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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Libraries
DocMorph
The National Library of Medicine has a unique feature on their online file conversion site, DocMorph: one of their options is to convert a file to synthesized speech. Think about the option of providing your online materials in an audio … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Medical, Software
Tagged DocMorph The
National Library of Medicine, DocMorph The
National Library of Medicine, online file conversion site, online materials
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Custom Search of DOAJ
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a terrific resource containing, in their words, access to “free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.” If only they had a full-text search tool (they do have a “Find Article” … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Google, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Search, Web Design
Tagged Open Access Journal, search tool
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Free subscription to Library Journal
… for library school students, that is. If their form is to be believed, they are asking you to send in your student ID as part of the process. Not sure if they really mean a photocopy or what, but … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries
Tagged Library Journal
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The Reflective Librarian
My co-worker Tim just started his new blog, The Reflective Librarian. This would be his second start at blogging (he started one last spring), but I expect that this time around he will have some fantastic things to write about. … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged Reflective Librarian My co-worker, The Reflective Librarian
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Scary Stories ready to download
With Halloween just around the corner, the best way to set the mood is with a classic scary story. Check out the Google Scary Stories page (a result of the Google Books project) and see the public domain spookiness that … Continue reading
LiS Radio
The University of Missouri – Columbia is hosting a plethora of webcasts of interest to library-type people under the banner of LiS Radio. These range from interviews to classes, from conversations to meetings. Browse their site and see what there … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lecture, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged Columbia, LiS Radio, Missouri, MP3, QuickTime, University of Missouri
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Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT)
The Joint Information Systems Committee, an organization based in England, has launched a tool to help libraries and researchers compare and contrast different online databases. The Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) lets you quickly see the similarities and differences among … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged Joint Information Systems Committee, Online Databases, United Kingdom
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Google Books and UW Madison
Google and the University of Wisconsin – Madison announced today that they will be partners in the Google Books project. This is getting kind of local… less than 200 miles! from Search Engine Watch
Posted in Copyright, Google, Libraries, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Madison, search engine, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin
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Typo of the Day
At first glance, this seems like it ought to be tagged “Humor“, but take a few minutes to check this against your own catalog, and you won’t be laughing at all: Typo of the Day has a mission… they will … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Software
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Unscramble
One of the frustrations in life is needing to find the spelling of a word when it is the beginning of the word that you aren’t sure of. How does one find “phonetic” in the dictionary if you aren’t thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Google, Libraries, Online Databases
Tagged Google, pretty good site, Unscramble.net
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Wiki WorldCat
In September, OCLC will be trying out a Wiki component to their WorldCat database. This is based on their WikiD project that they have been working on for a while. Those of us familiar with Amazon know the depth that … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Web Design
Tagged Amazon
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Indiana’s Inspire-ation
The state of Indiana has it right: they have a state-wide collection of online databases that they not only make available to all libraries in the state, but to every resident. The Inspire Database contains a lot of fantastic resources, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases
Tagged Indiana, Online Databases
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Indiana’s Inspire-ation
The state of Indiana has it right: they have a state-wide collection of online databases that they not only make available to all libraries in the state, but to every resident. The Inspire Database contains a lot of fantastic resources, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases
Tagged Indiana, Online Databases
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Advanced Searching on WorldCat.org
WorldCat.org has added an Advanced Search page, allowing the user to search by Title, Author, ISBN, OCLC, Language, Format or Publication Date. This ought to be helpful when searching for items with commonly used words.
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Author
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Zotero – Public Release Day set
Zotero, the software project I am waiting for, won’t keep us waiting much longer: the Public Release Date has been set for Thursday, October 5th. One slight hitch: it requires Firefox 2.0 (I have been staying on 1.5.0.7 for the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged One Big Library
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PolyTalk
While at Reaching Forward South last week, I met someone from the Lincoln Trail Library System who is involved in a project called PolyTalk. PolyTalk is a volunteer group from Illinois libraries that provide translation services between patrons and library … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, RFS
Tagged Illinois, PolyTalk, translation services, volunteer group
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An example of where Open Source could have helped…
NASA recently made 1100 Apollo-era documents, including Mission Reports (I have read several, and they are truly fascinating to those interested in manned spaceflight), Evaluation Reports, Scientific Studies, and Interviews, available on a DVD-ROM, calling it the Lunar e-Library. Fantastic! … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Space
Tagged National Aeronautics and Space Administration, open source software world, restrictive software license, software license
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Siderian Faceted Search at LII
Librarians’ Internet Index has installed the Siderian faceted search appliance, and it is a fantastic experience. Think “results clustering”, but more librarian-friendly. Don’t take my word for it, go there and try out a search or two. An excellent way … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Search, Software
Tagged Internet Index, search appliance
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Zotero review
Daniel Chudnov, aka One Big Library has a review of the private beta version of Zotero, and man, does he like it! I am very eager to see what this piece of software can do! Watch for the public beta … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged aka
One Big Library, aka
One Big Library, Daniel Chudnov
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Libraries, Religion, and the Appellate Court
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Contra Costa County library is within its rights to bar worship services in its public meeting rooms, and that the library is, in the ruling’s terms, a “limited … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Contra Costa County, Contra Costa County library, US Court of Appeals, worship services
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