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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
Wikipedia of Public Libraries – Presentation
The Wikipedia of Public Libraries : A quickie wiki primer, the PLWiki project, and You (pdf) is a presentation by Andrea Mercado, PLA Blog Manager, on wikis and how they can benefit libraries. It contains a link to a request … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Services, Presenting, Software, Web Design
Tagged Andrea Mercado, Manager, PLA Blog, PLA Blog Manager
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libSite.org
libSite.org is a brand new, as well as fantastic, site for us library folk to visit, contribute to, and benefit from. It is a wiki that is used to let others know of library-related web sites, blogs, and other resources … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services, Search, Web Design
Tagged Leo Klein
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Musical Sites
A couple music-related web sites of interest: LyricWiki is run using MediaWiki, the same software that runs Wikipedia. They describe themselves as “a free site which is a source where anyone can go to get reliable lyrics for any song … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Online Databases, Search
Tagged artist, musician, the Beatles
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Sophie
Sophie is a brand new piece of software from The Institute for the Future of the Book (blog) that may signal one possible direction for written media. When finished (it is Alpha software at the moment, meaning that you should use it … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Institute for the Future of the Book, Sophie
Sophie, Sophie
Sophie, written media
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Copyright Discussion
On Coyle’s InFormation, a blog written by the ever-interesting Karen Coyle, there is a discussion about the transcripts of a Section 108 Study Group meeting hosted by the Library of Congress on the topic of copyright, libraries and digitization. These meetings are happening … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Fair Use, Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals
Tagged Congress, digitization/internet, Karen Coyle, Library of Congress
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ALA Library Salary Database
The Library Salary Database (press release) from the American Library Association is an online database where you can find out what people earn in various library positions at various places in the country. It seems like a good resource, but … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Statistics
Tagged American Library Association, online database, USD
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This site is now naked (’till tomorrow)
Jessamyn points out that today is CSS Naked Day, a day to shut off our CSS style sheets and remind ourselves to keep everything accessible without styes. The site will look fancy again tomorrow!
Two Library Videos
The first, Finding Time in the Penn State Libraries, is an example of what can be very wrong with how our patrons must use our online resources. The second, Mr. Bean: The Library, is an example of what can be very right … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Video
Tagged Bean, Chuck Lockwood
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eAudiobook Subject Sets
NetLibrary has launched what it is calling eAudiobook Subject Sets, which are bundles of downloadable audio books grouped by subject, so that libraries can tailor their purchases to their particular needs. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Audio, Books, Libraries, Online Services
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Transparent Libraries
Introducing the Michaels is a column by Michael Casey and Michael Stephens in the current issue of Library Journal. Read it. Print it out. Leave copies in your break area for co-workers to read. Michael and Michael’s “tenets of the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged Library Journal, Michael Casey, Michael Stephens
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Online Translator
The challenge of finding information in foreign language websites can be daunting. If you need to translate a single page, then Babel Fish or Google Language Tools can help quite a bit. What if you need to navigate throughout a … Continue reading
Google/OCLC news
Big news today in the announcement that Google has acquired OCLC. What will this mean for libraries? The merging of the Google Books Project and Worldcat, for starters. The library blogs are all over this story, so I will simply … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Humor, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged Bush administration, Google, Google Books Project, Library Garden, OCLC, Worldcat
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Libraries at the Cutting Edge
Inside Higher Ed is running a op ed piece by Pamela Snelson, president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) titled Libraries at the Cutting Edge. It is one of the best brief summaries of the value that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries
Tagged Pamela Snelson, president
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Fontification
A couple of font-related items: The SIL Open Font License (OFL) has been updated, primarily to clarify allowed usage such as document embedding (such as Pdf files). Read about it here. (from NewsForge) The Open Font Library is a collection … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Open Source
Tagged Open Font Library, The Open Font Library
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Librarians, Library Staff, and Tech Projects
Jenn Riley recently posted an essay on the TechEssence blog titled Involving more librarians and library staff in technology projects. It is well worth reading, and provokes a couple of thoughs of my own: Every staff member, librarian, and administrator … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Training
Tagged and administrator, good administrator, Jenn Riley, librarian, staff member, technology projects
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Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
This article from Linux.com is a great overview of what it takes to run a digitization project with fragile material and across great distance, as the Library of Congress and Archive.org work together on a project to preserve some of … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Software
Tagged Congress, Library of Congress, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
T, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
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Citizendium is now Beta
The Citizendium project has officially gone into beta (leaving alpha). This means that they are officially open for business, but still working the kinks out of the project. For a good overview of the project’s purpose, this USA Today article … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Search
Tagged USA Today
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Evergreen Update
The latest news from the Evergreen ILS project is that Equinox Software, the support company founded by several of the Evergreen developers, and the King County Library System in Washington state, are teaming up to develop a proof-of-concept installation. This … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Equinox Software, Evergreen ILS, King
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