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		<title>KohaCon 2012: open source, community and the LMS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koha is an increasingly popular open source Library Management System (or Integrated Library System if you prefer) and KohaCon 12 was held at the University of Edinburgh from the 05 &#8211; 07 June, with an additional 2 day hackfest immediately following. This was a great event, jam-packed with information for both seasoned Koha users and &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/kohacon-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=1407&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#MMIT2012 presentation &#8211; Paradigm shift: A slate of new automation platforms address current and future library realities</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/mmit2012-presentation-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The slides from Marshall Breeding&#8217;s MMIT 2012 conference presentation, Paradigm Shift: A Slate of New Automation Platforms address Current and Future Library Realities (ppt),  are now available. Marshall Breeding is the Director for Innovative Technology and Research @ Vanderbilt University and Editor of Library Technology Guides. Abstract: The operations of libraries focus on ever increasing proportions &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/mmit2012-presentation-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=1353&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source news: FOSS4LIB launch and more</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/open-source-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, LYRASIS Technology Services  launched FOSS4LIB.org, a website to provide guidance to the library community about free/open source software (FOSS). The site already hosts an impressive registry of open source software as well as &#8216;decision-making tools&#8216; to help when considering making the move away from proprietary software.There&#8217;s more content being added all the time &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/open-source-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=1219&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the CMSs: Drupal for libraries</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/battle-of-the-cmss-drupal-for-libraries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of our Battle of the Content Management Systems series, looking at library-specific tools and implementations of CMSs. You can catch up with part one, WordPress plugins and tools. While WordPress offers a welcome simplicity in both setup and management, Drupal throws simplicity to the wind and offers instead a ridiculous level &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/battle-of-the-cmss-drupal-for-libraries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=1153&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About the Koha decision, open source and trademarks</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/about-the-koha-trademark-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen the tweets or emails circulating asking for help for the Horowhenua Library Trust as they fight to keep the right to use the name &#8216;Koha&#8217; for the library system they developed and have worked on for the past 12 years. Koha is a Te Reo Maori word which you can read &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/about-the-koha-trademark-decision/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=1138&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nice ideas for the future of library catalogue design</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/nice-ideas-for-the-future-of-library-catalogue-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 10:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Gizmodo have been highlighting the awesome web design of Bret Victor on his website, Worrydream.com. Particularly worth checking out for those in the library world is the Interactive Library prototype. Hopefully this is the type of thing we&#8217;ll start to see reflected in library website design in the near future.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=836&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Koha 3.4.0 &#8211; major upgrade for Koha open source library software</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/koha-3-4-0-major-upgrade-for-koha-open-source-library-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new major release of the Koha open source library management system is now available. Koha 3.4.0 includes some pretty major changes to the underlying architecture with a shift to Template::Toolkit for templating and a range of new features &#8212; including some pretty exciting updates for the OPAC. You can read more about this version &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/koha-3-4-0-major-upgrade-for-koha-open-source-library-software/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=807&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grant awarded for eXtensible Catalog Organization Metadata Services Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/grant-for-metadata-services-toolkit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eXtensible Catalog Organization (XCO) has announced a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to further develop the Metadata Services Toolkit (MST). The foundation awarded $100,000 to the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) at the University of Illinois to continue work on  the MST. eXtensible Catalog is a collection of &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/grant-for-metadata-services-toolkit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=803&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VuFind 1.1 released</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/vufind-1-1-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new version of the VuFind library resource portal, is now available. This latest release comes with improved support for non-MARC metadata, autosuggesters, snippets, keyword highlighting, expanded OAI-PMH and RSS output, book previews through Google Books/OpenLibrary/Hathi Trust, more powerful favorite list management and a bunch of other new features and improvements. For more information about this &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/vufind-1-1-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=789&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New collaborative “Omeka + Neatline” initiative announced</title>
		<link>http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/omeka-new-collaboration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katelomax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admit I&#8217;m a bit of an Omeka fangirl, but it&#8217;s great to see the news about their new “Omeka + Neatline” initiative. This project will explore &#8216;geospatial and temporal visualisations of archival collections&#8217; and follows on from other positive news from the last 12 months such as the roll-out of Omeka version 1.3, new &#8230; <a href="http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/omeka-new-collaboration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mmitblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10422491&#038;post=761&#038;subd=mmitblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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