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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Author Archives: Rick Mason
Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project is a Canadian research initiative started nine years ago in order to develop “free, open source software for the management, publishing, and indexing of journals and conferences.” In doing so, they have found themselves at the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals
Tagged IT Manager, IT Manager's Journal;, Open Source Software
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Elsevier and the arms business
Reed Elsevier, the European publishing corporation behind over 15,000 journals, is being challenged by one of them, The Lancet, in regards to its commercial involvement in the arms trade. This connects to libraries in several ways: subscriptions to many print … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Medical, News, Periodicals, Politics
Tagged Elsevier, Endeavor, Forbes;, online access, owner, Reed Elsevier, United Kingdom
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National Security Letter Gag Order
An article titled “My National Security Letter Gag Order” appears in today’s Washington Post, and although it isn’t written by a librarian, it puts a face on what being served a National Security Letter might be like. I am not … Continue reading
Posted in Government, News
Tagged librarian, Washington Post
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Wikipedia vs. Citizendium
In the Citizendium Blog, there is a very good, concise post detailing how Wikipedia and Citizendium compare and contrast. from Open Access News
Posted in Blogs, Online Databases, Open Access
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The queer, the quaint, the quizzical
The queer, the quaint, the quizzical; a cabinet for the curious is an online version of a book published in 1882. It is interestingly like a blog: short entries on a variety of topics, many of them oddities. Want to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Open Access
Tagged online version
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My non-library blog reads
Through Karen Schneider’s blog, I have been pseudo-assigned to post 5 non-library blogs that I read. Here they are, in alphabetical order (hey, I work in a library… feel lucky I didn’t classify them via LC or Dewey): A List … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, fiveblogs
Tagged Alabama, btw, Hilary Rodham, Karen Schneider, Robert Reich, The Liminal Librarian, web design information
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Bacon as a Bookmark
Bacon as a Bookmark? Librarians Tell All is the title of Mike Hardin’s column in today’s Columbus Dispatch. He details various objects found inside returned library books, as described by Columbus area librarians. The “cat in the bookdrop” library happens to be located … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Libraries, News
Tagged Columbus, Columbus Dispatch, Illinois, librarian, Mike Hardin
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USGS Land Cover Database
It’s not at the “web-based, jump in – the water’s fine” stage (though they indicate that they are working towards this), but the United States Geologic Service (USGS) has developed a National Land Cover Database from 2001 LandSat imagery. This … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Maps, Online Databases, Space
Tagged United States Geologic Service
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Second Thoughts on Google Library Project?
Peter Brantley is the Director of Digital Library Technologies for the California Digital Library (note that the blog that I reference has a different title, but I suspect that they are combining his current employer and a previous title, based … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries
Tagged California Digital Library, Digital Library Technologies, Director, Google, Peter Brantley
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ERIC links to libraries via WorldCat
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) search tool has added a “Find in a library” link to many of their search results, which will open WorldCat in a new browser window with detail on which libraries in your area subscribe … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals, Search, Web Design
Tagged Education Resources Information Center, search results, search tool
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Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data meeting summary
The official summary of the Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data meeting held by the Library of Congress at Google’s headquarters last week has been posted. Karen Coyle’s blog has her notes from the meetings. from Coyle’s InFormation and Catalogablog
Posted in Google, Government, Libraries
Tagged Congress, Google, Karen Coyle, Library of Congress
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New York Times – TimesSelect for free*
The New York Times is offering it’s TimesSelect service for free – if you register with an .edu e-mail address. You can register here. from Web4Lib post
Posted in Education, News, Periodicals
Tagged New York Times, The New York Times, TimesSelect, TimesSelect service
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Copyright Chaos
Lawrence Lessig has an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times called “Make Way for Copyright Chaos“, which discusses a shift towards the courts when interpreting copyright law. from ©ollectanea
Posted in Copyright, Government, News, Politics
Tagged copyright law, Lawrence Lessig, New York Times
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Support Staff Salaries
Here is some information on the salaries of non-MLS positions within libraries: Salaries of Staff Working in Archives (pdf) Non-MLS Salaries in Public Libraries (pdf) Note that the second link focuses on how the non-MLS salaries are catching up to … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
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Library Cryptography
Kind of an interesting news story that, in the end, leads to a library-related conclusion. James Randi, the well-known challenger of psychics, has an item placed in a locker, and has offered a million dollars to the person who can … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, News
Tagged Acquisitions Librarian, Cryptography, James Randi, Mary Ann, Matt Blaze, USD
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Copyright Resources on the Web
Copyright Resources on the Web is an excellent and very comprehensive collection of links to, whaddayaknow, copyright resources on the web. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Copyright, Education, Libraries, Open Access, Training, Tutorials
Tagged Web
Copyright Resources, Web
Copyright Resources
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Libraries, Religion, and the Supremes???
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has declined to revisit the question of church services in library meeting rooms (see my earlier post here), and the case is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Will it … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News
Tagged church services, U.S. Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals
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The Machine is Using Us (final version)
When the draft version of this video was posted 6 weeks ago, it didn’t quite seem “library” enough at the time. Live and learn… the more I think about it, the more relevant it seems. The final version of Web … Continue reading
FreeBase
Freebase is (or will be, if you are like me and waiting for an invite) an online behemoth of a database. Imagine taking Wikipedia and having users create links to related information, so that you can tap into the information … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Web Design
Tagged New York Times, online behemoth
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