Re: technology demo of Open Library - Now Open!

From: Shieh, Jackie <jshieh_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:20:31 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Thanks for sharing… very exciting, indeed!  Congrats!

 

Regards, 

 

 

--Jackie

 

|Jackie Shieh

|Data Loads & Development

|Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library

|University of Michigan

|920 North University

|Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1205

|Phone: 734.763.6070   FAX: 734.615.5138

|E-mail: JShieh_at_umich.edu

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf

> Of Alexis Rossi

> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:22 PM

> To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu

> Subject: [NGC4LIB] technology demo of Open Library - Now Open!

> 

> Hi all,

> 

> I've seen a couple of people mention on this list that the Internet Archive was cooking up an

> open source catalog project... and now you can see it!

> 

> After months of hard work by a very dedicated group of people, Open Library is now open:

> 

> http://demo.openlibrary.org/

> 

> This is a technology demo, so it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles just yet.  But we're

> looking for help!  If you've got data, we want it!  If you're a programmer interested in

> helping, please let us know!

> 

> We have a series of pages describing our project and goals, a marvelous demo site that shows

> off what we're capable of, and a new series of mailing lists to bring more people into the

> project.

> 

> Please subscribe to the lists that interest you, poke around the site, and let us know what

> you think.

> 

> Thanks!

> 

> Alexis Rossi

> Internet Archive
Received on Tue Jul 17 2007 - 06:13:27 EDT