PLA TechNotes
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PLA TechNotes were short, web-based papers that introduce specific technologies for public librarians.
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Item Open Access Intranets: the Web Inside(Public Library Association, 1999-05-19) DeCandido, GraceAnne A.Item Open Access Metadata: Always More Than You Think(Public Library Association, 1999-06-13) DeCandido, GraceAnne A.Item Open Access Push Technology: Pushed to the Brink(Public Library Association, 1999-08-31) DeCandido, GraceAnne A.The arc of development of push technology has been an interesting one to chart. In 1997, it was the hot topic. In late 1998, it was pretty much trashed as tired, not useful, "a solution in search of a problem." In 1999, push, sometimes under an assumed name, found a place in companies and intranets, having metamorphosed into something people could actually use. Public libraries are beginning to use it too, as we shall see.Item Open Access Digital Disaster Planning: When Bad Things Happen to Good Systems(Public Library Association, 1999-09-30) DeCandido, GraceAnneItem Open Access Unicode: From Chinese to Cherokee; from Kana to Klingon(Public Library Association, 2000-06) DeCandido, GraceAnne A.Item Open Access Plain Facts About Internet Filtering Software(Public Library Association, 2001) DeCandido, GraceAnne A.Item Open Access Client Server Technology(Public Library Association, 2002-02) Boss, Richard W.Client/server technology is the computer architecture used in almost all automated library systems now being offered to libraries.Item Open Access Disaster Planning for Computers and Networks(Public Library Association, 2002-06) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Automated Storage/Retrieval and Return/Sorting Systems(Public Library Association, 2002-06) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Evaluating Electronic Products and Services(Public Library Association, 2003) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Negotiating Contracts with Database Vendors(Public Library Association, 2003-10-23) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Network Management(Public Library Association, 2003-11-06) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Meeting CIPA Requirements with Technology(Public Library Association, 2004-04-14) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Open URL(Public Library Association, 2004-08-24) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Web Services(Public Library Association, 2004-08-25) Boss, Richard W.The term "Web services" describes a standardized way of integrating Web-based applications—including databases, spread sheets, word processing, and communications— using the XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI open standards over the Internet.Item Open Access Library Portals(Public Library Association, 2005-03) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Games in Libraries(Public Library Association, 2005-08-25) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access "Open Source" Integrated Library System Software(Public Library Association, 2005-10-19) Boss, Richard W.A number of public libraries have been investigating “open source” integrated library system software. Their motivations appear to be both financial and a desire to tailor a system to more closely meet their requirements than the commercial product allow.Item Open Access Rethinking Library Statistics in a Changing Environment(Public Library Association, 2006) Boss, Richard W.Item Open Access Virtual Reference(Public Library Association, 2006) Boss, Richard W.