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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
Buddy is Real
In what has to be one of the most interesting comments without clarification in an interview, “Gene Ambaum”, co-creator of the Unshelved comic, states that Buddy the Book Beaver is real. How much of him is real? His checkered past? … Continue reading
The Open Library
The Open Library is a project I have been hoping for years that someone would start – an open source universal book catalog. Think WorldCat meets Wikipedia meets Amazon and you won’t be far off. So go to their demo … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Wiki
Tagged Alexis Rossi, demo site, Open Library
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Free Science Search Tools
A Quick Look of a Few Free Science Search Tools is a post on ResourceShelf (if you only have time to follow two blogs, they should be the other one!) that provides a good starting point for finding free and/or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Periodicals, Search
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Joy of Computing Cookbook
The Joy of Computing Cookbook (pdf) comes from the excellent MaintainIT Project, and is an excellent resource for smaller, rural libraries who are trying to manage their technology within confined budgets and tightened schedules. Like the MaintainIT project, the project … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Melinda Gates Foundation, pdf
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The Library Fix
The Library Fix is the title of Garrison Keillor‘s current column, and presents his take on the long-term role that libraries can play in society. It also appears in today’s Chicago Tribune, though you may need to register for access. … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged Brookfield, Carnegie library, Chicago Tribune, Illinois
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Bowker buys AquaBrowser
Specifically, Bowker has bought the company that owns AquaBrowser. Bowker, best known for publishing Books In Print, as well as assigning ISBNs, has bought Medialab Solutions, the Amsterdam company that developed the search interface. If you haven’t used AquaBrowser lately, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged Amsterdam, AquaBrowser Specifically, AquaBrowser;, Bowker, Medialab Solutions, search interface
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WebJunction’s Rural Library Sustainability Online Course
WebJunction has launched a Rural Library Sustainability Online Course, and it’s free! Their site has the following synopsis of the course: Visit each of the seven areas of interest critical to sustaining public access computing in your library. View case … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Services, Training
Tagged Online Course
WebJunction, Online Course
WebJunction, Online Course, public access computing
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Top Tech Trends 2007
Well, it’s not a list from an official generator of trend lists, but Karen Coombs has posted a Top Tech Trends 2007 list that I think is well thought out and close to the mark. How quickly (and how completely) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source
Tagged Karen Coombs
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New Digitization Project
The Kirtas–BookSurge book digitization program has arrived, digitizing books from four libraries using Kirtas’ automated book scanning equipment and BookSurge’s position as an on-demand publishing subsidiary of Amazon.com. Open Access News has a great overview of it, including why it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries, News, Open Access
Tagged Amazon.com, automated book scanning equipment, Google, on-demand publishing subsidiary
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Alphabeticalization
A neat little post on MetaFilter on the history of alphabetization. We take it for granted, but someone had to develop the system (and I am sure someone else was there to say “what’s wrong with the way we do … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
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WorldWideScience.org
WorldWideScience.org is a federated search tool for science resources sponsored by The British Library, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information, and eight other participating countries. It searches 15 science portals and combines the results for … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Science
Tagged British Library, federated search tool, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scienti, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientif, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Google Grumbles
It seems that not all is rosy with Google’s recent agreement with the CIC libraries. There are apparently some fairly restrictive clauses in the contract, some limiting the libraries access to the digitized materials they provide. The project, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries
Tagged Google, Open Content Alliance
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Library 2.0 : Ken Varnum – RSS Basics and Beyond
Ken Varnum – RSS Basics and Beyond : Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most out of Syndicated Content. (PowerPoint) (Handout) Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Data format: RSS, RDF, Atom, etc. data interchange (sharing) : syndication – think of what … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, OSUL2007, Web Design
Tagged Adobe, blog
software, Browser, Computer, Google, html, Ken Varnum, Perl, php, Reuters, Ruby, search databases, web
web page, web web page, webblog software, Yahoo
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Library 2.0 : Brian Mathews – Social Computing
Brian Mathews – Social Computing When do we reach Library 2.0? No final destination; no “library 2.0” finishing point: it’s an evolving picture. Sisyphus analogy: it’s not what you do when rolling the rock up the hill, it’s what you … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, OSUL2007
Tagged Brian Mathews, campus social computing groups, distance learning, Google, social networks
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Library 2.0 : Chad Boeninger – Wikis in Libraries
Chad Boeninger – Wikis in Libraries : Enhancing Services, Promoting Sources, and Building Community (Powerpoint) Chad started off with a show of hands – what type of librarian’s were in the audience, including media specialists. He went on to define … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, OSUL2007
Tagged Chad Boeninger, Choose software, html, media specialists, Ohio University, php, Scholarly software, Their library
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Library 2.0 : Steven Bell – It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Web 2.0 World
Steven Bell – It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Web 2.0 World : Hidden Treasure or Just More Pressure? (Powerpoint) (Handout) The title is adapted from It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, the “epic comedy” film from 1963. He … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, OSUL2007, Web Design
Tagged 2.0 technology, American Libraries;, Charles Deering, Charles Deering McCormick University, Chris Anderson, David Bishop, David Lee King, Evanston, find technology, frantic search, Illinois, Instant Messaging, Jim Carroll, librarian, Library 2.0, library director, library tool, Northwestern University, problems needing solutions, staff using technology, Steven Bell, Wired;
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Library 2.0 Seminar
I am attending (not presenting, though) Ohio State University’s Library 2.0 Seminar, being held yesterday and today on the OSU campus. I am taking lots of notes, and plan to at least outline each of the sessions here. The speakers … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, OSUL2007, Web Design
Tagged Brian Mathews, Chad Boeninger, Eric Schnell, Ken Varnum, Ohio State University, Ohio State University\'s Library, OSU campus, OSU Knowledge Bank, Stephen Abram, Steven Bell, User, Web Services
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Public Libraries ROI
A newly released study, Taxpayer Return-on-Investment (ROI) in Pennsylvania Public Libraries (Pdf), comes to an interesting and positive conclusion: for every $10 of tax money invested in public libraries, the Pennsylvania taxpayers receive a return of $55. found on ResourceShelf
Posted in Government, Libraries, News, Politics, Statistics
Tagged Pennsylvania, USD
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Big Google Book Search Library Project Announcement
Big news from the Google Book Search Library Project today: The number of libraries participating in the Google Book Search Library Project just got a whole lot bigger with today’s addition of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The CIC … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries, News
Tagged Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Google, Illinois, Indiana University, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State University, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Ryan Eby, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin
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Roy Tenant at OCLC
Roy Tenant, formerly of the California Digital Library has been working for OCLC’s RLG Programs division for the past few weeks, and has posted his impressions on the hangingtogether blog. It is well worth reading, and especially to note that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, OCLC, Online Services
Tagged California Digital Library, Roy Tenant
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