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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: Libraries
Microformats + RDF + CSS = Semantic Richness
Add Symantic Richness To Your Markup With (RDF) Ease is the title of an article on SitePoint that delves into a topic I find fascinating, yet have only dabbled in in my own website creations. Microformats are one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged css, microformats, online collections, OPAC, RDF, semantic web, Web Design
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Using Our Time Wisely
Karen Coyle wrote an excellent post about OCLC’s delayed implementation of the records licensing policy. An exerpt: Those of us who promote open access must use this time wisely. First, we need to get some solid legal advice. It’s clear … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged data stored in their systems, Internet Archive, Karen Coyle, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Open Library, records
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OCLC Creates Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship
Some big news from OCLC: They are creating a review board to solicit feedback about their licensing policy (and judging from the press release, the entire concept of sharing library data). They are drawing from the OCLC Board of Trustees … Continue reading
Why Libraries Must Reject the OCLC Policy
We are now one month away from the implementation of OCLC’s new records policy. Tim Spaulding at Thingology has compiled seven arguments why libraries should resist the license. Even if you don’t feel that OCLC intends to take a hard … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged Licensing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Tim Spaulding
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CPSIA and Libraries
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), passed by Congress last August and due to be enforced beginning February 10th, is designed to protect children from exposure to products containing unsafe levels of lead or phthalate. All well and good. … Continue reading
HotStuff 2.0
HotStuff 2.0 is described by its creator, Dave Pattern, as “an automatically updated blog… [in which] a daily blog post is generated using a single word that has seen a marked increase in usage over the last few days.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Language, Libraries, Library 2.0, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, Dave Pattern, Libology, Library, Words
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Nine Inch Nail’s Creative Commons Success
The Creative Commons blog has a thought-provoking post about CC licensed music. It seems that the latest Nine Inch Nails album, Ghost I-IV, is available under a CC license. This means that you can legally download it from any of … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, News, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Amazon.com's MP3 store;, Ghost I;, Libraries, MP3, MP3 store, Music Industry, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Publishing, RIAA
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A Look Back, A Look Ahead
2008 was an uncertain year for Libraryland. Ideas and tools abound for how we can do more with what we have, and we are becoming more aware of what it is we have : data and the systems to organize … Continue reading
Posted in Google, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, OCLC, Online Services, OPAC, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged forecasts, Google, higher-level software;, internet use;, Libraries, OCLC, office software, social networking features, USD
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Transcribe Dewey and the Gang
Unshelved is having a transcription party, and we all are invited! Bill and Gene have installed the ohnorobot comic search engine, and all that remains to make every Unshelved comic searchable by character, quote, or topic is for everyone to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Search
Tagged Bill, Gang
Unshelved;, Gene, Humor, ohnorobot, ohnorobot comic search engine;, search engine, Unshelved
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Ohio RFPs for Open Source
The State Library of Ohio has just released a Request For Proposal for an Open Source Statewide Resource Sharing System (Pdf). Their summary page (which will soon contain an F.A.Q.) states that The desired product would provide a seamless resource … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source, Software
Tagged closest software;, disparate integrated library systems;, Equinox, Evergreen ILS, ILS, integrated library system, LibLime, Ohio, Open Source, Open Source The
State Library of Ohio;, resource sharing solution;, State Library of Ohio
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DSpace Reaches 500 Installations
DSpace, the open-source digital repository system, reached the 500 installation mark earlier this month. Earlier this year I did a bit of research on various repository solutions, and DSpace was the one I was most impressed with, and it seems … Continue reading
OCLC License Policy – A Recommendation
I wrote a recommendation, on request, about the impact to my workplace of the OCLC license policy changes that are scheduled to start in February. I am posting an exerpt here, not because I feel it brings anything new to … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged Georgia Pines;, Licensing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, United States
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OCLC Policy and Federal Libraries
Another installment in the exploration of the effects of OCLC’s licensing policy changes, this one an examination of various Federal Library records by Thingology’s Tim Spaulding.
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, Government, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged Federal Library, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Tim Spaulding
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The Elusive Moose and OCLC
The Elusive Moose and OCLC is a post over at LibraryThing‘s Thingology blog that is yet another good effort at explaining why the new OCLC records license is not a good thing for anyone (including, in the long run, OCLC, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged LibraryThing, OCLC, Thingology
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Open and Libraries Class Journal
The Open and Libraries Class Journal is a new, peer-reviewed journal on open access and libraries, and the first issue contains the “final papers for the Open Movement and Libraries class (LIBR287-06) at San Jose State University, School of Library … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Access, Publishing
Tagged Libraries, Libraries Class Journal;, Open Access, Open Movement;, San Jose State University
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A Useful Amplification
A Useful Amplification of Records That Are Unavoidably Needed Anyway is an essay by Brett Bonfield which, dare I phrase it this way, usefully amplifies several of the major web-based entities which are intertwined with libraries. These include (but aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Amazon, Brett Bonfield, Libraries, LibraryThing, OCLC, web-based entities;, Worldcat
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Cataloging Flash Mob
In Beverly, Massachusetts a mob of 20 LibraryThing enthusiasts cataloged the entire collection of St. John’s church library, as well as the rector’s book collection, consisting of over 2,000 books (averaging 100 books per person). Akin to an Amish barn-raising, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cataloging, Groups, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC
Tagged Beverly;, Cataloging, LibraryThing, Massachusetts, OPAC, rector, St. John's church library
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Rational and Well Thought-Out OCLC Response
Over the past few days, I have been gathering my thoughts together in order to post an essay-style overview of the issues surrounding the OCLC records policy changes. As of now, I am going to put those thoughts aside, as … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged Copyright, Librarian.net, Licensing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Open Source, Stefano Mazzocchi
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The Library and the Bazaar
The Library and the Bazaar is an essay by Greer Hauptman that discusses copyright options, libraries, and the freedom to read. Of note is his argument that with greater control being exerted by publishers over access to content (think e-journals) … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, e-books;, e-journals, freedom to read, Greer Hauptman, Libraries, Open Access
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More OCLC Comments
The debate about OCLC’s revision of their Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records is heating up. The core issue appears to be the licensing of WorldCat records and the limitations imposed, namely that “data extracted from a WorldCat … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Copyright, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged Aaron Swartz, Copyright, Jonathan Rochkind, Karen Calhoun, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Open Library, Roy Tennant, Worldcat
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