John Mark Ockerbloom
Blog Posts
Celebrating freedom, in various ways
--This week marks both the anniversary of Canadian confederation (Canada Day, July 1), and the anniversary of American independence (Independence D...
Repositories: What they are, and what we use them for
--(Note: This is the second of an ongoing series of posts on repositories. The first post is here.) The JISC Repositories Support Project defines a d...
Now it’s official
--As I hoped, the good news was announced by Peter Brantley of the Digital Library Federation while I was away in Canada: the recommendations of the ...
A break, and coming attractions
--I’m about to head off to the wilds (okay, the farms) of Saskatchewan to relax with family on a much-welcomed break. I’ve got to the po...
100 years of the first sale doctrine
--On June 1, 1908, 100 years ago today, the US Supreme Court decided Bobbs-Merrill v. Straus, a case that established what would become known as the ...
Views of possible future architectures of cataloging
--PALINET convened a symposium today here in Philadelphia on the future of cataloging. There was a full turnout, with over 150 library professionals ...
An implementation of the DLF’s Basic Discovery Interfaces recommendation
--The DLF’s ILS-Discovery interface recommendation work, which I’ve been leading, continues. We’re now in the process of producing...
Everybody’s repositories (first of a series)
--The library where I work has decided to think long and hard about its digital repository strategy. Your library may be doing this too, or may have...
Acknowledging the public domain
--Many online publishers, particularly those that have been around for a while, now have large quantities of material that is in the public domain. ...
ILS-Discovery interoperation: New recommendation draft, last call for comments
--The new draft of the ILS-Discovery recommendations I mentioned in my last post is now out. You can download it, and read more about it, on our tas...
