Libraries Australia online social network

There is a new social network out there ... and it is library orientated! Libraries Australia has started a new social network and it is free for you to join. Libraries Interact : blog central for Australian libraries (another interesting library blog) states ...

Are you interested in promoting discussion about Libraries Australia? Do you often find you have an idea about Libraries Australia that you would like to share with your colleagues? Do you enjoy participating in online library communities?

Libraries Australia has launched a social network using the Ning Platform and is extending an invitation to its members to help build a body of content of interest to all members. Some topics of interest to Libraries Australia users are already there just waiting for your input - the Future of the Libraries Australia Forum, the LAAC papers, MARC nitty-gritty and Search Tips to name a few. Any Libraries Australia subscriber can propose new topics.

If you are interested in joining, please visit the Libraries Interact blog, and follow the instructions to join.

Tagtables updated to add extra coding for tag 099

On some imported Libraries Australia (LA) records there is tag 099 with the Indicator 1 (I1) set as 5, and a LA number in the a subfield. This LA number is an old number from when LA records have been merged.

The cataloguing tagtables have been updated to reflect this additional information. Please go to the LRSN home page to download the updated set of tagtables.

‡biblios.net: open source community cataloging gets busy

There is a post in Librarianinblack.net concerning Biblios.net which is "a web-based original and copy cataloging tool with built in federated search of any Z39.50 target (via an integrated search registry with over 2000 targets - or by adding your own) and a large (30 million strong) shared database of catalog records." Check it out.