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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: Books
Sophie
Sophie is a brand new piece of software from The Institute for the Future of the Book (blog) that may signal one possible direction for written media. When finished (it is Alpha software at the moment, meaning that you should use it … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Institute for the Future of the Book, Sophie
Sophie, Sophie
Sophie, written media
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eAudiobook Subject Sets
NetLibrary has launched what it is calling eAudiobook Subject Sets, which are bundles of downloadable audio books grouped by subject, so that libraries can tailor their purchases to their particular needs. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Audio, Books, Libraries, Online Services
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Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
This article from Linux.com is a great overview of what it takes to run a digitization project with fragile material and across great distance, as the Library of Congress and Archive.org work together on a project to preserve some of … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Software
Tagged Congress, Library of Congress, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
T, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
T, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project This, Linux, Linux.com;
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The queer, the quaint, the quizzical
The queer, the quaint, the quizzical; a cabinet for the curious is an online version of a book published in 1882. It is interestingly like a blog: short entries on a variety of topics, many of them oddities. Want to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Open Access
Tagged online version
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Bacon as a Bookmark
Bacon as a Bookmark? Librarians Tell All is the title of Mike Hardin’s column in today’s Columbus Dispatch. He details various objects found inside returned library books, as described by Columbus area librarians. The “cat in the bookdrop” library happens to be located … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Libraries, News
Tagged Columbus, Columbus Dispatch, Illinois, librarian, Mike Hardin
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Second Thoughts on Google Library Project?
Peter Brantley is the Director of Digital Library Technologies for the California Digital Library (note that the blog that I reference has a different title, but I suspect that they are combining his current employer and a previous title, based … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries
Tagged California Digital Library, Digital Library Technologies, Director, Google, Peter Brantley
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More Free Audio Books
Podiobooks.com offers quite a few free, downloadable audiobooks, most with cc licenses. Add this to your list of free audiobook sites. from MetaFilter
Posted in Audio, Books, Copyright, Libraries, Online Services
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Google Book Search Library Partners
The Google Book Search Library Partners page is a fairly interesting list of those (currently 13) libraries working with Google on the book scanning project. Follow the links for informational pages at each of the libraries, including some actual contracts. … Continue reading
LoudLit.org
LoutLit.org is a site with a collection of downloadable, CreativeCommons licensed audiobooks from the Gutenberg Project. Don’t forget these other sites as well! from MetaFilter
Posted in Audio, Books, Copyright, Libraries, Online Services
Tagged CreativeCommons
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WorldCat Citations
WorldCat has now incorporated my favorite RedLightGreen (also this post) feature: Citations! Click the “cite this item” link in the results page and you now have MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, and Harvard citation styles for that specific item. Couple this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search
Tagged Chicago, Harvard
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WorldCat Identities
WorldCat Identities is a beta site (don’t web tools all seem to be, anymore? perhaps a good thing, as continual tweaking is good for the soul, as well as a service) that is a focused search tool for authors. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Web Design
Tagged beta site, search tool
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The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism
I read The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism, posted on Harpers.org a couple of days ago, and am still thinking about it a great deal. It is hard to describe the essay without spoiling the impact for the reader, but … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Open Access
Tagged copyright law
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Digital Abe
Digital versions of books by and about Abraham Lincoln, brought to you by the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and the Open Content Alliance. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Books, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Politics
Tagged Abe
Digital, Abe
Digital, Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Open Content Alliance, University of Illinois
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Google’s Moon Shot
Google’s Moon Shot is the title of an article in the current New Yorker magazine. The title refers to a quote that likens the Google Book Project to Nasa’s Project Apollo. Quite a bit of interest in this article, including … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Google, Libraries, Search, Space, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Moon Shot
Google, Moon Shot
Google, Moon Shot, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Weed of the Month club
Weed of the Month doesn’t have anything to do with gardening (although that topic is covered) but with weeding library materials. Organized by Dewey Decimal Classification, it is an excellent overview of de-selection issues by topic area. from Catalogablog
Posted in Books, Libraries, Training
Tagged Dewey Decimal Classification, Month club
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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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“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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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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The Bibliognost’s Handbook
The Bibliognost’s Handbook (pdf) is listed as an essay on the New York Time’s website, but it is a page of brief lists, definitions, and information that are fascinating to review. thanks Jean!
Posted in Books, Definitions, Humor, Libraries, News
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