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Enriching the library experience: an idea

GetGlue and LibraryThing got me thinking about how we could make the library an even neater place if we could somehow integrate these services into what we do.  Imagine going into a library and heading for the catalog.  You start your search and because of LibraryThing you can read other library members thoughts on [...]

February 29th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Technology, OPAC 2.0, TTW Contributor: Justin Hoenke | Leave a comment

Google Friend Connect

Via Brett Kochendorfer

Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. This means means more people engaging more deeply with your website — and with each other. In this video, Google Product Marketing Manager Mendel Chuang gives a short introduction to Google Friend Connect.

Very interesting -especially [...]

November 13th, 2008 | Category: Library Technology, Library Web Sites, LIS Weblogs Rule!, OPAC 2.0, Social Software & Sites | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

SOPAC 2

  

SOPAC 2, originally uploaded by jblyberg.

The library should encourage the heart.

September 22nd, 2008 | Category: Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, OPAC 2.0 | One comment - (Comments are closed)

On SOPAC, Change and Mr. John Blyberg

I really unplugged for Labor Day weekend, my last 3 days up north. But I was up early today to check out the new Darien Library Web site and the new version of SOPAC from John Blyberg.

Kathryn Greenhill posted “Almost Christmas in Libraryland…Ho Ho Ho Mr Blyberg,” and she sums it up well:

So, [...]

September 2nd, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, OPAC 2.0 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

LibraryThing API!

Nicole writes:

This is so awesome!!!

Introducing the LibraryThing Web Services API.

The API will eventually do many things.

For starters it includes all of the data in LibraryThing’s Common Knowledge project, our groundbreaking “fielded wiki” for interesting book information (see original blog post). It includes fields like series, important characters, important places, author dates, author burial places, agents, edits, [...]

August 5th, 2008 | Category: OPAC 2.0 | One comment - (Comments are closed)