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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Author Archives: Rick Mason
Presidential Primary Results
I am a bit of a political junkie… and it generally won’t spill over onto this blog. However, one resource that I have found very interesting when examining Ohio and New Hampshire results has been Google Maps coverage of the … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Government, Maps, News, Politics
Tagged Google, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, search engine
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Institutional Repositories
If you work at an academic library, especially a school which emphasizes publication, then the issue of Institutional Repositories is critical to understand. Even if you don’t fit the above, these repositories, combined with Open Access, will strongly effect librarianship, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Access, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Charles W. Bailey, de Suite, Eric Lease Morgan, Jr.
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Wikia Launched
Wikia, the search engine designed around the concept of wikis, has been launched in alpha. This means that a) it isn’t going to work as well as anyone wants, and b) no fair comparing it to Google et. al., except … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Search, Web Design, WebSearch, Wiki
Tagged annotated search engine, Google, search engine, search results
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How to be “famous”
I occasionally point out something that Karen Schneider writes, and this post will link to another example of her writing. One of the things I really enjoy about her blog is that she, like Jessamyn (part of my inspiration for … Continue reading
USA.gov Mobile
USA.gov Mobile is a great little search tool for government web pages and toll-free numbers (and it is well designed for your PC, even though it is made for mobile browsers). found via ResourceShelf
Posted in Government, Online Services, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged government web pages, little search tool, United States
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Couch Potato
You have probably noticed the story in the news, but did you know that the winner of the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition is a librarian from Manhattan? from LISNews
Online Book Search – the Present and the Future
I have encountered a few interesting items relating to online, full-text books during the past few days, and thought they would make a good snapshot of where things stand at this time: Google Book Search : the Good, the Bad … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged e-book, Flash memory, founder, Google, Luc Vincent, Michael Hart, OCR, Optical Character Recognition, Owen Stephens, Project Gutenberg
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Calendars for a New Year
Just a couple of sites that feature calendars, since many of us will want/need new ones this week: TimeAndDate.com features resources involving, you guessed it, times and dates. Check out their customized calendar generator at the top of the right … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Open Access
Tagged Alma Swan, Calendar
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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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