Librarian Way

There is a lot of great stuff over on the MassonBisson.com Web site. I am putting this link here so that I don’t forget about it. He has provided a number of links to papers and tutorials for Using XML in PHP5, which I may need in my current project.

I am currently enrolled in two classes in SJSU SLIS. One is a special projects class where I am doing back-end PHP coding for the redesign of the SLIS Web site. Having studied XML/XSLT, I am going to investigate if the PHP/XML option will be better for something that I need to do, rather than getting involved in setting up a MySQL database for something very lightweight.

I went to Casey Bisson’s blog because I am writing a paper about Web 2.0, and I wanted to clarify something I remember him writing about creating a search in Lamson Library using A9.com. I found what I was looking for in his NEASIS&T presentation posted on one of his blogs at NEASIS&T Buy, Hack or Build Followup.

Everyone should have a little knowledge about Open Source. In Computers in Libraries there is a nice overview with links to organizations that are helping libraries understand Open Source software: There’s No Need to Fear Open Source. (2005, May). Vol.25 No. 5. Balas writes, “According to the OSI Web site, governments as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations are beginning to utilize OS software. Some libraries have already begun this process, and the oss4lib (open source systems for libraries) site documents these efforts.”

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