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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
Noesis
Noesis is one of the first Google Co-Op creations I have seen that is more than a “let’s try this out” website. What it does is lets you search for authoritative philosophical resources. If you don’t quite understand why Google … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Google, Libraries, Online Services, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged generic keyword search, Google
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MARC records to be available with Creative Commons license???
This potential earthshaking announcement is buried in the awarding of a Mellon Grant to Maison Bisson for work on an innovative merging of blogging software and library catalogs (I’ll just say that it is detailed, and interesting, and could change … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services
Tagged Librarian.net
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Update on EPA library issue
As an update to this post, it seems that the situation with the EPA library is getting worse. Presumably in response to a congressional request to halt the closure of its libraries, the EPA is removing thousands of documents from … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Libraries, News, Online Databases, Open Access, Politics
Tagged Chicago, Chicago library, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA library, USD, web servers
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Intute: Virtual Training Suite
It is British, it is online, and it is free. It is Intute: Virtual Training Suite. What Intute is is a collection of web tutorials on a wide, wide range of subjects. Their aim is to give you an overview … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Search, Tutorials, WebSearch
Tagged Britain, online educational offerings, Open University, United States, web tutorials, web-based resources
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The Bibliognost’s Handbook
The Bibliognost’s Handbook (pdf) is listed as an essay on the New York Time’s website, but it is a page of brief lists, definitions, and information that are fascinating to review. thanks Jean!
Posted in Books, Definitions, Humor, Libraries, News
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Internet Archive exempt from DMCA
According to a press release, the Internet Archive has been granted an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), allowing it to continue archiving web sites, software and such. Hopefully this is the movement towards more reasonable copyright applications … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Copyright, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Internet Archive, Internet Archive exempt, reasonable copyright applications
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World Almanac blog
Yes, the World Almanac has a blog, and it is a neat read for information junkies! from ResourceShelf
Posted in Libraries, Online Services, Web Design
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Library Student Journal
There is a new publication out there in libraryland, and it is peer-reviewed and open-access (two of my favorite hyphens)! Library Student Journal is being published by the School of Informatics at the University of Buffalo in New York, and … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged Bill Drew, New York, School of Informatics, Student Journal;, University of Buffalo in New York
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Dewey the Cat has died
Dewey Readmore Books, the mascot cat for the Spencer Public Library in Iowa, died on November 29th. Dewey was many things to many people, and I like the idea of library mascots. We had a Jack Dempsey Fish in the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News
Tagged Dewey Readmore, Iowa, Jack Dempsey Fish, Spencer Public Library
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Print on Demand coming to the NYPL
The New York Public Library will be obtaining a print-on-demand press called the Espresso Book Machine, which can create a paperback from a PDF file in about 5 minutes. The machine, which costs about $100,000, has the potential to change … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Services, Software
Tagged NYPL The
New York Public Library, NYPL The
New York Public Library, USD
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Johns Hopkins Open Courseware translated to Chinese
The open coursework offered by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been translated into Chinese and made available for study in China. The effort was headed by Lucifer Chu (perhaps best known for translating The Lord of the … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Lecture, Libraries, Medical, Online Services, Open Access, Open Source, Software
Tagged China, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Lucifer Chu, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Lord of the Rings
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Internet Archive times 3
All right then, begin the list: 1) An article spotted in this morning’s paper that offers a great summary for those not familiar with the archive: Content of Dead Sites Lives in Archive . 2) They earned a 2006 Education … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Search, Video, WebSearch
Tagged Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive times
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Crime in Libraries
This article, dated a few weeks ago, on a Chicago news radio station’s website makes it sound as though libraries are more dangerous than they are. I suspect that many of the “thousands of files” depicting the crimes were either … Continue reading
New features in Google Book Search
Google has updated their interface for reading the books found using Google Book Search. Here is a sample. And another. from Official Google Blog
EPA dumping part of its library…
According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the EPA is trashing a significant portion of its library collection. If the article is accurate, then we risk losing a significant amount of environmental information and research. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Environmental Protection Agency
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Endeavor – Ex Libris merger
Kind of an interesting merger in the library ILS world: Endeavor and Ex Libris are merging. Until recently, I worked in a library that used Endeavor’s Voyager ILS, and was impressed with many things that it could do, but also … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
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OttoBib
Another web-based option for automatic generation of bibliographic citations is OttoBib, in which you get a MLA, APA, or Chicago style citation by entering a book’s ISBN. from MetaFilter
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged APA, Chicago, MLA, web-based option
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Koha Zoom
The Nelsonville Public Library in Athens County, Ohio has just gone live with the latest update for Koha, an open source Integrated Library System (ILS). The OPAC is clean, fast, and shares more than a passing similarity to the OPAC … Continue reading
Posted in Google, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged Athens County, Google, koha, Koha Zoom The
Nelsonville Public Library, Koha Zoom The
Nelsonville Public Library, Ohio
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Library Hierarchy of Needs
Remember Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs? Karen Schneider’s take on how that relates to the library universe is an interesting overview of some of the problems with our current automation systems. from ALA TechSource
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Software
Tagged automation systems, Karen Schneider
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