Summer has finally arrived. I thought it never would. School has not allowed me time to work on this tutorial/blog but I hope to get back into it this summer. I wanted to post something as I was afraid that Blogger might terminate my account. I am not sure how they deal with inactive accounts but they must clean things up every once in a while. I see that the banner I made for my blog using Blog Banner Generator has disappeared. Not sure what that is about. It has been a long time since this blog was active. Something somewhere must have expired.
One of my concerns with Web 2.0 applications is that one looses control over their content. It ends up saved on someone else's server and is at the mercy of the software developer or the company that supports the application. If the company goes belly up, is bought by another company that decides to sell access, etc. all your work can disappear.
We have been exploring new OPAC software for our library. Many of the companies that are wanting our business are offering web based software. I find the idea disturbing. If we don't/can't pay a yearly fee we loose our OPAC. Some companies are hosting our MARC records too. It makes us too dependent on them. We have no control over costs or our data base. I don't think that I am ready to hand that over to any company no mater how good they are reputed to be.
Friday, May 30, 2008
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