Daily Archives: 22 January 2009

Library Books in your Search Engine

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Rick Mason

Why you can’t find a library book in your search engine is an article in The Guardian.  It is a good overview of the broader issues surrounding the OCLC Licensing problem, and is written for the general reader (i.e. this … Continue reading →

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Open Source Attitudes

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Rick Mason

Karen Coombs has a post on the Library Web Chic blog about getting feedback for a problem she was having with Drupal, an open source content management system. She points out, and rightly so, the fallacies that techies run into … Continue reading →

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Obama at ALA 2005

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Rick Mason

Many people have a memory of the moment they realized that Barack Obama was likely to become president.  For some, the moment came during the primaries, perhaps when they heard the speech he gave after the New Hampshire primary. Others, … Continue reading →

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