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 Infomotions' Musings on Information and Librarianship

This is a collection of the things I've written -- my musings. It includes pre-edited as well as formally published articles, travel logs, descriptions of software applications, and the hand-outs of workshops and presentations. Here is a randomly selected item, and it will change when you reload the page:

• We love databases!
  • Description: The key to virtual libraries is database technology. When it comes to virtual libraries of Internet resources, there are many options. Depending on the size of your collection, consider the use of your existing OPAC software, ROADS, or a microcomputer-based databased application like FileMaker Pro to manage the resources. This column describes approaches to using each of these database technologies to create virtual libraries of Internet resources.
  • Date: 1997-12-12
  • Source: This is a pre-edited edited copy for Eric Lease Morgan, "We Love Databases" Computers In Libraries. 18(2):38-39, Februrary 1998.
  • Subject(s): Filemaker; virtual libraries; ROADS (Resource Organisation And Discovery in Subject-based services); OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogs);
  • URL: http://infomotions.com/musings/virtual-libraries/

My day job resides in an academic environment, and I believe it is my responsibility to act academically. A lot of the time, this means thinking, studying, writing, sharing, and repeating the process. The exciting thing about writing, and while it may sound corny, is it transcends both space and time. It is entirely possible for someone to write something down and have those written words to be communicated to other people on the other side of the world days, weeks, or even years later.

I believe it is important to share one's ideas freely. That is why I have never completely signed away my copyrights and retained the rights to post my articles on my own website. This collection is a manifestation of that idea. I have been practicing "green" open access publishing for more than a dozen years.

To these ends I am sharing the texts in this collection with you. Feel free to use the items in this collection as you see fit, but please don't call the works your own. Place the blame and/or credit where the blame and/or credit is due.

Creator: Eric Lease Morgan <eric_morgan@infomotions.com>
Date created: 2000-06-20
Date updated: 2010-05-01
URL: http://infomotions.com/musings/