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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
Tech Static
The Tech Static is, as stated on the site, “Your collection development resource for technology titles”. They are using a blog to house reviews of technology books and resources, and are planning to publish monthly. It looks as though they … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Blogs, Books, Libraries
Tagged collection development, jessamyn, Jessamyn West, Librarian.net, tech static, technology books
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OCLC Proposed Policy Text
As an accompaniment to this and this, I am including the text of OCLC’s proposed policy which was posted briefly yesterday before being removed and replaced with “We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged cataloging services, Governing Member, Non-OCLC Member, OCLC, OCLC Member, OCLC Member and Non-OCLC Member, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc., OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, United States of America;, Z39.50
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OCLC WorldCat is the Tiger, not the Lady?
OCLC released their updated Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records yesterday, with implementation scheduled for mid-February. If you see the phrase We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available in the near future. … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged cataloging services, Georgia, Illinois, Licensing, Major, Major League Baseball, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, Union Catalogs, USD, Worldcat
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Google Book Search Copyright Settlement
Google has reached a settlement with the group of publishers who filed suit in 2005 over the book digitization project. It is a legal document with many elements, and I cannot hope to make an overall evaluation of the agreement … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Fair Use, Google, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged beta product;, Book;, copyright law, electronic books, Fair Use, Fully Participating Library;, Google, Google Book Search Copyright Settlement;, Google Books, Higher Education Institution;, Librarian.net, researcher, United States, United States Congress
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Blogs in the Liblog Landscape
Walt Crawford has posted his list of 607 library-related blogs (this one included). This is as definitive and current a list as one is likely to find, and Walt has done an excellent job compiling and checking the links. If … Continue reading
Been There, Done That
Male library assistants, you are probably familiar with this experience… (I was announced this way when I attended a (non-library) administrative assistant workshop as the only male participant, once… memories!)
Social Networks and College Students
The 2008 ECAR (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) survey has been released, and they have added a section on social networking (pdf version of chapter here). Among the findings: Slightly over 85% of those surveyed use social networks, with Facebook … Continue reading
Check Out My Cool New Sweater
When Tears for Fears created a video for their song Head Over Heels way back in the 1980s, they used a library for the set. The lyrics, however, had nothing to do with libraries. This has been corrected: thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries
Tagged head over heels, Humor, Libraries, music video, Oxford, song Head, tears for fears
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What We Need
The cover story for the October issue of Library Journal is titled What We Need. It centers on the results of a survey of Movers & Shakers, the annual group of people recognized by Library Journal for innovation and leadership. … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged annual group;, Another, Director, Library Journal, Movers & Shakers;, Movers and Shakers, pain
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2008 Presidential Election Search Engine
The 2008 Presidential Election Search Engine is a Google Custom Search Engine created by the University of Kansas Library. It is a great resource in that one can find the needles of information in the haystack of campaign rhetoric. found … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, News, Politics, Search, WebSearch
Tagged 2008 Election, Google, Kansas Library;, Library, Politics, search engine, University of Kansas
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Text Yourself from the OPAC
I am playing catch-up in many areas right now, and as a result there hasn’t been as much activity here. Hopefully the time of less activity has reached a middle… An interesting new feature that has begun to appear in … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged cellular telephone, III, Innovative Interfaces Inc, Iowa City Public Library, SMS, The Shifted Librarian
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Annenberg Media Streaming Video
The Annenberg Media website at learner.org is a resource that offers on-demand streaming video for “schools, colleges, libraries, public broadcasting stations, public access channels, and other community agencies”. These are top-notch programs, several which I recognize as having been used … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Language, Libraries, Online Services, Politics, Science, Video, Web Design
Tagged Annenberg Media, Education, History, Libraries, Microsoft Windows, streaming video
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Book Covers and Copyright
I missed this last month, but a post on the LibraryLaw Blog suggests that book jackets may be protected under a clause in the copyright law aimed for advertisements and commentaries. found via LISNews
Posted in Books, Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Web Design
Tagged book covers, copyright law
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Librarians, Sarah Palin, and Fact Checking (oh my!)
Jessamyn has the best overview of the Sarah Palin / Librarian debate that I have seen so far. The key to this, and to any other emotionally charged story, is to check your facts, and remember that everyone gets it … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Bankruptcy, Fact Checking;, librarian, New York Times, Sarah Palin, UAL;, United Airlines
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Library Blogs
Walt Crawford (“The Library Voice of the Radical Middle”) has created a list of nearly 600 library-related blogs. It is interesting to scan the list and marvel at how many are unknown to me. I suspect that I could spend … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Blogs, Libraries, library blogs
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Kete
Kete is billed as a combination of a digital archive, a content management system, and collaboration tools meant to allow the storage, control, and access of digital content. Developed as an outgrowth of the Koha project, Kete has a pedigree … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software
Tagged collaboration tools, content management system, Kete, koha
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SOPAC 2.0 @ Darien Library
After much anticipation, version 2.0 of the Social Opac (SOPAC) went live this morning at the Darien Library in Connecticut. It looks very good… excellent, in fact. I am already looking forward to playing with this version of the software. … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Connecticut, Darien Library, html, John Blyberg, search result page, SOPAC
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Lakes and Rivers
Lorcan Demsey has a post on metadata that does a great job of illustrating two types of data collections by describing them as lakes and rivers. The idea did not originate with him; rather he encountered it via OCLC’s Eric … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, History, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged analog, Eric Hellman, Heraclitus, lakes, Lorcan Demsey, rivers, Rivers Lorcan Demsey
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Three Great Book Repair Guides
A Simple Book Repair Manual is a web-based guide created and hosted by the Dartmouth College Library. It covers what a library needs to set up a toolkit and make straightforward repairs. Conservation Book Repair : A training manual by … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Language, Libraries, Online Services, Training, Tutorials
Tagged Alaska Heritage Museum, Artemis BonaDea, book repair, Conservation Technician, Curator, Dartmouth College Library, Dartmouth College;, Stanford University, web-based guide
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