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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Blogs
Shorpy Photo Archive
Shorpy is a collection of photographs presented using a blog, but it is an especially captivating collection. A combination of historical photographs, found images, and personal/family photos, there is rarely an entry that doesn’t hold some interest for the viewer. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, History, Photography
Tagged Blog, History, Librarians' Internet Index, Photography, Shorpy
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Ohio Libraries Update
A few items of note to update yesterday’s post: The Library is Now Closed (a.k.a. Shuttered Library) is a blog created by an Ohio librarian named Mike (didn’t see a last name) which is compiling links to a vast amount … Continue reading
One in Twenty
Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest is a New York Times article about blogging, specifically about the study showing an estimated 95% of blogs have not been updated in over 4 months. Does this signal an end to blogging? The … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, News
Tagged Blog, blogging, communication tool, Empty Forest, Facebook, Libology, Library, library technology world, New York Times, Twitter
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Listening to Libology
Libology is now available in an audio version. This is made possible through a service called Odiogo, which works with content providers to enable a streamlined means of creating downloadable audio files of web sites. What this means for readers … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Blogs, Podcast
Tagged Audio, Catalogablog, Odiogo, Podcast, Stephen Hawking
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Commencement Speeches by Tech Leaders
OnlineColleges.net has a post listing their Top 10 Commencement Speeches for Tech Lovers, containing descriptions and links to speeches given by, among others, Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Larry Page (Google), Eric Schmidt (Google), Melissa Mayer (Google), and Ray … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs
Tagged Apple, Bill Gates, Car Talk, Eric Schmidt, Google, Jessica Merritt, Kelly Sonora, Melissa Mayer, Microsoft, NPR, OnlineColleges.net, Ray Magliozzi, Steve Jobs, Tech Leaders OnlineColleges.net, Tom Magliozzi
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Feedmil
Feedmil is a search engine for RSS feeds. It does this specific task very, very well. Search for feeds relating to any keywords you wish, and modify your results using a set of slides that emphasize/de-emphasize words that show up … Continue reading
Information Streams
Eric Shonfeld at TechCrunch writes: “Once again, the Internet is shifting before our eyes. Information is increasingly being distributed and presented in real-time streams instead of dedicated Web pages. The shift is palpable, even if it is only in its … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, dedicated Web pages, Digg, Eric Shonfeld, Facebook, html, internet usage, internet use trends, library web site, must-have library web site technology, RSS, streams, TechCrunch, Twitter, web presence, Wiki
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Libology on the Kindle
Saw a post on TechCrunch that indicated that Amazon has opened their offerings of blog subscriptions for the Kindle reader to all blogs that sign up. So now Libology is available to readers of the Kindle… with two caveats: It … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Online Services, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, cent, Kindle, Kindle reader, Libology, USD
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6 Small Things
6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline is a post on the zenhabits blog which addresses the stress we go through as we try to accomplish projects and achieve goals. I like that he stresses that discipline … Continue reading
Useful Lists to Browse
This post will contain just a couple of links, but there is a wealth of information on the other end of each: 101 Great Free Sites and Downloads You’ve Probably Never Heard Of has been put together by PC World. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Licensing, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, creative commons, downloads, media, media resources, PC World, Software, web developers
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Neutral Pleasure, Medium Arousal
In its continuing examination of library blogs, HotStuff 2.0 has added a visualization of emotional content. Here is the current visualization for Libology: How to read the information, from HotStuff’s description: The overall scatter of words in the ANEW list … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Classification, Libraries, Library 2.0, Statistics
Tagged emotional content, HotStuff, INFP, Libology, Myers-Briggs, visualization, Walt Crawford
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Publisher Confidential
Publisher Confidential is a creation by the Unshelved crew that strives to convey to publishers what libraries wish they would know. It consists of brief statements illustrated with the familiar Mallville Public Library staff. The booklet is being distributed to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Humor, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Author, BEA, BookExpo America, Books, Humor, Mallville Public Library, Publisher Confidential, Publishing, Unshelved
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E-Readers and the Future
ALA TechSource has a brief blogger forum post on the state of E-Book Readers. The quote that I think is most worth thinking about comes from Jason Griffey: E-books are the future of reading in a very real way, simply … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Licensing, Publishing
Tagged ALA, ALA TechSource, Amazon, E, E-Book Readers, e-readers, Jason Griffey, Kindle, King, Moore's Law, TechSource, USD
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Oracle buys Sun
Oracle has purchased Sun Microsystems. This is significant on many levels. Many of our library systems run on software or hardware from these companies. The Voyager library I used to work for used an Oracle database running on a Sun … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Blogs, Cataloging, ILS, Libraries, News, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Wiki
Tagged closed source software, III, ILS, internet software programs, Java, JavaScript, library systems, Millennium, MySQL, OpenOffice.org, OpenSolaris, Oracle, Oracle Corporation, software rights, Sun Microsystems, Sun Solaris, technology world, Voyager, Voyager library, web-based software platforms
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Google Ventures and Libology
Now that Google Ventures has been officially announced, I can go public with my own news: Libology is one of the first group of startup companies which will be receiving Google Ventures funding. I have been in talks with someone … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Humor, News, OCLC, Web Design
Tagged April Fools Day, Google, Google Ventures, Humor, Libology, OCLC
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Internet Resources Newsletter
The Internet Resources Newsletter is a British online publication listing items of interest for “academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.” They should add librarian to that list, because there are quite a few excellent resources in this month’s issue … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services
Tagged academic, engineer, Internet Resources Newsletter, Internet Resources Newsletter The
Internet Resources Newsletter, librarian, online publication listing items, scientist, social science, student
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Annoyed Librarian on Support Staff
With tongue firmly planted in cheek, the Annoyed Librarian addresses the topic of library support staff, library workers, paraprofessionals, library assistants, or whatever it is we’re called these days. How about paraprofesupportstantstaff? As with all humor, especially the pointed variety, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Annoyed Librarian, coffee, support staff
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It was twenty years ago today…
Sir Tim Berner-Lee started what is now known as the World Wide Web exactly twenty years ago. In this posted video from Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) 2009, he discusses how it started, where we are, and where we might be … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Event, History, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged Tim Berner-Lee
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Hard Times
The Washington State Library has compiled a group of resources called Hard Times in Washington Libraries for the purpose of giving libraries, library staff, and library users ideas and tools to adapt to the current and upcoming fiscal crunch. Included … Continue reading