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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
Humor as a Brainstorming Tool
I have always liked humorous comments during brainstorming sessions – they loosen people up, encourage participation, and sometimes lead to ideas that work. found on MetaFilter
ReadMe
ReadMe is a wiki containing Ask MetaFilter questions along the lines of “What should I read… ?” This can be a great resource for book clubs, reading groups, and for anyone looking for book recommendations for nearly any topic. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Online Services, Wiki
Tagged Librarian.net, online community, reading
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LC and Open Data
Read this post on Thingology, the blog for LibraryThing, then check out the OpenBibliographicData petition on the Open Knowledge Foundation Wiki. If you agree with the petition, I urge you to create an account and add your name to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC, Open Access, Open Source, Wiki
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation
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Two Essays by Eric Lease Morgan
I have run into two essays by Eric Lease Morgan this week that paint an excellent picture of today’s challenges for library technology and possible future solutions within our reach: Catalog Collectivism : XC and the Future of Library Search … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Fair Use, Lecture, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software
Tagged Eric Lease Morgan, Infomotions Inc., library technology, possible future solutions
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ILS usage in the ARL
Marshall Breeding has posted a chart detailing the various brands of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) software used by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Most interesting, from my own perspective, is that Voyager and Millennium are the top two systems. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software, Statistics
Tagged Association of Research Libraries, Integrated Library Systems, Marshall, Marshall Breeding
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Subjects and Messes
Karen Coyle (again) has written a great post on the subject of the Dewey Decimial Classification system, the Library of Congress Classification system, and Library of Congress Subject Headings. She highlights what, to my view, is one of the major … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Congress, Dewey Decimial Classification, Karen Coyle, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings
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The Really Modern Library
The Really Modern Library is a project undertaken by the Institute for the Future of the Book. They are soliciting comments from all quarters, and holding meetings in Los Angeles, London, and New York, in order to define how our … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, ILS, Libraries
Tagged analog, energy, Eric Lease Morgan, Institute for the Future of the Book, London, Los Angeles, New York, online data, Really Modern Library
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LibGuides
(Note regarding this post: When you read this post, be sure to read the comments as well. I did not state my case as well as I should, and end up sounding as though I don’t feel that LibGuides has as much value for libraries as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged 2.0 technology, annual web hosting fee, blog
software, consultant, content management system, e-mail management, Facebook, few built-in tools, hosted web server, hosted web service, Instant Messaging, paid solutions, search pages, shared group calendar software, USD, virtual server, web design instructors, web presence, web server, XML
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Open Access Calendar
The 2008 Open Access Calendar (Pdf), created by Alma Swan (her blog is here), is available for download. Although the calendar is not set in the familiar 7×4 (or 5) grid, it looks fantastic. If there is enough interest, they may do a print run of the … Continue reading
New York Times free for all
This seems to be fresh news, in that I can only find it on two sites: The New York Times is opening their web content to everyone, eliminating the subscription model that has existed for years. Not a bad piece … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Design
Tagged New York Times, The New York Times, web content
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Writing, and finding time
Writing at Five Miles per Hour is a post by the always interesting Karen G. Schneider. Reading it makes me feel as though I have been given a glimpse at a piece of my future. Let me explain: in writing, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Publishing
Tagged energy, Karen G. Schneider
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LibWorm
LibWorm is a fantastic resource for those who are interested in libraries and blogs. It is a search engine for library-related blog content, drawn from 1400 RSS feeds.
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services, Search, WebSearch
Tagged search engine
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Resignation (not mine, though)
Resignation is a very thought provoking, albeit somewhat depressing, post by Alexander Johannesen on the Shelter It blog. I have been also reading posts by him, very well presented, on the Next Generation Catalog for Libraries (NGC4Lib) listserv (where I found the link for this … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, History, Libraries
Tagged Alexander Johannesen, Google, keyword search
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Changes
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been posting as much over the past few weeks. This is likely to continue, for a couple of reasons: I am becoming more interested in posting less often, perhaps two or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Publishing
Tagged online-interactive-annotated-shared-bookmarks
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Digitized Book of the Week
Digitized Book of the Week is a blog from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library. Each post has a link, along with sample images and descriptions, to books recently digitized within their collection. This week’s book : The Steel … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, History, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Illinois, Steel Tubular Car Company, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign library
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The Right Way to Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles
The Right Way to Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles is the title of a Search Engine Land post by Durova, a Wikipedia administrator. Not only is it an intersting read, it allows one to see how those who help manage Wikipedia view … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Wiki
Tagged Durova, search engine, Wikipedia administrator
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Harry Potter and the Copyrighted Material
When TechCrunch posted about images of the pages of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being available via a torrent site called The Pirate Bay, they were reporting about a newsworthy event within their blog’s scope (technology and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Copyright, Google, News
Tagged Google, Librarian.net, The New York Times, The Pirate Bay, torrent site
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Free Science Search Tools
A Quick Look of a Few Free Science Search Tools is a post on ResourceShelf (if you only have time to follow two blogs, they should be the other one!) that provides a good starting point for finding free and/or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Periodicals, Search
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Working at Google vs. Working at Microsoft
This isn’t directly related to libraries, and even the indirect aspect only applies to larger libraries, or libraries within larger institutions, but I thought there were some points of interest in this blog post from an anti-Google blog. Of special … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google
Tagged Google, Microsoft, search engine
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