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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: December 2007
Libraries, Internet, and Generation Y
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a report (Pdf here) that you should read. Really. It will likely challenge assumptions that we make regarding who uses libraries and why. Here are a few of their findings as … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Statistics
Tagged After Work, broadband access, Major, search engine, social networking, wireless access, Work
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Open Source Living
Open Source Living is a directory of open source software. Directories are nothing new, with SourceForge and FreshMeat leading the lists. However, most directories are chock full of software not fully fleshed out, or with so many choices that the … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Open Source, Software
Tagged Open Source Software, source software
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Monopolies, Libraries, and Challenges
A somewhat rambling essay, but one that is important nonetheless: Joe Wilcox has posted an interesting essay at Microsoft Watch regarding Google’s merger with DoubleClick, the internet advertising company. I strongly disagree with some of his interpretations (he tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Libraries, News, OCLC, WebSearch
Tagged Amazon, compliant web site design, DoubleClick, energy, Google, internet advertising, Joe Wilcox, keyword search, Microsoft, natural language search engines, Search, search tools, Web Design
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Humor as a Brainstorming Tool
I have always liked humorous comments during brainstorming sessions – they loosen people up, encourage participation, and sometimes lead to ideas that work. found on MetaFilter
Take a Seat
An interesting video of a graduation project at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Enjoy! found on LISNews
LENS – University of Chicago
LENS is an AquaBrowser online catalog installation at the University of Chicago library that has just gone live, albeit in beta. It is an impressive catalog interface, showing what can be done with our existing cataloging, good software, and an … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged AquaBrowser installation, Chicago library, Congress, Library of Congress Classification, online catalog installation, search results, the
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ReadMe
ReadMe is a wiki containing Ask MetaFilter questions along the lines of “What should I read… ?” This can be a great resource for book clubs, reading groups, and for anyone looking for book recommendations for nearly any topic. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Online Services, Wiki
Tagged Librarian.net, online community, reading
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Code4Lib Journal
Issue 1 of the Code4Lib Journal is now available! The journal is an open-access journal dealing with, well, the more techie aspects of libraries. Even if you aren’t into systems and web coding, you should still look this over. The … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged API, Code4Lib Journal;, creative technical solutions, Integrated Library Systems, koha, Steven Weber, Tom Keays, USD, web coding
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Zotero Commons
Kind of an interesting application of the Zotero add-on for Firefox : the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (no relation 😉 ) and the Internet Archive are working to create a storage for scholarly annotation … Continue reading
The Definite Article
The Definite Article : Acknowledging ‘The’ in Index Entries (pdf) is this years’ winner of the IgNoble Prize in Literature. Note that the banner of their site includes the phrase “Research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK”, and note … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Humor, Libraries, Search
Tagged Inter-Library Loan staff member
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LC and Open Data
Read this post on Thingology, the blog for LibraryThing, then check out the OpenBibliographicData petition on the Open Knowledge Foundation Wiki. If you agree with the petition, I urge you to create an account and add your name to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC, Open Access, Open Source, Wiki
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation
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Zotero program on OPAL
Zotero is a fantastic example of how open source can transform not only software development, but organization of information as well. The potential of this citation management web-browser add-on to transform learning and research is tremendous. If you haven’t tried … Continue reading
Posted in Lecture, Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Chris Strauber, citation management, software development, South Carolina State Library, Web Services, Web Services Librarian, Wofford College
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Two Essays by Eric Lease Morgan
I have run into two essays by Eric Lease Morgan this week that paint an excellent picture of today’s challenges for library technology and possible future solutions within our reach: Catalog Collectivism : XC and the Future of Library Search … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Fair Use, Lecture, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software
Tagged Eric Lease Morgan, Infomotions Inc., library technology, possible future solutions
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FRBR Readings
As a follow-up to the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control report, which discusses Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) quite a bit, I thought I’d pass along a link to a site that not only has the … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries
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Bibliographic Control – first read
I just now finished my first reading of the Draft Report (Pdf) from the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. I will be re-reading parts of it, as there is a great deal to be pondered, but here … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries
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