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How do you automate collection of electronic resource usage statistics?

My current workflow for analyzing our database usage statistics is pretty unideal: I visit a set of administrative web pages, sign in, download reports, & paste into a master spreadsheet. Some ...
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Where do formal citations in scientific publications originate from?

There are zillions of citation styles to reference publications, especially in academic writing. Browsing late 19th century journals I was suprised by the lack of formal bibliographies and references, ...
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Setting up National Archive system from scratch –where to start?

I have been put in a rare and privileged position – I've been asked to provide technical input for a national archive that is being set up from scratch in a small developing nation. The task at hand ...
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Linking folksonomic tags to authority controlled metadata?

I have four layers of metadata: Authority controlled catalog records Vocabulary controlled but user input data (e.g. "select from this list") Uncontrolled user input data (e.g. author supplied ...
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Mapping openurl 0.1 to 1.0

Our link resolver sometimes gives us openurls using version 0.1 and sometimes using version 1.0. Our UI passes these on to other services, like Illiad. It would be nice to hand off something that ...
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Recording of conservation activities

[Question changed according to Jakob's suggestions] Archival systems as www.axiell.co.uk/calm offer the possibility of recording conservation activities through one of their modules. How widespread ...
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What is the structure of a digital collections team?

I am looking for info on large academic libraries which have a dedicated digital collections team (made up of digitization, metadata, web services, data visualization, etc.) - essentially, folks who ...
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Do you know the name of this format?

A library software provides a export option for each data item. The out put format is like follow. Do you know the name of this format? It it a strandart format? <?xml version="1.0" ...
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Auto-logging into Aquabrowser catalog system

I'm looking to auto-login to Aquabrowser's catalog system using their own form. By using Javascript I pulled the barcode and pin information in and populated the forms, but triggering the login ...
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Online magazine delivery

Our public library is considering moving to Zinio for online delivery of some of our magazines. Apparently we would pay money for the platform, then a flat fee for each subscription, which can be then ...
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Are there functional standards or operational frameworks for managing physical collections similar to the OAIS for digital collections? ISO standards?

I know there are accreditation processes for cultural heritage organizations, but I'm not really interested in that component. What I would like to do is to understand what are the shared or baseline ...
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LIS-related podcasts

Is there a census of LIS-related podcasts out there? I know that Blake Carver has posted his round-ups of blogs to follow at LISNews from time to time such as the 2011 listing but I have not seen ...
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The manuscript Summa Logicae (William of Ockham)

The Summa Logicae (Latin, in English it's the Sum of Logic) is a textbook on logic by William of Ockham. There are articles about the Summa Logicae in Wikipedia and in Logicmuseum. It was published ...