Core modules refactored

Some of the complaints that we hear about MyLibrary is that it is too slow. This has been true because the core modules for the API were too old school OOP, and incorporated “attribute” values which were in reality bulky arrays of data representing the relationship between the object and other objects in the database. […]

OSS4MSU

Last Thursday and Friday I had the opportunity to participate in a symposium for the Montana State University (MSU) Libraries on open source software. In my presentation I described open source software as a community process, free as a free kitten, its kinship with library values, and how an integrated library system might be created […]