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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Libraries
Movers and Shakers 2009
Library Journal has announced the winners of the 2009 Movers & Shakers awards, and as usual, the recipients are fantastic and enthusiastic innovators who look for new ways for libraries to be better: The Alphabetical List (follow the links for … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Publishing
Tagged Library Journal, Photo Gallery, Stephen's Lighthouse
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Hard Times
The Washington State Library has compiled a group of resources called Hard Times in Washington Libraries for the purpose of giving libraries, library staff, and library users ideas and tools to adapt to the current and upcoming fiscal crunch. Included … Continue reading
Perfecting Imperfection
Web 2.0 : Perfecting Imperfection is, on one level, responding to a post by someone who attended an unconference about Drupal, calling it “by far the most human conference I’d ever been to.” On a deeper level, however, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Conferences, Groups, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Drupal, Eric Raymond, library technology, Linus Torvalds, Linus's Law, unconference
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UCLA Acquires Huxley Library
The UCLA Library has acquired the library including many papers of Aldous Huxley, who died in 1963 (the same day as John F. Kennedy). As Island is one of my favorite reads, this gives me one reason to actually want … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Libraries, News
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Island, John F. Kennedy, Library, UCLA, UCLA Acquires Huxley Library The
UCLA Library, UCLA Library
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A Heavenly Library in Austria
Jessamyn posted this link, in an effort to help identify the library. I wasn’t the first to come up with the correct answer, but it was a treat to scan several pages of Google Images containing library frescos before finding … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Photography, WebSearch
Tagged Austria, fresco, Google, Google image search, Heavenly Library, Jessamyn West, Librarian.net, Library
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MarcEdit 5.1 Update
Terry Reese has released an updated version of MarcEdit 5.1, and there are a few interesting additions: Improved support for Enterprise users (large organizations). Multiple Z39.50 querying capabilities. Tutorials hosted on YouTube. Improved UTF-8 loading (as in Faster). ‡biblios.net proof … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Software
Tagged Cataloging, Libraries, MarcEdit, Software, Terry Reese, YouTube, Z39.50
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Zotero 1.5
Zotero 1.5 Beta has been released! When I attended OneBigLibrary Unconference last summer, Trevor Owens gave a talk (un-talk?) on this version of Zotero and some of the new features and ideas that would be part of it (my post … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, onebiglibrary, Online Services, Open Source, Software
Tagged beta, library services;, library software, onebiglibrary, Peter Murray, Trevor Owens, Zotero
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Hard Economic Times a Boon for Libraries?
There it is, on CNN.com: Hard Economic Times a Boon for Libraries. Recognize that, oftentimes, the writer of a news article is not the same person who writes the headline for the article. However, it does seem as though the … Continue reading
Media-Morphosis
Media-Morphosis : How the Internet will Devour, Transform, or Destroy Your Favorite Medium is an essay by Cory Doctorow on Internet Evolution. Think of it as another way of describing the times in which we are living. Then start thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Books, Cory Doctorow, Internet Evolution, media, Periodicals
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Non-Hierarchical Management
Non-Hierarchical Management is an article by Aaron Swartz on the Palinet Leadership Network, and it is well worth reading. If you are a manager, read it with an eye towards improving how you work with your team. If you are … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Training
Tagged Aaron Swartz, attitude, management, Manager, Palinet, Palinet Leadership Network, team
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LibraryThing on the ARL Report
Research Libraries Clobber OCLC Policy is a title, and a descriptive one at that, for LibraryThing’s report of the ARL’s report on the OCLC licensing policy kerfluffle (I keep coming back to this word). It is, however, an interesting read, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged ARL, Dublin, LibraryThing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, Tim Spaulding, United States
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Sending OCLC on its way
Sending OCLC on its way is a post by Peter Brantley on his Thoughts and Speculations blog. It focuses on the library world’s reaction to OCLC’s licensing change, and cautions against our overreacting. He is not an apologist for OCLC, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC, Wiki
Tagged Copyright, Licensing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Peter Brantley
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Walt Crawford on the Google Books Settlement
The March 2009 issue of Walt Crawford’s Cites & Insights is devoted to a 30 page essay on the Google Books settlement. His is an opinion that spans many of the issues : he is at once a writer, fair … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Google, Libraries, Licensing, Publishing
Tagged Cites & Insights, fair use advocate, Google, Google Book settlement, Google Books, Walt Crawford, writer
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Library Web Site of the Future
The Library Web Site of the Future, written by Steven J. Bell, is yet another essay about what is wrong with library web sites, and yet it is not just another essay… It is a strong critique that touches upon … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged library web sites, OPAC, social networking, Steven J. Bell, Web Design
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Free Online Journal Sites
Found via the posting of Beth Bernhardt’s ALA Midwinter presentation, Dealing with Free E-Journals : Are they worth the effort? (PowerPoint) , are several sites featuring links to free online journals: The Free Medical Journals Site Electronic Library of Mathematics … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals, Search
Tagged Beth Bernhardt, Caribbean, Electronic Library of Mathematics, Free Medical Journals, Free Medical Journals Site Electronic Library of Mathematics, HighWire Press, Online Journal Sites Found, online journals, SciELO
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Walden Media’s ALA Conference Contest
From the entry form: Walden Media wants to send YOU to the American Library Association’s Annual Conference! Enter below for a chance to win a trip for YOU and one GUEST including: Roundtrip Airfare to Chicago Ground Transportation Six nights … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries
Tagged ALA Conference, American Library Association, contest, Hotel Conference Fees, USD, Walden Media
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Barriers to Innovation and Inclusion
I am a bit of a space freak (several people will read this and say “A bit???”), so this touches on two of my interests. NASA’s Inclusion and Innovations Council recently had a all-day report period on barriers to inclusion … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Space
Tagged bureaucratic, inclusion, innovation, Libraries, NASA's Inclusion and Innovations Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wayne Hale, YouTube
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LibraryThing and Authors
LibraryThing has implemented the start of a solution for the problem of distinguishing authors with the same names. This has been a challenge for libraries since the beginning of cataloging. The accepted solution thus far has been Authority Records. I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cataloging, Classification, Language, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Authority, disambiguation, elegant solution, LibraryThing, Wikipedia
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