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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: Cataloging
Library Training Game
Within Range , a training game from Carnegie Mellen University Libraries, has several strikes against it : it is flash-based, it only trains in LC classification, and it was rated “worst game” on reddit.com. Otherwise, it is a pretty good … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Software, Training
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On the Record…
On the Record : Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (Pdf), which is the final version (formerly titled “Report of the Library…”), has been released. Working Group main page. Daniel Chudnov’s humorous … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Humor, Libraries
Tagged Congress, Congress Working Group, Daniel Chudnov, Library of Congress Working Group, the Record;
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The Definite Article
The Definite Article : Acknowledging ‘The’ in Index Entries (pdf) is this years’ winner of the IgNoble Prize in Literature. Note that the banner of their site includes the phrase “Research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK”, and note … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Humor, Libraries, Search
Tagged Inter-Library Loan staff member
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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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FRBR Readings
As a follow-up to the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control report, which discusses Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) quite a bit, I thought I’d pass along a link to a site that not only has the … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries
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Bibliographic Control – first read
I just now finished my first reading of the Draft Report (Pdf) from the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. I will be re-reading parts of it, as there is a great deal to be pondered, but here … Continue reading
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Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control – Draft Report
Library of Congress’ Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control released their Draft Report (Pdf) today, and are requesting that people review and comment on their recommendations between now and December 15th. This promises to be one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Government, ILS, Libraries
Tagged Congress, Draft Report Library, Report Library of Congress
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