Comments on: SOPAC 2.0: What to Expect http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/ A library-geek blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:05:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dan McPhillips in 2.0 » SOPAC (Social Online Public Access Catalog) http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-562801 Dan McPhillips in 2.0 » SOPAC (Social Online Public Access Catalog) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:32:37 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-562801 [...] If you want to know more about what to expect from SOPAC2, then look at his article entitled, “SOPAC 2.0: What to Expect”. [...] [...] If you want to know more about what to expect from SOPAC2, then look at his article entitled, “SOPAC 2.0: What to Expect”. [...]

]]> By: Drooling over SOPAC – Wondering about Its Inner Pig http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-562711 Drooling over SOPAC – Wondering about Its Inner Pig Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:02:04 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-562711 [...] for another day. Today I’m thinking about Darien Library, Drupal, and John Blyberg’s SOPAC (Social [...] [...] for another day. Today I’m thinking about Darien Library, Drupal, and John Blyberg’s SOPAC (Social [...]

]]> By: eric http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-552561 eric Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:38:49 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-552561 Another question... Has anyone used SOPAC 2 in a shared ILS environment? Another question… Has anyone used SOPAC 2 in a shared ILS environment?

]]> By: eric http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-552475 eric Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:48:23 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-552475 I am very interested in making this work on my library site. We are using Joomla 1.5. Has anyone had any success with integrating SOPAC 2 with Joomla yet? I am very interested in making this work on my library site. We are using Joomla 1.5. Has anyone had any success with integrating SOPAC 2 with Joomla yet?

]]> By: thierry http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-539251 thierry Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:13:42 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-539251 Hi John, You said 'The III connector piece uses XRecord and the patron API.' What is Xrecord ? I'm not able to find this module in III product catalog. Moreover, is patron API able to deliver information about checked-out items linked to the patron, renewals, etc. ? Thank you. Thierry (from a french library). Hi John,
You said ‘The III connector piece uses XRecord and the patron API.’ What is Xrecord ? I’m not able to find this module in III product catalog. Moreover, is patron API able to deliver information about checked-out items linked to the patron, renewals, etc. ?
Thank you.
Thierry (from a french library).

]]> By: Innovation by design | Exciting SOPAC news at YourLibrarySite.com http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-526163 Innovation by design | Exciting SOPAC news at YourLibrarySite.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:42:07 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-526163 [...] a detailed explanation of SOPAC, see http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/  and [...] [...] a detailed explanation of SOPAC, see http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/  and [...]

]]> By: SOPAC Integration through YourLibrarySite…11.04.08 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-521186 SOPAC Integration through YourLibrarySite…11.04.08 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:35:39 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-521186 [...] a detailed explanation of SOPAC, see http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/  and [...] [...] a detailed explanation of SOPAC, see http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/  and [...]

]]> By: Blyberg and Barr: Solving the OPAC problem « Attempting Elegance http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-511844 Blyberg and Barr: Solving the OPAC problem « Attempting Elegance Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:26:41 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-511844 [...] more detail (and more accuracy than my notes!) available at http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/ and [...] [...] more detail (and more accuracy than my notes!) available at http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/ and [...]

]]> By: Tag love « Just Beth on Libraries http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-485355 Tag love « Just Beth on Libraries Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:42:56 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-485355 [...] I love the disorganized, sloppy, but wonderful findability-ness of them. I would love to have a SOPAC or LibraryThing in my library catalog, so I could tag away in there, too. So when I read [...] [...] I love the disorganized, sloppy, but wonderful findability-ness of them. I would love to have a SOPAC or LibraryThing in my library catalog, so I could tag away in there, too. So when I read [...]

]]> By: john http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-484033 john Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:24:12 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-484033 Anon, We indeed do love Open Source and we will release the code <i>very soon now</i>. My plan was to release it shortly after September 1st, but I've been taking the time to fix some of the more critical bugs that have come up, post-launch. Watch this blog for an announcement this week. Anon,
We indeed do love Open Source and we will release the code very soon now. My plan was to release it shortly after September 1st, but I’ve been taking the time to fix some of the more critical bugs that have come up, post-launch. Watch this blog for an announcement this week.

]]> By: anon http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-482212 anon Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:11:05 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-482212 Sounds like you need to go to this <a href="http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/program/#opensource" rel="nofollow">panel</a>: Open source software enjoys the rapt attention of libraries. In practice, however, most institutions are better at consuming than producing open source code. Issues that repeatedly arise include: redundancy (“we can build it better”) shyness (“my code isn’t perfect”) competitiveness (“we have an edge we don’t want to lose”) quirkiness (“our needs are so unique that we’ll ignore any obvious standards”) WHERE"S THE CODE? Sounds like you need to go to this panel:
Open source software enjoys the rapt attention of libraries. In practice, however, most institutions are better at consuming than producing open source code. Issues that repeatedly arise include:

redundancy (“we can build it better”)
shyness (“my code isn’t perfect”)
competitiveness (“we have an edge we don’t want to lose”)
quirkiness (“our needs are so unique that we’ll ignore any obvious standards”)

WHERE”S THE CODE?

]]> By: Links to OPAC Enhancements, Wrappers, and Replacements | Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/comment-page-1/#comment-470857 Links to OPAC Enhancements, Wrappers, and Replacements | Disruptive Library Technology Jester Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/#comment-470857 [...] http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/ [...] [...] http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/ [...]

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