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Infrastructure for heritage institutions – first results

In July 2019 I published the post Infrastructure for heritage institutions in which I described our planning to realise a “coherent and future proof digital infrastructure” for the Library of the University of Amsterdam. Time to look back: how far have we come? And time to look forward: what’s in […]

February 24, 2020February 25, 2020Data, Infrastructure, Libraryinfrastructure, interoperability, library, library systems, licensing, persistent identifiers

Do we need mobile library services? Not really

Mobile services have to fulfill information needs here and now Like many other libraries, the Library of the University of Amsterdam released a mobile web app this year. For background information about why and how we did it, have a look at the slideshow my colleague Roxana Popistasu […]

December 21, 2010February 14, 2020Libraryapps, augmented reality, catalog, library, library systems, linked data, location aware, location based, mobile, open data, rdf

No future for libraries?

Will library buildings and library catalogs survive the web? Some weeks ago a couple of issues appeared in the twitter/blogosphere (or at least MY twitter/blogoshere) related to the future of the library in this digital era. There was the Espresso book machine that prints books on demand […]

May 24, 2009January 12, 2020Librarycatalog, collection, communities, future, library, next generation, open stack, people