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Category Archives: Web
Cybersecurity, Usability, Online Privacy, and Digital Surveillance
** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on May. 9, 2016.*** Cybersecurity is an interesting and important topic, one closely connected to those of online privacy and digital surveillance. Many of us know that it is difficult to … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Technology, Usability, user experience, Web
Tagged data security, digital freedom, encryption, Internet, password, soc 2, tor
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Using the Stripe API to Collect Library Fines by Accepting Online Payments
*** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Sep. 10, 2014.*** Recently, my library has been considering accepting library fines via online. Currently, many library fines of a small amount that many people owe are hard to collect. As … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Conference, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged api, library fines, online payment, Stripe
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Query a Google Spreadsheet like a Database with Google Visualization API Query Language
***Â This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Dec. 4, 2013. *** Libraries make much use of spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are easy to create, and most library staff are familiar with how to use them. But they can quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged data, google query language, google visualization api, spreadsheet
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Redesigning the Item Record Summary View in a Library Catalog and a Discovery Interface
***Â This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Oct. 15, 2013. *** A. Oh, the Library Catalog Almost all librarians have a love-hate relationship with their library catalogs (OPAC), which are used by library patrons. Interestingly enough, I … Continue reading
Posted in Usability, user experience, Web
Tagged display, library catalog, search results, ui, web design
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Playing with JavaScript and JQuery – the Ebook link HTML string generator and the EZproxy bookmarklet generator
***This post has been published in ACRL TechConnect on April 8, 2013. *** In this post, I will describe two cases in which I solved a practical problem with a little bit of JavaScript and JQuery. Check them out first … Continue reading
Aaron Swartz and Too-Comfortable Research Libraries
*** This post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Feb. 11, 2013. *** *** Update: Several references and a video added (thanks to Brett Bonfield) on Feb. 21, 2013. *** Who was Aaron Swartz? If you are a … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Research, Technology, Web
Tagged aaron swartz, academic libraries, information, Internet, knowledge, open access, research librareis, web
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More APIs: writing your own code (2)
*** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n October 9, 2012. *** My previous post “The simpest AJAX: writing your own code (1)” discussed a few Javascript and JQuery examples that make the use of the Flickr … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Web
Tagged ajax, api, code year, codeyear, coding, jquery, libcodeyear, pinboard, programming, pubmed, reddit, yahoo pipes
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A bad business model or a savvy market strategy? Thinking like a vendor
I want to talk about an e-book platform called Inkling whose web version is not cross-browser compatible. But what I am really interested to talk about is neither an ebook platform nor its cross-browser support. I am interested in thinking … Continue reading
Posted in e-Book, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged cross-browser support, ebook platform, inking, product, resource, vendor
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The simplest AJAX: writing your own code (1)
*** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n September 12, 2012. *** It has been 8 months since the Code Year project started. Back in January, I have provided some tips. Now I want to check in … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Web
Tagged ajax, code year, codeyear, coding, javascript, jquery, js, libcodeyear, programing, scripting
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The Mobile Web and the Mobile Websites of Libraries
I have given a talk at the 2012 Amigos Online Conference – Access by Touch: Delivering Library Services Through Mobile Technologies last Friday. Thanks to all who attended my session! I won’t be really write any post on my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Technology, Web
Tagged discoverability, mobile websites, the desktop web, the mobile web
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