Vast Active Library and Information Science blog. From a recent library science graduate in Wellington, New Zealand. A focus on reference and current awareness tools and issues, especially free, web-based resources.

 
Worthwhile article from Lorcan Dempsey's weblog: The integrated library system that isn't.

It is clear that the ILS manages a progressively smaller part of the library activity. There has been a real shift in emphasis towards e-resource management (see the metasearch/resolver/ERM/knowledgebase suite of tools), and in some cases towards digital asset management. Libraries now manage a patchwork of systems which do not always play well together.

On a similar theme, Andrew Pace discusses the limitations of OPACs in American Libraries.

| posted by Simon at 12:24 pm