Information Technology and Libraries articles from September 2008

Information Technology and Libraries archives from September 2008

President's message.(Library and Information Technology Association)
September 1, 2008... Welcome to my first ITAL column as LITA president. I've had the good fortune to write a number of columns in the past--in Computers in Libraries, Smart Libraries Newsletter, and most recently American Libraries--and it is a role that I have...

Editorial.(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... I doubt that many of the Blog People are in the habit of sustained reading of complex texts. --Michael Gorman, 2005 So, three plus years after the fact, why am I opening with Michael Gorman s unfortunate characterization of those he...

Editorial board thoughts.(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... The June issue of ITAL featured a new column entitled Editorial Board Thoughts. The column features commentary written by ITAL editorial board members on the intersection of technology and libraries. In the June issue Kyle Felker made a strong...

From our readers: virtues and values in digital library architecture.(Column)
September 1, 2008... At the Fall 2007 Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) conference in Washington, D.C., I presented "A Survey and Evaluation of Open-Source Electronic Publishing Systems." Toward the end of my presentation was a slide enumerating some of the...

MyLibrary: a digital library framework and toolkit.(digital library framework and toolkit)
September 1, 2008... This article describes a digital library framework and toolkit called MyLibrary. At its heart, MyLibrary is designed to create relationships between information resources and people. To this end, MyLibrary is made up of essentially four parts:...

Are PDF documents accessible?(Adobe Portable Document Format)
September 1, 2008... Adobe PDF is one of the most widely used formats in scientific communications and in administrative documents. In its latest versions it has incorporated structural tags and improvements that increase its level of accessibility. This article...

Administering an open-source wireless network.(Communications)
September 1, 2008... This tutorial presents enhancements to an open-source wireless network discussed in the June 2007 issue of ITAL that should reduce its administrative burden. In addition, it will demonstrate an open-source monitoring script written for the...

Returning classification to the catalog.(Communications)
September 1, 2008... The concept of a classified catalog, or using classification as a form of subject access, has been almost forgotten by contemporary librarians. Recent developments indicate that this is changing as libraries seek to enhance the capabilities of...