Category Archives: catalogs

Report from SirsiDynix on Open Source ILS Platforms Leaked… Oops

By Iris | Published: Friday, October 30th, 2009
Stephen Abram has lived a bit of a charmed life. He’s somehow managed to be the Vendor That Everyone Kind Of Thinks Has Our Best Interests At Heart Even If He Is A Vendor. Meanwhile, he’s also headed up the Special Library Association. Meanwhile, he’s also been a sought-after voice in the library community. And [...]
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The New New OCLC

By Iris | Published: Friday, April 24th, 2009
Just when you thought you’d gotten to know the new OCLC, it shakes things up again. OCLC is now in the ILS business and WorldCat Local is now free to FirstSearch subscribers. My first thought on reading about all of this yesterday was that all those pilot WorldCat Local schools must be steamed that this [...]
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The OCLC Kerfuffle: In which I write much but come to few conclusions

By Iris | Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2008
I’ve been watching the OCLC policy change discussion unfold slowly over the last few weeks, and I’ve got to say, I’m flummoxed. On the one hand, I don’t like the new license. I agree with most of what’s been written about the potential dangers it poses to innovation and the odd irony that member institutions [...]
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Drooling over SOPAC – Wondering about Its Inner Pig

By Iris | Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
I was going to write about scratch paper today (really, I was), but that can wait for another day. Today I’m thinking about Darien Library, Drupal, and John Blyberg’s SOPAC (Social OPAC). A year and a half ago, when he released the first version of the SOPAC for the Ann Arbor District Library (here’s his [...]
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Linking to WorldCat in Reference Emails.

By Iris | Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
So here’s the thing. Like many reference librarians, I use WorldCat all the time. And like many reference librarians, I use the FirstSearch version a lot for advanced features and more seamless integration with our local collections than WorldCat.org can offer. For instance, I love the “Advanced Options” under “More Like This” that lets me [...]
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