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 […]
We will probably use MyLibray to implement an image database, specifically against sets of images on Puerto Rico. Here’s how:
Scan images and save them to the the hard disk.
Create a MyLibrary database.
Assign things like title, creator, description, etc. to each image.
Stuff the file name of the image into the resource object’s FKey value.
Create facets and […]
Why not marry MyLibrary with a blog, specifically WordPress?
Again, MyLibrary is a digital library framework & toolbox; it is not an application. Instead it is a “blueprint” for collecting, organizing, and reporting on data and information. As such MyLibrary expects the librarian/programmer combination to syndicate content from the underlying database to an interface. This […]