Chronicle
The project’s story, step by step, from the very beginning.
- CH001Chronicle4 min read
Why I started building a new catalogue
Our library’s Aleph catalogue was in place long before I started working here. It has served faithfully for years. But technology and readers’ expectations have moved on. This first, personal article is about that.
- CH002Chronicle3 min read
One link and 6,153 records
Where can a new library system begin? With a simple question: can you take the data from an open catalogue and prepare it for a new application?
- CH003Chronicle2 min read
From a file to a prototype
The archive with 6,153 records was sitting on disk. Next question: what could we build for readers from these fields? The answer was a prototype — a single page you could already search.
- CH004Chronicle2 min read
What remains unsolved
A development journal would be dishonest without this article. Katlog works, but it has known weaknesses, untested features and open questions. Here they all are.
- CH005Chronicle2 min read
How this journal came about
Why write about development when you could just develop? Because the most interesting thing about Katlog isn’t the code but the journey: questions, mistakes, decisions. That journey was worth recording.