So Ebsco and Ex Libris used to be friends. Ebsco used to allow their content to appear in Ex Libris’ pretty awesome index of academic stuff (aka Primo Central a webscale Discovery service). Then Ebsco decided they wanted to create an equally awesome index and took their data out of there, as well as out … Continue reading
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National Level Resource Discovery services?
I’ve spent a large portion of the past couple of years working with a local discovery layer (Aquabrowser) and am currently investigating equivalent ‘webscale’ discovery index solutions such as Summon, Primo Central or EBSCO Discovery that may supplement or replace it. I’ve occasionally found myself explaining the two solutions to non-library techy or developer colleagues. … Continue reading
A million squid you say?
Note: I really tried to make this a fair and balanced piece regarding the true cost of scholarly communication. Instead it verges off into the rant. I’m not anti-publisher or anti-profit, we all have to eat and grow and I like living in a capitalist society. I just don’t like feeling like a mug every-time … Continue reading
How to get a (better) response from your Systems Librarian / Sys Admin / Helpdesk Support Elf …
Now its almost December, we can begin to think about cheery stuff like giving, sharing and helping others. One interaction that technically meets this description but may not be so cheery is your helpdesk queries and responses. After about 10 years supporting IT in libraries, I feel the festive need to spread some goodwill and have tried to … Continue reading
Future-proofing ones’ own behind …
ITV3 have been re-showing all three Back to the Future films, and whilst watching Michael J. Fox encounter past and future selves, I’ve been thinking about mine. I’ll come clean and admit that I got involved in the I.T. side of libraries partly out of a sense of self-preservation. Even ten years ago, I could … Continue reading
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