Welcome to Talis Library Platform News

The Talis Library Platform News is a newsletter to inform and bring together the community that is forming around The Talis Library Platform. With feature articles about the people behind and the people using the Platform, mixed with introductions to using its services, it is the monthly touch point for innovation and discussion in the world of libraries and the technology they use.

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Current Issue

Issue 9 - April 2008 Australia, New Media Consortium about Horizon Report, The Library 2.0 Gang - Google Book Search, Rob Styles at Code4lib 2008, JISC and The Future of Libraries, Meet the Team - Terry Willan.

Previous Issues

Issue 8 - March 2008 Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Google Book Search API, The Library 2.0 Gang, Mark Leggott Talks with Talis, Meet the API - SPARQL, Worth Watching - Ian Davis, Meet the Team - Adam Edgar.

Issue 7 - February 2008 Open Source Library Systems, Brad Lajeunesse Talks with Talis, Meet the API - SPARQL and new features, Open Acces Archives - Harvard votes, Met the Team - Julian Higman.

Issue 6 - January 2008 LibraryThing partner with Talis, Will 2008 be the year of Semantic Library, Microsoft Evangelist interviews Talis, Meet the Team - Elliot Smith

Issue 5 - December 2007 Ian Corns on Talis Engage, Paul Miller - Open Data Commons License, Meet the API - Facet Browsing, Meet the Team - Ross Singer.

Issue 4 - November 2007 The Autumn Conference Special - Featuring reports from Internet Librarian International in London, PLA in Glasgow, Access 2007 in Victoria, BC, Internet Librarian in Monterey, CA, ICUDL in Pittsburgh, and last but definitely not least Talis Insight 07 which was held in Birmingham, UK. Also in this issue there is an update on the work at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

Issue 3 - September 2007 Rob Styles - Open Data. Featured Developer - Michael Stead, Bolton, Trafford and Wigan Libraries. Ross Singer joins the Talis Team. Meet the API - Augmentation. Meet the Team - Amanda Gaynor, Developer.

Issue 2 - August 2007 Cutting though the Jargon. Featured Developer - Bernd Wunsch, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Meet the API - Item Query. Paul Miller - So What Does This Mean for Union Catalogues? Meet the Team - Senior Tester, Matthew Moran.

Issue 1 - July 2007 An introduction to the Talis Platform by Ian Davis, CTO, Talis. Who Needs Developers? asks Richard Wallis. Building a Union - A Coffee Time Exercise? Featured Developer - Ros Singer, Georgia Tech. Meet the API. Meet the Team - Nadeem Shabir. Openness and Sharing in action - Grant White, Talis.

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