Posted on Sat 11 June 2016 in misc • Tagged with Coding, coding
On Friday, June 10th I gave a short talk at the OLITA Digital Odyssey 2016 conference, which had a theme this year of privacy and security. My talk addressed the evolution of our public and loaner laptops over the past decade, from bare Windows XP, to Linux, Windows XP with …
Posted on Sun 08 May 2016 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding
For a recent strategic retreat, I was asked to prepare (as homework) a story about a subject that I'm passionate about, with an idea of where we might see the library in the next three to five years. Here's one of the stories I came up with, in the form …
Posted on Sun 08 May 2016 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding
For a recent strategic retreat, I was asked to prepare (as homework) a story about a subject that I'm passionate about, with an idea of where we might see the library in the next three to five years. Here's one of the stories I came up with, in the form …
Posted on Fri 15 April 2016 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, Evergreen, coding, evergreen
Our staff were recently asked to check thousands of ISBNs to find out if we already have the corresponding books in our catalogue. They in turn asked me if I could run a script that would check it for them. It makes me happy to work with people who believe …
Posted on Fri 15 April 2016 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, Evergreen, coding, evergreen
Our staff were recently asked to check thousands of ISBNs to find out if we already have the corresponding books in our catalogue. They in turn asked me if I could run a script that would check it for them. It makes me happy to work with people who believe …
Posted on Thu 19 November 2015 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding
OCLC recently asked EZProxy clients to fill out a survey about their experiences with the product and to get feedback on possible future plans for the product.
About half-way through, I decided it might be a good idea to post my responses. Because hey, if I'm working to help them …
Posted on Thu 19 November 2015 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding
OCLC recently asked EZProxy clients to fill out a survey about their experiences with the product and to get feedback on possible future plans for the product.
About half-way through, I decided it might be a good idea to post my responses. Because hey, if I'm working to help them …
Posted on Thu 29 October 2015 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding
I had fun today. A colleague in Computer Science has been giving his C++ students an assignment to track down an article that is only available in print in the library. When we chatted about it earlier this year, I suggested that perhaps he could bring me in as a …
Posted on Thu 29 October 2015 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding
I had fun today. A colleague in Computer Science has been giving his C++ students an assignment to track down an article that is only available in print in the library. When we chatted about it earlier this year, I suggested that perhaps he could bring me in as a …
Posted on Sun 04 October 2015 in misc • Tagged with Coding, coding
A few weeks ago, I came to the startling and depressing realization that we had screwed up. It started when someone I know and greatly respect ran into me in the library and said "We have a problem".
I'm the recently appointed Chair of our library and archives department, so …