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Name of Your Library:: Muhlenberg County Public Libraries

About Me:: I'm a newly hired Tech Sys Admin at the Muhlenberg County Public Libraries in Kentucky. Aside from technology, my hobbies/loves include geek culture (comics, video games, movies) as well as music.

In my spare time I do a bit of freelance journalism for LEO Weekly (leoweekly.com), Buzzgrinder (Buzzgrinder.com) and Infuze Magazine (infuzemag.com).

Anyone who could offer advice relating to Unicorn would be much appreciated.

Library Website:: http://buzzgrinder.com

Blog:: http://wesleythomas.wordpress.com

What is Your Interest in Library 2.0 (not yes or no): Trying to assist my library in all things tech.

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I elected to go through a reseller we've worked with on several occasions in lieu of having to haggle with Dell, HP, etc. Here's what we managed to get.

Dell Vostro 1500
2 gig RAM
1.60 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated Video Ram

All that for $1200 bucks a machine. I ended up well below my budget and managed to get a killer system. For the past week I've been getting updates, installing new sof… Continue

Posted on September 13, 2007 at 4:56pm —

In Search of a new ILS Vol. 1

We had a meeting with a rep from Polaris today. He, of course, made the product sound quite wonderful. We currently have plans to migrate to SirsiDynix's Rome, but our director wanted to meet with other companies before doing so.

One thing I really dislike about Unicorn, our current ILS, is the difficulty in customizing the OPAC. Even minor changes require skill with UNIX code, which I do not have. Polaris' OPAC allows editing in HTML! So practical, I'm really suprised Sirsi hasn't ado… Continue

Posted on August 22, 2007 at 11:05am —

Laptop Love

Yesterday I was instructed to begin shopping for 9 laptops; 8 for a lab, one for myself. I'm currently surfing the web for good deals but have yet to find anything substantial. I have a few specs (15" display, at least 2 usb ports, wireless card, MS office), and told to not go to Best Buy. Best Buy has a bad reputation from the general public, but I've found if you know how to cut through the salesman crap it's not so bad.

I have an HP laptop I really like, It's probably my favorite br… Continue

Posted on August 3, 2007 at 10:34am — 2 Comments

A whole new world ...

I started work at my local library on July 5. Up until then, I updated a website for a local jewelry business known as House Of Onyx, INC. This job has quite a bit more responsibility and things to learn than my previous one.

One thing I'm attempting to master is SirsiDynix's Unicorn. I've learned quite a bit about it, but there are a few things that I still need to acquire more knowledge on. One thing I'm going to attempt is customizing our library's iBistro OPAC. I wish the program's… Continue

Posted on July 26, 2007 at 4:42pm — 2 Comments

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At 12:08am on May 25, 2009, Mike McQueen said…: Hi Wesley,
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.

Sincerely,
Mike McQueen

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At 5:59pm on July 30, 2007, Michelle McLean said…: Wesley, I think its a bit of Unix programming, just from what I remember. It will be a bit easier because you know some html, but its not easy.