I was sitting around the other day and thinking “I know a bunch of libraries that provide fantastic open-source software and enhancements but I cannot find anything on their websites about it” and then decided I’d make a page for
Amlib goes to OCLC and our catalogue comes underway
Hello all, today is a good day. Yesterday Amlib (our library management system) announced that they had been acquired by OCLC. Lucky Amlib! I’m a bit suprised actually, Amlib is quite a small LMS compared to, well, OCLC’s company size.
#9 Finding Feeds
Hmm, this didn’t go so well either (probably because it is to do with rss which stands for either Really Stupid Stuff or Randomly Stuffed Scribble…I can’t remember which). I started by picking websites I sometimes go to. None of
Daily book installments via rss
Okay, I just got excited. Whilst looking at rss stuff, I stumbled across DailyLit, a site that sends installments of books to you via rss or email. It’s really cool! I am now getting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland sent to
#8 Make life “really simple” with RSS & a newsreader
It’s amazing how you get really excited about something, hit one stumbling block and then all of your excitement vanishes in a puff of smoke. I have that with RSS, I do not know why but even the term makes