CRRA Update May June 2013
CRRA Update May/June 2013 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version CRRA Annual Meeting in Chicago – Monday and Tuesday, July 1-2, 2013 ·CRRA is the LEAD STORY in the Cushwa Center’s...
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This is the home page for a mailing list called CRRA-Tech. The Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA) or “Catholic Portal” brings together data and metadata for the purposes of Catholic research...
View Article“Catholic Portal” usability efforts
This page has become the home page for the usability efforts of the “Catholic Portal”. The Digital Access Committee had a conference call on Thursday, May 12. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss...
View ArticleCatholic Comics, Women Poets, Holy Cards, and more in CRRA Member Digital...
Curious about what Catholic resources are available in digital form? Wait no longer - the CRRA has assembled a preliminary listing of full digital content held among 20 of its member institutions....
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CRRA Update Winter 2014
CRRA All Member Annual Meeting at Marquette University on May 7-8, 2014, in Milwaukee. Details are posted to the CRRA News and Events page. In this issue: From the Board: Thanks to our members, by...
View ArticleDuplicate records in the “Catholic Portal”
There is some concern about duplicate records in the “Catholic Portal”, and this posting introduces the topic to a wider audience. The “Catholic Portal” is intended to contain links to and content of a...
View ArticleIndexing PastPerfect metadata for the “Catholic Portal”
Using VuFind’s inherent ability to index OAI metadata, I have successfully been able to index metadata coming from a PastPerfect implementation. Starting somewhere near version 1.2, VuFind supports the...
View ArticlePastPerfect
This posting outlines the possibilities for ingesting PastPerfect content into the “Catholic Portal”. As membership in the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA) grows, so does the number of...
View ArticleCRRA May/June 2011 Update
The May/June 2011 CRRA Update is now available at: http://bit.ly/crra_MayJune2011 In this issue you will find news items regarding: Tom Leonhardt Retires from CRRA Board of Directors and Digital Access...
View ArticleVUFind, version 1.1 or so
I believe I have just finished upgrading the production version of VUFind — the software driving the “Catholic Portal” — to version RC3107 which is somewhere between version 1.1 and 1.2. This upgrade...
View ArticleHow to upgrade VUFind
These are notes (to myself, mostly) on how to upgrade VUFind from a local “sandbox” version to a production version. But they are also documented here, just in case I win the lottery and start enjoying...
View ArticleVUFind and sitemaps
In an effort to improve SEO (search engine optimization) I have done my best to implement sitemaps against the “Catholic Portal’s” VUFind implementation. Sitemaps are XML files listing all the...
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Advancing Catholic Scholarship: A Symposium at Duquesne [call for posters,...
Dear CRRA Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you, members of your staff, students and faculty at your institution to a symposium to be held November 9-10, 2011 at Duquesne University. Invited...
View ArticleProgress with statistics reporting
Progress is being made when it comes to “Catholic Portal” VuFind statistics reporting. Yesterday I broke down and re-wrote my log file import application. Instead of parsing the log, ingesting the...
View ArticleCRRA July/August 2011 Update
The July/August 2011 CRRA Update is now available at: http://bit.ly/crra_JulyAug2011. CRRA Update July/August 2011 We begin a new semester and a month of many welcomes! Join us in welcoming the...
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Archdiocese of Chicago
Last week a number of us visited the archives of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and I went away thoroughly impressed. Fireproof walls and doors. Systematic digitization. The implementation of retention...
View Article“Advancing Catholic Scholarship” Symposium at Duquesne Nov. 9-10
Colleagues, The registration deadline for this CRRA/Duquesne sponsored event is this Friday, October 15, 2011. We are pleased that many of you have already registered for the event and if you have...
View ArticleIndexing EAD files in the “Catholic Portal” with VUFind
This posting describes how EAD files are indexed in the “Catholic Portal” with VUFind. VUFind is a “next-generation library catalog” or “discovery system” application. Its primary purpose is to index...
View ArticleCRRA Update Sept/Oct 2011
CRRA Update September/October 2011 In this update … Highlights from the CRRA Board of Directors Request for Member Feedback: Letter from the Five-Year Strategic Planning Task Force Chair The Catholic...
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VuStuff II: A Travelogue
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011 I had the opportunity to attend and present at the second annual VuStuff meeting held at Falvey Library, Villanova University (Philadelphia). This posting documents my...
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