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Some Discovery-related Reading
I've had a few posts about Discovery Services piling up in Google Reader: Library Technology Reports, Volume 47, Number 1 / January 2011, is an issue dedicated to Web Scale Discovery Systems. "This report describes in detail the content, interface, and functionality of web scale discovery services developed by four major library vendors: OCLC, Serials Solutions,
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Making Safari more like Firefox with Glims (OSX)
Ahhhhh, that's so much better. I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but Firefox, my old standby, has slowly become, well, slow. It's no longer my default browser, but it's always had a couple of features I've missed. The biggest one was Firefox's ability to search through the text of a page w/o having to
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ebrary Survey on Offline/Download Model and Mobile Reading
ebrary is developing new ways to support an offline/download model and reading on hand-held devices. We are conducting this survey to better understand your needs, and we would very much appreciate your comments and suggestions. Take the survey Please feel free to share the survey with any interested colleagues. We ask that you respond by
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Liverpool’s Discovery
Just read a lengthy piece talking about Discovery Services in LJ: Liverpool’s Discovery. It's a bit of a smackdown between Summon and EDS, with EDS being chosen by the U of Liverpool: McCready was quick to make two caveats about the library’s decision to go with EDS. The decision, he says, isn’t about one product being
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Join.me desktop screen sharing app now available for iOS
Aw man, I *so* wanted this to be a way to view a live iPhone, iPod or iPad screen remotely, but alas, it's the other way around. Install this free app and you can watch a computer screen shared with you by another user. Very cool, and works very well in my limited testing –