Rachel Bruce of JISC and Anne Bell of SCONUL join me in the latest Talking with Talis podcast to discuss the recently published JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study - An Evaluation and horizon scan of the current library management systems and related systems landscape for UK higher education.

We discuss the report, the reasons for commissioning it, how it will inform the on going debate about the future of academic libraries, and how libraries could use it.

 

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During the conversation we reference the following resources:

• JISC
• SCONUL
• JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study [pdf]
• JISC Information Environment
• Libraries of the Future

This conversation was recorded on Friday 9th May  and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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Elaine Fulton Director, Scottish Library and Information Council/CILIP in Scotland is the subject of this Talking with Talis Podcast.

From library assistant in East Kilbride to Director of SLIC, Elaine has had a long career in and around Public Libraries in Scotland. For a significant amount of that time she was associated with library systems, which has been a great help in her current position.

 

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We discuss her career; the role of SLIC/CILIP in Scotland; the differences and advantages of working through the Scottish Government; and past and current SLIC projects.

This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Wednesday 5th March 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

Technorati Tags: Elaine Fulton, Libraries, Scotland, SLIC, CILIP, Talis, Podcast

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In this Talking with Talis podcast episode I am in conversation with Bob McKee, Chief Executive of CILIP - the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the UK.

Bob, a librarian with a long career in public libraries and local government, shares his interesting and entertaining views and opinions about the challenges faced by his organisation and the professionals it supports.

He also discusses his experience of blogging From the Chief Executive’s Desk.

 

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This conversation was recorded on Friday 18th January 2008, on a Mac with Garageband.

Technorati Tags: Bob McKee, CILIP, Libraries, Talking with Talis, Talis

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The subject of this Talking with Talis podcast is Marshall Breeding, of Vanderbilt University. He is well known in the world of Library automation for his conference presentations, writings and, the Library Technology Guides site.

In the latter part of 2007 he conducted a survey of the opinions of libraries, which was published a few days ago.

We discuss the the survey, which attracted some 1,700 responses from 47 countries, the results and what they may be telling us about the current state of library automation.

 

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• Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation
• Libwebcats
• Interactive interface in to Perceptions 2007 results.
• Talis Insight Conference - Marshall’s presentation [November 7th Track 1, 12:30]

This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Thursday 17th January 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

Technorati Tags: Marshall Breeding, Perceptions 2007, ILS, Library, Automation Systems, Talis, Podcast, Talking with Talis

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In this second part of a pair of interviews Richard Wallis, Talis Technology Evangelist, is interviewed by Microsoft Evangelist Jon Udell. Jon, author, information architect, software developer, new media innovator, and Internet commentator, produces the Interviews with Innovators series of podcasts on IT Conversations.

This series of two Talking with Talis conversations is the result of a novel call between Jon and Richard in which they interviewed each other.

In this second episode, Jon interviews Richard about Talis, the Talis Platform, the philosophy behind it.

Richard Wallis is a technology evangelist for Talis, a UK-based provider of library systems which has chosen to base its next-generation platform on semantic web technologies. The company doesn’t talk about its mission in those terms, though. In a white paper, it describes the mission of the new platform as: “Harnessing mass collaboration on a global scale.” As Richard Wallis explains:

“The people who are building real applications, and deriving real benefit, don’t give two hoots about RDF and triple stores. They just want the effects.”

 

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The IT Conversations edit of this conversation is published on their site, in a series of Conversations with Innovators - well worth a listen or two.

In the first episode, in which Richard interviews Jon about his interest in the world of libraries and the LibraryLookup Project. We go on to discuss the place of libraries and librarians with the increasingly interconnected mass publishing environment.

This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Friday 7th December 2007, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

Technorati Tags: Richard Wallis, Jon Udell, Semantic Web, Talis Platform, IT Conversations, Talis

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Departmental right-sizing, transferring functions out of London to Birmingham, placing programs on hold, and even an appearance at a Talis Conference have all been part of Roy Clare’s first 100 days.

The MLA’s enthusiastic new Chief Executive talks with Richard Wallis about the place and purpose of the organization, it’s challenges, and the opportunities for England’s Museums Archives and Libraries. Coming from several years working with biodegrading monuments at the National Maritime Museum, Roy is obviously up for the challenge.

 

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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Tuesday 18th December 2007, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

Technorati Tags: MLA, Roy Clare, Libraries, Talis, Podcasts, Taliking with Talis

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In this first part of a pair of interviews Richard Wallis, Talis Technology Evangelist, interviews Microsoft Evangelist Jon Udell. Jon, author, information architect, software developer, new media innovator, and Internet commentator, also produces the Interviews with Innovators series of podcasts on IT Conversations.

This series of two Talking with Talis conversations is the result of a novel call between Jon and Richard in which they interviewed each other.

In this first episode, Richard interviews Jon about his interest in the world of libraries and the LibraryLookup Project. We go on to discuss the place of libraries and librarians with the increasingly interconnected mass publishing environment.

 

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The second episode, in which Jon interviews Richard about Talis, and the Talis Semantic Web Platform, will be published both by IT Conversations and Talking with Talis.

Technorati Tags: Jon Udell, LibraryLookup, Libraries, Talis, Talis Platform, Podcasting, Podcast

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In this week’s discussion, the recent publishing of the Library Software Manifesto by OCLC’s Roy Tennant is used as a starting point about the state of the relationship between Libraries and Library Software Vendors.  Are the current business models sustainable? How has the emergence of Open Source alternatives effected this? Can improvements to the RFP process be found?

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Participants in this edition of the Library 2.0 gang were:

• John Blyberg - Head of Technology and Digital Initiatives, Darien Library. John blogs at blyberg.net.
• Carl Grant - President, Care Affiliates 
• Jonathan Rochkind - Web Services Software Engineer in the Systems Department, John Hopkins University Libraries. Jonathan blogs at Bibliographic Wilderness.
• Rob Styles - Programme Manager, Data Services, Talis.  Rob’s blog is I Really Don’t Know, he can also be found contributing to Panlibus.
• Roy Tennant - Senior Program Officer, OCLC.
• Richard Wallis - Technology Evangelist, Talis. Richard blogs on Panlibus.

Technorati Tags: Library 2.0 Gang, Talis, Podcast, Podcasting, Library Software, Manifesto, ILS, Vendors

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In this Talking with Talis conversation Emily Lynema and Tito Sierra from North Carolina State University Libraries, talk about the Endeca based OPAC launched nearly two years ago.

We then move on to discuss several of the projects from the Digital Libraries Initiatives Department of NCSU including the Catalog Availability Web Service and CatalogWS.

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Referenced in the conversation:

• Endeca Catalogue
• Endeca
• SRU
• NCIP
• OpenSearch
• DLF
• DLF ILS and Discovery Systems Task-force

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Monday 3rd December 2007, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

Technorati Tags: Emily Lynema, Tito Sierra, NCSU, CatalogWS, Web Services, API, Endeca, Library, Talis, Talking with Talis

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Joshua Ferraro President, Technology for LibLime discusses Open Source library systems in this Talking with Talis podcast.  The Open Source alternative to the traditional model of library system purchase has attracted much interest over recent months.   Joshua dispels a few myths and clarifies what it is like for a library to go OS.

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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Friday 21st September 2007, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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