Let’s Drupal with techno-wizard John Cherney!

by John Cherney, Head Librarian / Web Developer, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

At SLA’s Annual Conference in New Orleans this year, open source software was covered in several sessions and was a frequent topic of conversation. With good reason—many information professionals are crossing over into the information technology realm and managing their own websites, blogs, and other tools. Continue Reading

LibraryThing—what’s on your bookshelf?

by John Cherney, Head Librarian / Web Developer, Wisconsin DOT

Do you have a personal book collection you’d like to organize and make searchable with your own meaningful terms and tags? Do you run a small library but have no budget for proprietary library cataloging software, an ILS, or something similar? Are you tired of using Microsoft Access for your library catalog? Would you like to write reviews for the books you’ve read, discuss them with others, and share your work with others who’ve created similar catalogs? Continue Reading

by John Cherney, Head Librarian / Web Developer, Wisconsin DOT

Microsoft Access is a powerful tool and one of its many features is the ability to create a variety of reports. Though Access features different report styles to present database information to customers or clients, the ability to export report data beyond these limited options is perhaps an even stronger feature. Access presents the ability to export report data to Word documents where the information can then be edited and manipulated.

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John Cherney has some comments about spreadsheets

by John Cherney, Head Librarian / Web Developer, Wisconsin DOT

The famous line from the ‘Three Amigos’ occurred just after an intense shootout scene in a local bar. The character, irritated by some comments from one of the bar regulars, decided to silence any other potential comments. After the shooting died down, there was nary a single comment to be heard, and then the famous phrase. Continue Reading