IOLUG Stone Soup
Everyone knows the old folk story of stone soup, how a cleaver person (in some versions it's a man and in others it's a woman), starting with just a stone, manages to get an entire community to pitch in and work together. The result is a delicious soup that everyone shares.That story is the genesis of IOLUG Stone Soup. At the end of the Fall 1998 Program, Catching up is hard to do, attendees gathered back in the main meeting room and shared ideas, interesting web sites, questions and concerns. In this session, attendees were given the opportunity to share their experiences, and everyone benefited.
This page contains just a few of the comments made during the Stone Soup session. Where possible, links have been included. It also includes links to sites mentioned in other sessions during the day, but which were not actually listed in the speaker's handouts.
Enjoy the soup!
Stone Soup Notes from the IOLUG Fall Program, November 13, 1998
Sites mentioned by Dr. Howard Rosenbaum during his talk on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS):
The basic site is: http://webreview.com/
The CSS master list is at: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/guides/style/mastergrid.html
The safe CSS tags are at: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/guides/style/safegrid.html
The unsafe CSS tags are at: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/guides/style/unsafegrid.html
and finally, the citation for the book used in Dr. Rosenbaum's class:
Lie, H.W. and Bos, B. (1997). Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web. Harlow, UK: Addison-Wesley Longman.
Comments/Suggestions from the audience:
One attendee recommend Winbatch, which he found useful recently when converting from DOS to Windows95. Winbatch allows you to do the kinds of things you used to be able to do with batch files, but in Windows. It is available from Wilson WindowWare at http://www.windowware.com/
The Indiana State Library has restarted Indiana Biography Index as web-based index. Newspaper indexes are coming. Check it out at the ISL web site, http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/.
Larry Baerveldt, current IOLUG President, recommended a product called PHP. PHP is a programming language for server-based web applications. For example, PHP can be used to create a web-based interface to a SQL database, or to do server-side client-specific customization. PHP is free and available at http://www.php.net.
Jeff Humphrey, of INCOLSA, recommended a site called Daily Diffs (URL: http://www.dailydiffs.com/), which will track web pages you specify and let you know when they've changed.
OCLC offers free PURL service. Get more information at http://www.purl.oclc.org/.
Sue Goshorn, of Allen County Public Library, recommended a database named TableBase. TableBase is available via Dialog, Dialog OnDisc, DataStar, or on the web at http://www.tablebase.com.
Randi Stocker, of IUPUI, recommended a service called Chemfinder. Chemfinder WebServer provides basic information (including structures) on several thousand compounds. Data is compiled by CambridgeSoft Corp (CS) from a large number of public web sites. It is available at http://chemfinder.camsoft.com/.
Becki Whitaker, IR Specialist at INCOLSA, reminded everyone that INCOLSA does not have to maintain the monthly Dialog fee, therefore enrollees in INCOLSA's group program also will not have to pay it. Contact Becki for more information. Becki also has information on services for conversion of materials from microform to digital format.
