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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Author Archives: Rick Mason
Courseware, Web 2.0 and Libraries
Last September I wrote about Libguides, an online service that creates web 2.0-style offerings for library web sites. I was impressed with the quality of their offerings, but had misgivings about the cost, especially when one considers that a library … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged library web sites, Ohio, online service, online storage, Oregon State University, USD, Utah State University, web developer, web hosting, web presence, Web/Library
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TimesMachine
TimesMachine is a complete, easy to use browser for all New York Times editions between September 18, 1851 (their first date of publication) through December 31, 1922 (the day before copyright still exists). from Metafilter
Posted in Copyright, History, News, Online Services
Tagged New York Times
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Free Online Courses from Great Universities
Free Online Courses from Great Universities is a collection of lecture podcasts organized by topic; organized by Open Culture. found via Open Access News
Posted in Audio, Education, Lecture, Podcast
Tagged Online Courses
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Abandoned Books in Detroit
This is one of those stories that just makes one feel sick to your stomach… the Detroit Public Schools simply abandoned a book depository sometime in the mid 1980s. Twenty years, several fires, and a great deal of weather exposure … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Photography
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Evergreen Acquisitions
Evergreen has announced their progress on their Acquisitions portion of the open-source ils. They are on target to have a functional acquisitions/serials capability by summer! Take a look at their progress, noting that their vanilla interface is only in place … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Evergreen Acquisitions
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Code4lib 2009 may be in Columbus
Columbus is an exciting town when you are interested in libraries. This was driven home by the Code4lib Conference Proposal : Columbus, OH page of Roy Tennant’s website. Take a look, and see if you agree. The Code4Lib Conference has … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Columbus, Ohio, Roy Tennant
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Bibliographic Formats and Standards
Bibliographic Formats and Standards is an OCLC resource that provides information about Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) records. It is geared towards WorldCat records, but should be a great reference for anyone with MARC questions. from Kristen on the SERIALST list
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC
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Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permalink is a service provided by the Library of Congress that allows one to generate links to items in the LC collection by the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN). The format is: http://lccn.loc.gov/99011685 This is similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged Congress, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Control Number, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permal, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permal, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permal, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service, online catalogs
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Are You Prepared?
Today’s horrific news, the campus shootings at Northern Illinois University, has struck fairly close to home for me. Before moving to Columbus, my current residence, I lived in DeKalb for 18 years. I have attended NIU; my former wife was … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News
Tagged Cole Hall, Columbus, DeKalb, Kishwaukee College, Kishwaukee Hospital, Northern Illinois University, Virginia Tech
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Suitcase Libraries
There is a post on LISNews today about “Suitcase Libraries” in South Africa. These are basically small book collections in suitcases which are distributed to preschools to help encourage reading in areas with low literacy. The original article is here. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Promotions
Tagged Lighthouse Service, South Africa
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The Librarian Song
The Librarian Song (YouTube video) is, well, a song… about librarians… specifically about how librarians train users (Show it to them, do it with them, and then the user can do it themself). And above all… it is really funny … Continue reading
Recipes for a 5-Star Library
Recipes for a 5-Star Library is the latest “cookbook” from the MaintainIT project. The cookbooks are pdf files that are free to use The project focuses on public computers in libraries, and their Library Spotlight articles are drawn from real-world … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Publishing, Software, Training
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Paper Use
Remember how, about 10 years ago, the concept of a “paperless office” began to seem like a weird joke? The proliferation of the desktop computer and the ascent of the internet introduced the potential of foregoing paper documents, relying instead … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Humor, Libraries, News, Statistics
Tagged Bernie Sloan, modest printing, New York Times, printing
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Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service
The Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service is something that I have thought would make an interesting business model: take public domain materials and publish them using a print-on-demand service. With the various scanning projects, there are more and more … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service
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SERU Initiative
SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding is an attempt by libraries and publishers alike to break out of the licensing process that many in both camps find problematic. Simply put, it is a straightforward agreement that a particular library subscribes … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals
Tagged National Information Standards Organization
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Day of the Blog
This will be the eighth post today, possibly a record. Not that I was trying… there were just too many interesting bloggable items, and for once there was enough time to post them all. In addition, and the purpose of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged good search tool, keyword search tool, librarian, search box, search tool, web browser
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Speed Writing
A couple of years ago I encountered some type of advertisement for a particular book. I don’t recall what the exact title was, but it was something along the lines of “The 2004 Outlook for Thingamajiggers in the United States.” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged Amazon.com, Author, particular author, Philip M. Parker, the Guardian, United States, USD
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EZProxy Find and Replace
If you don’t like something about one of your web interfaces, and if you are running EZProxy, you can use a “Find and Replace” feature to replace any part of the web page code with whatever you would like in … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, OCLC, Software, Web Design
Tagged library web server, web interfaces, web page code, web server
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Google Apps Team Edition
Google Apps Team Edition is a new permutation of Google Apps (something I have been using a fair amount during the past couple of months) designed for collaborative projects. You need to register using a work or school e-mail address … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Groups, Online Services
Tagged Google, Official
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Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use
Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use is part of the Citizen Media Law Project’s Legal Guide, scheduled to launch later this month. It contains a great introduction/overview of what is allowed and not allowed with copyright. Best of all, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Online Services, Publishing
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