This photo shows Lynn Barrett (Academic Librarian), Dave Worboys (Academic Librarian), myself, Dave Pattern (Systems Manager), and Graham Stone (Electronic Resources Manager) at the University of Huddersfield.
My 6th visit was to The University of Huddersfield West Yorkshire, England. It has around 20,000 students. The Chancellor is the actor Patrick Stewart, who is originally from Mirfield. See photos of Patrick Stewart opening the refurbished library.
The people here gave us a very hospitable welcome and a great gift pack which included a phrase book for Yorkshire English (very useful) -- thanks for everything.
The library has been extensively refurbished. See photos from 2007 and 2008.
The library provides an "ask a librarian" service (online).
The University of Huddersfield Repository is an electronic archive of the University's research output. See http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/
RSS feeds for this are set up.
The library catalogue is at http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=cls#focus
This is a Sirsi/Dynix Horizon System. You can subsribe to an RSS feed for a particular search. The most popular keywords are displayed in a "tag cloud". There have been various Web 2.0 add ons to the catalogue.
The Library Systems Manager here is Dave Pattern -- He is well respected in the library world. His blog is at http://www.daveyp.com/blog/ -- See his Library 2.0 ideas.
His "published" works included Are you happy with your OPAC
He was also the bass player in a band "The Headmen"
http://www.daveyp.com/blog/archives/category/the-headmen
Needless to say the visit was extremely interesting and provided me with many valuable ideas.
Mick,
ReplyDeleteI like the thought of having an RSS feed for a catalogue search. Very cool idea, This is something we need to investigate. Thanks Bryan
Mick, the library information you supplied was fascinating....well not really, but I don't want to dishearten you.
ReplyDeleteWhat was far more interesting was the Headmen site you linked us to, Now don't get me wrong, they ain't no Dead Livers! However the tracks on their web site are very nice pop, very much like the Feelies or the Dbs from the early 1980s or even the Chills,Lunaor Mojave 3 who are a bit closer to the present day. Good find Mick, sign them to the Dead Livers record label before a major company picks them up!
PS Should I know this Patrick Stewart?
To imabogan -- think startrek
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