Category Archives: Google
Distributed Storage and Libraries
A recent post on distributed file systems got me thinking about their use in academic environments. Found via Slashdot, the article was about Cleversafe, a distributed file system licensed under the GPL. Libraries would be a perfect environment for distributed … Continue reading
Google co-op and reference services
Earlier this week Ryan Eby mentioned Google’s new co-op service and possibly using it for reference services. We’re replacing our existing electronic resources system with libdata. Since I helped with the project, I knew enough about the system to have … Continue reading
Alternative interfaces to digital collections
I’m currently working at the MSU Libraries on a grant to create alternative/gaming interfaces to the Making of Modern Michigan project. We’ve come up with a lot of really great ideas. Among them are an automatically created subject hiearchy using … Continue reading
All your Google Base are Belong to Us!
I’m sure that title has been repeated many many times today. Today Google unveiled Google Base, a simple web database that allows you to include rich metadata for items. Google will then index and allow others to search the information. … Continue reading