As part of the JISC Summon 4 HN project, we'll be releasing some chunks of code that I've knocked together for our Summon implementation at Huddersfield. The code will cover these areas: updating Summon with MARC record additions, updates and deletions from Horizon providing live availability information from Horizon without resorting to screen-scraping the OPAC [...]
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Here comes Summ(er|on)
It's probably a sign of getting old and decrepit, but this year has just flown by – it doesn't seem like two minutes since we kicked off our implementation of Serials Solutions' Summon and now it's gone fully live (it actually went fully live halfway through the Mashed Library event we ran the other week). The [...]
Non/low library usage and final grades
Whilst chatting to one of the delegates at yesterday's "Gaining business intelligence from user activity data" event (my Powerpoint slides can be grabbed from here) about non & low-usage of library services/resources, I began wondering how that relates to final grades. In the previous blog post, we've seen that there appears to be evidence of [...]
Library usage and final grades
It's high time I started blogging again, so let's start off with something that my colleagues in the library have been talking about at recent conferences — the link between the usage of library services and the final academic grades achieved by students. As a bit of background to this, it's probably worth mentioning that [...]
ILI 2009 Presentation
I really struggled to shoehorn everything I wanted to talk about during my ILI 2009 presentation into the slides, so this blog post goes into a bit more depth than I'll probably talk about… slide 1 & 2 I'm still in two minds about whether or not the word "exploit" has too many negative connotations, [...]
Simple API for JISC MOSAIC Project Developer Competition data
For those of you interested in the developer competition being run by the JISC MOSAIC Project, I've put together a quick & dirty API for the available data sets. If it's easier for you, you can use this API to develop your competition entry rather than working with the entire downloaded data set. edit (31/Jul/2009): [...]
Peaks and troughs in borrowing
A good couple of years ago, I blogged about "lending paths", but we've not really progressed things any further since then. I still like the idea that you can somehow predict books that people might/should borrow and also when you might get a sudden rush of demand on a particular title. Anyway, whilst heading back [...]
Library Refurbishment — Year 3 of 3
It doesn't seem two minutes since the library refurbisment started, but we're now into the final year of the project. This time, it's floors 2 and 3 that are getting the treatment. I'll be snapping some shots of floor 2 tomorrow, but here's some from (the now closed) floor 3…
Quick plug: CILIP U&CR Y&H Open Source event
Just a quick plug to say that there are still spaces available at the "Open Source: Free Speech, Free Beer and Free Kittens!" event at Hudderfield on Friday 26th June. Full details and a link to the booking form are available on the CILIP University College and Research Group web site. Speakers at the event [...]
Web service for the free book usage data
I've been meaning to get around to adding a web service front end on to the book usage data that we released in December for ages. So, better late than never, here it is! It's not the fastest bit of code I've ever written, but (if there's enough interest) I could speed it up. The [...]