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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
WorldCat Identities
WorldCat Identities is a beta site (don’t web tools all seem to be, anymore? perhaps a good thing, as continual tweaking is good for the soul, as well as a service) that is a focused search tool for authors. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Web Design
Tagged beta site, search tool
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The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism
I read The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism, posted on Harpers.org a couple of days ago, and am still thinking about it a great deal. It is hard to describe the essay without spoiling the impact for the reader, but … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Open Access
Tagged copyright law
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March of the Librarians
March of the Librarians, by Nick Baker, is a fantastic parody of March of the Penguins, set in the environs of Seattle during the ALA Midwinter last month. It brings back memories of Chicago 2005 (the last ALA I attended).
Posted in Conferences, Humor, Libraries
Tagged Chicago, Seattle
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Get your motor runnin’…
Where can us library types get our temporary tattoo fix? No need to head out on that highway, just take a gander at Archie McFee! Could be a good promotional idea for a library…. from Librarian.net
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Promotions
Tagged Archie McFee, Librarian.net
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Blue Books
Wouldn’t it be nice if there existed a web page containing links to all the Blue Books for the states? There are two: ALA’s GODORT Wiki Bradley University’s Wiki If you look under the history tab for each of the … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, Periodicals, Politics, Statistics
Tagged Bradley University, web page containing
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Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto
From Library 2.0: An Academic’s Perspective, the Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto. I hesitate to jump on anything that is labeled with the “2.0” label, but this has some good reminders of how to serve our patrons. Many of the items are … Continue reading
Phone Resources
Here are links to some interesting telephone number lookup services: Fone Finder Phone Validator World Telephone Numbering Guide from ResourceShelf
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Search
Tagged telephone number lookup services
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Programming on a budget
Coming on the heels of my previous post is an article about just the sort of creativity I referred to, although it deals with programming rather than marketing. Isn’t it better to get attention from activities than simply promoting, though? … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Promotions
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Marketing your Academic Library
ALA’s ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) has posted an interesting article called “Developing a long-range and outreach plan for your academic library: The need for a marketing outreach plan“. It describes a series of promotional activities to market … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Promotions, Training, Web Design
Tagged College & Research Libraries;, e-newsletter, USD, Web hosting services
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Google Scholar Citations
Apparently this has been around for a while, but there is a nifty feature in Google Scholar that is turned off by default. If you follow the Scholar preferences link, you can find an option to export citations into one … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Google, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals, Search, WebSearch
Tagged citation management software, Google, librarian
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LibraryFind
Wow… library blog land is abuzz tonight with the release of LibraryFind… and it does look fantastic! It is an open source federated search engine that is fully customizable, and the price is right. Check out the Oregon State University … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged One Big Library, Oregon State University, search engine
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Psychic Whois
With a name like that, it could be many wacky things, but Psychic Whois is simply a Whois lookup with an auto-complete feature. Nifty if you are looking to create a new website and need a URL. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Online Services, Search, Web Design
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Digital Abe
Digital versions of books by and about Abraham Lincoln, brought to you by the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and the Open Content Alliance. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Books, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Politics
Tagged Abe
Digital, Abe
Digital, Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Open Content Alliance, University of Illinois
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Usability in the Library
Usability in the Library is a web site created by the University of Michigan that contains a smorgasbord of links and references relating to, you guessed rightly, usability in the library. I especially liked the Resources section of their site … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged Michigan, the
University of Michigan, the
University of Michigan, web-based resources
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Google’s Moon Shot
Google’s Moon Shot is the title of an article in the current New Yorker magazine. The title refers to a quote that likens the Google Book Project to Nasa’s Project Apollo. Quite a bit of interest in this article, including … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Google, Libraries, Search, Space, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Moon Shot
Google, Moon Shot
Google, Moon Shot, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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RSS for Anything
RSS just became a bit more universal with Page2RSS. Simply put, they allow you to enter a URL, and they will generate a feed for your RSS reader whenever the site changes; it doesn’t matter whether or not the site … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Web Design
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Weed of the Month club
Weed of the Month doesn’t have anything to do with gardening (although that topic is covered) but with weeding library materials. Organized by Dewey Decimal Classification, it is an excellent overview of de-selection issues by topic area. from Catalogablog
Posted in Books, Libraries, Training
Tagged Dewey Decimal Classification, Month club
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Orphan works remain orphaned
I think we are now in a position where a re-examination of copyright law needs to take place. If the current law cannot allow for orphan works to be used through some process (what we have now is a Catch-22), … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, News
Tagged congress revisiting copyright law, copyright law, media corporations
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Libraries and Open Source Software
Libraries facilitate open access to information with open source software is an interesting article posted on Linux.com. I have opened my Open Source Software and Libraries with the same observation that the open source movement and libraries share many of … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Presenting, Software
Tagged Linux, Linux.com;, Open Source Software, source software
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U.S. Schools Search
As part of their real estate search area, Yahoo has debuted a School Search feature that provides information and reports on schools throughout the country. from Search Engine Land
Posted in Education, Maps, Search, WebSearch
Tagged real estate search area, search engine, Yahoo
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