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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Monthly Archives: September 2007
LibGuides
(Note regarding this post: When you read this post, be sure to read the comments as well. I did not state my case as well as I should, and end up sounding as though I don’t feel that LibGuides has as much value for libraries as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged 2.0 technology, annual web hosting fee, blog
software, consultant, content management system, e-mail management, Facebook, few built-in tools, hosted web server, hosted web service, Instant Messaging, paid solutions, search pages, shared group calendar software, USD, virtual server, web design instructors, web presence, web server, XML
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Open Access Calendar
The 2008 Open Access Calendar (Pdf), created by Alma Swan (her blog is here), is available for download. Although the calendar is not set in the familiar 7×4 (or 5) grid, it looks fantastic. If there is enough interest, they may do a print run of the … Continue reading
isbndb.com
isbndb.com is one of several websites that allow you to search for books by isbn, as well as the usual title/author/keyword searching. Give it a try: grab a nearby book (if you are like me, there are quite a few … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Author, Dewey, General, Karen Coyle, online retailers
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GRDDL
GRDDL, a new recommendation from the W3C, is short for “Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages”, a means by which software can extract semantic information from a variety of web pages. In other words, rather than having to rely … Continue reading
New York Times free for all
This seems to be fresh news, in that I can only find it on two sites: The New York Times is opening their web content to everyone, eliminating the subscription model that has existed for years. Not a bad piece … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Design
Tagged New York Times, The New York Times, web content
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Informal Organization
The Streetwise (pdf) column in the September 2007 issue of Strategic Finance contains a summary of a report titled “The Informal Organization”. The focus of the report is that formal management structures are not how organizations actually work. Informal organization, … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Periodicals
Tagged Alexandra Corriveau, Informal Organization, The
Streetwise;
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Writing, and finding time
Writing at Five Miles per Hour is a post by the always interesting Karen G. Schneider. Reading it makes me feel as though I have been given a glimpse at a piece of my future. Let me explain: in writing, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Publishing
Tagged energy, Karen G. Schneider
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OpenOffice.org vs. MS Office 2007
Office Software Shootout is an article/post on Linux.com that compares the latest versions of OpenOffice.org Writer (2.3) and MS Office Word (2007) across several categories. The result? Each program has strengths and weaknesses, but the reviewer concludes that OpenOffice.org comes … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software
Tagged Linux, Linux.com, Linux.com;, Microsoft, Public relations, writer
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Unshelved 2K
Unshelved, the web comic based in the fictional Mallville Public Library, just published its 2,000th comic! By the way, we all know the comic isn’t fiction, don’t we? They have cameras and microphones hidden somewhere in each of our libraries. You just can’t make this … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, News
Tagged Mallville Public Library, web comic
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OncologySTAT
Oncology by OncologyStat is an experiement by Elsevier to see if they can provide access to scholarly journals for free using an ad-based revenue formula. In addition, they offer many resources for medical staff, patients, and families. The press release … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Medical, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals
Tagged cancer;, healthcare professionals
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LibWorm
LibWorm is a fantastic resource for those who are interested in libraries and blogs. It is a search engine for library-related blog content, drawn from 1400 RSS feeds.
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services, Search, WebSearch
Tagged search engine
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List o’ Library Links
The following links were posted to the Web4Lib listserv by S.Sripriya, a librarian for a dental college in Bangalore. There are quite a few good links, many of them Indian-related, and I thought it was worth it to just post the whole shebang: … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Services
Tagged Bangalore, Congress, France, India, librarian, library network, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Office, National Library of France, New Delhi, Ohio, online library, S.Sripriya, State Library of Ohio, The Library of Congress Office, Web Listing, Web Sites Information
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