Counting words

For something totally different, a couple of very clever online tools to analyse text.

wordle creates word clouds and nice visuals.

textalyser is very configurable and allows you to count any way you like.

DOM Technologies

Some demonstrations of DOM technologies

Dspace is being used by Adelaide University for their Digital Library

• Electronic Finding Aids are in use by many institutions, a good working example is at Harvard

based on Tamino.

• NLNZ use a Object Management System to manage digital objects

• Archives NZ have developed an Archival Management System Archway

• Danbury Library have integrated their webpac with tags from Library Thing, allowing for records to be presented with a cloud tag.

Digitool

example of digitool here

using saxon to render XML from the catalogue (note that this does not use fedora, only saxon)

Real World Example of using Fedora to store EAD. Also a model for how to present Digital objects

The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive uses Fedora to store objects including EAD finding aids.

EAD at Harvard here

An example of a record is here

The same record in Fedora here, note the EAD_DOC Data stream.

Fedora Diseminators are used to format the XML record using XSLT, the final output includes tabbed output, handle links and a delicious link. Note that they are using Handles for the internal links (instead of Fedora PIDs).

Project workbook

Wikis in the real world

I found this graphic that explains why wikis are better than email for group editing.

Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow

A great article to get you thinking about digitising and libraries and stuff.

http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2007-02.pdf

Tumblelogs

A tumblelog (also known as a tlog or tumblog) is a variation of a blog that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, tumblelogs are frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences while providing little or no commentary.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblog

Failure Demand

Often things are more complicated than they appear at first. Many large organisations (public sector in particular) look at the various common systems they have replicated through out their departments and think how great it would be if they could be outsourced. The very attractive idea is that this will lead to greater efficiencies and cost savings.

Management thinker John Seddon developed the concept of Failure Demand. This is the idea that a lot of demand for a service is derived from the poor service delivered in the first place. In a call centre for example people may call back several times to correct a problem that was not resolved on first contact. This leads to increasing levels of calls, as much as 80% extra in some cases.