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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
Jessamyn
Jessamyn West did a couple of presentations for the library system that my library belongs to. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend (grrrrr… I have heard nothing but rave reviews for her presentations and would like to attend one someday), … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Presenting, Search, Training, WebSearch
Tagged Jessamyn
Jessamyn West, Jessamyn
Jessamyn West, Rave;
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Farecast
An interesting twist to the searching for airfare sites is Farecast, which maps up to one month worth of flights between selected cities to show how costs will vary based on the dates selected for travel. Select the “Flexible Search” … Continue reading
Library Glossary
Every library site should include definitions of basic terms, like the University of Southern California’s. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Libraries, Web Design
Tagged California, library site, University of Southern California
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What’s inside a JPEG?
This is likely much, much more information than most of us will ever need, but What is Inside a JPEG? has an excellent tutorial on how the JPEG format stores image information. The rest of their tutorials are here. from … Continue reading
What do you know???
Thoughts during a vacation: What do you know? If you were on a certain NPR program, the proper response would be “Not much, you?”. However, we aren’t (at least I’m not), and my thoughts have gone in this direction: The … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Training, Tutorials
Tagged group member, Mary Tyler Moore, the Mary Tyler Moore show;
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U.S. Government Manual
The newest version of the U.S. Government Manual is available online. It is searchable and browsable. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Online Databases, Politics, Search, Statistics
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Googling Google Googlies! (continued)
See here for my first post on this topic… Google is looking to crack down on the use of the word “google” as a verb (as in googling) in order to protect their copyright. My take on this is when … Continue reading
Ubuntu : New Users Network
The Ubuntu Linux distribution has started a wiki aimed at new users, called the New Users Network (NUN). I have been playing with Edubuntu, in order to see if it will be helpful for someone I know who is considering … Continue reading
No Military Use GPL clause
Kind of an interesting debate over a “no military use” clause in the GPU project, which would presumably prevent any military use of the code being created by the project. The problem, as I see it, is that if you … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software
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Topix.net
Go to Topix.net. You see yet another news site. Enter a topic, city name, or zip code, and what you get is a fairly well-designed way to localize your news experience.
OpenSourceCMS
Want to play with Drupal or Postnuke to see how they work? Need to decide which Blogging software you most like to work with? Which wiki will do? OpenSourceCMS lets you try out dozens of programs to compare and contrast … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Open Source, Software, Training, Tutorials, Web Design
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FlightStats
FlightStats is an informative site that offers real-time information, including a mapped location of a plane at any time during its flight, the weather at the departure and arrival airports, and much more from ResourceShelf
Posted in Maps, Online Databases, Search, Weather
Tagged informative site, real-time information
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WorldCat.org is live
WorldCat.org has gone live this morning. Play with it. See what it can and cannot do. Look forward to the features it doesn’t have running yet (such as “Find in a Library”). Marvel at how easy it can be to … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Web Design
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Timeline
Ever look at the book “Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events“? Think of the same concept being applied online, and you can see the potential of Timeline. Check out Christianity, Judaism, and even the Kennedy Assassination. … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Politics
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Get yer Geocode here!
Address Map Coordinate (Lat/Long) Finder will convert an address to a latitude/longitude coordinate, as well as show you the location via Yahoo maps. Oddly enough, the geocode link within the map takes you to Google Maps. They also work with … Continue reading
DailyMed
The National Library of Medicine is providing the package insert information for over 500 medications via their DailyMed service. It is a good resource, and unlike the PDR, you don’t have to pay or register. I have a strong preference … Continue reading
Posted in Medical, Online Databases, Search
Tagged DailyMed The
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National Library of Medicine
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Creative Commons Audio Books
One interesting trend I am noting is that classic literature is increasingly easy to find in audiobook form. These are usually volunteer projects, so you don’t get Patrick Stewart reading your story to you (in my opinion the best reading … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Patrick Stewart, Telltale Weekly, The Tell-Tale Heart;
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Google Help
I’m a few days late in posting this one, but Google has set up a fairly extensive Help Center to provide information and assistance for the wide varieties of Google services. In addition, Google’s blog notes that they received a … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Maps, Search, Weather, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Help Center, Hurricane Katrina, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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This is Coffee
I seem to have this reputation for enjoying coffee. I don’t know how I got this reputation, besides that cup that starts me off every morning, then the next, and the next, etc. For those who understand that books and … Continue reading