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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: March 2008
Web 2.0 Tools
Teaching a Dog New Tricks is a post by Michelle Boule on ALA TechSource that contains a great overview of what good Web 2.0 tools have in common.
Announcing Scriblio on Libology
Libology’s Scriblio installation. Scriblio, the open-source Library OPAC that runs on a WordPress installation, has been installed on Libology. Several notes about this software installation: The library catalog contained within this installation of Scriblio is Capital University’s, located in Columbus, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Author, Capital University, Casey Bisson, Columbus, html, installation of Scriblio, Lampson Library, Libology Libology's Scriblio installation, Libology\'s Scriblio installation, Ohio, php, Plymouth State University, Plymouth State University's Lampson Library;, Scriblio, Scriblio installation, software installation, WordPress
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Announcing Libology
And now the announcement I alluded to a couple of weeks ago… Libology.com is a new web site that I have begun work on. The focus of the site is described by its tag line : “Tools and Ideas for … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged library Online Public Access Catalog, library technologies
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BookChaser Editions Lookup
BookChaser Editions Lookup is an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) lookup service with a twist : it obtains information from the amazingISBN, thingISBN and xISBN services and displays them, all for the purpose of letting the user compare and contrast … Continue reading
Posted in Books, OCLC, Online Services, Search
Tagged Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, xISBN
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Better World Books
Better World Books is a for-profit organization that, among other activities, will take a library’s discarded books and either donate them to literacy projects worldwide, or sell them via used book retailers such as Amazon Marketplace. A portion of the … Continue reading
Open Access and Undergraduate Research
A great, thought-provoking post on the OpenStudents blog : Open Access meets Undergrad Research… Please? If I were to be researching a paper on a topic that has a strong open access presence (and the easiest way to see these … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Education, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged instructor, live web connection
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Happy Document Freedom Day!
Its the first annual Document Freedom Day! Document Freedom means open standards and free document formats. Take a few minutes to check out what this means to libraries, society, and to you. For me, well, I have been a fan … Continue reading
The Accidental OPAC Name
Someone at AskMetaFilter has inquired about why so many library OPACs have human names, and Jessamyn has asked for comments, so here is what I posted as a reply: Here’s a story about how one library accidentally gave their OPAC … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries
Tagged George Harrison, staff member, Sun technician
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Planet eBook
There are many ebook web sites; there are many free ebook sites, even. Planet eBook is special, and you should take a look for yourself and see what I mean. They have been around only a few months, their offerings … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged ebook web sites, online core
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If it quacks like a librarian…
This post by The Limnal Librarian is, simply put, a must for everyone to read and understand (even if you don’t agree). I worked in a pharmacy as a technician for 8 years. There were great, and not so great, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Dean Giustini, Director, librarian, Library Journal, pharmacist, technician, The Limnal Librarian, Tim Spaulding
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Google for Non-Profits
Google has packaged many of its tools into an offering for non-profit organizations. If your group has a 501(c)(3) tax status, and is not political or religious in nature, then you most likely qualify. This is fairly neat. I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Google, Groups, Libraries, Online Services, RFS
Tagged communication tools, free advertising, Google, Official, online workspace
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Book Scanning at the Internet Archive
Wired.com has a great set of photographs detailing the process that goes into scanning books for the Internet Archive’s text project. The process isn’t what I envisioned… I expected something that would look like it came from the radiology department … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Open Access, Photography
Tagged Canon EOS, Canon EOS 1D, Canon EOS-5D Digital Camera with 24-105mm Lens, digital cameras, Internet Archive
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BookLamp.org
BookLamp.org is a web 2.0 application that does something new with book recommendations. Their approach is to avoid any book selling sites and focus only on responses from readers. This provides benefits when one thinks about libraries — people often … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Online Services, Statistics, Web Design
Tagged Dark Tower
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Google Books API
This is a few days old, but it is still an important bit of news : Google has opened it’s Application Programming Interface (API) to developers. What this means for libraries is that they now have the potential to link … Continue reading
Sports Illustrated and The Vault
In an article in today’s New York Times about magazines making their backfiles freely available online, there is a discussion about one magazine in particular: Sports Illustrated. Starting this Thursday, March 20th, the entire run of SI will be available … Continue reading
Posted in News, Periodicals
Tagged New York Times, Sports Illustrated;, The Vault;
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LibraryLookup
LibraryLookup is a nifty tool that creates a bookmarklet that automatically searches whatever library catalog you configure it to use. The bookmarklet generator has twenty ILS packages in their list, and they offer to at least attempt to configure others … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged ILS, nifty tool
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MARC Tags and WorldCat Stats
Here are some interesting statistics regarding MARC tag usage in WorldCat records, according to Karen Smith-Yoshimura at OCLC’s RLG Programs: Only 27 tags are used in more than 10% of WorldCat records. 52 tags are are used in 1% to … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged Karen Smith-Yoshimura
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Open Bibliographic Data : The State of Play
Open Bibliographic Data : The State of Play is a post by Rufus Pollock at the Open Knowledge Foundation which examines a variety of sources for cataloging and database information. He makes the observation, which I think is on target, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Copyright, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation, Play Open, Rufus Pollock
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UNdata
UNdata is a search tool for the many informational databases that the United Nations maintains. It is straightforward, easy to use, and effective in attaining what you need. If only the UN as a whole worked so well 😉 via … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Groups, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Statistics, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged search tool, United Nations
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Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0 is the title of the preface, but also a good summary of the overall content, of the current issue of First Monday. Just from a scan of the articles (nope, I haven’t read any of … Continue reading
Posted in Library 2.0, Publishing, Web Design
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