This is some code that I've been meaning to make available for public consumption for weeks, but we've been up to our necks with our RFID tender at Huddersfield recently. The basic idea is to convert the XML output of HIP 2 and HIP 3 into a Perl data structure, which you can then use [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2006’
If you build it, will they come?
A couple of weeks ago I added logging to five of our OPAC tweaks to see if they were being used, and also which is the most popular. We're not in a particularly busy period at the University, so I would expect usage to be higher during peak periods. Also, I only logged clicks coming [...]
SirsiDynix Executive Roadshow, Birmingham, UK
Here's a slightly delayed write up for the 2 day Executive Roadshow event at the Crowne Palza, Birmingham. Normally I'd try and blog live but sadly the Crowne Plaza regarded internet access in the hotel rooms (which I'd already paid for) as being something entirely different to wireless access in the rest of the hotel [...]
HIP Tip: changing the timeout
This is in response to an email Anne Barnard posted to the Horizon-L mailing list: I have my global settings session timeout set to 5 minutes, and my search timeout set to 2 minutes. I'm starting to get complaints from remote users that they timeout to quickly. How long are other libraries making their settings? [...]