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by Rick Mason
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Cornell University Witchcraft Collection
Cornell University has a collection of historical literature on witchcraft, including confessions of accused witches, debates about scripture and witchcraft, and instructions for those investigating possible witchcraft. from ResourceShelf (end of post)
Posted in Archival, Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Cornell University
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Hispanic Heritage – free resources from Gale
Gale has posted some free resources relating to Hispanic Heritage, including biographies, timelines, and holidays. See their other free resources, as well. from ResourceShelf
Archival Digital Storage
A new report is out from the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme that is best described by its full title: Risks Associated with the Use of Recordable CDs and DVDs as Reliable Storage Media in Archival Collections – Strategies … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Libraries
Tagged United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Orga, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Orga
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Distance Calculator
Here is a distance calculator that takes the concept a step further than Google Maps or Mapquest… it recognizes location names other than address information. Think in terms of buildings, statues, monuments, etc. Want to see how long of a … Continue reading
Posted in Maps
Tagged Congress, Google, Library of Congress, Lincoln Memorial
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Open Access Textbooks
Two more sites found in the realm of Open Access Textbooks, and one has bought the other: Freeload Press has bought Textbook Revolution in order to further their cause to bring a wider range of open access textbooks to students … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Open Access
Tagged Freeload Press, Textbook Revolution
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Talk Like A Pirate Day
Has it been a year already??? Tuesday, September 19th is the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day! Here is my favorite pirate computer accessory. from Catalogablog
Posted in Humor
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Citizendium Project
The Citizendium Project sounds like it is attempting to merge the strengths of Wikipedia and Britannica by creating a more stable and authoritative version of Wikipedia. They are calling it a “Progressive Fork” of Wikipedia, meaning that they are attempting … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Online Databases, Open Access, Search
Tagged Fork
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Book Sale Scout
Want to track down used book sales? Want to promote your own? Book Sale Scout is a site that lets you search for book sales by location, date, and distance from a zip code. It includes a Google maps interface … Continue reading
OpenDocument.XML.org
OpenDocument.XML.org is, as the name might suggest, a website devoted to the new standard document file format. These formats have been making news over the past year or so because of the issue of archiving data files and having the … Continue reading
Trends in E-Learning for Library Staff
Based on research done in 2005, this summary of online learning (pdf) for both formal education and training is presented by WebJunction. It details how libraries make decisions about e-learning, and what the future holds. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Education, Libraries, Software, Training
Tagged e-learning, online learning
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Searching Shakespeare
Need to track down a Shakespearian quote? How many times does Juliet say “O Romeo, Romeo“? Want to know where and how many times he used the word “Library“? Shakespeare Searched is a search engine of the bard’s works based … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged search engine
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Wikipedia vs. Britannica – the e-mail debate
The Wall Street Journal set up an interesting and extremely enlightening e-mail debate between Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of Britannica. I expected a polite statement of principles and strengths, and an establishment of the differences … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Open Access, Search
Tagged Britannica, Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief, founder, high speed internet connection, The
Wall Street Journal;, Wikipedia
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Banned Book Search
Google Book Search has put up a page dedicated to highlighting some of the books that have been challenged over the years, encouraging people to become aware of the controversies and the qualities of these reads. They have several links … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Libraries, Politics, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google Blog, Monkey Bites, Official
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11 September 2001
Much is being written about the September 11th attacks on the fifth anniversary. I hesitate to add to the discussion, but have been thinking about my own experience that day, and it seems appropriate to post it here. On that … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged 11th attacks on the fifth anniversary, Afghanistan, car radio, co-worker, New York, New York City, reporter, satellite feeds, Taliban, World Trade Center
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Remembering Fair Use
I find it interesting when organizations forget about fair use when they establish copyright policies. It is especially interesting when the organization is educational in nature, like the University of Southern California. I think it is necessary to counter blanket … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright
Tagged California, copyright law, University of Southern California
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Catalog Card Generator
This is a neat toy, an interactive artwork, and a trip down memory lane all in one… the Catalog Card Generator lets you type in information that is displayed on a card catalog-type display. Try it out, you will find … Continue reading
OCLC shutting down RedLightGreen
According to ResourceShelf, the incredible library search site RedLightGreen is due to be shut down at the end of November. This has been expected since OCLC absorbed RLG a few months ago, and now with WorldCat.org going live, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged incredible library search site, OCLC stable
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Life in the Commonwealth
While driving home today, I heard a commentary on NPR’s All Things Considered entitled Life in the Commonwealth which discusses the impact of a community’s commons, especially the library. It touches upon the question of whether the concept of the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Access, Politics
Tagged Commonwealth Day
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Google News Archive
Google News has added an Archive Search option, giving the user the ability to search news stories as far back as the 1700s. From the Google News main page, click the News Archive Search link (I recommend going one step … Continue reading
Posted in Google, News, Online Databases, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google, the Washington Post
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Zotero, formerly known as Firefox Scholar
Zotero is a Firefox extension which will automatically detect when you are on a website that contains information related to citations (i.e. a library OPAC), and will collect this information for you. It will also let you save the web … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software
Tagged research tool
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