Integration of Library Services with Internet of Things Technologies
The SELIDA framework is an integration layer of standardized services that takes an Internet-of-Things approach for item traceability in the library setting. The aim of the framework is to provide...
View ArticleTopic Space: Rapid Prototyping a Mobile Augmented Reality Recommendation App
With funding from an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Sparks! Ignition Grant, researchers from the University of Illinois Library designed and tested a mobile recommender app with...
View ArticleGenerating Standardized Audio Technical Metadata: AES57
Long-term access to digitized audio may be heavily dependent on the quality of technical metadata captured during digitization. The AES57-2011 standard offers a standardized method of documenting...
View ArticleStreamlining Book Requests with Chrome
This article starts by examining why a Chrome Extension was desired and how we saw it making the workflow for requesting new items both easier and more accurate. We then go on to outline how we...
View ArticleSierraDNA – Demonstrating the Usefulness of Direct ILS Database Access
Innovative Interface’s Sierra(™) Integrated Library System (ILS) brings with it a Database Navigator Application (SierraDNA) - in layman's terms SierraDNA gives Sierra sites read access to their ILS...
View ArticleCollecting and Describing University-Generated Patents in an Institutional...
Providing an easy method of browsing a university's patent output can free up valuable research time for faculty, students, and external researchers. This is especially true for Rice University's...
View ArticleOpen Journal Systems and Dataverse Integration– Helping Journals to Upgrade...
This article describes the novel open source tools for open data publication in open access journal workflows. This comprises a plugin for Open Journal Systems that supports a data submission,...
View ArticleManifold: a Custom Analytics Platform to Visualize Research Impact
The use of research impact metrics and analytics has become an integral component to many aspects of institutional assessment. Many platforms currently exist to provide such analytics, both proprietary...
View ArticleData Munging Tools in Preparation for RDF: Catmandu and LODRefine
Data munging, or the work of remediating, enhancing and transforming library datasets for new or improved uses, has become more important and staff-inclusive in many library technology discussions and...
View ArticleCollected Work Clustering in WorldCat
WorldCat records are clustered into works, and within works, into content and manifestation clusters. A recent project revisited the clustering of collected works that had been previously sidelined...
View ArticleEditorial Introduction: It’s All About Data, Except When It’s Not.
Data capture and use is not new to libraries. We know data isn't everything, but it is ubiquitous in our work, enabling myriads of new ideas and projects. Articles in this issue reflect the expansion...
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