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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: News
Christmas Delivery
So you are an author. You check your book’s entry on Amazon.com. You see a review. It is not good. Someone bought a copy of your book and it was flawed. You want to make it right. What do you … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Ethics, News, Travel
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Author, Canada, Christmas Eve, Dan Fleisch, Ohio, Ontario, professor, Whittenberg University
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OCLC Announces Review Board Members
OCLC announced the members of the Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship yesterday, save for a member yet to be announced from the European National Library: Christopher Cole (FEDLINK): Associate Director for Technical Services, National Agricultural Library Poul … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, Groups, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC
Tagged Brian E. C. Schottlaender, Christopher Cole, Clifford A. Lynch, Elsie Weatherington, Jennifer Younger, Karen Calhoun, Lamar Veatch, OCLC Records Use Policy, Pat French, Poul Erlandsen, Roberta Shaffer, Ted Schwitzner
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Waiving Fines
When does your library waive fines and fees? How much do circumstance matter? How about this circumstance? I like that the book was about professional ethics. found via LISNews
CPSC Testing Requirements Delayed
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) opted on Friday to delay implementation of many of their new testing and certification regulations for one year, to enable them to review what products and organizations should be covered under the law. … Continue reading
May You Live in Interesting Financial Times
If you have been concerned about the possible effects of the global financial crisis on libraries, you aren’t alone. The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has issued a statement that is not only short, succinct, and dire, but also … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Groups, Libraries, Licensing, News, Online Databases, Online Services
Tagged consortia, Illinois, International Coalition of Library Consortia, Libraries, library consortia, Ohio, Online Databases, Online Services
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Library Books in your Search Engine
Why you can’t find a library book in your search engine is an article in The Guardian. It is a good overview of the broader issues surrounding the OCLC Licensing problem, and is written for the general reader (i.e. this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Librarian.net, Licensing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, search engine, the Guardian
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LibraryThing Partners Up
LibraryThing has partnered with Cambridge Information Group (Bowker, AquaBrowser, ProQuest, Serials Solutions, and RefWorks), though Tim Spaulding still retains a majority stake. This means that we will be seeing a lot more of LibraryThing for Libraries in the future (good … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, OPAC, Software, Web Design
Tagged Cambridge Information Group, Inc., LibraryThing, LibraryThing for Libraries, Serials Solutions, Serials Solutions Inc, Tim Spaulding
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Open Source Government
Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has been asked to write a paper for the Obama administration on the benefits of the United States government using open source software for improved security and lower cost. Yes. With the right software, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged co-founder, Obama administration, Open Source Government, Open Source Software, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, United States, United States government
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Buy None, Get One Free
Buy None, Get One Free is an article that appeared in BBC News that does a good job explaining one of the business models for the changes sweeping information services (a broad topic covering anything from music to news to … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, News
Tagged BBC, change, changes sweeping information services, information services, Libraries
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OCLC Creates Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship
Some big news from OCLC: They are creating a review board to solicit feedback about their licensing policy (and judging from the press release, the entire concept of sharing library data). They are drawing from the OCLC Board of Trustees … Continue reading
New Theme
Not a huge deal, but I just changed the theme of this blog to slight, which was created by Thematology. There are several reasons for this change, including: Wanting a theme that would fit better with the Libology logo (forthcoming) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Design
Tagged Blog, Libology, themes, Web Design, WordPress
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CPSIA and Libraries
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), passed by Congress last August and due to be enforced beginning February 10th, is designed to protect children from exposure to products containing unsafe levels of lead or phthalate. All well and good. … Continue reading
Nine Inch Nail’s Creative Commons Success
The Creative Commons blog has a thought-provoking post about CC licensed music. It seems that the latest Nine Inch Nails album, Ghost I-IV, is available under a CC license. This means that you can legally download it from any of … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, News, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Amazon.com's MP3 store;, Ghost I;, Libraries, MP3, MP3 store, Music Industry, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Publishing, RIAA
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DSpace Reaches 500 Installations
DSpace, the open-source digital repository system, reached the 500 installation mark earlier this month. Earlier this year I did a bit of research on various repository solutions, and DSpace was the one I was most impressed with, and it seems … Continue reading
OCLC WorldCat is the Tiger, not the Lady?
OCLC released their updated Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records yesterday, with implementation scheduled for mid-February. If you see the phrase We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available in the near future. … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged cataloging services, Georgia, Illinois, Licensing, Major, Major League Baseball, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, Union Catalogs, USD, Worldcat
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2008 Presidential Election Search Engine
The 2008 Presidential Election Search Engine is a Google Custom Search Engine created by the University of Kansas Library. It is a great resource in that one can find the needles of information in the haystack of campaign rhetoric. found … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, News, Politics, Search, WebSearch
Tagged 2008 Election, Google, Kansas Library;, Library, Politics, search engine, University of Kansas
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Librarians, Sarah Palin, and Fact Checking (oh my!)
Jessamyn has the best overview of the Sarah Palin / Librarian debate that I have seen so far. The key to this, and to any other emotionally charged story, is to check your facts, and remember that everyone gets it … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Bankruptcy, Fact Checking;, librarian, New York Times, Sarah Palin, UAL;, United Airlines
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Harry Potter and the Unfair Use Lexicon
TeleRead has an excellent post dissecting the recent ruling against the author of the Harry Potter Lexicon. It examines the Fair Use aspects of copyright as they apply to this particular case. via LISNews
Posted in Books, Copyright, News, Publishing
Tagged Author, Copyright, Fair Use, harry potter, harry potter lexicon, Publishing
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Google Chrome
Exciting news in the browser wars: Google is releasing has released a beta version of a web browser that it is calling Chrome. Why does this matter? The open-source browser will feature: Every tab running in isolation from the other … Continue reading
Posted in Google, ILS, News, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Chrome, Google, online software, screen capture;, web applications, web browser, web browsers;, web version;
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