12
Oct

No, Libraries cannot be Netflix

Library Renewal asks a provocative question in their post responding to the recent UCLA case regarding streaming of DVDs: If streaming isn’t copying, can libraries be Netflix?  It’s a question that I’d bet many libraries would love to have answered in the affirmative.  But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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10
Oct

Introducing “Library Custom Post Types”, a WordPress Plugin Pack

With the proliferation of custom content types sprouting in a variety of WordPress projects these days I thought it would be an interesting side-project to create a pack of custom post types meant solely for libraries.  So, three custom post types have been created and packaged into one handy plugin pack.  Check out  “Library Custom [...]

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03
Oct

Watch Out for Welcome Pack 3.0

The great Paul Gibbs (@pgibbs / BYOTOS), BuddyPress core developer and plugin developer, is working on an update to his Welcome Pack plugin for BuddyPress with a nifty new administrative layout, message creator, and HTML e-mails.  I really appreciate his use of the native WordPress UI.  I’ve used his current version minimally in other projects [...]

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