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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
Librarian Central
Google Librarian Central is a blog created by the Google team that is meant to be an open, interactive means of providing information to those of us in LibraryLand. from Search Engine Land
Posted in Google, Libraries
Tagged Google, Librarian Central Google Librarian, search engine
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Link Evaluator
Link Evaluator is a Firefox extension (now being called “add-ons”) provided by OCLC that, as the name suggests, evaluates the links on a web page using a color-coded system. from Catalogablog
Posted in OCLC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
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Intergovernmental Organizations Search
David Oldenkamp of Indiana University has put together a Google Custom Search (see my post here) called International Documents that searches selected Intergovernmental Organization’s (IGO) web sites. Very handy when you need that type of information. Someone ought to collect … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Government, Libraries, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged David Oldenkamp, Google, Indiana University, Intergovernmental Organization, James Jacobs
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2006 ECAR study released
The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2006 (3MB Pdf here), the third annual report, has been released. These have been very informative reports, containing information on a broad range of student/IT interactions. thanks to Bill Drew for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Software, Statistics
Tagged Bill Drew, Information Technology
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Public Libraries as Economic Benefactor
A new report by the Urban Institute, Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development (Pdf), details the ways that an active and involved public library benefits local economies. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Libraries, News
Tagged Urban Institute
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Universal Author Identifier System
The purpose of this proposal is to provide the means to differentiate between authors with the same or similar names. One thing I really like about it is that it would be able to be updated and maintained by authors, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals
Tagged Universal Author
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LibraryVideos blog
LibraryVideos blog is just what it sounds like: a blog devoted to videos related to libraries. from BiblioTech Web
FirstGov.gov is now USA.gov
Time to change your links… the site formerly known as FirstGov.gov is now USA.gov. The search page is USASearch.gov. Easier for people to remember, once they get used to the change! from ResourceShelf
Posted in Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Governor, search page, United States
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Reference Librarian as Technology Mediator
This article’s abstract: The Arizona Health Sciences Library has collaborated with clinical faculty to develop a federated search engine that is useful for meeting real-time clinical information needs. This article proposes a technology mediation role for the reference librarian that … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged Arizona Health Sciences Library, federated search engine, librarian, reference librarian, search engine, technology mediation role, Technology Mediator, technology-mediated services
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Unshelved @ Your Library
Just in time for my 200th post, Unshelved has created a poster for ALA’s online store based on their (Unshelved’s) “Read Responsibly” theme (I have the shirt, and it is one of my favorites). from Librarian.net
Posted in Humor, Libraries
Tagged ALA\'s online store, Librarian.net, online store
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“It’s never too late to return your books!”
You see these news stories every once in a while, but you always have the urge to see Which library When it was due What book was overdue I still expect to find a story about someone returning The Red … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Libraries, News
Tagged Private, The Red Badge of Courage, Which library
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WikiLeaks
The existence of this web site has been leaked early, so there isn’t much to see (yet), but WikiLeaks is striving to combine the principles of WikiPedia and The Smoking Gun. Have a document, or other information, that you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Politics
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A New Chapter for Librarians
An article on the increasing diversity of people seeking their Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) caught my eye, as it reminds me of something I have encountered over and over again in my library experiences: the wider range … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries
Tagged New Chapter for Librarians An, USD
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Congressional Summary of EPA Library Closings
Here is a good PDF summary of the background and issues involved with the EPA library closings. This is likely to be addressed by the new congress, and there will likely by a fair amount of emotion involved when it … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Environmental Protection Agency
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Google adds clustering (but not to websearch)
Google’s announcement today: the Google Search Appliance (for indexing and searching on server environments) has just added clustering to the results. It shouldn’t be too long before we see it filtering (ahem) down to the web search realm. Clustering is … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Google, search engine, web search realm
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World E-Book Fair 2007
The World E-Book Library is holding an E-Book Fair starting on July 4th, 2007. In the two fairs it held in 2006, it made all of the content in the e-book library available for free for a one-month period. Mark … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Online Services
Tagged 4th of July, e-book, The
World E-Book Library, The
World E-Book Library
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Go FISH
As discussed on the Infomancy blog, FISH was their response to the problems inherent in the current state of the OPAC (Online Public-Access Catalog). And their response? FISH (Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler). What’s the difference? Read their … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Search, Software
Tagged access search tools, Online Public-Access Catalog, OPAC technology
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Abolish the Periodicals Department
The text of this article makes it clear that this isn’t a case of a library eliminating periodicals, even print volumes (they are however, eliminating it as a technical services department and spreading the duties among other areas), but a … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Periodicals
Tagged Provisional Organization for Communication
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Make The Move
Need an introduction to Open Source Software (OSS)? Want to understand what it can do for you? Check out Make The Move, a site that gives you an excellent overview of the benefits and considerations for switching to OSS.