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Lens @ UChicago

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I was excited to finally get a peek at the University of Chicago Library‘s experimental new search interface for their catalog, which they’ve named Lens.  Basically it’s a souped up or customized version of Aquabrowser.  I have only just started to poke through it but visually and functionally, it looks great.  Those who attend Code4Lib 2008 might get a chance (if the program proposal is approved) to hear Tod Olson @ UChicago and someone from Aquabrowser talk about the work they did with it.

Spring 2007 issue of LIBRA: LIBrary Reports and Announcements

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The latest issue (Spring 2007) of LIBRA: LIBrary Reports and Announcements, is now available. LIBRA is a publication of The University of Chicago Library. I like to read each issue because that helps me keep informed about what’s going on at the place where I spent my formative years as a librarian. The latest issue mentions Chicago’s plans to emulate NCSU’s Endeca-powered online catalog. It also mentions the promotion to a newly defined position of Systems Librarian for Tod Olson, a longtime staff member at Chicago whose significant other is also a librarian and who recently completed his Master’s from UIUC GSLIS, receiving some noteworthy honors in the process. Congratulations to Tod!