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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
OncologySTAT
Oncology by OncologyStat is an experiement by Elsevier to see if they can provide access to scholarly journals for free using an ad-based revenue formula. In addition, they offer many resources for medical staff, patients, and families. The press release … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Medical, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals
Tagged cancer;, healthcare professionals
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LibWorm
LibWorm is a fantastic resource for those who are interested in libraries and blogs. It is a search engine for library-related blog content, drawn from 1400 RSS feeds.
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services, Search, WebSearch
Tagged search engine
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List o’ Library Links
The following links were posted to the Web4Lib listserv by S.Sripriya, a librarian for a dental college in Bangalore. There are quite a few good links, many of them Indian-related, and I thought it was worth it to just post the whole shebang: … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Services
Tagged Bangalore, Congress, France, India, librarian, library network, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Office, National Library of France, New Delhi, Ohio, online library, S.Sripriya, State Library of Ohio, The Library of Congress Office, Web Listing, Web Sites Information
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BookTour
BookTour is a new web site devoted to author readings, signings, etc. It is very flexible, allowing you to search by author, area, and book. It allows you to browse by genre, and even provides a link on the authors … Continue reading
Resignation (not mine, though)
Resignation is a very thought provoking, albeit somewhat depressing, post by Alexander Johannesen on the Shelter It blog. I have been also reading posts by him, very well presented, on the Next Generation Catalog for Libraries (NGC4Lib) listserv (where I found the link for this … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, History, Libraries
Tagged Alexander Johannesen, Google, keyword search
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Changes
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been posting as much over the past few weeks. This is likely to continue, for a couple of reasons: I am becoming more interested in posting less often, perhaps two or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Publishing
Tagged online-interactive-annotated-shared-bookmarks
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AltLaw
AltLaw.org, according to the site, “is a joint project of Columbia Law School’s Program on Law and Technology, and the Silicon Flatirons Program at the University of Colorado Law School.” The site’s purpose: to allow the user to search case … Continue reading
Posted in Government, History, Online Databases, Open Access
Tagged case law, Columbia Law School, U.S. Supreme Court, University of Colorado Law School
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Humor this week
Two random bits of humor injected into libraryland this week: Disco Dancing for Peace in the Biblioblogosphere is a JibJab “Starring You” video created by Michael Porter, a.k.a. Libraryman, featuring himself and Michael Gorman. This week’s Unshelved is merging two … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Online Services, Video
Tagged Mallville Public Library, Michael Gorman, Michael Porter, The Shifted Librarian
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ILS Assessment
ILS Assessment : A Background Document (Pdf) is an excellent overview of the Integrated Library System issues facing libraries today. Created by the Leddy Library at the University of Windsor (Canada), it is their first step towards “evaluating the current … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Software
Tagged Canada, Integrated Library Systems, Leddy Library, University of Windsor
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Texty
Texty is an online editor for creating and editing html. Type (or cut/paste) your content, and Texty generates the html for you. It is a simple, straightforward tool that does one thing very well. Sometimes that is exactly what one … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Web Design
Tagged html, online editor, online editor for creating and editing html, straightforward tool
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Digitized Book of the Week
Digitized Book of the Week is a blog from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library. Each post has a link, along with sample images and descriptions, to books recently digitized within their collection. This week’s book : The Steel … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, History, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Illinois, Steel Tubular Car Company, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign library
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BASE Lab search
BASE Lab is a search site/tool from the Bielenfeld University Library in Germany that has a couple of very interesting features. One feature is that it can translate your search terms into different languages using the Eurovoc thesaurus, and retrieve … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged BASE Lab, Bielenfeld University Library, Germany, search site/tool, search terms, translated search terms, web-based tool
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You got LibraryThing in my Aquabrowser!!!
Aquabrowser will now utilize LibraryThing’s tagging. In case that sentence makes you go “huh?”, follow these links: Aquabrowser Aquabrowser in action LibraryThing LibraryThing in action LibraryThing entry with tags found on ResourceShelf (with some well-phrased questions at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Web Design
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The Right Way to Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles
The Right Way to Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles is the title of a Search Engine Land post by Durova, a Wikipedia administrator. Not only is it an intersting read, it allows one to see how those who help manage Wikipedia view … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Wiki
Tagged Durova, search engine, Wikipedia administrator
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Communication within a Group
Yesterday I wrote a memo that included some thougths about communication in the workplace. One paragraph strikes me as something worth sharing here, with a couple of modifications to let it apply to committees, clubs, etc. “I would work to create … Continue reading
Posted in Groups
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Google Book Search Tips
The University of Michigan Library has posted a five-page handout (pdf) detailing how to effectively use Google Book Search. found on Open Access News
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries
Tagged Google, Michigan Library, the
University of Michigan, the
University of Michigan
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Deceptive Copyright Notices
Deceptive Copyright Notices is a post by Karen Coyle post about those notices that restrict the reader’s/viewer’s rights beyond what is allowable under copyright, and an interesting complaint filed with the FTC. Also included is a neat reversal of the FBI … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Government, Video
Tagged Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal law, Federal Trade Commission, Karen Coyle
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Rethinking the Catalogue
Rethinking the Catalogue (pdf) is a paper that was delivered to the Innovative Ideas Forum in Australia by Alison Dellit and Kent Fitch. It presents another perspective on the state of library catalogues, and how we can go about improving them. from Resource Shelf … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, ILS, Libraries
Tagged Alison Dellit, Australia, Kent Fitch
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Google Code for Educators
Interested in quick and straightforward tutorials for making dynamic websites and such? Check out Google Code for Educators to get a few ideas and examples that you can use to enhance your projects. found on the Official Google Blog
Posted in Google, Tutorials, Web Design
Tagged Google, Official
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