner http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127904 Geoffrey Skinner Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:40:16 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127904 Excellent! Your presentation at IUG in May was the highlight of the program for me and I'm excited to see your work recognized. Excellent! Your presentation at IUG in May was the highlight of the program for me and I’m excited to see your work recognized.

]]> By: JoAnn http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127327 JoAnn Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:06:46 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127327 You've made us all proud today!. Thanks! You’ve made us all proud today!. Thanks!

]]> By: Roger Hiles http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127303 Roger Hiles Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:44:54 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127303 Congratulations! I hope the prize helps get WPopac the attention it deserves. Congratulations! I hope the prize helps get WPopac the attention it deserves.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127261 joshua m. neff Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:04:21 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127261 Well done, Casey! Congratulations! The WPopac was mindblowing the first time I heard about it, so an award is well-deserved. Well done, Casey! Congratulations! The WPopac was mindblowing the first time I heard about it, so an award is well-deserved.

]]> By: Matt http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127232 Matt Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:16:23 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127232 Casey, nice job and congratulations! Casey, nice job and congratulations!

]]> By: SquamLoon http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127147 SquamLoon Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:49:20 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127147 Great interview on NHPR. Congratulations! Great interview on NHPR. Congratulations!

]]> By: Kyle Banerjee http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127038 Kyle Banerjee Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:28:25 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127038 Well done and well deserved. I hope all the ILS vendors are taking notes... Well done and well deserved. I hope all the ILS vendors are taking notes…

]]> By: Karen G. Schneider http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127033 Karen G. Schneider Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:33:53 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127033 Woo hoo!!! Woo hoo!!!

]]> By: librariesinteract.info http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-127007 librariesinteract.info Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:05:13 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-127007 [...] You can read more about the award in his press release. [...] [...] You can read more about the award in his press release. [...]

]]> By: Jon Emmons http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-126998 Jon Emmons Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:24:41 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-126998 Congrats Casey! That's some great ink! Congrats Casey! That’s some great ink!

]]> By: Steve Lawson http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-126996 Steve Lawson Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:19:35 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-126996 This is excellent. Congratulations. This is excellent. Congratulations.

]]> By: Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Casey rocks and everyone knows it! http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/woot-woot/#comment-126953 Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Casey rocks and everyone knows it! Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:28:21 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11521/#comment-126953 [...] I just wanted to take a moment out while slogging through my book galley (more on that at a later date) to congratulate my friend Casey Bisson on being awarded the Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration for his development of the WPopac, a groundbreaking catalog with Wordpress as the front end. Casey deserves a ton of recognition for looking outside of the library world and into the open source community for solutions to our OPAC woes. We all know our OPACs suck… but Casey actually did something to make them suck less and set an important example for us all to follow. Congrats, man! [...] [...] I just wanted to take a moment out while slogging through my book galley (more on that at a later date) to congratulate my friend Casey Bisson on being awarded the Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration for his development of the WPopac, a groundbreaking catalog with Wordpress as the front end. Casey deserves a ton of recognition for looking outside of the library world and into the open source community for solutions to our OPAC woes. We all know our OPACs suck… but Casey actually did something to make them suck less and set an important example for us all to follow. Congrats, man! [...]

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