bylr.net » library http://bylr.net/3 "you're at this website. i guarantee it." -dan byler Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 WorldCat library search bookmarklet http://bylr.net/3/2010/02/worldcat-library-search-bookmarklet/ http://bylr.net/3/2010/02/worldcat-library-search-bookmarklet/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:19:45 +0000 Dan Byler http://bylr.net/3/?p=122 For users of WorldCat or Melvyl (their branded search for the UC Berkeley library), the following bookmarklets should come in handy. They do one thing and one thing only: search WorldCat for the selected text.

To install: drag one of the following bookmarks to your bookmarks bar. (You may want to rename it.)

Search on WorldCatSearch on Melvyl

To use: Select some text on a web page, then activate the bookmark to search. That’s it.

]]> http://bylr.net/3/2010/02/worldcat-library-search-bookmarklet/feed/ 0 The University of South Carolina Celebrates the Card Catalog http://bylr.net/3/2009/11/the-university-of-south-carolina-celebrates-the-card-catalog/ http://bylr.net/3/2009/11/the-university-of-south-carolina-celebrates-the-card-catalog/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:12:11 +0000 Dan Byler http://bylr.net/3/?p=102 The University of South Carolina’s library is launching a “year-long series of events honoring the card catalog, its use in the transformation of knowledge, and the people who created and used it”. Events include:

  • a catalog card boat race
  • a catalog card design contest

Perhaps the coolest bit is the widget celebrating different cards:

 

More here.

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