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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
Announcing Scriblio on Libology
Libology’s Scriblio installation. Scriblio, the open-source Library OPAC that runs on a WordPress installation, has been installed on Libology. Several notes about this software installation: The library catalog contained within this installation of Scriblio is Capital University’s, located in Columbus, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Author, Capital University, Casey Bisson, Columbus, html, installation of Scriblio, Lampson Library, Libology Libology's Scriblio installation, Libology\'s Scriblio installation, Ohio, php, Plymouth State University, Plymouth State University's Lampson Library;, Scriblio, Scriblio installation, software installation, WordPress
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Announcing Libology
And now the announcement I alluded to a couple of weeks ago… Libology.com is a new web site that I have begun work on. The focus of the site is described by its tag line : “Tools and Ideas for … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged library Online Public Access Catalog, library technologies
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Better World Books
Better World Books is a for-profit organization that, among other activities, will take a library’s discarded books and either donate them to literacy projects worldwide, or sell them via used book retailers such as Amazon Marketplace. A portion of the … Continue reading
Open Access and Undergraduate Research
A great, thought-provoking post on the OpenStudents blog : Open Access meets Undergrad Research… Please? If I were to be researching a paper on a topic that has a strong open access presence (and the easiest way to see these … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Education, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged instructor, live web connection
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The Accidental OPAC Name
Someone at AskMetaFilter has inquired about why so many library OPACs have human names, and Jessamyn has asked for comments, so here is what I posted as a reply: Here’s a story about how one library accidentally gave their OPAC … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries
Tagged George Harrison, staff member, Sun technician
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Planet eBook
There are many ebook web sites; there are many free ebook sites, even. Planet eBook is special, and you should take a look for yourself and see what I mean. They have been around only a few months, their offerings … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged ebook web sites, online core
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If it quacks like a librarian…
This post by The Limnal Librarian is, simply put, a must for everyone to read and understand (even if you don’t agree). I worked in a pharmacy as a technician for 8 years. There were great, and not so great, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Dean Giustini, Director, librarian, Library Journal, pharmacist, technician, The Limnal Librarian, Tim Spaulding
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Google for Non-Profits
Google has packaged many of its tools into an offering for non-profit organizations. If your group has a 501(c)(3) tax status, and is not political or religious in nature, then you most likely qualify. This is fairly neat. I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Google, Groups, Libraries, Online Services, RFS
Tagged communication tools, free advertising, Google, Official, online workspace
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Google Books API
This is a few days old, but it is still an important bit of news : Google has opened it’s Application Programming Interface (API) to developers. What this means for libraries is that they now have the potential to link … Continue reading
LibraryLookup
LibraryLookup is a nifty tool that creates a bookmarklet that automatically searches whatever library catalog you configure it to use. The bookmarklet generator has twenty ILS packages in their list, and they offer to at least attempt to configure others … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged ILS, nifty tool
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MARC Tags and WorldCat Stats
Here are some interesting statistics regarding MARC tag usage in WorldCat records, according to Karen Smith-Yoshimura at OCLC’s RLG Programs: Only 27 tags are used in more than 10% of WorldCat records. 52 tags are are used in 1% to … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged Karen Smith-Yoshimura
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Open Bibliographic Data : The State of Play
Open Bibliographic Data : The State of Play is a post by Rufus Pollock at the Open Knowledge Foundation which examines a variety of sources for cataloging and database information. He makes the observation, which I think is on target, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Copyright, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation, Play Open, Rufus Pollock
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R.I.P. Len Lindquist
Len Lindquist, Manager of Technology Services for the Prairie Area Library System, died last Thursday. This is a sad loss for everyone connected with the system, because not only was he great at his job, he was an excellent person … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Libraries, Web Design
Tagged extension
Reaching Forward, hosted web service, Lindquist
Len, Manager of Technology Services, Ohio, R.I.P. Len Lindquist
Len Lindquist, web presence
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Elsevier’s Intermediate Print Copy ILL Policy
Kind of an interesting post on Open Access News over the weekend. It seems that the license requirements for Elsevier’s electronic journals include printing a copy of the article, then scanning the article, before a library can provide that article … Continue reading
Posted in ILL, Libraries, Licensing, Online Databases, Periodicals
Tagged Elsevier, Illinois
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Elsevier’s Intermediate Print Copy ILL Policy
Kind of an interesting post on Open Access News over the weekend. It seems that the license requirements for Elsevier’s electronic journals include printing a copy of the article, then scanning the article, before a library can provide that article … Continue reading
Posted in ILL, Libraries, Licensing, Online Databases, Periodicals
Tagged Illinois
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Data on Demand in Wisconsin
Data on Demand is a collection of data sets put together by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It contains data for a variety of topics, such as campaign fundraising, home foreclosures, popular baby names, and school instructional hours. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Online Databases
Tagged Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Journal;, Wisconsin
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Short Pencil Saga
From Nick Baker, the guy who brought us March of the Librarians (and some help from his cohorts at Williams College Library) comes a documentary examining the life of a golf pencil. Short Pencil Saga (I challenge you to not … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Video
Tagged Nick Baker, Williams College, Williams College Library
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Tim Berners-Lee and DataPortability
In a long interview on the state of the semantic web, Tim Berners-Lee (if you don’t recognize the name, you should really read this) briefly discussed DataPortability, the ability to move information freely and easily from one site to another: … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Software, Web Design
Tagged informational web site use, online tools, photo site, semantic web, t-shirt site, Tim Berners-Lee, travel site, XML
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Courseware, Web 2.0 and Libraries
Last September I wrote about Libguides, an online service that creates web 2.0-style offerings for library web sites. I was impressed with the quality of their offerings, but had misgivings about the cost, especially when one considers that a library … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged library web sites, Ohio, online service, online storage, Oregon State University, USD, Utah State University, web developer, web hosting, web presence, Web/Library
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Evergreen Acquisitions
Evergreen has announced their progress on their Acquisitions portion of the open-source ils. They are on target to have a functional acquisitions/serials capability by summer! Take a look at their progress, noting that their vanilla interface is only in place … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Evergreen Acquisitions
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