IUG 2006 presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0 (also available as a PDF with space for notes)

This is an update of my ALA Midwinter presentation.

Posted May 21, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: iii, innovative users group, iug, iug2006,lib 2.0, libraries, library, library 2.0, library catalog, online catalog, opac, opac 2.0, presentation, web 2.0, web opac, wpopac. 10 Comments.

ALA Midwinter IUG SIG Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0
update: PDF version with space for notes
Web 2.0 and other “2.0” monikers have become loaded terms recently. But as we look back at the world wide web of 1996, there can be little doubt that today’s web is better and more useful. Indeed, that seems [...]

Posted January 20, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: ala, ala midwinter, ala midwinter 2006, iii, iug, lib 2.0, libraries, library, library 2.0, library catalog, online catalog, opac, opac 2.0, presentation, web 2.0, web opac. 39 Comments.

I think I’ve been avoiding commenting on this issue for weeks because it hits so close to home. First I read it in BiblioAcid, then Jenny Levine picked it up, then Richard Ackerman picked it up at the Science Library Pad: library catalogs are broken, and there’s no amount of adding pictures or fiddling with [...]

Posted May 24, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: conference, iug, jenny levine, library, library catalog, library journal, opac, presentation, richard ackerman, roy tennant, science library, search box, server applications. 2 Comments.