collected, federated (unit 10)

My explorations of federated collections available via OAI-PMH led me to three sites I liked. I should be more critical, perhaps; there are small notes of negativity below. But overall, I am impressed with many projects, even distracted by them, blinded by the science and beauty of what has already been achieved in these, The [...]

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nix on the prefab (unit 12)

From a learning and pedagogical perspective, I would not, not, not want to entertain the notion of downloading a prepackaged virtual machine. The most frustrating thing I can think of, at least in this IRLS672/675 realm, would be a black box experience. Of course I wouldn’t have known any better. But tech life is full [...]

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subjective (unit 9)

I reprise the image of the mosaicked version of metadata to stand for my travails in cataloging my mosaics in various systems. Travails with…consistency. To sum up, I have willingly adapted, melted and remolded, my headings to the strengths of the system in hand: Drupal, DSpace, EPrints. Each has had an adequate method for handling [...]

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flavors of in between (for bits)(unit 7)

The current DLib article on DataStaR meshes with something we’re thinking about at my workplace. My topic is In Between Repositories (IBRs), where data bits may live, waiting, either forever or on their way to becoming something else. Granted DataStaR, and much IR work generally, emanates from scholarly need, need to share living work in [...]

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the space that is d

Well DSpace is friendly. The web self of it is friendly…and happily, all the rest is command line, happy! No sniping, really happy. Prefer it, nearly, possibly. Though functionality is not high or many or multifarious, yet…I know there are command line secrets.

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drup (unit 5)

Not having a wonderful time with Drupal. Dug a great hole, leapt into it, with great travail and the aid of some last-semester techno-friends, climbed back out. I have a way with problems beyond my current ability to solve, and Drupal offered a number of open doors straight to them. At one point I declared [...]

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fall, change, decline, renewal

This semester is feeling more…less…more isolated. Not in a bad way. In a grow up and take the reins way. Stand up and troubleshoot the connection way.

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pace (unit 3)

As for the doing technology part of IRLS675, I say bring it all on. The more the merrier I am. The more practical, the more delightful. Asked to comment on our technology assignments and the pace, compared to IRLS672 to some degree, so far it feels like perhaps 25% less pressure, or 25% less material [...]

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reading Kent State

I chose for unit 2′s assignment 5 to read “Building a Local CMS at Kent State” by Rick Wiggins, Jeph Remley, and Tom Klingler (via Emerald access to Library Hi Tech vol. 24 issue 1). Kent State interested me because it’s big (14 libraries, 8 campuses) and would therefore present complexity aplenty, I believed, in [...]

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ontological shards (unit 1)

I am carrying on from our IRLS672 database efforts my collection of mosaics made and photographed. I hope that this does not prove too simple-minded and self-centered as we go; it offers the advantage of clarity of ownership of both objects and digital surrogates, and I hope to expand the collection to include related material. [...]

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