Fun with Javascript and JSON
I haven’t broken radio silence in a while so I thought I would have a general discussion of some of the fun code I’ve been exploring. OPAC development has been interesting as of late in part because of its evolution into an almost fully dynamic client side application. Our extensive use of JSON and XMLHTTPRequest … Continue Reading about Fun with Javascript and JSON →
June Executive Committee Report
Welcome to the summer! I realize it’s a busy time for you folks in the public libraries (with Summer Reading and all), and I appreciate the time you take to keep up with the Evergreen project. As usual, work on Evergreen is proceeding on schedule, and we expect a solid Alpha release in July. The … Continue Reading about June Executive Committee Report →
Getting along with the neighbors
If you had asked me three weeks ago how one might go about creating a federated search interface that could intelligently combine the results from academic and public libraries, I would have shrugged. If you had then asked how one might go about integrating search results from other sources, such as online journal indexes, weblogs, … Continue Reading about Getting along with the neighbors →