thoughts from Sebastian Hammer, co-founder and president of Index Data. Of all the many kinds of “Open” that populate the library landscape, Open Source is perhaps the one that is subject to the most conflicting stories about precisely what it means and why (and whether) it is important. There are, of course, legitimate differences of […]
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https://indexdata.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/logo.gif00Peter Murrayhttps://indexdata.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/logo.gifPeter Murray2022-01-25 15:28:042022-01-25 15:28:06Modularity in FOLIO — describing the architectural vision of the library services platform
In the quarter of a century that Index Data has been providing software solutions to libraries, one of the most common tasks we are asked to do is aggregate the holdings of groups of libraries, and among our bag of tricks is software that builds unified catalogs (Zebra) and federated search catalogs (MasterKey). As is […]
https://indexdata.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/logo.gif00Peter Murrayhttps://indexdata.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/logo.gifPeter Murray2019-05-21 13:43:312020-05-04 09:33:15Infrastructure for a Bibliographic Network
Last week, I attended the 2018 Open Libraries Forum at the Internet Archive’s remarkable headquarters in San Francisco. The focus of the Forum was twofold: to learn firsthand from some of the authors of the newly-minted position statement on controlled digital lending (CDL), and to help provide input for the Archive on their own Digital […]
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Attending the European BIBFRAME Workshop in Florence, Italy, was a great way to wrap up my first month with Index Data — and it wasn’t just about the hills, art, and food. The workshop proved to be an excellent introduction to the BIBFRAME community and the variety of exciting initiatives taking place around the globe. […]
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Community, not Code, is the True Heart of Open Source
Blog, FOLIO, Open Sourcethoughts from Sebastian Hammer, co-founder and president of Index Data. Of all the many kinds of “Open” that populate the library landscape, Open Source is perhaps the one that is subject to the most conflicting stories about precisely what it means and why (and whether) it is important. There are, of course, legitimate differences of […]
Modularity in FOLIO — describing the architectural vision of the library services platform
BlogInfrastructure for a Bibliographic Network
BlogIn the quarter of a century that Index Data has been providing software solutions to libraries, one of the most common tasks we are asked to do is aggregate the holdings of groups of libraries, and among our bag of tricks is software that builds unified catalogs (Zebra) and federated search catalogs (MasterKey). As is […]
Controlled Digital Lending
BlogLast week, I attended the 2018 Open Libraries Forum at the Internet Archive’s remarkable headquarters in San Francisco. The focus of the Forum was twofold: to learn firsthand from some of the authors of the newly-minted position statement on controlled digital lending (CDL), and to help provide input for the Archive on their own Digital […]
Reflections on the European BIBFRAME Workshop
BlogAttending the European BIBFRAME Workshop in Florence, Italy, was a great way to wrap up my first month with Index Data — and it wasn’t just about the hills, art, and food. The workshop proved to be an excellent introduction to the BIBFRAME community and the variety of exciting initiatives taking place around the globe. […]