Monthly Archives: August 2010

Five Laws of Library Science (Ebook edition)

Posted on 18 August 2010 by Rick Mason

Andy Woodworth has printed an update of Ranganathan’s Five Laws, only how they relate to Ebooks: Five Laws of Library Science (Ebook edition) Ebooks are for use. Every reader his or her ebook. Every book, any ereader. Save the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Ethics, History, Libraries | Tagged Andy Woodworth, Books, ebooks, Ethics, five laws of library science, Libraries, Ranganathan | 2 Comments

Wikipedia : Lamest Edit Wars

Posted on 16 August 2010 by Rick Mason

From the folks at Open Source Living comes a link to a Wikipedia page about… Wikipedia pages. Specifically the Lamest Edit Wars on Wikipedia pages. The list contains some thought-provoking debates, and some truly trivial arguments. Some highlights of debates … Continue reading →

Posted in Definitions, Humor, Online Services, Wiki | Tagged Entertainment/Culture, Humor, Open Source Living, reference, Technology/Internet, Wiki, Wikipedia | Comments Off

New Hybrid ILS Front End

Posted on 14 August 2010 by Rick Mason

A regional group of public libraries in Antwerp, Belgium have announced a new hybrid OPAC for their library software. They have merged WordPress with AquaBrowser to create a web presence with the capabilities they felt were most important for their … Continue reading →

Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged AquaBrowser;, Blog, Faceted search, ILS, integrated library system, Libraries, Nicole Engard, Online Public-Access Catalog, OPAC, Open Source, Open Source Living, Scriblio, Software, Technology/Internet, VuFind, Web Design, WordPress | Comments Off

Library Staff Using Online Tools

Posted on 11 August 2010 by Rick Mason

WebJunction has posted the survey results for online tool usage by library staff, and a few of the results might surprise: The online tool that has had at least some use by the highest percentage of staff is Online Courses, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Education, Libraries, News, Online Services, Software, Training | Tagged Blogs, Libraries, Library, Listservs, Online Courses, Online social networking, online tools, rural, technology differences, Technology/Internet, urban | 1 Comment

OCLC Questions

Posted on 7 August 2010 by Rick Mason

Jonathan Rochkind at Bibliographic Wilderness weighs in on the OCLC issue, and ultimately asks a lot of significant questions that don’t have easy answers. We all need to be asking significant questions, not only of OCLC, SkyRiver, and III, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Ethics, Groups, History, ILL, ILS, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services | Tagged Cataloging, Ethics, III, Jonathan Rochkind, Libraries, OCLC, Online Services, SkyRiver | Comments Off

Chickens in the Library

Posted on 6 August 2010 by Rick Mason

So, what would you do if live chickens were released in your library? Is this covered in your organization’s disaster plan? If you need to examine another library’s response, review this Shelf Check comic for the following procedure: Alert the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Humor, Libraries, News | Tagged Chicken, Disaster/Accident, Humor, Libraries, News | Comments Off

OCLC’s Response to Lawsuit

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Rick Mason

Just received via OCLC Member Update e-mail: The following statement is from Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO: “On July 29, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed suit against OCLC, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Libraries, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services | Tagged III, Innovative Interfaces Inc, Jay Jordan, Larry Alford, Library automation, OCLC, OCLC Board of Trustees, Online Computer Library Center, SkyRiver, SkyRiver Technology Solutions | Comments Off

Unicorn Validator

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Rick Mason

Unicorn, W3C’s unified validation service, is live. As someone who has found the W3C html, css and feed validators to be valuable tools in web design, the merging of the three tools into one interface is a terrific step. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Library 2.0, News, Online Services, Web Design | Tagged Cascading Style Sheets, html, Markup languages, Technology/Internet, Validator, W3C Markup Validation Service, Web Design, web standards, World Wide Web, World Wide Web Consortium, XML | 1 Comment

Non Words

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Rick Mason

What would you call a collection of non words? That question occurs to me with the news that Oxford University Press has a vault containing millions of “non words” notated on 4″ x 6″ cards. These are the words that … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival, Classification, Definitions, History, Language | Tagged Classification, dictionary, English languages, Language, Linguistics, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS | Comments Off

The Positive No

Posted on 3 August 2010 by Rick Mason

No One Nos : Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas is an article on A List Apart that discusses when and how to address those situations where, for a variety of reasons, your best option is to tell someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Definitions, Ethics, Language, Web Design | Tagged A List Apart, Ethics, Language, No, Web Design, William Ury | Comments Off

One Possible OCLC Solution

Posted on 2 August 2010 by Rick Mason

I am going to be very presumptuous and put forth a possible solution to the OCLC situation. Ready? Divide OCLC in two. One entity, which we will call OCLC.org (just to keep from having to make up some name for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cataloging, Ethics, ILS, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software | Tagged bibliographic services, CONTENTdm, creative commons, ILS, Libraries, Library, Library automation, Library catalog, LibraryThing, News, OCLC, Online Computer Library Center, OpenLibrary, search tools, SkyRiver Communications Inc, Technology/Internet, Web Scale Managment Services, Worldcat | 3 Comments

InfoToday Article on Lawsuit

Posted on 2 August 2010 by Rick Mason

InfoToday has posted a very good overview of the SkyRiver/III/OCLC suit on their website, written by Edward M. Corrado, who also blogs at http://blog.ecorrado.us (I have quoted him on this blog several times, and follow his posts closely). My post … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Ethics, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, Software | Tagged Blog, Edward M. Corrado, Ethics, III, Libraries, OCLC, SkyRiver, Software, technology | Comments Off

Guide to the SkyRiver vs. OCLC Lawsuit

Posted on 1 August 2010 by Rick Mason

Marshall Breeding at LibraryTechnology.org has gathered together resources and information regarding the lawsuit filed by SkyRiver against OCLC: Guide to the SkyRiver vs. OCLC Lawsuit