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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
Publisher Confidential
Publisher Confidential is a creation by the Unshelved crew that strives to convey to publishers what libraries wish they would know. It consists of brief statements illustrated with the familiar Mallville Public Library staff. The booklet is being distributed to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Humor, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Author, BEA, BookExpo America, Books, Humor, Mallville Public Library, Publisher Confidential, Publishing, Unshelved
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E-Readers and the Future
ALA TechSource has a brief blogger forum post on the state of E-Book Readers. The quote that I think is most worth thinking about comes from Jason Griffey: E-books are the future of reading in a very real way, simply … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Licensing, Publishing
Tagged ALA, ALA TechSource, Amazon, E, E-Book Readers, e-readers, Jason Griffey, Kindle, King, Moore's Law, TechSource, USD
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Oracle buys Sun
Oracle has purchased Sun Microsystems. This is significant on many levels. Many of our library systems run on software or hardware from these companies. The Voyager library I used to work for used an Oracle database running on a Sun … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Blogs, Cataloging, ILS, Libraries, News, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Wiki
Tagged closed source software, III, ILS, internet software programs, Java, JavaScript, library systems, Millennium, MySQL, OpenOffice.org, OpenSolaris, Oracle, Oracle Corporation, software rights, Sun Microsystems, Sun Solaris, technology world, Voyager, Voyager library, web-based software platforms
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Open Source ILS and Technical Services
For those interested in Open Source Integrated Library Systems such as Koha, Evergreen, Open Library Environment Project (OLE), OpenBiblio, etc., the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) will be holding an e-forum on April 21st and 22nd. From … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Cataloging, Groups, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged ALA, ALCTS, ALCTS CRS Acquisitions Committee, Association for Library Collections, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, Clint Chamberlain, e-forum, Evergreen, ILS, inflexible systems, koha, OLE project, Open Source, Open Source Integrated Library Systems, OpenBiblio, Rob Van Rennes, University of Iowa Libraries, University of Texas Libraries
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National Library Workers Day
Today is National Library Workers Day! Be sure to let those who make your library experience better, whether they be coworker, boss, student, or the library workers at the place you get your materials, know that you appreciate them! If … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged ALA, Holiday, National Library Workers Day, Workers Day
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Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500
Gary Hamel’s blog post on the Wall Street Journal is titled The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500, but the issues contained within the post are ones that are going to touch upon all businesses and organizations, including libraries. He … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Facebook, Facebook Generation, Fortune 500, Gary Hamel, Lorcan Demsey, online life, The
Wall Street Journal;, Wall Street Journal
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Internet Resources Newsletter
The Internet Resources Newsletter is a British online publication listing items of interest for “academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.” They should add librarian to that list, because there are quite a few excellent resources in this month’s issue … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services
Tagged academic, engineer, Internet Resources Newsletter, Internet Resources Newsletter The
Internet Resources Newsletter, librarian, online publication listing items, scientist, social science, student
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Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies
The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies is a British site “established by Jane Hart as a place to keep track of learning trends, technologies and tools.” Most impressive, at first glance, are the lists of free tools and resources: … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Training, Translation
Tagged Centre for Learning, Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, Education, Jane Hart, Libraries, resources, Software, Training
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Free Drinks Tomorrow
Karen Coyle writes about the Library of Congress and their follow-up to the lcsh.info shuttering last fall. In LC discovers infinity, she points out that at ALA Midwinter they not only stated that they recognized the value of the service, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cataloging, Classification, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services
Tagged Congress, Karen Coyle, lcsh.info, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Wake Up and Bathe
A library district in suburban Chicago (Schaumberg, Illinois) is implementing rules governing library user’s odor and library sleeping habits, but is stressing that the rules are not aimed at homeless users of the library. This is a little hard to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Libraries
Tagged Brookfield Public Library, Chicago, Director, homeless, Illinois, Libraries, Public Library, Schaumberg Illinois
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Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has issued a new report titled Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy (pdf). It joins the growing chorus of reports that indicate that we are in for a … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Uncategorized
Tagged ACRL, economy, Libraries, Open Source, self-hosted solutions, Web 2.0
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Annoyed Librarian on Support Staff
With tongue firmly planted in cheek, the Annoyed Librarian addresses the topic of library support staff, library workers, paraprofessionals, library assistants, or whatever it is we’re called these days. How about paraprofesupportstantstaff? As with all humor, especially the pointed variety, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Annoyed Librarian, coffee, support staff
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Library Automation Information
It is nearly time for Marshall Breeding’s annual Automation Systems Marketplace report, published in the April 1st edition of Library Journal. This is as comprehensive and informative a report on the software we use to organize and present our collections … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Software, Statistics
Tagged lib-web-cats, Libraries, Library Journal, Marshall Breeding, online database, software packages, Statistics
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TicTOCs in the OPAC
File this as a future wish-list item for your online catalog: There is a new and interesting way to connect an OPAC search result for a journal to the full-text journal articles, and it is called ticTOC. The application of … Continue reading
16mm Films on AV Geeks
Remember those 16mm films from your school days? Well, at least some of them have been saved from dumpsters and archived on the A/V Geeks website for online viewing. As a former high school A/V Geek myself, this warms my … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Libraries, Online Services, Video
Tagged 16mm films, library science, online viewing, Video
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Pathways to Innovation and Inclusion
NASA’s Inclusion and Innovations Council has released a follow-up to Barriers to Innovation and Inclusion (link goes to my post containing the embedded video) which shows ways to encourage innovation and inclusion: Again, I think that the lessons from this … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Space, Video
Tagged inclusion, innovation, management, NASA's Inclusion and Innovations Council, servant leadership, Wayne Hale
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Print vs. Electronic
Notes from last month’s OLE (Open Library Environment) Regional Workshop are on LibShare, and they are interesting to scan through, especially the comments. I found this through the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog, and looked into it because of two … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Conferences, Education, Libraries, Library 2.0, Training
Tagged OLE, Open Library Environment
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Library Related Conferences
Marian Dworaczek has moved her Library Related Conferences website, so make a note of it. If you haven’t seen her listing, check it out. If you know of any conferences that aren’t on her list, let her know! found via … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Workshop
Tagged Conferences, Libraries, Marian Dworaczek
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